Picture No | 10678528 |
Date | July 1881 |
Description | Balcombe Tunnel 1881 |
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The entrance to the Balcombe Tunnel, on the London to Brighton line. The body of Isaac Gold, a coin dealer, was discovered in the tunnel on 27 June 1881. He had been murdered on a train by Percy Lefroy Mapleton, who was tried, convicted, and hanged at Lewes on 29 November 1881
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Source | Engraving in Illustrated London News 9 July 1881 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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