William Frederick Horry

Jane went to live with Horry's father in Boston with their children whilst William stayed at the hotel.

After being unsuccessful, he travelled to Nottingham, purchased a revolver and ammunition before returning again to Boston to murder his wife.

The long drop method is designed to snap the condemned person's neck instantly, causing unconsciousness and eventually asphyxiation.

A memorial to William Frederick Horry exists in Burslem, Staffordshire consisting of a granite obelisk.

[4] The name Horry is still common in the Lincolnshire area, but William's particular line apparently died out following the First World War.

The grave of William Frederick Horry, the first person to be hanged by Victorian hangman William Marwood at Lincoln Castle, 1 April 1872.