Frederick Foreman - Henry Pierrepoint’s last hanging.
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Frederick Foreman - Henry Pierrepoint’s last hanging. 45 year old Frederick Foreman had been living with his girlfriend, 43 year old Elizabeth Eley for some time in a disused railway carriage in a field at East Hall Farm at Church Lane, Wennington near Grays in Essex, the farm where they both worked. On Whit Monday, the 16th of May 1910, the two went out drinking at the Three Crowns pub in Rainham Ferry and were heard quarrelling. It is thought that Foreman suspected Elizabeth of being unfaithful to him. They got back to the field and here Foreman began to attack her. He reported finding her body to the police the next morning. The crime scene investigation revealed that the attack had been prolonged and had taken place in at least three locations with Elizabeth being dragged between them. She had severe lacerations to her head, caused by being hit with a heavy stick. She also had a broken leg and numerous bruises from being kicked. An examina...