Mary Pearcey was an English woman who was convicted of murdering her lover's wife, Mrs Phoebe Hogg, and child, Tiggy, on 24 October 1890 and hanged for the crime on 23 December of the same year.
10 Facts About Mary Pearcey
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The crime is sometimes mentioned in connection with Jack the Ripper, and Pearcey has been posited as a Ripper candidate.
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Mary Pearcey later took up residence with a furniture remover, Frank Hogg, who had at least one other lover, Phoebe Styles.
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Mary Pearcey's skull had been crushed, and her head was nearly severed from her body.
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Mary Pearcey had been seen pushing baby Tiggy's perambulator around the streets of North London after dark.
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Mary Pearcey maintained her innocence throughout the trial, but was convicted, and was hanged on 23 December 1890.
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The noose used to hang Mary Pearcey is on display at the Crime Museum in New Scotland Yard.
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On 23 December 1890, Mary Pearcey was hanged by James Berry.
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When prompted to make a final statement Mary Pearcey said, "My sentence is a just one, but a good deal of the evidence against me was false".
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Mary Pearcey was apparently the only female suspect mentioned at the time.