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Spotlight: Pat Connell Enquiry

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Burrangong Argus (NSW : 1865 – 1913), Saturday 28 July 1866, page 3 SHOOTING OF PAT CONNELL BUSHRANGER. The following is the evidence which was taken at the magisterial enquiry touching the death of Connell, at the Braidwood police-office by J. H. Griffin, Esq., on Wednesday afternoon. Sergeant Creagh on oath states :— In consequence of instructions I received I started on Tuesday morning about 5 a.m. from Ballalaba after the robbers at Mudmelong. We made along the track leading from Mr. Connell’s public-house to Araluen about fifteen miles; about 10 o’clock we came to a mountain when the black … Continue reading Spotlight: Pat Connell Enquiry

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Spotlight: Shooting of Pat Connell

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Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser (NSW : 1864 – 1867), Thursday 26 July 1866, page 2 SHOOTING OF PAT CONNELL. From the Braidwood Dispatch. INFORMATION was brought into town on Wednesday morning last of the police having, the day previous, pursued the bushrangers whose depredations at Mudmelong on Monday last were recorded in our last issue, and of the death of one of their number, Pat Connell, during the encounter which ensued. The news was brought into town at an early hour in the morning, between one and two o’clock the same day the body of the dead outlaw was … Continue reading Spotlight: Shooting of Pat Connell

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Spotlight: THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS

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Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 – 1930), Sunday 13 July 1913, page 22 ‘THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS’ Some of the Grim Mementoes of Australia’s Criminal History Contained in the Sydney Police Museum. FAMOUS CASES RECALLED. The first impression one gains of the interior of the musuem, attached to the New South Wales Police Department, in Hunterstreet, Sydney, is that of a second-hand shop. It contains everything to convey this idea— but there is a difference — goods are not for sale. No amount of money could purchase even the smallest article in that closely-guarded room. It is safe to … Continue reading Spotlight: THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS

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Spotlight: The Execution Of The Clarke Brothers As It Was Reported

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Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 – 1917), Wednesday 26 June 1867, page 3 LATEST INTELLIGENCE [PER GREVILLE AND CO., REUTER’S AGENTS.] (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ) Sydney, June 25. The convicted bushrangers, Thomas and John Clarke were executed at 9 o’clock this morning. The scaffold was erected in the yard of Darlinghurst Gaol. There were only about the usual number of officials and spectators present, and nothing special marked the ceremony. The men bad been most assiduously attended by their spiritual advisers, and a subdued and quiet manner, with expressions of penitence for their crimes, marked their last moments. In … Continue reading Spotlight: The Execution Of The Clarke Brothers As It Was Reported

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Spotlight: Donohoe and Underwood Rob a Doctor

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Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 – 1842), Thursday 24 June 1830, page 2 On the afternoon of Saturday last, as Dr. Sherwin was riding on the Windsor road; in the neighbourhood of Parramatta, two men, whom he supposes to have been Donohoe and Underwood, rushed from the side of the road, commanded him to stop, and laying hold of the horse’s reins, led him and the rider for some distance into the bush. They then commenced a diligent search on the Doctor’s person, and took from him his gold watch, and a case of lancets. … Continue reading Spotlight: Donohoe and Underwood Rob a Doctor