Showing posts with label Ada_Bradley Rose_Arcliffe April -1923 Wadsley_Asylum Sheffield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ada_Bradley Rose_Arcliffe April -1923 Wadsley_Asylum Sheffield. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 June 2025

The Murder of Nurse Ada Bradley - Sheffield April 1923 - An update

 Many years ago I posted and article to my website relating to the murder of a nurse Ada Bradley in April 1923. The last update to the article was in December 1921 when I attempted to locate Ada's grave in Wadsley Churchyard. It was ultimately a thankless task which is rather surprising given the nature of Ada's death and the large crowds that attended her funeral.

I have just further updated the article with the entries for Ada and her family from the 1921 UK Census and also discovered the committal document for the murderer Rose Artliff.


 She was found guilty of murder but insane and sent to Broadmoor as a "criminal lunatic". She was to spend the rest of her life in Broadmoor. 


In fact she died in the March quarter of 1973 at the age of 83 having spent fifty years in that facility.


Thursday, 17 June 2021

The Murder of Nurse Ada Bradley - April 1923 Sheffield

The following report is from the Illustrated Police News dated Thursday 19th April 1923 - the same edition as the one mentioned in the previous two blogs.

I posted an article about the murder to my website 13 years ago and have added to it over the years.

I had not seen this report before but the case was well reported in the local and national press which is not surprising given the savage nature of the attack.