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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 08, 1779

Page

2

Tragic double pistol attack ends in Miss Ray's death

Miss Martha Ray dies after a man in black shoots her at Covent Garden theatre then turns the pistol on himself. Hackman, once her suitor and army officer, is seized as a suspect after a self inflicted wound and a follow up inquest at Shakespeare tavern. The evidence details a long, fraught history of affection, rejection, and perilous obsession culminating in a fatal Wednesday night incident.

Hackman Miss Ray Mr. Hackman Signora Galli Covent Garden Theatre King’s Sir John Fielding John Welsh Signora Galli M‘namara Dennis Shakespeare Tavern John Glascow Welsh John Walsh Mary Anderson Glascow Andrew Doyle Haliburton Mahon O'Brian Brompton Shakespeare Tethilfields Bridewell

Murder at the Shakespeare Coroner's Inquest Delivers Verdict

In a tragic case Miss Ray died from a gunshot wound with skull fracture. The Coroner's Inquest at the Shakespeare called by nine o clock concluded with a verdict of willful murder. Lord Sandwich reacted with grief and the body prepared for interment near Leicester Fields. Miss Ray, from Clerkenwell, left five children and was renowned for singing and harpsichord playing.

Ray Shakespeare Mr. O*brian Mr. Jarvis Lord Sandwich Leicester Fields Miss Ray Clerkenwell

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