Jack Samuel Puttnam - “auntycide”.
Jack Samuel Puttnam - “auntycide”. 31 year old Puttnam, a boot repairer, was executed at Pentonville prison at 9.00 a.m. on Thursday the 8th of June 1933 by Robert Baxter and Stanley Cross. Puttnam weighed 144 lbs. and was given a drop of 7’ 6”. The notices of execution were posted before a small group of people at 9.15 a.m. Puttnam had been convicted of stabbing and strangling his aunt, 44 year old Elizabeth Mary Standley at her home at 13 Blackstock Road in Finsbury Park, London, on Saturday the 4th of March 1933. Elizabeth Kerswell lived on the ground floor of 13 Blackstock Road and heard the front door bell ring at around 9.30 that Saturday morning. She heard Elizabeth say “Are you coming up for a few minutes, Jack? Elizabeth did not hear a struggle or screams. Elizabeth’s body was discovered at lunchtime. She had been stabbed with a meat skewer and strangled with the electrical flex of a radio and her body had been pushed under her bed. Her clothing wa...