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But now an amateur historian believes that he has identified the man who, it seems, not only escaped the hangman’s noose but went on to prosper before dying of old age.

Jeremy Crick has spent the past two years researching the inscription and is convinced that “C_____s B_____w” was a wealthy tenant farmer named Charles Barlow. He says that the inscription appears to be a last attempt by Miss Smith’s family at getting some sort of justice after her death.

Mr Crick has found no sign, despite a trawl through the records, of anyone being arrested or charged with Miss Smith’s murder.

Mr Barlow’s position as the wealthiest tenant farmer in the district would, Mr Crick says, have made him an influential and dangerous enemy.