Tall Man with Pointed Beard. Strange Tale of Murder Plot Suggestion at a Cemetery
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3
"A friend of mine wants to get rid of an old woman, a relative who is in the way. My friend will give £4 if the crime is committed in the apartment; eight if it is done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Tragedy in Sydney. Murder and Suicide. Death of Father and Only Son. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5
A terrible tragedy was enacted last night at Bellevue Hill, Double Bay, with the result that Walter Houston Hardy, head of the firm of Messrs. Hardy Bros., the well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 4
There was very little doing at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, when the bench was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M. Richard Grant Newland, a stranger,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Police Court
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 5
At the Kurri police court, on Saturday, before Mr. E. J. Cutcliffe, J.P., Gowan Pickering and Henry Smith were charged with using indecent language. Pickering was also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglary at Raymond Terrace
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 4
Between midnight on Saturday and six o'clock yesterday morning, a burglary was committed at Raymond Terrace, the baker's shop of Messrs. Markey Bros, being entered,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court-martial Aftermath. London
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 5
The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Observer" states that Berlin is Prussian and North German to the core, and the bulk of public opinion in the capital approves of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zabern Court-martial. Colonel Von Reuter Acquitted. Berlin, Jan. 10
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 5
Colonel Von Reuter has been acquitted by the court-martial inquiring into the Zabern affair. The Court held that the Colonel was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4
At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., May Smith was charged with drunkenness, with having assaulted Constable Holby in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local News. Police Court
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2
At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. P. E. Eldershaw, J.P., two strangers to Singleton were charged with stealing fruit from a vineyard at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News by Wire. More Rain. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon. a Clever Burglary
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5
A thief or thieves entered the offices of the Metropolitan and Bryants, Ltd., Liverpool-street, during the night, and stole £223 from two safes. There is no clue Further general rains have fallen in the interior. Benefiical rains have fallen at many scattered places throughout New South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Tragedy in Sydney. Murder and Suicide
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 1
A terrible tragedy was enacted on Friday night at Believue Hill, Double Bay, with the result that Walter Houston Hardy, head of the firm of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Terrible Tragedy. Murder and Suicide. Sydney
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4
A terrible tragedy was enacted on Friday night at Bellvue Hill, Double Bay, with the result that Walter Houston Hardy, head of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder of Ho. a Prominent Chinese. Shanghai, Jan. 12
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5
Ho, founder of the "Commercial Press" at Shanghai, which possesses the finest printing works in Asia, publishing annually thousands of educational works, was shot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liquor Test Case. Special Court's Decision
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4
An interesting case came before the police magistrate, Mr. F. F. Potts, at Taree police court, when Allan Deuchar was charged with selling liquor not being servant or agent of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2
At the Kurri police court yesterday, before Mr. E. J. Cutcliffe, J.P.. Robert Herron pleaded not guilty to a charge of having no lawful means of support. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Assault Mystery
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 1
A man who arrived in Toowoomba from away back en route to Brisbane, where he intended to spend Christmas had a lively time (says an exchange)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Penalty for Murder
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 5
Chas. Odgers, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Molyneaux, at North Dandalup, West Australia, was executed this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shoreditch Murder. a Recognition London, Jan. 13
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 7
The driver and conductor of an omnibus have identified Starchfield, the seven-years old boy who was found strangled in a railway carriage, as the boy who in company…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trial of Hopf. a Sensational Case. Wholesale Murder Alleged. Berlin. Jan. 13
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 5
The trial of Karl Hopf, formerly foils champion of the world, has commenced. He is charged with poisoning by arsenic his father, his first wife, and two children,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Titanic Disaster. Claims of the Relatives. Supreme Court to Decide. Washington, Jan. 13
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 5
Claims aggregating 13,000,000 dollars are awaiting the Supreme Court's decision as a result of the Titanic disaster. The Oceanic Navigation Company is…
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