However, there was solid evidence of Maggie and George sharing a deep love for each other, as witnessed by their niece, Marion Lindley.
Cornelius Howard, a cousin of George Harry Storrs, was originally a petty thief but joined the British Army and rose to the rank of Bombardier.
Eliza's father, John Storrs, was involved in the management of Taylor, Lang & Co the major textile engineering company in the town.
He and his cousin William, George Harry's father, lived next door to each other in Mottram Road, Stalybridge.
The attack made the police start patrols of the ground and a bell was installed to summon help in times of danger.
Maggie Storrs rang the bell for the second attack and refused to attend her husband's side as he lay dying.
Both Howard and Wilde were defended by barrister[9] Edward Theophilus Nelson, a British Guianan who had graduated from St John's College, Oxford, in 1902.
The case is examined in The Stabbing of George Harry Storrs by Jonathan Goodman,[12] and featured in an episode of the television series In Suspicious Circumstances in 1995 [13] and Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder in 2005.
On the way, they stopped at the pub where James Worrell was drinking, and the theatre company performed scenes whilst in period dress.
[15] In April 2010, local historian Barry Sullivan stated that he believed the murderer was a travelling carter named Alfred Derrick.
Derrick's description seems to fit that given by the cook on the night of the Storrs murder, something that does not apply to Cornelius Howard or Mark Wilde.