Northampton Mercury March 10, 1888
Tragic End Of A Murderer
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Kenninghall Workhouse, Suffolk,where an inmate was killed about 12 months ago,has again been the scene of a fatal quarrel,the victim in this case being a man named John Mickleburgh,who was himself 35 years ago sentenced to death for the murder of a girl at Thrandeston Fair. Mickleburgh was an inmate of the sick ward,and among the attendants was a pauper named John Revell Burrows. A quarrel took place between them about a week ago,and Mickleburgh,who was severely beaten,died on Thursday week.
The Thrandeston murder,for which he was sentenced to death,happened so long ago that the circumstances are almost forgotten,but they were brought to remembrance a few months back by some proceedings in the Ipswich Bankruptcy Court. At that time it was reported that Mickleburgh was obtaining an honest living,and in deference to the man's own position,as well as to the feelings of the family,no public notice was taken of the old story. It appears that Mickleburgh,after his sentence was reprieved,and released twenty years later on ticket-of-leave.
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Maureen
