have you tried writing to Inverary jail who keep court records of prisoners tried at Inverary, I don't know when this prison closed? Jimmy >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ARGYLL] Re: Campbeltown Murder >Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:35:43 +0100 > >Thanks to everyone who wrote with suggestions about finding out more about >a >murder in Campbeltown. I visited Campbeltown last weekend but it turns out >that older copies of the paper are kept in Oban and I didn't have time to >go >there. > >I managed to get to the Mitchell Library for a short time and found a small >piece in the Glasgow Herald which makes me think that more local papers >would have had a lot more. There was a piece in the Monday paper detailing >the murder events which took place in the early hours of Sunday 2nd May >1897 >but says that the husband who killed his wife ran off. In Tuesday's paper >it >detailed that he was still on the run from the police and there was nothing >for the remainder of that week which was all I had time to check. > >It will be very difficult for me to get to Oban and I wondered if anyone >who >lived locally would be able to do the research on my behalf either for a >fee >or I could do some research in Glasgow in return either at the Mitchell >Library or at Park Circus. > >If anyone is interested could they contact me privately at >casalveta@ntlworld.com > >Thanks again to everyone who replied to me before. > > >Carla (Scotland) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com