[magpie]

Originally Posted by joan walsh

My grandfather William Mawdsley was one of the policemen who attended this dreadful crime. My mother said that he found the childs hands under the chair. Sadly he died before I was born but I'm told he never got over the horror of that day. Until now I never knew the date of the crime so I intend to search Accrington Observer records.

There is already a press folder about this, at Accrington Library :

Just ask in the local studies section... Magpie