The Murder on a Train in 1897 That Was Never Solved
Elizabeth Camp boarded a train to Waterloo, when the train arrived she was dead.
On the evening of 11th February 1897, a train pulled into Waterloo Station in London. In one of the second-class carriages pushed under the seats was the dead body of a woman.
The female was well dressed, with a wound to her head. No weapon was found in the compartment.
From the crime scene, it became clear that the woman had put up a fight before being murdered. The police also found a set of cuff links in the compartment.
The body was taken to Lambeth mortuary, where an inquest would be held.
Identifying the Body
Identification of the body came quickly. Waiting at the train station had been the woman’s fiancée; when he saw the incident, he went to the hospital, where he identified the victim.
The murdered woman was Miss Elizabeth Kemp (30), a barmaid who worked in the Good Intent Tavern in Walworth.
The South Wales Echo, later that day, told of the brutal and deliberate crime that had occurred against this woman. A sharp weapon caused the injuries; her head had been lacerated and battered.
