John J Eddleston

The Murder of John Alexander Dickman John J Eddleston

In 1910, John Alexander Dickman was hanged in Newcastle for the brutal murder of a cashier on a train. The evidence against him was purely circumstantial and other factors have suggestd that his conviction was unsafe. This book examines all the evidence and comes to the conclusion that Dickman was an innocent man. It also, after more than 100 years, names the real killer.