Cora Crippen's brooch

This beautiful silver brooch was given to Kate Williams by her close friend Cora Crippen a few months before she disappeared. Kate Williams and William Hedley Roberts were a strongman act that appeared under the name of ‘Atlas and Vulcana’

In 1910, Kate Williams was the first to alert the police to the disappearance of her friend, Belle Elmore (Cora Crippen) ultimately leading to the investigation, arrest of, and execution of Belle's husband, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen.