Arthur Henry Franklin - who could not accept that a relationship was over.
Arthur Henry Franklin - who could not accept that a relationship was over. On Tuesday the 25th of June 1935, 44 year old farmer, Arthur Franklin was hanged within Gloucester prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Bessie Gladys Nott. 28 year old Bessie had left her husband, Henry and her 7 year old son in November 1933 and moved in with her neighbours, the Franklin brothers, after a relationship developed between her and Arthur Franklin. Both families lived at Hanham Woods, Hanham Abbot, near Bristol. The affair started in 1934 and for around 18 months was successful, but in May 1935, Bessie decided to end it and go back to her husband. Around 10 a.m. on Wednesday the 8th of May, Bessie had packed her things and began her walk home. She had only gone a little way when she was felled by a rifle shot from behind. She was killed by a second shot fired at close range a few moments later. Henry Nott who lived close by had heard the shots and Bessie’s ...