The Murder of Perry Russell

Published: Sept. 4, 2019, 2:10 p.m.

b'The moon was in the window. The bedroom swam silver in its light.\\xa0 Half-past eight o\\u2019clock on October 3, 1868, and Hannah Russell lay awake, her husband Perry beside her. He slept deeply and didn\\u2019t stir, though wind shook the roof-slates and rattled the shutters and somebody rapped at the side-door.'