Mrs Straker, widow of the murdered trainer, asking Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Gregory if they have found her husband's killer From "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Published in Strand Magazine in 1892 Sidney Paget (1860-1908 English)

Memorial to the murdered jews of europe looking up at the blocks., Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Eeisenman Architects

Froissart Chronicles (c.1333-c.1404). Richard II (1367-1400) King of England from 1377, surrendering the crown to Lord Derby, 29 December 1399. Richard died, probably murdered, in Pontefract Castle early in 1400. Manuscript, British. Museum, London

Visitors walking up small funicular railway that carried murdered and tortured victims up to ovens for burning at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Canterbury Cathedral became a major place of medieval pilgrimage after the murder of Archbishop Thomas A Becket on 29th December 1170 Four knights murdered Becket with swords on the behest of Henry II on the steps of the altar in the cathedral

Hands of fellow police officers at funeral of murdered sheriff in Atlanta Georgia by shooting in courthouse handgun motorcycle bike

Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe, or the Holocaust memorial, designed by Peter Eisenman, Ebertstrasse, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Hypatia (c370-415) mathematician and philosopher (Neoplatonist) murdered by followers of Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria. Mid-19th century artist's reconstruction. Wood engraving

Henry II (1133-1189) King of England from 1154: Henry disputing with Thomas a Becket (1118-1170) Archbishop of Canterbury, Mailed figures are four knights who murdered Becket, Chromolithograph after medieval manuscript,