In the year 1812 s man named Williams, after murdering two whole families in East London, committed suicide to escape execution, and was buried at the junction of the crossings in Cannon street road. During some excavations just made here the skeleton of Williams was discovered, impaled on a stake, as was the custom of the time in the case of murderers and suicides,
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 7990, 14 October 1886, Page 4
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