low ▁of ▁the ▁secret ▁meet ings . ▁Miss ▁Smith ▁died ▁at ▁the ▁scene , ▁while ▁the ▁vic ar ▁surv ived ▁another ▁week ▁before ▁succ umb ing ▁to ▁his ▁inj uries . ▁ ▁We ather hill ▁also ▁seriously ▁injured ▁the ▁vic ar ' s ▁wife . ▁On ▁ 4 ▁April ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁We ather hill ▁became ▁the ▁last ▁person ▁to ▁be ▁public ly ▁h anged ▁in ▁Manchester , ▁at ▁the ▁New ▁Ba iley ▁prison . ▁Local ▁legend ▁has ▁it ▁that ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁a ▁young ▁woman ▁is ▁sometimes ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁window ▁of ▁the ▁vic ar age , ▁now ▁in ▁private ▁ownership . ▁▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁Through out ▁the ▁first ▁de cade ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th   century , ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁Bor ough ▁of ▁Tod m orden ▁remained ▁constant . ▁The ▁ten - year ly ▁UK ▁census ▁returns ▁show ▁figures ▁of ▁ 2 5 , 4 1 8 ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁and ▁ 2 5 , 4 0 4 ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 . ▁Like ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁Upper ▁Cal der ▁Valley , ▁Tod m orden ' s ▁economy ▁experienced ▁a ▁slow ▁decl ine ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War ▁on wards , ▁acceler ating ▁after ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁until ▁around ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁pain ful ▁rest ruct uring ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁economy ▁with ▁the ▁closure ▁of ▁mill s ▁and ▁the ▁dem ise