Photograph: The Leicester Tragedy: Incidents Leading up to the Crime: Pinsent’s Letter to his Foreman: … Later on, he was missing from his bench, and a search was made for him. He was found in the pattern stores, above the room in which he worked. One of the men went up and saw Pinsent sitting at a bench writing a letter. The workman approached quite casually, and Pinsent immediately put his hand over the letter and said, “Oh, this is private.” The man said, “I don’t want to know what you are writing Horace,” and left him … Nothing more transpired until the next morning, said our informant, when the crime became known and when we found a letter in Pinsent’s toolbox addressed to the foreman. … it was to the effect that “If I do what is in my mind tonight, will you see that my tools are packed in my box and sent to my father?” Pinsent never gave the slightest hint to anyone as to what he intended to do. …
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GRO0431 Tiverton: Horace Pinsent: 1893 – 1913