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AndrewLond1
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Eli Ballard- Murder?- Oxford Central Library Lookup please
« on: Friday 18 April 08 17:09 UTC (UK) »
Hi

I'm hoping that someone living in Oxford would be kind enough to scan through a few papers for me. I know it's a big ask so will understand if nobody wants to.

The Local History section of Oxford Central Library have films of the Reading Mercury. In the November 16th 1867 edition I found the inquest report for Eli Ballard. That inquest found that he had accidentally fallen over a chair and died at his home in Charney.

The way that the report was worded made me suspect that his wife was a little less than innocent. As Eli was apparently not the nicest of men it seemed to me that the authorities had turned a blind eye. End of story, I thought.

However, I was talking to a distant relative recently who told me that she had heard years ago that he had been murdered.

What I'm hoping is that someone could have a scan through the next few editions to see if anything of the kind was reported.

Here's hoping that someone in Oxford (other than Morse) loves a murder mystery. Grin

Best wishes
Andrew
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Ron Lankshear
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Re: Eli Ballard- Murder?- Oxford Central Library Lookup please
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 19 April 08 06:38 UTC (UK) »
Jackson's Oxford Journal says the jury at the inquest returned an open verdict. The doctor thought he must have had assistance to get home and the circumstances were suspicious - not clear at to what suspicion was.
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Ron was born in Shepherds Bush and "knew" London fairly well
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Re: Eli Ballard- Murder?- Oxford Central Library Lookup please
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 19 April 08 06:41 UTC (UK) »
Oh above from British newspapers online - its Library Week

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/libraryweek/?grid=05308

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Ron was born in Shepherds Bush and "knew" London fairly well
LANKSHEAR EAGLE SKEGGS RUSSELL HAYBALL HALE ROBBINS KING
family history with many research links for everyone at
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~lankshear/
AndrewLond1
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Re: Eli Ballard- Murder?- Oxford Central Library Lookup please
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 19 April 08 12:19 UTC (UK) »
Hi Ron
Brilliant!!!!!

Poor Ann, if having read the Reading Mercury I thought that she might have cracked him one others must have at the time.

Thank you so much for clearing that up for me. I am seriously impressed.

Best wishes and many thanks for your hard work.
Andrew
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