Murder of Annie Mcneill - 1903 Edinburgh

[sharon K]

Hi All
Can anyone lead me to where I can locate newspaper articles about the abovementioned murder.
Her death certificate 16.5.1903  - cause of death:severe injuries to the chest and abdomen the result of external violence.
Family history said she was murdered.

[Rosinish]

How old was she, was she single/married & what was her usual residence?

Annie

[sharon K]

Details on DC:
Name: Annie McNeil
husband of    (left blank) but husband id James McNeil

date of death 16.3.1903 
usual address: 7 New Broughton, Edinburgh
Age 38 years
father: William MacKay - Crofter
mother: Alexandrina MacKay - ms (looks like Lexu)
has writing on side near registration number but too hard to read.
registration Number 685/2 268

[Rosinish]

Looks suspicious with hubbys name left out 

There may be a precognition here but it's a shot in the dark;

http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/search.aspx

"Simple search for records where any field contains all the words precognition; dates between 1903 and 1905, including undated records.
Your search has returned 588 matching records."

I only used those dates & precognition.

You would need to scroll through & hope something stands out which you recognise but nothing ventured...

Annie

[Rosinish]

Scrub that, read it as mother's maiden name was MacKay & Lexu was what was written for her forename 

Annie

[Rosinish]

Did she die at 7 New Broughton, Edinburgh?

Annie

[sharon K]

don't know if she died at that address

[Rosinish]

If she died elsewhere it would give place of death then it would give 'Usual Residence' i.e. 2 different addresses.

Annie

[mulvenna]

Hi All
Can anyone lead me to where I can locate newspaper articles about the abovementioned murder.
Her death certificate 16.5.1903  - cause of death:severe injuries to the chest and abdomen the result of external violence.
Family history said she was murdered.

You can pay for access to the Scotsman newspaper archive (e.g. £7.95 for 2 days unlimited access).

https://archive.scotsman.com/payments

It is searchable but the indexing is based on Optical Character Recogniticion so it can be a bit hit or miss. I have found it useful as it is easier over a long date range compared to going through months and months of microfilm at the library.