British Executions

George Henry Parker

Age: 23

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 19 Mar 1901

Crime Location: Wimbledon Station

Execution Place: Wandsworth

Method: hanging

Executioner: James Billington

Source: http://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/parker-george-henry.htm

George Henry Parker was convicted of the murder of William Pearson 43 and sentenced to death.

He shot him on a London and South-Western train near Wimbledon, London.

note - The photo is Vauxhall Railway Station, London, from 1908.

see BTP

see Edinburgh Evening News - Saturday 19 January 1901

see Dundee Evening Post - Tuesday 19 March 1901

see Leeds Times - Saturday 26 January 1901

see Homicide 1901