Evening Mail – Fremantle 23 March 1908, page 1 No one will deny that Harry Goninon Smith, who at 8 o’clock this morning paid, on the scaffold at the Fremantle Prison, the last penalty for the supreme crime in the criminal calendar, was the murderer of the man, William John Clinton at Day Dawn. No […]
Imprisoned in a Shaft – Homicide or Suicide?
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Kalgoorlie Miner 24 March 1900, page 7 A SENSATIONAL STORY OF IMPRISONMENT IN A SHAFT Attempted Murder at Coolgardie. Death Sentence for Accused One of the most sensational stories that has ever been told in the annals of the Perth Criminal, Court was that which was related by Mr Burnside, the Crown solicitor, in the […]
With Murderous Intent –
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In the early Goldfields days, life was harsh and death came often to families. Not just to the old and very young, but often those in the prime of life would be taken suddenly. The main causes of death were diseases such as typhoid and accidents both at work and in the home. The child […]
Death of a Girl from the Bush –
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The Mirror 8 October 1938, page 1 Facing a Murder Charge Soon after the death of a girl of 19 in the Kalgoorlie Hospital, on Wednesday. Det Sgt Findlay, Det Cannon and P.C. Gamble arrested Lillian Pearson, a married woman and boarding housekeeper, 41 years, of Kalgoorlie, who was charged with having murdered Margaret Ellen […]
Menzies Murderer Hanged
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Kalgoorlie Western Argus 10 May 1904, page 29 MENZIES MURDERER EXECUTED PERTH, May 4 1904 – Mianoor Mahomet, the Menzies murderer, was hanged at Fremantle this morning, a couple of minutes after the appointed hour, 8 o’clock. The doomed man had only to step across a few paces of the open yard to the house […]
