16 August

Walter Palmer dies; the insurer refuses to pay and sends investigators.

William Palmer Executed

A Staffordshire doctor deep in racing debts, a friend's winnings at Shrewsbury, and a strychnine trial moved to London by Act of Parliament.

Pardoned by Kaiser Wilhelm II, Voigt is released early from Tegel prison.

Captain of Köpenick Convicted

In 1906 an unemployed shoemaker in a second-hand captain's uniform commandeered a squad of soldiers, arrested a mayor and walked off with the town's cash.