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This book offers a detailed examination of the murder of Alfred Oliver, a tobacconist from Reading, and the subsequent inquest into his death. While public opinion identified the flamboyant actor Philip Yale Drew as the main suspect, the author, Richard Whittington‑Egan, argues that the evidence against Drew was dubious and he was wrongly hounded by authorities.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Richard Whittington-Egan
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