In consequence of complaints having been made to the Trades Hall Council to the effect that the Public Works department was taking advantage of the depressed state of the labor ...
Article : 808 wordsMost startling results have attended the investigations made by the Liverpool police into the antecedents of the man Albert Williams, alias Barron Swanston, ...
Article : 393 wordsWilliams, alias Swanston, left Southern Cross in charge of two constables on Monday, and is expected to arrive at York by a special coach late on Thursday night, the distance to travel ...
Article : 411 wordsThe corpses of the women and four children have been medically examined. The opinion is offered that the eldest child died from strangulation. ...
Article : 139 wordsA Launceston resident has received a letter from Rainhill, describing Williams's courtship and marriage. The letter, which was written by a friend of the murdered woman, says: ...
Article : 56 wordsA special train, conveying members of Parliament and representatives of the press, will leave the Spencer-street station about 8.30 a.m. on Saturday for Casterton, where the Premier, ...
Article : 282 wordsThe police are still engaged in making a careful search of the house at Rainhill where the bodies of a woman and four children were discovered. ...
Article : 95 wordsWilliams arrived at York from Southern Cross at 7.30 last night and left for Perth by this morning's train. Hoslept well last night, and when leaving this morning he appeared by no means ...
Article : 93 wordsWilliams completely collapsed en route from Southern Cross to York, fainting and vomiting all the way. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting him in. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe body of the woman found along with the four children under the floor of the house at Rainhill, has been identified as that of a woman who had been known as ...
Article : 45 wordsCaptain H. Quinn, formerly harbor master at Port Adelaide, was a passenger by the Albany to Fremantle on the same trip that "Swanston" went to West Australia. To a reporter who ...
Article : 281 wordsOwing to the length of time which had elapsed since the immuring of the bodies it is doubtful whether identification will be possible. ...
Article : 223 wordsFurther particulars elicited by the police point to the conclusion that the murders at Rainhill were committed on 1st August. ...
Article : 369 wordsA meeting of gentlemen favorable to the candidature of Mr. J. James was held in the Richmond town hall on Monday to discuss the question whether it would be advisable to ...
Article : 585 wordsA meeting or about 200 unemployed was held to-day, at which a deputation was appointed, to wait on the Minister of Works and demand employment or bread. Great destitution was ...
Article : 440 wordsMrs. Negus, of the Star and Garter Hotel, King-street, supplies the following information regarding Williams She knew him well 10 or 12 years ago when he was carrying on business ...
Article : 720 wordsThe movements of Williams at Dinham Villa, as already stated, excited much comment amongst the neighbors, who were puzzled to account for his mysterious ways ...
Article : 79 wordsMany extraordinary rumors are current relative to the past history of Williams and his career at Liverpool, but most of these are manifestly wild exaggerations ...
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Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), Sat 19 Mar 1892, Page 25
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