Kate Webster
Webster's appearance (depicted here by The Penny Illustrated
Paper and Illustrated Times)
was a topic of comment in the press.
Kate Webster (left) and Julia Martha Thomas (right)
Mayfield Cottages, Julia Martha Thomas' house in Richmond. She
lived in the left-hand portion
(number 2) of the semi-detached
villa.
Webster boiled Thomas' dismembered body in a laundry copper such
as this.
The Thames river bank below Barnes railway bridge, where a box
containing Thomas' remains was found
on 5 March 1879 after being
thrown into the river the previous day by Webster.
A depiction by The Illustrated Police News of the trial
and conviction of Kate Webster.
An anonymous broadside published ca. July 1879
commemorating the trial, sentence
and execution of Webster.
Webster's execution, as depicted by a souvenir illustration in
the Illustrated Police News.