Another Detection of Robbery by the Electric Telegraph.

Looking south from Redhill Tunnel near Trent Junction illustrating the trunk route of telegraph lines

The Illustrated London News 17 October 1846 Another instance of the utility of the electric telegraph in detecting crime was afforded on Saturday last at Rugby. The following telegraphic despatch was received at the Rugby station from Derby at eight o’clock on Saturday morning :—” Thomas Trotter, from Derby, states that he has been robbed […]