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Murders

"Early South Australian Murders" is in the Register,
23 June 1920, page 9c,
Observer,
26 June 1920, page 12e.

"The Hindley Street Murder" is in the Register,
15 October 1864, page 3b.

"The Tanunda Tragedy" is in the Express,
26 April 1865, page 3e,
"The Mount Gambier Tragedy" on
12 November 1867, page 2c.

"Horrible Murder in the Roadstead" is in the Observer,
2 August 1873, page 4c.
"The Redruth Murder Case" on
28 July 1877, page 10g,
"Murder Near Port Adelaide" on
16 March 1878, page 6g,
"Inquest on the Mannum Murder" on
26 March 1887, pages 29e-37d,
"Three Murders and Suicide" on
18 August 1888, page 31c,
"The Magill Murder" on
13 August 1892, page 24c,
"Tragedy at York" on
1 April 1899, page 28e,
"The West Coast Murder" on
25 November 1899, page 28d,
20 January 1900, page 29a.

"The Murderer Prest" is in the Express,
4, 6 and 16 July 1878, pages 2c, 3b and 2f,
"Serious Affair at Stepney" on
26 March 1879, page 3b,
"The Kulpara Murder" on
4 July 1881, page 3b,
"The Murder at Edithburgh" on
31 January 1881, page 3c,
"Shocking Murder at Port Augusta" on
7 June 1881, page 3a,
"Murder at Henley Beach" on,
16 November 1882, page 3e,
"Supposed Murder of a Chinaman" on
27 August 1883, page 3e,
6 October 1883, page 2c,
"The Murder at Port Adelaide" on
6 November 1884, page 3f,
"The Double Murder and Suicide" on
15 June 1885, page 3c,
"Terrible Murder in Adelaide" in the Observer,
15 August 1885, page 34e.

"Murder at Naracoorte" in the Chronicle,
27 March 1875, page 13d,
1 May 1875, page 8d,
"The Edgecombe Case" on
13 December 1884, page 4d,
"Shocking Brutality and Death in City" on
27 April 1889, pages 8a-23e,
"The Case of Selina Cocking" on
25 October 1890, page 5e,
8 November 1890, page 12c,
"The Lowenthal Murder Case" on
7 March 1891, page 4d.

"A Terrible Tragedy - A Woman Murdered" on
4 February 1893, page 9b,
"The Little Swamp Tragedy" on
20 May 1893, page 7a,
17 June 1893, page 6a.

A fatal stabbing at North Terrace is reported in the Register,
4 January 1877, page 6a,
"Murder Near Port Adelaide" on
13 and 14 March 1878, pages 5d-6d and 5e,
"Murder at Thebarton" on
5 February 1880, page 1a (supp.),
"The Murder of Trooper Pearce" on
23 May 1881, page 6f,
"The Murder at Port Augusta" on
30 May 1881, page 5g,
2 June 1881, page 1c (supp.),
22 October 1881, page 5f,
6 December 1881, page 5a,
"Murder in Hindley Street" on
15 18, 25 and 27 August 1883, pages 7f, 6g, 6f and 5b.

"The Case of Johanna Sullivan" is in the Register,
22, 23 and 28 August 1879, pages 4g-5c, 6f and 7c.

"Double Murder and Suicide" at North Adelaide is in the Register,
13 and 18 June 1885, pages 4f and 7d,
"Terrible Murder in Adelaide" on,
12 and 19 July 1885, pages 7a and 7e,
"The Case of Edward H. Carroll" on
10 October 1885, pages 4g-5c,
"The South Terrace Tragedy" on
18 August 1888, pages 4g-5g,
"The Alleged Wife Murder" on
26 April 1889, page 6d,
7 June 1889, page 4h.

"The Murder at Mannum" is in the Express on
26 March 1887, page 3f,
"The Stepney Tragedy" on
8 October 1887, page 4c,
"The Murder at Kopperamanna" on
29 June 1888, page 4a,
"A Triple Murder and Suicide" on
17, 18 and 24 August 1888, pages 2c, 2c and 4c,
"The Rosina Street Case" on
11 October 1893, page 2c,
"A Whole Family Killed - The Murderer Dead" on
26 December 1893, page 4c.

"Shocking Tragedy at Magill" is in the Register,
22 June 1892, page 6a,
10 August 1892, page 7c,
"The Cowarie Murder" on
22 November 1892, page 6h,
"The Tragedy in Sturt Street" on
27 December 1893, pages 4e-5c,
"The Murder Cases in the North" on,
28 July 1894, page 4e,
"The Lovely Gully Murder" on
16, 22 and 24 August 1894, pages 5a, 7a and 4e-6e,
"The Orroroo Tragedy" on,
6 and 8 November 1894, pages 6b and 4h,
"Wife Murder at Wellington" on
27 May 1895, page 6b,
"The Alma Plains Tragedy" on
2 and 3 September 1895, pages 6g and 4e.

"The Orroroo Tragedy" is in the Express,
6 November 1894, page 3c,
"Torrens Drowning Case - A Verdict of Murder" on
28 October 1896, page 3e,
"Tragedy at Semaphore" on
27 January 1897, page 3a,
26 February 1897, page 2g,
"The Streaky Bay Case" on
11 and 14 June 1897, pages 2f-3e and 3d,
10 July 1897, page 2d,
"Sad Tragedy at Glen Osmond - Double Murder and Suicide" on
8 February 1898, page 2c,
"The Gladstone Murder Case" on
17 August 1899, page 2h.

"The Waukaringa Murder" is in the Chronicle,
18 August 1894, page 4e,
"The Murderer Insane"
1 June 1895, page 8a,
"Supposed Murder" on
31 August 1895, page 22e,
"Execution of Lynch" on
9 November 1895, page 17e,
"Charge of Murder - The Streaky Bay Case" on
19 June 1897, page 26c,
17 July 1897, page 17a,
"Tragedy at Mount Mary" on
25 February 1899, page 17a,
"Triple Murder and Suicide [at Kilkenny]" on
1 April 1899, page 16,
"The Denial Bay Murder" on
25 November 1899, page 21a,
23 December 1899, page 15d,
20 January 1900, page 16a,
"The Port Pirie Murder" on
2 December 1899, page 17e.

"The Semaphore Tragedy" is in the Register,
27 February 1897, page 4g,
"The Bank Street Tragedy" on
18 June 1898, page 9a,
"Tragedy at Stepney" on
19 and 20 January 1900, pages 5b and 5c,
"The Stansbury Tragedy" on
27 August 1901, page 3i,
"The Kensington Tragedy" on
30 November 1901, pages 4h-6h,
"Tragedy at Dublin" on
1 November 1902, page 7e,
12 December 1902, page 4d,
"Tragedy in Waymouth Street" on
21 September 1903, page 4h,
14 October 1903, page 4a.

"The Kensington Murder" is in the Express,
13 December 1901, page 2g,
"Lovers' Fatal Quarrel - The Kensington Park Case" on
31 October 1904, page 4c,
"The Pirie Street Case" on
6 August 1906, page 4i,
4 October 1906, page 1g,
"An Afghan's Crime" on
13 August 1906, page 1d,
17 October 1906, page 1e,
"Murder at Milang" on
24 January 1907, page 1e,
21 February 1907, page 1g,
"Murder at Glenelg - A Police Constable Shot" on
30 March 1908, page 1i,
4 June 1908, page 1h,
"Tragedy at Gilles Plains - A Man Shoots His Wife" on
1 February 1909,
"Tragedy at Brighton - A Cabman Shot" on
16 September 1909, page 1d,
13 December 1909, page 1g,
"Baker's Throat Cut in a Lane - An Arrest Made" on
24 December 1909, page 1f.

"A Child Poisoned - Charge of Murder" is in the Observer,
18 January 1902, page 32a,
"The Arcade Tragedy" on
25 January 1902, page 30d,
"The Brompton Tragedy" on
12 July 1902, page 33a,
"Man Shoots His Wife in Rundle Street" on
5 March 1904, page 35a,
"The Kensington Murder" on
7 January 1905, page 34a,
"Tragedy at Glenelg" on
25 November 1905, page 40d,
"The Winnie Goater Case" on
14 October 1905, page 47a,
23 December 1905, page 31d.

"A Brutal Murder at Stirling" is in the Chronicle,
10 January 1903, page 33,
"A Charge of Murder - The Madam Harpur Case" on
13 June 1903, page 15a,
"Murder in Rundle Street" on
5 March 1904, page 33,
"A Shocking Lovers' Tragedy" on
5 November 1904, page 39a,
7 January 1905, page 36b,
"Tragedy at Glenelg - A Woman Shot" on
25 November 1905, page 39a.

"Startling Street Tragedy - Escape of the Murderer" is in the Register,
29 February 1904, page 6g,
"The East Adelaide [Murder] Case" on
5 August 1904, page 3d,
"A Young Girl Shot - A Lover's Quarrel" on
29 and 31 October 1904, pages 7a and 4a,
"The Glenelg Tragedy" on
21 November 1905, page 6b,
"The Goater Tragedy" on
19 December 1905, pages 6d-8g,
"A Woman Dismembered" on
14 August 1906, page 7c,
"The Death at Parkside - Sheridan on Trial" on
10 and 12 October 1906, pages 6c and 4c.

"Pardoning a Prisoner - The Magill Murder" is in the Register,
22 April 1904, page 5b.

"Tragedy in Adelaide - A Woman Dismembered" is in the Observer,
18 August 1906, page 42a,
"Young Woman's Death - "Dr Sheridan"" Wanted" is on,
8 September 1906, page 37d,
13 October 1906, page 37c,
"Murder or Nothing - Blanche Watson Acquitted" on
24 November 1906, page 40d,
"A Shocking Tragedy - Wife Shot" on
6 February 1909, page 39e,
"Brighton Tragedy - Charge of Murder" on
23 October 1909, page 44c,
"The Hergott Tragedy" on
11 and 25 December 1909, pages 49e and 39.

"The Murder Trials" is in the Register,
20 October 1906, page 4c,
"The Midnight Murder" on
25 December 1909, page 7g,
"The Moonta Street Murder" on
17 February 1910, page 6e,
"Tanunda Tragedy - Death of a Girl" on
8 March 1910, page 7a,
"Young Wife's Throat Cut" on
11 August 1910, page 7d,
"Wilful Murder - West End Tragedy" on
5 October 1910, pages 6d-e-8e,
"Gilles Plains Tragedy" on
24 December 1912, page 9d,
"The West Adelaide Murder" on
8 November 1913, page 14f,
"Millbrook Tragedy" on
20 and 21 November 1913, pages 5e and 9d.

"Shocking Butchery of a Woman" is in the Chronicle,
18 August 1906, page 37d,
"Trial of Sheridan - Charge of Murder" on
13 October 1906, page 45d,
"Murder at Milang" on
26 January 1907, page 38c,
2 and 23 February 1907, pages 42a and 40c,
"Tragedy at Knightsbridge" on
9 January 1909, page 41,
"Tragedy at Gilles Plains" on
6 February 1909. page,
"The Brighton Tragedy" on
23 October 1909, page 42a,
"The Glenelg Tragedy" on
5 February 1910, page 41a,
"Murder in Hindley Street" on
13 August 1910, page 39a,
"West Coast Tragedy - The Yendinna Jack Case" on
19 August 1911, page 38c,
"The Budd Case" on
26 April 1919, page 37a,
3 May 1919, page 34b.

"A Seaside Sensation - Man Shot at Glenelg" is in the Express,
25 and 28 January 1910, pages 4f and 1h,
"Tragedy at Glanville - Double Murder and Suicide" on
30 December 1910, page 1,
"The Norwood Tragedy - Verdict of Wilful Murder" on
21 February 1911, page 1i; also see
6 April 1911, page 1i, ,
"The Gawler Tragedy" on
11 October 1912, page 6c,
"Murder at Gilles Plains" on
23 December 1912, page 4h,
"Child Murdered by Her Father" on
11 February 1913,
"Burra Murder Mystery" on
19 March 1915, page 1b,
"The Noarlunga Tragedy" on
19 May 1916, page 3f,
"Woman's Terrible Fate - Battered and Hacked to Death" is in the Express,
18 February 1920, page 1e.

"Terrible Tragedy - Baker's Throat Cut" is in the Observer,
1 January 1910, page 40a,
"Murderous Assault at Glenelg" on
29 January 1910, page 39a,
"The Nuriootpa Tragedy" on
16 April 1910, page 39a,
"Murder in Hindley Street" on
13 August 1910, page 37b,
3 September 1910, page 50c,
8 October 1910, page 42e,
"Glanville Tragedy - Wife and Child Killed" on
31 December 1910, page 27b,
"The Grote Street Tragedy Trial" on
19 October 1912, page 44a,
"Tragedy at Gilles Plains" on 28 December 1912, page 44a.

"Murder and Suicide at Prospect" is in the Observer,
15 February 1913, page 39a,
"Mitcham Girl's Death - Verdict of Wilful Murder" on
29 March 1913, page 51a,
"West Adelaide Tragedy" on
8 November 1913, page 39a,
West-End Tragedy on
19 December 1914, page 42c,
"Caurnamont Murder Charge" on
31 July 1915, page 45a,
"The Noarlunga Affray" on
1 April 1916, page 18c,
27 May 1916, page 44a.

"Tragic End to Courtship" is in the Register,
28 August 1917, page 5d.

"Southwark Tragedy" is in the Observer,
6 December 1919, page 35d,
"Halifax Street Tragedy" on
28 February 1920, page 38a,
"Rhynie Tragedy" on
17 April 1920, page 20b,
1 May 1920, page 12c,
"Moore Street Tragedy" on
31 July 1920, page 19a,
"Bowden Tragedy" on
19 May 1923, page 24b,
"Oakbank Tragedy" on
2 June 1923, page 15a,
"Tragedy in City Office" on
22 March 1924, page 37a,
Outer Harbour Tragedy" on
5 April 1924, page 19b,
14 June 1924, page 35b,
"Port Pirie Tragedy" on
5 July 1924, page 38d.

"The Bordertown Tragedy" is in the Observer,
25 April 1925, page 28a,
2 May 1925, page 18a,
"Double Tragedy in City" on
18 July 1925, page 37c,
"The Coonalpyn Murder" on
1 May 1926, page 39,
"Algebuckina Murder" on
31 July 1926, page 39a,
"Croydon Sensation" on
1 January 1927, page 45,
"The Murder at North Unley" on
15 January 1927, page 43a,
"Tragedy at the Grosvenor" on
12 February 1927, page 38a,
"Mount Gambier Tragedy" on
20 August 1927, page 18e,
"Murder at Bridgewater" on
15 and 29 October 1927, pages 34a and 18a,
"Double Tragedy at Enfield" on
17 December 1927, page 41c.

"Shocking Murders" is in the Register,
17 May 1926, page 6c.

"Semaphore Tragedy" is in the Observer,
21 January 1928, page 9d,
"Double Tragedy at Keyneton" on
17 March 1928, page 48a,
"Callington Tragedy" on
2 June 1928, page 32a,
"Coroner's Finding of Murder in Cockburn Inquest" on
5 October 1929, page 20a,
"Woman Shot Dead [at Unley]" on
5 October 1929, page 39a,
"Grazier's Wife Shot Dead Near Tintinara" on,
8 January 1931, page 11a.

"Misplaced Pity for Murderers" is in the Observer,
21 June 1924, page 35b.

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