Age: 34
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 22 Feb 1898
Execution Place: unknown
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://greggmanning.scstamps.co.uk/Murder1/doch.htm
1898
February 22nd: George William HOWE (34)
Manchester
John Kirby Pickup was the manager of a Burnley brickworks where George Howe was employed until he was sacked shortly before Christmas 1897. Howe blamed the manager for his dismissal and began to harbour a grudge against him. On New Year's Eve, Pickup was found beside a level crossing. He had been beaten about the head with a stick and died later in hospital. Howe was an immediate suspect and when questioned he confessed. Sentenced to death at Manchester Assizes and hanged by James and Thomas Billington.