This was a very intriguing murder case to say the least of the poisoning death of Lt. Chevis and the attempted poisoning of his wife. I don't comprehend why the local police didn't ask for the assistance of Scotland Yard in trying to solve this mysterious murder case. I wish Lt. Chevis's father would have hired private detectives to help in solving the murder of his son. Great investigation, presentation, backstory, illustrations, photos, and videos, as well. Take care 🦋
We are not sure why they didn't ask for the Yard's help - pride? The father became quite ill quite fast - we are not aware of a private detective, but it probably would not have made the papers. The person sendng the telegrams was quite cruel. We think this was a revenge killing targeting the father that stemmed back from his time as a judge. The second telegram - the English sounds a bit off. We think the father was targeted because he was the one receiving the cruel telegrams. If the wife was the target, the father would not have been involved in this at all. It remains a cold case to this day. 🤔
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That Manchurian partridge was as lethal as the Manchurian candidate-and just as mysterious. It's a shame that Scotland Yard could not lend a hand, but I only recently learned that what used to be called "assistance to provincial forces" was less common than detective fiction tells us. This is an excerpt from a Parliamentary inquiry in 1929: "MR HAYES asked the Home Secretary the number of occasions on which the provincial police authorities have called in the assistance of New Scotland Yard during the past 10 years, and with what results? Sir V. HENDERSON There have been 41 such cases. In seven of them no arrest was made. Of the remaining 34, 23 resulted in convictions and 11 in acquittals." Apparently the Home Secretary also determined whether the Met or a local police jurisdiction got stuck with the bill for services rendered, and that might have contributed to any existing reticence on the part of those provincial forces. Police budgets always have been tight.
ooooh! Interesting! 👍 Yes, in this case, as reported by the press who could have gotten it wrong or been misinformed by Mr Chevis snr, the Home Office said it could not step in. Your excellent point regarding who would pay the fee would certainly help to explain any local reticence! Fiction getting it wrong- we are well aware and see this over and over! Why have truth get in the way of a good story? This is why we always quote the papers (who, we know, sometime got things wrong themselves). We do try to look at a wide variety of papers. Really interesting! Thank you!🙌
@@newsofthetimes How often the papers get things wrong might depend on the paper. I was struck by the "Poison Drama" headline, and thought that after almost 100 years, that clickbait description of murder could have been lifted directly from *some* of today's headlines.
@@bethanyherrera4787 😁quite right! We do not have the exact dates (sorry - we are speedily caching up in advance for holidays that are coming), but there was a time when the Times reporter was used as the official recorder of Old bailey trials! This truly surprised us. We have only seen two times where this was the case - we do not know if it was an anomoly or a trend at the time! From about 1860, the click bait headlines become a feature. From our standpoint, post 1860 stories are a lot easier to research and write than pre-1860. There is a transition between about 1840-1860 where you can see stories beginning to be fleshed out a bit more - more so from city papers than regional ones. Pre-1840 stories can be tricky - words were at a premium - which is why, we are aware, some of the earlier stories may sound a bit dry.🤔✍
Coincidentally, I used to live on a Hartington Drive!! This is a VERY perplexing case!! I reckon there was more than one person involved in the murder!! There was the actual murderer, who actually put the poison in the partridge and the gravy, and then there was the one who sent the nasty telegrams from Dublin!! My theory is that the Dublin telegrams were sent not just to upset the Chevis family, but also to lure the police away from the actual murderer!! Hopefully, one day, a modern day Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple will solve this mysterious cold case!! Well done, Robin and team!! 💞💕👍❤👏
ooooh! Interesting! 👍And the name on the telegram and the major's deceased first wife's relatives names were so very weirdly similar! The telgrams certainly did re-direct the police away from the crime scene. The Dublin police did not think anyone Irish had anything to do with it. We think the connection was through the father - otherwise why was he the recipient of such cruel telgrams? If the point was to hurt the wife - she would have recieved the telegrams. We think the key is that the father was a magistrate in Lahore India and that thisn was a revenge killing. Shame that Scotland yard weren't allowed in...🤔
@@newsofthetimes Yes, why weren't Scotland Yard allowed to get involved?! Aside from budgetary constraints, were the local police covering something up?!
@@nadiabrook7871 Great question! We don't know. We can find no official comment from the police regarding this - only the Home Office saying they could not get involved...🤔
We agree! We think theye were seriously out of their depth! one of our subscribers mentioned that there would have been costs involved - a really good point. They would have had to pay for Scotland yard's help (besides the embarrassment factor)🤔
@@AllSeeingScorpio Maybe she was tired of having the bird she didn't like. She has the greatest opportunity to do it. Being friendly with your spouse doesn't mean love or any deep emotion.
Wives of the Chevis social class did not do the cooking. They seldom entered the kitchen. They discussed the menus with the cook or housekeeper, depending on their wealth level. The meals were served by a servant - in this case, by Chevis' batman.
The wife was looked at but dismissed. She was ill from the strychnine, but had eaten less as she was not so fond of manchurian partidge (we are still baffled that this was a thing). Strychnine is not something anyone would intentionally put in themselves - it is excruciating - even a little. We think this was a revenge killing on the father - otherwise why was he the one getting the telegrams which were fairly cruel and mocking? The only other likely suspect we think could be the wife's ex. But - why would he sned telegrams to the father except perhaps to move attention away from the crime scene. Still baffling! Where is Sherlock Holmes!🕵️
The wife had no motive. She was independently very wealthy, and married and divorced several times after thus tragedy. Frances had no problem divorcing men she tired of; she could have divorced Chevis just as she'd divorced Jackson and divorced subsequent husbands.
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This was a very intriguing murder case to say the least of the poisoning death of Lt. Chevis and the attempted poisoning of his wife. I don't comprehend why the local police didn't ask for the assistance of Scotland Yard in trying to solve this mysterious murder case. I wish Lt. Chevis's father would have hired private detectives to help in solving the murder of his son. Great investigation, presentation, backstory, illustrations, photos, and videos, as well. Take care 🦋
We are not sure why they didn't ask for the Yard's help - pride? The father became quite ill quite fast - we are not aware of a private detective, but it probably would not have made the papers. The person sendng the telegrams was quite cruel. We think this was a revenge killing targeting the father that stemmed back from his time as a judge. The second telegram - the English sounds a bit off. We think the father was targeted because he was the one receiving the cruel telegrams. If the wife was the target, the father would not have been involved in this at all. It remains a cold case to this day. 🤔
Thank you for sharing this story. I enjoyed the story a lot . I look forward to your Unlocking the Vaults.
😁we had a chuckle on that one!😉Thank you - very glad you liked! We do not usualy pass 1920's, but the case was too interetsing to pass up!😉
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@@CommonWealther Whoo hoo! Hallooooo Canada! We would like to say "our cousins across the pond" but gosh, Canada is a bit more than just across the pond!😉Lovely to hear from you! A merry wave from us all here to you!🙋♂🙋♀🙋♂
Very good. Thank you.
Thank you - we really liked this one ourselves.😁
That Manchurian partridge was as lethal as the Manchurian candidate-and just as mysterious. It's a shame that Scotland Yard could not lend a hand, but I only recently learned that what used to be called "assistance to provincial forces" was less common than detective fiction tells us. This is an excerpt from a Parliamentary inquiry in 1929:
"MR HAYES
asked the Home Secretary the number of occasions on which the provincial police authorities have called in the assistance of New Scotland Yard during the past 10 years, and with what results?
Sir V. HENDERSON
There have been 41 such cases. In seven of them no arrest was made. Of the remaining 34, 23 resulted in convictions and 11 in acquittals."
Apparently the Home Secretary also determined whether the Met or a local police jurisdiction got stuck with the bill for services rendered, and that might have contributed to any existing reticence on the part of those provincial forces. Police budgets always have been tight.
ooooh! Interesting! 👍 Yes, in this case, as reported by the press who could have gotten it wrong or been misinformed by Mr Chevis snr, the Home Office said it could not step in. Your excellent point regarding who would pay the fee would certainly help to explain any local reticence! Fiction getting it wrong- we are well aware and see this over and over! Why have truth get in the way of a good story? This is why we always quote the papers (who, we know, sometime got things wrong themselves). We do try to look at a wide variety of papers. Really interesting! Thank you!🙌
@@newsofthetimes How often the papers get things wrong might depend on the paper. I was struck by the "Poison Drama" headline, and thought that after almost 100 years, that clickbait description of murder could have been lifted directly from *some* of today's headlines.
@@bethanyherrera4787 😁quite right! We do not have the exact dates (sorry - we are speedily caching up in advance for holidays that are coming), but there was a time when the Times reporter was used as the official recorder of Old bailey trials! This truly surprised us. We have only seen two times where this was the case - we do not know if it was an anomoly or a trend at the time! From about 1860, the click bait headlines become a feature. From our standpoint, post 1860 stories are a lot easier to research and write than pre-1860. There is a transition between about 1840-1860 where you can see stories beginning to be fleshed out a bit more - more so from city papers than regional ones. Pre-1840 stories can be tricky - words were at a premium - which is why, we are aware, some of the earlier stories may sound a bit dry.🤔✍
Coincidentally, I used to live on a Hartington Drive!!
This is a VERY perplexing case!! I reckon there was more than one person involved in the murder!! There was the actual murderer, who actually put the poison in the partridge and the gravy, and then there was the one who sent the nasty telegrams from Dublin!!
My theory is that the Dublin telegrams were sent not just to upset the Chevis family, but also to lure the police away from the actual murderer!!
Hopefully, one day, a modern day Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple will solve this mysterious cold case!!
Well done, Robin and team!! 💞💕👍❤👏
ooooh! Interesting! 👍And the name on the telegram and the major's deceased first wife's relatives names were so very weirdly similar! The telgrams certainly did re-direct the police away from the crime scene. The Dublin police did not think anyone Irish had anything to do with it. We think the connection was through the father - otherwise why was he the recipient of such cruel telgrams? If the point was to hurt the wife - she would have recieved the telegrams. We think the key is that the father was a magistrate in Lahore India and that thisn was a revenge killing. Shame that Scotland yard weren't allowed in...🤔
@@newsofthetimes Yes, why weren't Scotland Yard allowed to get involved?! Aside from budgetary constraints, were the local police covering something up?!
@@nadiabrook7871 Great question! We don't know. We can find no official comment from the police regarding this - only the Home Office saying they could not get involved...🤔
@@newsofthetimes Hmmm, I smell a cover-up here!!🤔🤔
I love it 🏴
hurrah! It is the Manchurian partridge that makes it 😉😁
They police should have called Scotland Yard! They should of handled this!!
We agree! We think theye were seriously out of their depth! one of our subscribers mentioned that there would have been costs involved - a really good point. They would have had to pay for Scotland yard's help (besides the embarrassment factor)🤔
I think the wife did it. She just sprinkled it on the bird and mixed into the gavey
Why would she, though? What did she have to gain? I'm leaning towards her ex maybe paying off one of the servants to poison the food.🤔 Who knows....
@@AllSeeingScorpio Maybe she was tired of having the bird she didn't like. She has the greatest opportunity to do it. Being friendly with your spouse doesn't mean love or any deep emotion.
Wives of the Chevis social class did not do the cooking. They seldom entered the kitchen. They discussed the menus with the cook or housekeeper, depending on their wealth level.
The meals were served by a servant - in this case, by Chevis' batman.
The wife was looked at but dismissed. She was ill from the strychnine, but had eaten less as she was not so fond of manchurian partidge (we are still baffled that this was a thing). Strychnine is not something anyone would intentionally put in themselves - it is excruciating - even a little. We think this was a revenge killing on the father - otherwise why was he the one getting the telegrams which were fairly cruel and mocking? The only other likely suspect we think could be the wife's ex. But - why would he sned telegrams to the father except perhaps to move attention away from the crime scene. Still baffling! Where is Sherlock Holmes!🕵️
The wife had no motive. She was independently very wealthy, and married and divorced several times after thus tragedy.
Frances had no problem divorcing men she tired of; she could have divorced Chevis just as she'd divorced Jackson and divorced subsequent husbands.