John Dickman

Dickman's clothing was examined and appeared to be stained with blood, and his Burberry overcoat showed signs of being recently scrubbed with paraffin, a substance used at the time for removal of bloodstains.[1] On 6 July Dickman was convicted by a jury of the murder of Nisbet and he was sentenced to death by Mr Justice Coleridge.The socialist writer C. H. Norman, an ardent opponent of capital punishment, was among those who were convinced of John Dickman's innocence.[4] Two episodes of the radio show The Black Museum hosted by Orson Welles were based on Dickman's case.However it has been suggested that Dickman was also guilty of two previous murders, of Caroline Mary Luard at Ightham, Kent in 1908 and Hermann Cohen in Sunderland in 1909.
Full-width compartment carriage with no aisle and no corridor built 1900, similar to the one in which John Nisbet was murdered
Interior layout diagram of a compartment coach with no corridor
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