POOK

Edmund Walter (son of Ebenezer Whitcher Pook of 2 London st. Green wich, bookseller and stationer). b. 1850; a singer; tried at central criminal court 13 July 1871 for murder of Jane Maria Clousen, a servant to his father, who was found nearly dead in Kidbrook lane, near Eltham, Kent 26 April and d. in Guy’s hospital 30 April 1871, aged 17; he d. Salisbury st. London 23 April 1882. A.R. (1871) 229–34; Central criminal court se ion paper , minutes of evidence lxxiv 245–309 (1871); The Eltham tragedy reviewed by C. [ i.e. Newton Crosland ] 1871, 4 ed. 1871; A report of the speeches at the Black heath meeting on the Pook v. Farrah libel case 1871 .