F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead this income even after he took less well-paid government positions in later years, something of which he would bitterly complain. In one of the best-known cases in which Smith was involved he successfully defended Ethel le Neve, mistress of Hawley Harvey Crippen ("Dr Crippen") against a charge of murder. Le Neve was accused of killing Crippen's wife. Crippen was tried separately and convicted. Smith twice unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in Liverpool, for Scotland division in a by-election in 1903, and for Walton division in 1905 before he entered the House of Commons representing Walton in 1906. He attracted attention by
Dr. Martin Walton House American Civil War, and his wife Susan, in 1866. It was redesigned in the Italianate architectural style in 1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Dr. Martin Walton House The Dr. Martin Walton House is a historic house near Springfield, Tennessee, U.S.. The house was built in 1809 for Dr. Martin Walton, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, his wife Elizabeth and their five children. Walton was a physician, Baptist minister, and large landowner who grew corn and cotton; he also made whiskey. Walton died in 1844, and his son David was murdered