Murder in Epsom

[AMCass]

Does anyone have any information about the murder of a gamekeeper, Eli Cox, aged 18 in 1818?  I have found references to this incident in several national newspapers.  My 3x great grandfather, Edward Cox, moved from Dorset to Windsor as a gamekeeper around this time and he had a younger brother, Eli, born in 1800 and I was wondering if this was Edwards brother, moving to Berkshire with him and getting himself murdered for being 'assiduous in his duties'. I can't find a death for Eli in Dorset but they did move around the county quite a lot.

[cati]

Presumably you've seen this site:

www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/GameKeeperMurder.html

[AMCass]

Yes, thank you, this is where I got my information from.  It seems odd to put an article into a newspaper from the south west when the incident happened in the home counties.  This is what makes me think that there is a connection. 

[newburychap]

Yes, thank you, this is where I got my information from.  It seems odd to put an article into a newspaper from the south west when the incident happened in the home counties.  This is what makes me think that there is a connection. 

The murder was reported in papers all over the country - Liverpool, Hull, Bury, Oxford as well as Plymouth. In that period local papers carried national news all the time. I wouldn't read much significance in it appearing in any particular paper.

[AMCass]

Thanks for this information.  I didn't realise that murder was of such interest, even ones that happen half the country distant. 

[newburychap]

Thanks for this information.  I didn't realise that murder was of such interest, even ones that happen half the country distant. 

A nice gory murder was always of interest - and it saved having to write something to fill the space.