Queensland Horrors. The Gallon Outrage. Residents Terrorised. Morbid Curiosity. a Rush of Sightseers. a Projected Panorama. the Police Powerless
Evening News · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 4
GATTON (Q.), Monday Morning.—The failure of the police operating here is causing widespread dissatisfaction throughout {he district. A feeling of unrest and unsafety prevails everywhere,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extra Special. "Evening News" Office. 3.30 P.m. Queensland Horrors. the Gatton Outrage. Inspection of the Trap. the Scene of the Murder. New Theories of the Crime. Tell-tale Indications. the Arrest of Burgess. Was It a Mistake?
Evening News · Monday 9 January 1899 · page 5
GATTON (Q.), Monday, Noon.—Mr. Parry-Okeden, the Chief Commissioner of Police, went to Brisbane on Saturday night to personally Investigate the circumstances of the murder of the boy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Petty Theft
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2
At the Water Police Court yesterday a domestic servant named Mary Ann Williams (41) was charged with stealing a print dress and other property, valued at £1, the property of Maggie Bereery. Accused was out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Drummoyne Police Fracas. Proceedings at the Balmain Police Court
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 7
At the Balmain Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., William Mitchell, 47, described as a slator, but who is a member of the New South Wales Police Force, lately stationed at Drummoyne,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland News. The Police Magistrate as Coroner. Several Sudden Deaths. West Maitland
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 7
Misses Grace Hammond, aged 23, and Annie Munns, aged 18, the oldest daughters of well- known Maitland residents, died yesterday after a short illness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Boy Sent to Gaol
Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 3
TAMWORTH, Monday.—At the police court on Saturday, a boy named Edward Maher was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for having in his possession a gold waltham watch, valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Charge of Murder
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 6
DENILIQUIN, Monday.--John Cadman was again brought up on remand to-day, before the police magistrate, charged with the murder of his wife at Conargo, on November 9 last. After…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Drummoyne Sensation. Monday's Police Court Proceedings Witnesses for the Defence
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2
The shooting incident which caused such a commotion at Drummoyne on Boxing Day, and in which two well-known police officers figured, was further Investigated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Goodna Murder. a Suspect Watched
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The detectives here have traced the movements of a suspect in connection with the murder of the boy Hill in Queensland, who is wanted on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Oxley Murder. the Suspected Schoolmaster
Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 5
BRISBANE, Tuesday Afternoon.—Wilson, the schoolmaster, who is wanted at Ipswich, on a shocking charge, has been traced aboard the, steamer Rockton, which left Brisbane for Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Stations and Telephones
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 6
The want of proper telephonic communication with the police stations in the eastern suburbs has been frequently referred to, and the Woollabra Council recently decided to apply for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boys Stone a Watchman. Alleged Assault at Mori's Dock
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 5
New Year's Eve was responsible for many things. Among others was an alleged assault upon an assistant watchman at Mort's Dock Balmain. A number of lads are said to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Licensing Court
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph
At the Central Licensing Court to-day, before Messrs. M. S. Love, D. S. M., and F. Penny, L. M., transfers of publicans licenses were granted for the Clare Castle Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bankruptcy Court. Voluntary Sequestration
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
Thomas James Kelly, of Cobar, labourer. Mr. L. T. Lloyd, official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Oxley Murder. Work of the Melbourne Detectives
Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The police received an intimation of the warrant having been issued for the arrest of Wilson in the Queensland "Police Gazette," which arrived a few days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Courts. Assaulting a Fellow-workman
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2
Henry Putney, John Nell Rust, Henry John Mailer, and Frank Kain were charged yesterday, before Mr. Delohery, S.M., at the Newtown Court, with assaulting William George Willson. Putney pleaded guilty, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Quay-street Assault. Resumption of the Inquest. The Allegations of the Deceased
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 5
The death of the young man Robert Crooks, from injuries said lo have been sustained during the progress of a row in Quay-street, Darling Harbour, last Sunday week, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. Hearing of Creditors Petitions
The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 5
Saxton rind Binns v. Wilkins and Fewster, Mr. M. Mitchell, who appeared for the petitioners, asked for an order, which was made, the act of bankruptcy to date from December…
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