MURDERER’S WILL

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 304, 19 September 1936, Page 24

MURDERER’S WILL

Dr. Buck Ruxton, of Dalton Square, Lancaster, who was executed on May 12 for the murder of h's wife, left estate valued at £1705. By the codfeil made four days before his execution be left to Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson, of the Public Assistance Institution. Lancaster, his plated tray and tea and coffee service ‘'for their great kindness in looking after my three ch'ldren during the last few months”’; to Charles Frederick Gardner (his 'Solicitor) his leopard skin rug and Polar bearskin rug “as a humble token of gratitude”: to Mr. Norman Birkett; K.C. (who defended him at Manchester Assizes), his canteen of silver forks and fish knives with mother-of-pearl handles; to Edwin Slinger, solicitor, of Accrington (who appeared for him in the Police Court), his canteen of flsh knives and forks of metal; to Miss Jackson, his clerk-secretary, a gold neck chain “for h’er patience in sitting with me many an hour and taking down the long and exhaustive notes of my observations”: to Motibai, daughter of Jehangir Cutset.} G bad bile, of Apollo Bunder, Bom- , bay, 3 guineas (Motibai Gbadiale is the maiden name of the woman whom Ruxton was said to have married in India before be came to England); his

Silver Forks for K.C.

medical books to the British Medical Association. The codicil reads: —

“Unfortunately I am not allowed to leave any tokens of gratitude to any of the staff of the prison on account of the rules. To all concerned in my case I leave behind my warmest wishes for their courtesy and consideration. I fail to find suitable words to express my gratitude fully to Mr. Patterson, the prison commissioner, and the Rev. D. E G. Lloyd, who have been arranging for the well-being of my three dear children, and my trustee, Mr. C. Fred Gardner.

'“I wish to invoke my prayers of blessings on all those who have been, who are still, and who will continue from time to time to be kind to my three dear children, and who will see that they are brought up as worthy citizens in respectable callings—my daughters as qualified medical graduates and my son as a solicitor or medical man, whichever he may wish to become.'* The residue of his property is to be held by his trustees for 20 years to enable them provide for the maintenance aud education of bls three children.