Cardiff was a rough frontier town in the latter period of the 19th Century. It was bound to have a few juicy murders and other events amongst the crowded streets of the Docks and the backstreet Squares in the town centre. Be warned many of the stories should not be read by the faint of heart. Listed below are a few of the tales of Murder & Mystery from those long lost days.
We start the selection off with a piece of fiction based on the true events of 1892. A
| First Name | Surname | Description of Event | Year | Plot No |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doris | Appleton | Murder Victim | 1921 | EA1197 |
| Mohammed | Abdullah | The Pantaloon Wars | 1919 | EE8301 |
| James | Avis | Suffocated | 1890 | K1222 |
| Hannah | Beddoes | Poker Murder | 1884 | Q71 |
| Henry | Blatchford | Milkman Murder | 1900 | S1245 |
| William | Cahill | Fire Engine Accident | 1892 | D1047 |
| John | Carey | Shotgun Murder | 1886 | T1120 |
| Caroline | Dabe | Roath Park Accident | 1894 | H595 |
| Edward | Daley | Boat Murder | 1870 | F232 |
| John | Donovan | The Pantaloon Wars | 1919 | R4051 |
| Susan Lily | Evans | Starved to Death | 1886 | Q789 |
| Winifred Ellen | Fortt | Stabbed to death by Boyfriend | 1916 | X249 |
| Margaret | Francis | Family Murder | 1887 | U100 |
| Carrie | Gilmore | Knife Murder | 1907 | K433 |
| Emma | Hawker | Paraffin Accident | 1900 | H1449 |
| Gladys | Ibrahim | Mother & Child Murder | 1919 | EA1557 |
| Thomas Arthur | Jenkins | Tram Driver Murder | 1900 | P351A |
| John | Jones | Butcher Murder | 1872 | unknown |
| Margaret Ann | Jones-Morewood | Young Actress | 1894 | S93 |
| Heinrich | Kegebein | Poisoned | 1862 | A256 |
| Catherine | Kelly | Poker Murder | 1900 | R1592 |
| Ange Matre | Le Corre | Free French Sailor murder | 1943 | EQ998 |
| David (Dai) | Lewis | Boxer murder | 1927 | EM751 |
| Emma | Morgan | Prostitute Death | 1882 | H1520 |
| Maud | Mulholland | Courting Incident | 1914 | V1331 |
| Andreas | Ohlsen | Norwegian Murder | 1896 | R135 |
| Fillippo | Pace | Racial Murder | 1897 | F9 |
| Elsie | Payne | Corkscrew Murder | 1923 | EH296 |
| Mary Jane | Richards | Murdered by Husband | 1875 | P498 |
| Rose Ann | Riley | Head Injury | 1874 | E38 |
| Antonio | Roderick | Husband of Murder Victim Ann | 1890 | D887 |
| Mary | Sheen | Incestuous Affair | 1893 | C1215 |
| Harold | Smart | The Pantaloon Wars | 1919 | L3355 |
| Elizabeth | Smith | Paraffin Fire Victim | 1891 | T1331 |
| Harriet | Stacey | Rope Murder | 1904 | H550 |
| Edward | Stelfox | Fisherman Murder | 1876 | M41 |
| Edith | Williams | Bonfire Victim | 1886 | T1266 |
| Thomas | Williams | Stabbing Victim | 1896 | N119 |
| William | Wiltshire | Rocket Accident | 1906 | Y925 |