British Executions

John Edward Tarkenter

Age: 41

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 12 Dec 1911

Crime Location: 2 Hilton Street, Royston, Oldham

Execution Place: Manchester

Method: hanging

Executioner: John Ellis

Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

John Edward Tarkenter was convicted of the murder of his wife Rosetta Tarkenter 43 and sentenced to death.

He cut her throat at 2 Hilton Street, Royston in Oldham on 18 July 1911.

see Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 22 November 1911

see National Archives - ASSI 52/181, HO 144/1177/216682

see Homicide 1911