The First Killer Caught by Electricity | Chronoverse

1845. A murderer escaped on a train, sure no one could catch him. But a message on a telegraph wire was faster, and it had one strange word in it: "kwaker". 00:00 The perfect getaway 00:45 The crime 01:45 The suspect 03:01 The message 04:40 The chase 05:58 The trial 07:01 How it changed the world Sources: British Transport Police history (Murder of Sarah Hart); Wikipedia (John Tawell; Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph); Capital Punishment UK. Subscribe to Chronoverse for history, one story at a time. #history #truecrime #victorian #telegraph #chronoverse