Calvert, Louie (c. 1893–1926)
Calvert, Louie (c. 1893–1926)
English murderer. Name variations: Louisa Jackson. Born c. 1893; executed June 26, 1926; m. Arthur Calvert.
Feigned pregnancy to employer Arthur Calvert and convinced him to marry her; stayed in Leeds at home of Mrs. Lily Waterhouse during her supposed pregnancy; returned to husband with a baby who had been either adopted or borrowed from a woman in a neighboring town and with belongings stolen from Waterhouse; charged with murder after Waterhouse was found beaten to death; convicted at Leeds Assizes; confessed to earlier murder of John William Frobisher; executed at Strangeways Prison.
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