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1 online resource (544 pages) |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; 1 Errington; 2 A schoolgirl; 3 Until the day break; 4 A popular sensation; 5 Earning the reward; 6 The search begins; 7 Raising the stakes; 8 'A great country'; 9 Crime chemist; 10 Coroner's Court; 11 'Miss Matthews'; 12 The only remaining witness; 13 Colin Ross; 14 Queen of Fortune-Tellers; 15 Susso; 16 The trial begins; 17 Unsettled weather; 18 A tangible memento; 19 All in the same sugar bag; 20 Judgment; 21 Alma; 22 In the midst of life; 23 Brennan appeals; 24 'Don't let them get you down-hearted'; 25 Piggott |
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26 Seeking reprieve27 The mysterious woman; 28 The myth of instant death; 29 A dandy 'D'; 30 Farewell; 31 Execution; 32 Brophy; 33 Ghurka's fortune; An analysis of the evidence; 34 Brennan's book; 35 Piggott recalls; 36 The evidence of the hair; Who killed Alma Tirtschke?; 37 Following the trail; 38 At the edges of identity; 39 Who killed Alma Tirtschke?; Postscript; Appendix 1; Totals of Reward and Sustenance Payments; Appendix 2; Dr James Robertson: Report of Examination of Hair Samples in the Case of R v Ross (1922); Appendix 3; Letters Written to Colin Ross During his Imprisonment |
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Appendix 4Letter to the People of Australia from Mrs Elizabeth Campbell Ross; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Notes |
| Summary |
In the early morning of New Year's Eve 1921, the naked body of 12-year-old Alma Tirtschke was found in Gun Alley, a dead-end lane off Melbourne's Little Collins Street. She had been raped and strangled. In an atmosphere of public frenzy the police were pushed to find a culprit. Thirteen days later, saloonkeeper Colin Campbell Ross was charged with her murder. Rapidly convicted, and with his appeals to higher courts rejected, Ross was hanged at Melbourne Gaol on 24 April 1922, protesting his innocence to the end. While researching the case in 1995, author Kevin Morgan stumbled upon a faded blue |
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Tirtschke, Alma
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Ross, Colin Campbell
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Blackman, Charles, 1928-
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Blackman, Charles, 1928- |
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Tirtschke, Alma |
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Murder -- Investigation -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
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Forensic sciences -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
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Trials (Murder) -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
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Forensic sciences
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Murder -- Investigation
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Trials (Murder)
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Victoria -- Melbourne
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781742738154 |
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174273815X |
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