The 1885 Affair

[Howard Brown]

Bruce Collie posted an article on Facebook mentioning an attempt to blow up Commercial Street Police Station.....from March 7, 1885. Inspector Abberline had been receiving death threats. Bruce said, " Things could have been so different"

Here are two small articles concerning the attempt :

Nottingham Evening Post
March 7, 1885
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and one from the U.S.

Boston Daily Advertiser
March 7, 1885
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[Jerry Dunlop]

Howard,

I posted this on one of the forums a few months ago and I didn't tag it with the date and newspaper name in my photo archive. I'll see if I can re-locate the newspaper I found it in and post the relevant date and newspaper name.


* Updated article date.

London Mid Surrey Times
Saturday, March 14, 1885, London, Middlesex

[Howard Brown]

Much appreciated, JD. Thanks for adding them on.

[Jerry Dunlop]

Much appreciated, JD. Thanks for adding them on.

Howard,

I just realized this was in the Abberline sub-forum. The second article I posted has no relevance to him. Sorry!

[Howard Brown]

That's cool, Jerry....thanks for the head's up.