Gangland Robbers
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Zandt, Clinton R, ‘Suicide by Cop’, National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico.
Index
Abbott, Brenden xi, 115
Abbotts Hotel, Murchison 21
Abdallah, Gary 189
Abell, Phillip 203–4
Aboriginal trackers 6, 8, 13, 37, 41, 78
Adams, James (‘Snowy Lancaster’) 61, 62
Ah Chong 49
Ah Gayong 211
Ah Hook 34
Ah Ket 211
Ainley, Cyril 150
Alameda, SS 30–1
Alcock (aka Carrey), Edward 17, 18
Alexander, Brian 118
Alexander, Donny 214
Alford, Tubby 205
Allen, Dennis 189
Allen, Kenneth 85, 87
Allen, Richard 11
amateurs 199
Ambrose, Jerry 134, 135
Ambrose, Maureen 167
American Express heist 164
Anderson, James 5
Anderson, May 211
Anderson, William 25, 26
Andrews, Milton Franklin 31–2
Andrews, Norman 94, 95, 96
ANZ Bank, robbery of Murrumbeena branch 105
Apex gang 196
Applebee, Desmond John 160–1
Archibald, Alexander 6
Armaguard robbery 140–1
Armed Crimes Squad 204
Armed Hold-Up Squad 184
armed robbers, contemporary types 198–9
Armed Robbery Squad 187
armoured cars
introduced as deterrent to robbery 146–7
robberies of 109, 131, 132, 147, 151–2, 199
Arnott’s, poisoned biscuits 167
Ashley-Mobley gang 178
Aston, John 118
Atahan, Hakki Bahadi ‘Tim’ 189–90
ATM ram raiding 198
Australian law ix
automatic weapons 198
Avoca (steamer) 27
Ayres, Henry and Co, Melbourne 48
Bad Wig Bandit 186
Badger Game 91
Bain, James 65
Balmain Boys 143
Bank of Australia, robbery of vii–ix
Bank of New South Wales
public attitudes towards vii
robbery at Cloncurry 65–6
robbery at Murwillumbah 105
bank robberies
as adrenalin rush 130, 132
ATM ram raiding 198
by James Short 65–6
and current security measures 197–8
first in America 207
first attempted armed robbery 3–4
first in Australia vii–ix
with inside help 101
see also names of banks
Bannon, Jeb 159–60
Bannon, John 194
Barkly Street, Footscray, gold bullion theft 121
Barnes, Billy 17, 209
Barrett, Thomas vii
Barry J, Redmond x, 9
Basham, Terry 120–1
Bates, John 67–8
Bauer, Bernard 25–6
Baxter, John 70
Bazin, Leon 149
Beach Inquiry into allegations against police 126
Beale, Craig Robert (the Polite Bandit) 176–7
Beatty, Donald 42
Beerburrum mail robbery 118–21
Bell, Alice 53
Bell, Malcolm Robert (Bad Wig Bandit) 186
Ben Hall Gang 3–4, 8, 10
Bennett, Ray ‘Chuck’ 108–10, 111–13, 122
Bennett, Robert David 54–5
Berriman, Thomas 55, 56
Berryman, James 99–100
Bertiollonage system of identification 19
Binse, Christopher ‘Badness’ 137, 138–42
Birch, Stanley ‘Moocher’ 149
Black Shadows 84
Blackstone, William vii, viii–ix
Blair, Frank ‘Baldy’ 102, 103, 104, 150–1
Blewitt, Terrence Leigh 107–8
Bobak, John 167
Boggo Road gaol, conditions 70
Boland, Samuel 44
Bonke, Ezra 78
Bonnot Gang 36
Bookmakers’ Gang 16
Bosworth, Eugene 32
Bourke, Brian 126
Bourke Street Rats 17, 44
Bouton, Bessie 32
Bow, John 3
Bowden, Frederick 16
Bowers, John 127
Boys, Thomas 79, 82
Boyt, Henry 21
Bradley, Pauline 104
Bradshaw, Jack (aka George Davis) 1, 11–13
Bradshaw, Norman 149
Brady, Patrick 213
Brambles armoured car raid, Sunnybank 131–2
Bray, George ‘Spadger’ 73–4, 92, 212
Brennan, Cyril Thomas 73
Brennan, Justice 82–3
Brett, George ‘Tich’ 91–2
Brewster, Robert 61, 62, 63
Brewster, William 61, 62, 63
Brink’s-Mat robbery, London 108
Brisbane, Katharine 171–2
Brisbane–Townsville mail train robbery 64
Brodbeck, Nathan 201
Brown, Darby Patrick (Mr Cool) 177–8
Bruun, Ludwig Julius 8
Buckley, Richard 48, 49, 50, 51, 55–6, 59
Bugg, Mary Ann 14–15
Buggy, Hugh 50
Bull, Barry 120, 121
Burchielli, Claudio 152
Burke, Jimmy ‘The Gent’ 108
Burke, Mickey 8
Burns, Leslie ‘Butchy’ 184
Burnside J 33
bus hold-ups 60, 64
bushrangers
definition 1
homosexuals 10
‘last bushranger’ 1, 10–13, 15
lawfully shot on sight 5
as ‘social bandits’ 2, 5
in Tasmania 1
total number 1
trials and sentences 3
women 14–15
bushranging
crimes committed 2
ending of era 8, 16
golden era 1
and greed 1–2
police response to 2–3
for survival 1
Byrne, Lawrence John 184
Byrnes, Norman 62
Caffrey, James 86
Cahill, Patrick 5, 6
Callaghan, Leo 106
Callaghan, Lyn 184
Campaign Exposing Frame Ups and Targeting Abuses of Authority 137
Canberra Building Society, Wanniassa 160
Canberra mail train robbery 86, 88
Canellis, Stephen 190
capital punishment, public attitudes
towards 58, 75, 97–8
car jackings 195
Caris Bros, Perth 72
Carnera, Primo 86
Carrah, William 19, 20
Carrion, Robert 123
Carroll, Hugh J 65
Carroll, Ian Revell ‘Fingers’ 109, 121–2, 125, 170
Carroll, Luke 180
Carslake, John Patrick 71–2
Carver, William 5
Casey, James 30
Cash, Brian 135
cash-in-transit heists 147
Cashman, Betty 154, 157
Cashman, Julie Lorraine 154–9
Cashman, Michelle 156, 157
Cashman, Ron 154, 157
Charters, Daniel 3
China, RMS 27
The Chocolate Frog [play] (McNeil) 171, 172
Christef, Con 162
Chubb, Danny 143
Cini, Keith 196
City Bank, New York 207
City Tattersalls club, Sydney 101
Clancey, Garner 195
Clark, Daniel 166
Clark, Gregory James 157
Clark, Terrance 118
Clarke, Delia 210
Clayton, Robert David 94, 95–8
Clifford, George 71
Clune, Peter Patrick 1
77
Cobb & Co coaches, hold-ups 3
Cockatoo Docks robbery 198
Cockerill, ‘Black’ Mary 11, 14
Cody, William 145
Coffey, George 73–4
Cohen, Solomon 86, 89
coiners 17
Cole, John Stephen 191
Collaton, ML, 72
Collector Gang 194
Collie Bomber 172–4
Collings, Neil 136
Collins, Arthur 86–7, 88, 89
Collins, Brett 137, 204
Collins, Rodney 114
Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 28
Colquhoun, Robert 19, 20–1
The Combine 149, 151
Commercial Bank
Carcoar robbery 3–4
George St, Brisbane robbery 68, 69–70
Quirindi robbery 11, 12, 13
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Melbourne branch 100
Condello, Mario 128
Conlon, Leonard 71–2
Conole, James 96
convicts vii–ix
Coogee Mob 143
Cook, Kane 191
Cook, Russell 134
Corby, Schapelle 192
‘corner game’ viii
Cornwell, Snapper 120
Cosgrove, James 52
Costello, Frank 79
Cottle, Tovah Ismini 205
‘Country Bandit’ 186
Cox, Russell ‘Mad Dog’ 114, 122–5, 156, 169, 204
Creed, Colin 122, 125, 169–70
Cresswell, Emily 211
Crimes Act 1924 (NSW) 192
Croke, Stella 92
Cronin, Zachary 180–1
cross-dressing criminals 178–9
Croucher, James 77
Cuckoo Restaurant, Olinda 164–5
Cullity, J 100–1
Cummings, Bart 134
Curlewis, Judge 88
Cussen, Justice 69
Cutler, William 25, 26
Cutmore, Snowy 102
Dahlke, Albert Christian 13
Darcy, James 46
Darling, Governor Ralph viii
Dascombe, John x
D’Autremont brothers 85–6
Davidson, David Strang 211–12
Davies, Alan 74
Davies, Geoffrey 145
Davies, Henry x
Davies, Rupert 145, 146
Davis, George 11
Davis, Robert 127
Daws, Robert 211
Dawson, Ernest 42
Day, Kevin 182
Day, Lloyd Edward 184
de Gracie, Thomas 211
Dean, George 25
Deane, Helen Eva 122–3, 125
Delaney, Francis 88
Denning, Raymond 123–5, 199
Denton, Margaret Ann 123–4
deportations 64, 84, 104, 117, 126, 129
Derham, Charles 60, 61, 62
Dettman, William 40
Devine, Tilly 94
DG Buchanan’s 105
Diamond, Ronnie 121
Dibbs, Sir George 16
Dillon, Allan 117
Dingle, John vii, viii–ix
disposal of proceeds viii
DNA evidence, first man convicted on 161
Donaldson, Corey 181–2
Donaldson, Henry 83, 212
Donaldson, Mary 71
Donnegan, ‘Big’ Jim 103–4
Donnelly, Henry James 53
Donohoe, Jack (‘Wild Colonial Boy’) 2
Douglas Social Credit Party 80
Dower, Alan 98
Dowling, John 4–5
Downton, Dudley Sperry 166
Doyle, Brian 93
Doyle, George 13
Draper, Justice 77
Driscoll, James Linus ‘The Pom’ 102–3, 104, 214
drug mules 154
drug trade 202
drug-affected offenders 199
Druiell, Alexandra 160
Dugan, Darcy xi
Duggan, Frank 22–3
‘Dumb and Dumber’ robbers 180
Duncan, James ix–x
Dunn QC, Philip 109–10
Dunn’s Plains robbery 2, 8
Edwards, Tony 185
‘Eight Hours Day’ robbery 48
Ellis, Julia Ann 131
Ellis, William 31
Elliston, Robert 27, 28
English law ix
ES&A Bank, robberies
Collingwood, George St branch 4–5
Kalorama branch 159–60
Middle Park branch 54
Melbourne, Russell St branch 101, 104
escapees xi
Espada, Simeon 32–3, 34–5
Eugowra gold escort robbery 2–3
Evagora, Christine 161–2
Evangelistis, Leon 179
Evans, Jean 90
Evans, Owen Glyndwr 84
Evans, Phil 195
Eveleigh Railway Workshops robbery 36, 37–40
ex-police turned robber 122, 125, 168–70
Eyre, Damian 188
Faber, Willy Carl 123
Falkiner, Sam 38, 39
Farrell, Anthony Leigh 189
Farrell, George vii, viii–ix
Favas, Douglas 75
Fazio (Hugh Martin’s counsel) 62–3
female offenders, weapons used 200
Festa, Brunetta 162–3
Field, Malcolm 143
Fimeri, Arnold Patrick 74
fingerprints, admissibility as evidence 46, 48
Finnerty, John (aka John Burns) 11
Fitzpatrick, Roy 60
Flanders, Donald Frederick 119
Flannery, Chris 111
Flood (aka Duggan), Frank (The Hawk) 21–3
Flynn, Stanley 73
Forbes, John Walcott 90
Fordyce, Alexander 3
Fortune, George 17, 18
Foster, Judge 62–3
Fox, Lindsay 214
Freeman, George 143
Freeman, Samuel ‘Jewey’ 36, 37–40, 41, 135
Freer, George 71
Fremantle Gaol 21
Friday Bandit 186
Friendly Gang 143
Fuller, George 199
Gair, Geoffrey Anderson 159, 160
Galbally, Frank 113
Gallagher, Joseph 23
Galloway, David 40
Gangitano, Alphonse 107
Gant, Neil 41
Gardiner, Frank 2–3
Gatto, Mick 128
Gawned, David 160
George, Stanley 61
Gergis, Andreas 177
Germain, Amy Rose 92
getaway cars, first use 36, 38
Gilbert, Johnny 3–4, 5, 8
Gill, Keith 72–3
Gilmour, Henry (aka Edward Smith) 18–19
Ginger Game 31, 74, 91–8, 211
Gioiello, George 191
Glanville, Thomas 47
Godden, Bob 135
Godfrey, Clarence 58
Golconda d’Or theft 143–4
gold escorts, robbery of 2–3, 5, 7
gold rush ix–x
Goldsmith, Ian 170
Goodson, Joseph 12
Gordon, Ray 78
Gore, Kevin 102
Gottliebsen, Steven Noel 168–9
Governor brothers 11
Grafu, Spiro 192
Grand, Digby 23–4
Grant, Alfred 6
Granville, Herbert 84
Gray, Dolly 45, 46
Grealy, Joseph 65
Great Bookie Robbery 108–10, 115
Great Ghan Robbery 78–9
Great Train Robbery, Britain 108, 110
Green, Willard Reed 30
Greville, John Roger 75, 76
Grey Shadows 83–5, 90
Greybeard 174–5
Grezbala, John 92
Griffin, Brett Randall 191
Griffin, Thomas 5–6
Gristioti, Christina 127–8, 129
Grut, Percey de Jersey 4
Guider,
Tim 205
Guilfoyle, Denis 209
Gunther, Jessica 180
Haddow, Peter 138
Hagen, Charles 32, 33–4
Haines, William Patrick 52
Hall, Ben 3–4, 8, 13
Hallenstein, Hal 187
Halligan, Patrick 6
Hamer, John 209
Hamilton, Archibald 3
Hamilton, Christopher 5
hangings
final speeches/last words 34, 54–5, 78, 98
poorly executed 3, 17, 34–5
for robbery vii, 3, 5, 7, 9
for robbery and murder 13, 24, 52, 97–8
of women 97–8
hangmen 3, 17, 34–5, 52, 77, 208
Hannan, Lisa 167
Harbecke, Fred Harald 117
Harding, John 148
Hardy, Frank 50
Hare, Frank 10
Harris, Betty (aka Edna Thomas) 93
Harris, Flossie 45–6
Harris, Ian 137
Harris, James (Skinny Jones) 93, 94
Harris, William vii, 192
Harrison, Freddie ‘The Frog’ 149, 172
Hart, Steve 10
Hartley, Tom 67
Harvey, Reuben 148
Hayes, Chow 98
Hayes, Donna 164–5
Haynes, Arthur 34, 73
Haynes, RS 34
Heagney, Edward 37
Heatley, Earl 117
Hefti, Dominik 124, 187, 189
Hegarty, Patrick 47–8
heists xi
Henchman, Justice 70
Henry, Abo 185
Hewitt, Robert Frank 184–5
Heysed, Horace 74
Hickman, Benjamin Walter 14
Hickman, Elizabeth Jessie 14–15
Hicks, Mary 208
Hill, John vii
Hill, Valerie Jane 134, 135, 136, 138
Hilton Hotel, Sydney 115
Hindmarsh, John 70
Hoare, ‘Mad Mike’ 103
Hodges, Harold 164
Hodges, Justice 51
Hoffman, Ernest 92–4
Holmes, Reginald 89, 213
Holmes, Russell 201
home invasions vii, 107, 127, 128, 191, 192–6, 200
Honeyman, James 207
‘honour amongst thieves’ 62
Hood, Justice 51
Horn, Robin 185
‘Horror on the Rocky Mail’ 79
Houghton, Jed 188–9
How Does Your Garden Grow [play] (McNeil) 171
Howard, Augustus 29–31
Howard, Burton 29
Howard, Eva 31–2
Howard, John 82–3
Howard, Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ 17, 208
Howe, Michael 10–11, 14
Huckstepp, Sallie-Anne 120
Hudson, Justice 101
Hufnagl, Ernst 202–3
Hughes, William ‘Gunny’ 17–18, 209
Humby, Cyril 89, 90
Hunt, Arthur 84
Hunter, David Lawrence 185
Hunter, Governor John vii
Hurley, Jeffry 143
Hurley, Lena 143
Hurley, Michael 142–4, 202
Hyde, William 37
Hyder, Kevin 178
‘Ill-fated Pearl’ 32, 35
Immigration Act 1901–40 (Cwlth) 64
insanity, as defence 26, 76, 80–1
insecure businesses, risk of robbery 200