Murder in a Pit. Still Shrouded in Mystery. Suicide Theory Exploded. London
The mystery surrounding the death of Thomas Reeks has deepened. Although the police have made most…
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Courts & crime, 1914
1,711 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 86
Court Martial. to Deal with Serious Charges. Pretoria
It is understood that a general court martial, with General Lukin as President, will be convened for the s[?]manry trial of four men who were arrested under martial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounds Not Self-inflicted. Assumed Name Rothers the Police. London
A medical examination has proved conclusively that Reekes wounds were not self-inflicted. The chief constable of Staffordshire considers, that he must have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wolverhampton Murder. Not the Work of a Single Person. Merderede Man's Movements. London, Friday Afternoon
Newspapers continue to give prominence to the Reeks mystery. The Staffordshire police state that Reeks travelled from Canada, under an assumed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged[?]theft
In the Water Police Court on Friday Frederick Sutton, allan Host, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen £900 belonging to the National Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canteen Peosecutions. Two More Persons Charged. Incriminating Letters Produced a Lieutenant Colonel Implicated. London
Two further canteen summo[?] have been issued against a sub[?] ordinate civilian and Lieutenant Whittaker, who was stationed at Ma[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wolv[?]rhampton Murder. a Mysterious Visit. by Two Men in a Car. London
The Wolverhampton police are investigating the story of a motor car occupied by two men which stoppen at the "Swan public house, near the place where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Leader's Release. Action by Supreme Court. Johannesburg
The Supreme Court has granted a rule nisi for Mr. H. F. [?]. Cresswell[?] release, returnable on the 28th instant, on the ground that the magistrate wrongly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wolverhampton Murder
The mystery surrounding the death of Mr. Kent Reeks has deepened, and although the police are most persistent in their efforts they have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lismore Police Court. January 27th, 1914. Before Mr. A.J. Piesley, P.M. Riotous Behaviour
Alfred Ed. Dears was charged with behaving in a riotous manner in Teraniastreet on the 25th January. He pleaded guilty. It was stated that the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wholesale Murder. a Family Asphyxiated. Berlin
A master slater, a widower, at Breslau, by turning on the gas in the bedrooms at hight time, killed himself, two sons, a daughter, a sister, and a niece…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wolverhampton Murder. a Suspicious Misstatement. London
It transpires that at last week end an acquaintance of Recks' at Liverpool, who has relatives at Wolverhampton, said he would be at Leeds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Strike. Court Martial Opened. Johannesburg
The court martial of Drake, Steyn, Fer[?]na and Oliver, who were arrested under martial law, has been opened. The first two are accused of using explosives and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino Police Court
At the Police Court, Casino, yesterday, before Mr. A. J. Pel[?] P.M., Thomas Charles Bostock was charged at the instance of Mr. C. H. Greenstreet, Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Discoveries. London
The police have decided that the Ramsden discovered at Leeds was not Reeks[?] companion, and have proved that he did not travel in the Empress of Ireland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino Licensing Court
At the Licensing Court, Casino, yesterday, Mr. [?] Pelsley presiding, Annie McC[?] was granted a renewal of colonial wine license in Centre-street. The transfer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wolverhampton Murder. a Relative's Intimation. London
Mrs. Cartwright, a relative, residing at Swindon, Staffordshire, states that, seeing the portrait in the newspapers was her first intimation of Reeks' death within…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Revelations. Murder at 8s Per Head. New York
A sensation has been caused by the revelations contained in a confession which a youth named Alfred Lehman has made to the New York police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TELEGRAMS. Tragic Fire. Three Lives Lost. Arrest for Murder. Brisbane
A most tragic and shocking fire took place in the early hours of yesterday morning at Taringa, where the large two-storied wooden building occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wife Murder. Woman Horribly Mutilated. Discovery by the Son. Sydney
A shocking murder was discovered at Waverley this morning, when Sydney Mullen, aged 13 years, who was usually called by his mother, Elizabeth Adeline…
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