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Gangland Robbers

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by James Morton


  intermediate armed robbers 199

  InTouch 157

  Jackson, Alfred 23

  Jackson, John 47–9, 50–2

  Jacobs, Percy 88

  James, John (aka William Johnson) (robber) ix–x

  James, John (civil engineer) 22

  James, William 21

  Jansen, Jens Christian 20

  Jayasundra, Kosala 139

  Jeffreys, Judge 70

  Jenkins, Percy ‘Snowy’ 88

  Jenner, Herbert 146

  Jensen, Graeme 124, 187–9

  Jetset Bandit 175

  jewel thieves 17, 25–6, 47–8, 72, 105, 143–4, 208–9

  Jirman, Joseph 107

  Johnson, Alan B 182

  Johnson, May 67

  Johnson, Richard 209

  Johnson, Sam 13

  Jones, Alan Laurie Albert 102, 103

  Jones, Clarence 84

  Jones, Frank 78

  Jones, Henry 23–4

  Jones (aka McIntyre), John 20–1

  Jones, Nathan 205

  Jones, Paul 204

  Jones, Robert 107–8

  Jones, Stanley Ernest 134

  Jones, Vera 92

  Jordan, Arthur 89, 90

  Jorgensen, Benjamin 164–5

  Jovanovski, Todor 134

  Justice Action 204

  Kalache, Leslie George 116

  Kalgoorlie lockup 21

  Kane, Brian 109, 111, 113, 114, 115

  Kane family 115

  Kane, Judi 111–12

  Kane, Les 106, 109, 111–12

  Kane, Raymond 113

  Kangaroo Gang 102, 106, 108

  Kaye, Jonathon 178

  Keightley, Caroline 8

  Keightley, Henry 8

  Kelleher, David John 120

  Kelly, Edith 38, 39

  Kelly Gang 2, 10, 13, 188

  Kelly, James 30

  Kelly, Ned 1, 9, 11

  Kelly, Ray 183–4

  Kelly, Siddy 90

  Kennedy, Bruce 155, 158

  Kennedy, Neville 155

  Kenniff, James 13

  Kenniff, Patrick 13

  Kenslow, George 68–70

  Kent (aka Dyson), Charles (Velvet Ned) 17, 208–9

  Kent, William ‘Old Bill’ 95–6

  Keogh, Jim 199

  Khoury, Adam 216

  Kiazim, Shepki 73

  Kidd, Bertie 126–9

  kidnapping for ransom 8

  King, Delys 130

  King, George 40

  King Hit Push 37

  King, John 207

  King, Leslie Morris 130, 131

  King, Robert 20

  Kingdom, John Mervyn 114

  Kinniburgh, Graham ‘The Munster’ 106–8, 214

  Kinniburgh, Suzie 107

  Kisina, James 192

  Kiss, Alfred 26

  Kleehammer, Lorraine Ann 159–60

  Knorr, Frances 98

  Knox, Peter Anthony 191

  Kolb, Louisa 19

  Koombana 35

  Kopit (aka Colbert), Herbert 79–82

  Kovacs, Steven Charles 197–8

  Krahe, Fred 102

  Kray twins 103, 204

  Kurrle, David John 168

  Lang, Jeff 193–4

  Langerfeldt, Gustav 92

  Laughing Bandit 170–2

  laundering proceeds 110

  Lazaridis, Yuri 164

  Lee, James Wilburn 67

  Lee, Jean 94–8

  Lee, John 6

  Lee, Norman Lueng 109, 111, 112

  Leeding, Damian 203

  Leek, Alan 193

  Leibglid, Mark 32–4, 35

  Leigh, Kate 39–40, 41, 42–3, 192–3

  Lewis, Des 128

  Lewis, Desmond Anthony 137

  Lewis, Henry 37

  Lewis, Sir George 28

  Lewis, William 62–3, 112

  life imprisonment for robbery viii, ix

  Lloyd, Raymond 99

  Locusts 194

  Loftus, Henry 83, 212

  Lombroso, Cesare 3

  London Chartered Bank, robbery at Mount Egerton 8

  Long, Constable Samuel 23, 24

  Longley, Billy ‘The Texan’ 102, 103–4, 109

  Loughnan, Victor Cambell 194

  Lufthansa robbery, New York 108

  Lynch, Lancelot 88

  Macari, Peter ‘Mr Brown’ 110

  McArthur, Allan 99

  McAvoy, Donna Lee 203

  McCall, Scotty 40–1

  McDiarmid, James Alexander 100

  MacDonald, Alexander (The Collie Bomber) 172–4, 175

  McDonald, Claude 9

  McDonald, Craig 115, 116

  McDonald, Dean Anthony 168–9

  McDougall, Dougall 44

  McDowell, Violet 82

  McEvoy, Peter David 189

  McGaffin, Alex 162

  McGarvie, Jusice 161

  McGinty, Patrick 209

  McGlede, Edmund 9

  McGrath, Constable David Edward 47, 48, 50, 51–2

  McGrath, Thomas 207

  McGregor, Joseph 61

  McHale, Michael 37, 40

  McIndoe, Judge 99–100

  McInnes, Donald 65

  McInnes, Geoffrey 148

  McIver, Alexander 88

  Mackay, James ‘Jewey’ 37

  McKenna, Charles 50

  Mackley, Jennifer 194

  Mackley, Neville 194

  Maclean, Alexander ‘Sandy’ 152

  McLeod, Norman 114

  McMahon, Tiger 18

  McMillan CJ, Sir Robert 77

  McMillan, ‘Mad Dog’ Danny 184

  McMurdo, Justice Philip 196

  McNamara, Anthony Paul 109, 115

  McNamara, Kenneth Augustine 136

  McNeil, Jim (the Laughing Bandit) 170–2

  McPherson, Lennie 115, 116, 166, 184

  Macrossan, Justice 81

  Magnetic Drill Gang 105–6

  Mahoney, George 20

  Main, Allan 40

  Malkoun, Amad ‘Jay’ 140

  Maloney, Jake 104

  Mann, Henry 33, 34, 210

  Mann, Justice 56

  Manns, Henry 3

  Mara, Les 143

  Markham, Allan Ray 184, 185

  Marks, Alfred 19

  Marney, John 117

  Marquez, Pablo 32, 33–4

  Martin, Hugh 60–4

  Martin, Joe 208

  Martini, Antonio 178–9

  Martini, James 14

  Maston, Brett Ronald 161–2

  Matthews, Bernie 129–33, 165

  Maxwell, George 46

  Mayne Nickless, introduction of armoured cars 146–7

  Mayne Nickless robbery, Sydney 99, 102, 103, 104, 118, 150

  Meager, Richard 16

  Mercuri, Santo 187, 189

  Mikkelson, Vinnie 109, 111, 112, 114

  Militano, Mark 187

  Miller, Stanley 100

  Millidge, ‘Buck’ 16–18, 19

  Minchin, Devon 148, 151

  The Mist (pearling junk) 32–3

  Mitchell, John 7–8

  Mitchell, Toby 139

  Mitris, Peter 116, 117

  Mitton, George vii

  Molloy, Ethel 84

  Montgomery (aka Millidge), ‘Buck’ 16

  Montgomery, Francis 136

  Moon, John 102

  Moonlite, Captain (Andrew Scott) 8–10

  ‘Moonlite Gang’ 9

  Moore, John 210

  Moore, Phillip 104

  Moore, Vera 92

  Moran, Cardinal 16

  Moran, Jason 189

  Moran, Lewis 189

  Morgan, James ix–x

  Morley, Ronald ‘Greybeard’ 174–5

  Morris, George 86, 87, 88, 89–90

  Morris, John 105

  Morrissey, James 65, 67

  Motric, Marco 122, 134

  Moule, Judge 63

  Mr Cool 177–8

  MSS Security rob
bery 148, 150, 151

  Mudgee train robbery 85–90

  Mulholland, John (aka Flash/Lovely Riley) 11

  Muller, John ‘Jack’ 143

  Mulley, Athol 136

  Mulligan, John 19

  Murphy, Chris 137, 138

  Murphy, Jim ‘Strap’ 30

  Murphy, Wallace 92

  Murray, Angus 53–9

  Murray, Eric Leonard 128

  Murray, Justice Michael 206

  Murray, William (convict) 207

  Murray, William (mattress-maker) 49

  Mutual Cash Order Company, Melbourne 99

  NAB, Chinatown, Sydney 142

  NAB, Eagle St, Brisbane 132

  Nabor, Victor 35

  Napier, Justice 72

  National Bank of Australasia, robbery at Townsville 65

  Neil, Darren 137

  Nelson (barque) ix–xi, 27, 178, 207

  Nesbitt, James 9–10

  Nevin, Robyn 171

  New South Wales Felons Apprehension Act 1865 (NSW) 5

  Newman, John 193

  Nguyen, Truc 200–1

  Nittes, Stephen 102, 103, 214

  ‘no body’ cases 112

  Noble, Mark Thomas 191

  Norman, Garrick Joseph 158

  Northmore, Justice 76, 77

  Nugent, Harold 149

  Nylander, Harry Richard 175–6

  O’Brien, Justice 136

  O’Callaghan, Brian 109, 113–14, 134, 135

  O’Connell, Ross David (Jetset Bandit) 175

  O’Connor, Stanhope 10

  O’Donnell, William Francis 74

  O’Garey, Leon 194

  The Old Familiar Juice [play] (McNeil) 171, 172

  Olivia, Nulda 31–2

  Olsen, Matthew 29

  O’Meally, John 3–4

  O’Neill, Billy 19–20

  Oolbun post office raid 66

  Operation Matchpoint 186

  Operation Tideland 152–3

  Orchard, William 132, 133

  O’Reilly, Miles Patrick 149

  organised crime 18

  Overton, Ernest 40

  Pacific Pines Tavern 203

  Painters and Dockers 102, 106, 109, 120, 121, 142, 149

  Palmer, George 6

  Parker, Edward (aka Patrick Hegarty) 47

  Parker, Mrs 25

  Parr, Julie Anne 164

  Pascoe, EM 47

  Pate, Edward 74

  Patten, Robert (Bob the Butcher) 202

  Paull, John 7–8

  Paunovic, Helen 117

  payroll heists 7, 36, 145, 156

  Pearce, Joseph 28–9

  pearl robberies 32–5

  Peart, James 167

  Pechey, Dr 8

  Pecotic, Christopher Dean 142

  Peirce, Victor George 189

  Pender, Ida 56, 58

  Perrier, Murray James 202

  Pettingill family 189

  Pettingill, Kath 149, 189

  Pettingill, Trevor 189

  Phillips, Jeremiah 5

  phrenology 3, 6

  Pierce brothers 57, 211–12

  playwrights 171–2

  Plint, Victor 65

  police detectives, introduction of x

  Police Regulation Act 1862 (NSW) 2

  Police Remembrance Day 132

  police turned robber 122, 125, 168–70

  Polite Bandit 176–7

  Pollit, Roy ‘Red Rat’ 123, 124, 204

  Potter, Lionel 46, 48

  Pottinger, Lt General Francis 2–3, 208

  Potts, Bill 191

  Power, Benjamin 203, 204

  Power, John 5, 6

  Power Without Glory (Hardy) 50

  Prendergast, John ‘Snowy’ 193

  Prendergast, Laurie 111, 112, 115

  Preston, Gavin 139, 140, 216

  Prince, Anthony 180

  Prior, Tom 149

  professional armed robbery 199, 202

  Pryce, Aaron Paul 196

  Purvis, Gilbert 41

  pushbike bandits 179–80

  Qantas 110

  Queensland, first major crime for profit 5–6

  Queensland National Bank (QBN)

  attempted robbery 7

  robbery at Cloncurry 65

  Quinn, Jack 66–7, 68

  Radcliffe, Walter 101–2

  Raetz, Hermann 67

  Raingill (aka Shaw), George 18, 209

  Raymer, Charles 150

  Raynor, Alan 159, 160

  Razor Gangs 192

  Read, Chopper 108

  Read, Nipper 204

  Reading, Jeffrey 108

  Reagan, John Stewart 104

  receivers viii, 29, 35, 88

  Reed, Lloyd Murray 120

  Reeves, Chika 166

  reformed robbers 205

  Rendell, Martha 210

  Rennie, Royston 75–8

  Renton, Marc 162–3

  Reynolds, Bruce 108

  Reynolds, Ronald 70

  Ridden, Amanda 166

  ‘Riley the Bushranger’ 11

  Riley, Flash/Lovely (John Mulholland) 11, 12

  Riley Street Push 37

  Ripper, Sergeant 60–1

  Ritchie, David 195

  Roach, Daniel 165–6

  Roach, Philip N 118

  robbery

  as capital offence 5, 7

  definition x–xi, 70

  Roberts, John ix–x

  Robinson, Douglas Frederick 194

  Rowlands, Ernest 89

  Rowles, Ronald Joseph 173–4

  Russell, Trevor 114

  Ryan, Ernest Joseph ‘Shiner’ 36–43, 135

  Ryan, Jason 189

  Ryan, Joseph Harold 85–90

  Ryan, Ronald 133, 171

  Safe Protection Gang 102

  safebreakers 47, 64, 105, 126, 142

  Samson, Sir Frederick 43

  Santa-hat mask 178

  Santalab, Franjo 201

  Schmidt, Peter 165

  Schnitzerling, Melville Peter 122

  Scott, Andrew (Captain Moonlite) 8–10

  Scott, James 61, 62

  Scriven, James Edward 145

  secure premises, risk of robbery 200

  Sent, Ted 128

  Shark Arm murders 89, 213

  Sharman, Joy 166

  Shaw, Frank 76, 77

  Shaw, Herbert 40

  Shaw, William 41

  Shepherd, Paul 195

  Sherry, Clarence 146

  Sherry, Frederick 146

  Sherwell, Wayne 186–7

  shipboard robberies ix–xi, 27–9, 30–1, 207

  Shirreff, Charles 101

  Shore, Craig 168

  Short, James 64–8, 79, 83

  Siemsen, Philip Anthony 130

  Silverman, Charles 73

  Simpson, Lindsay 124

  Sims, George 29

  Single, Brian 199

  Skidmore, George 209

  Skinner, Thomas Herbert 84–5

  Slack, Joseph Bragge 17, 209

  Sly J 40

  small armed robberies, by late 1980s 198–9

  Small, Clive 126

  Smith, Alfred 40

  Smith, Dennis William ‘Greedy’ 109, 110, 113, 114, 115

  Smith, James Edward ‘Jockey’ 109, 133–8, 138, 139, 158, 193, 197

  Smith, Jim 213

  Smith, Neddy 103, 118, 121, 184, 185

  Smith, Rev. Dave 116

  Smith, Stan ‘The Man’ 143

  Smith, Sue 120–1

  Smith, Tommy 134

  Smith, WL 83

  snide pearls 32

  Sonenbergy, Napthali H 45, 48, 52

  Southern Army Headquarters’ payroll theft 147

  Sparkes, Tom 195

  Special Weapons and Operations Section 184

  Speering, Harold Edward 79

  Squires, Albert 85, 87

  Stable, JW 6

  Standish, Frederick 10

  Stannard, Albert 213

  Stanway, L
awrence 61, 62

  Stefanovic, Stefan 117

  Stevens, Jeffrey 199

  Stevens, John 145–6

  Stewart, Graeme 190

  Stewart, James 85

  Stewart, John Anthony 127

  Stewart Royal Commission into drug trafficking 118

  Stokes, Henry 53

  street robbery 199–200

  Streeter, Julius 80, 81

  Strike Force Picadilly 198

  Strong, John Patrick 213

  Stuart, Barry Matt 205–6

  Stuart, William 100–2

  Stylianou, Georgios 202

  suicide by cop 183

  Sullivan, Gary 131–2, 133

  suppression orders xi

  Surridge, Barbara 92–4, 98

  Surridge, William 93–4

  Sutcliffe, Edward 21

  Swan, Joseph 183

  Symes, Evelyn 71

  syringes as weapons 200, 205

  Tandy, Sue 122

  Tange, Stuart Harold 199

  Taousanis, Jim 115–17

  Tart, Mei Quong 22–3, 25

  Task Force Magnum 131

  Task Force Oak 192

  Tasmania, bushrangers 1, 10–11, 14

  Tatham, Arthur 38, 39

  Tatt’s Club, Melbourne 101

  Taxation Department payroll snatch 135

  Taylor, Angus 21

  Taylor, Charles 6

  Taylor, Daniel 136

  Taylor, Joseph Leslie ‘Squizzy’ 44, 46, 50, 51, 52–3, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58

  Taylor, Thomas 56

  Tees, Arnold 124

  Temby, Ian 124

  ‘thieves’ ponces’ 102, 149

  Thomas, Emma (aka Quin Ding) 49, 211

  Thomas McLaughlin & Co 67

  Thomas, Maxwell 166

  Thomas, Ronald 166–7

  Thompson (aka Bairstow), Harold ‘Bush’ 44–6

  Thompson, John 40

  Thompson, Noel 118–19

  Thornton, James 117

  Thunderbolt, Captain (Fred Ward) 5, 13, 14

  Thurgar, Roy 127, 137

  Tidmarsh, Lloyd 134, 136, 193

  Tilley, Peter Alan 202

  Tobacco Gang 16, 18

  Toecutters Gang 102–3, 104, 111, 214

  Tomlinson, Walter 192

  Trades Hall robbery 47, 48, 48–52

  train robberies

  Canberra mail train 86, 88

  on Eidsvold–Cracow mail train 82

  Great Ghan Robbery 78–9

  Great Train Robbery; Britain 108

  on Guildford to Perth train 64, 75–8

  last great American train robbery 83

  mail train robberies 79, 83

  Mudgee train robbery 85–90

  Oodnadatta construction camp 78

  ‘The Horror on the Rocky Mail’ 79–82

  on Townsville–Mount Isa line 83

  Trautwein, Theodore 23, 24

  Trotter, Arthur 45

  Trotter, Beatrice 45, 46

  Turner, Ian William (‘Country Bandit’) 186–7

  Turner, Joseph Patrick ‘Joey’ 148–51

  Twiss, Norman 38, 39

  Twist, Jack Eric 149

  Tynan, Steven 188

  Union Steamship Company, Sydney 16

  urban crime, by 1880s 16

  Valentine, Herbert (Lady Armstrong) 17

  Van Der Weyden, Jane 167

  Vane, John 8, 10

  verballing 104

 

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