drolnhoj Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 A book by David Bentley - "The Sheffield Murders 1865-1965" gives a good account of the Charles Peace murder. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 He also made it into a cartoon strip. I have an old Buster annual from 1970 with him thrown forward in time. If I get the chance this weekend I'll dig it out and scan it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 my dad did our family tree years ago and has always told me Charles Peace was my great great great grandad, although ive never found this out myself. Its very interesting finding a thread by his capters relatives lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fareast Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Msbehavin Charley Peace didn't live at Banner Cross. He'd met the Dyson's at Darnall where they and he had lived before. He'd started up some sort of relationship with Mrs. Dyson [i don't think anyone so far on can now tell if it was a sexual one or not ]. Anyway , he became a bit obsessed with her and ,presumably , this was the reaon the Dysons moved. Somehow Peace discovered where they were living and went round there on the night of the murder. I don't know if he was still in Darnall at that time.As far as I can recall from his biography , he'd been born just off High St. The inquest on Dyson's death was held at the other end of Psalter Lane , at the Stag . Quite a character----after eating all his breakfast on the morning of his execution , he complained that the bacon had been too salty ! The least of his worries , I should have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Try the Fire & police museum at West Bar roundabout. In the cells, there is loads of information about a local murderer, and i think it's Charles Peace. The museum is only open Sundays/bank holidays, but if you ring them first, they should be able to confirm if the info they've got is about Charles Peace. (0114 2491999) Everything so far on this thread seems to ring a bell that it is Charles Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisterloui Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 This is a little late in the day,but i have only joined the site today. Charlie peace lodged with the dysons on brittania rd, darnall. The row of houses were there in the 70's but were demolished and the darnall library now stands on the site. As a child we were warned to behave or charlie peaces ghost would get us. I remember a lot of tales about charlie,I am not sure how historically true they are but darnall was a very close knit community but they make interesting tales in the telling. best wishes sisterloui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grantham Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 ......there used to be 'Charlie Peace adventures' in something like Victor or Valient comic years ago - was this the same Charles Peace or is it just a coincidence? G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fareast Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Grantham, I would guess it was the same. Charley Peace is still talked about and I suppose , going back a bit , he was as notorious as , say , the Krays or , before Peace, Dick Turpin. He had a lot more adventures after leaving Sheffield----mainly I think in Hull , Manchester , Nottingham and , finally London [ Peckham area]. In Manchester , I believe he shot a policeman and escaped. Three Irish brothers were arrested for the crime and one of them was on trial for the murder. It's said that Peace was in the public gallery , in disguise , and watched the young man get life imprisonment. Later , Peace said that if the Irish lad had been sentenced to death , he , Peace would have confessed ! [Oh Yeah ?] After getting caught doing a burglary in Blackheath , Peace , who was living under a false name [naturally] was recognised and was brought to Sheffield to face trial for the Dyson murder. On the way here , round about Kiveton , he jumped through the train lavatory window , badly hurt himself and was quickly re-captured. He spent quite a lot of time in the old police cells which used to be on Water Lane and hanged semi-publicly at Armley Prison. They did a play about Peace at the old Playhouse theatre on Campo Lane in the late '60's and Dave Bradley played Peace---he played the religious "fanatic" in the recent t.v. production of "Blackpool" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatross Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 I remember my grandma telling me about him. When she was a little girl she lived in the house that he had lived in at Darnall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsnoo Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 The reason it took so long to get Charlie was because he could dislocate his jaw thus giving him a different look. He had done this when arrested and a policeman who looked through the spyhole in the cell door saw him re adjust his jaw back and then recognised him as The Charlie Peace who was wanted in Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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