Walter Prince

Murderer

2known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Manchester/Nottingmam, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth: 1902
Age at first offence: 27
Characteristics: revenge
Victim profile: Charles Armstrong, 72 / Harriet Shaw, 21
Method of murder: Strangulation
Date(s) of murder: May 4, 1929 / May 2, 1934
Years active: 1929–1934
Date of arrest: May 7, 1934
Status: Executed
Executed by hanging on 1934

Case Summary

Case record: Walter Prince

Background

Walter Prince was a 32-year-old man.

The offence

On May 5, 1934, the body of Harriet Shaw, age 21, was found concealed in a thicket of shrubbery at Notts, near Retford, England. Harriet Shaw had been strangled by her assailant.

Prince declared at trial that the murder of Harriet Shaw was an act of revenge. He said it was committed after she infected him with venereal disease.

Investigation

Harriet Shaw was last seen alive on May 2.

Arrest

On May 7, 1934, Walter Prince was arrested and charged with the crime before a local magistrate.

Trial

Walter Prince was convicted on June 18 and condemned to hang.

After hearing the sentence pronounced, Prince startled his audience with an unexpected declaration. He said:

"I want to make a statement before I kick off," he declared, "and you can take it down if you want to. In 1928, I should have been strung up for the willful murder of Mr. Charles Armstrong, of Rusholme, Manchester. I will go for the two of them, and not sorry for the last one."

Sentencing

Prince was condemned to hang after conviction on June 18.

Other details

Another suspect, George Fratson, had been sentenced to hang for the Armstrong murder in July 1930, but he was reprieved on appeal. His record was cleared by Prince's confession, and Prince was executed as scheduled.

The case is described as involving the murder of one man and one woman in personal disputes.

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