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Farrell, Frank ‘Bumper’ xxi, 378
birth 280
career 281-4
childhood 280
death 288
inside information 282-4
juveniles, and 285-6
Kate Leigh and 282
retirement 287-8
rugby league 279-80, 281, 284-6
Tilly Devine and 282-3, 346
21 Division see 21 Division Fiddess, Buster 222, 255
Fifty-Fifty Club xxiv 33, 197, 214-20, 222, 252-3, 283
Fisher, Martin 173
Fisher, William 53
Flanagan, Bill (aka the Octopus) 110, 111
Forty Thieves, the 8
400 Club 220-2, 252, 255
Fowler-Glover, Roy 358-9
Freeman, Samuel ‘Jewey’ 8-9, 13
Kate Leigh and 9, 13, 17-18, 328
payroll robbery 13-18, 328
Frog Hollow 7-8, 13, 17, 23, 328
Gaffney, Gregory ‘the Gunman’ 51, 54, 89, 110, 278, 312, 389
death 133-7, 140, 187, 189, 190, 249
gambling xix, xxvi-xxvii, 6, 21, 41, 49, 67, 99, 161
SP bookmaking xxv 220, 259-61, 347
Game, Lady Gwendolen 183
Gaming and Betting Act 1906 xxvi
gang warfare xxxii, 40-1, 67-8, 91, 96-8, 101-5, 123, 136, 137-40, 171
truce 249-51
Gardiner, Cecil ‘Hoppy’ 263
German Club xxix Gibson, George 133
Gildea, Monte 392
gingering 73-4, 116, 190, 201, 243, 250, 276, 291
Golden Fleece Hotel, Liverpool xxviii
Good, Ernie 94
Graham's 219, 221, 252-5
Great Depression 40, 68, 159, 205-6, 241, 242, 252, 259, 280, 290, 390, 402
Green, Dolly 152
Green, Eileen and Norma 152
Green, Frank (the Little Gunman) xxi, xxv 54, 59, 89-90, 98, 127, 129, 150, 200-1, 249, 278, 379, 389
Charles Brame and 198-9
conflict with Jim Devine 189-93, 201-4
criminal activities 124-6, 159, 258, 261
death 369, 379-83
Fifty-Fifty Club 215
Maroubra shootout 133-7, 140
Nellie Cameron and 74, 95, 124, 125, 134, 153, 196-201, 202, 227-30, 369
rivalry with Guido Calletti 126
shooting of Tomlinson and Dalton xxiv 140-3, 145-8, 152-4
Greycliffe, collision 69
Griffiths, Harry 59
Grimson, Ellen 317-18
Haggett, Beatrice ‘Bobbie’ 380-3
Ham, Henry 120, 218-19
Harris, Bill 156, 224, 276, 283-4, 378
Harris, James 291-2
Hassett, Jim 83, 88, 89
Hayes, Frank ‘Razor Jack’ 52, 74, 76, 78, 85, 91, 141
shooting of 80-1, 82, 93
Hayes, John ‘Chow’ 54, 108, 173, 211
shooting of Henry Baker 265-7
Heath, Les 99, 100
Heffron, R.J. 262
Helliwell, Arthur 349-51
Higgs, Bruce 110-11, 138-9, 180, 249
Hitler, Adolf 268, 365
Hoban, Lance xxi, 102, 108, 168, 169, 282-3
Kate Leigh, on 304-5, 307, 309
Tilly Devine, on 304, 309-10
Hoffman, Ernest 291-2, 332
Holman, Premier William xxviii-xxix, 20
Holmes, Cec 281-2
Honeyman, Betty and Jim 98
Hudson, Eadie 131
Hudson, George 190
Ikin, Albert 183-4
Ikin, Catherine 184-6
Infield, Noel 84-5, 89
James, Billie 97
Jeffs, Phil ‘the Jew’ xxiv xxxii, 52-4, 57, 67, 78, 98, 107, 126, 129, 141, 166, 389
battle of Blood Alley 112-15
death 327
Fifty-Fifty Club 214-20, 222, 252-3
gang wars xxxiv, 82, 90, 91, 96
political connections 219-20, 222, 253-5
rape charge 98-101
retirement 255-6, 327
return to Sydney 159, 214-15
Jenkings, Bill 308, 377
Johns, Frederick 113
Jordan, Les 190-1
Kaye, Elsie 119
Kellett Street xxiii, 180
riot 138, 140
Kelly brothers 90, 93-4, 143-5
Sid ‘Kicker’ 54, 78, 89, 93, 143-5, 277
Tom 54, 78, 80-1, 89, 91, 93, 141-2, 145, 147, 153
Kelly, Ellen 107
Kelly, Ray 283
Kelly, Victor 97
Kennedy, Reg 202-3
Kings Cross xix, xxiii, 33, 35, 67, 75, 98, 112, 127, 207
slum 3-4
Kingsbury, Guy 213
Kirdy, Poppy 144-5
Knightley, Phillip 287
Lang, Premier Jack 166
Larry 380-1, 382
Lee, ‘Botany May’ 290-1
Lee, Fred 150
Leigh, Eileen 11, 18, 20, 61, 131, 147, 181, 240, 387
prostitution 171-2, 239
Leigh, Jack 11
Leigh, Kate xxi-xxiv, xxxii, 12, 21, 37, 45, 72, 77, 90, 96, 142, 147, 152, 161, 166, 171-2, 189, 369, 383, 392, 401, 405
advancing age 240, 300-3, 372, 384-6
birth 10
childhood 10-11
crime boss, as 51, 54, 57, 67, 91, 107-12, 126, 129, 206-7, 258, 278
criminal activities 9, 12, 20-1, 110-12, 355-9, 372-4
death 386
drugs 21, 46-7
Frank Farrell and 282
funeral 386-8
gang wars see gang warfare
generosity 211-12, 308, 337, 370, 387-8
informant, as 171, 178, 182, 296, 355-6
jail terms 11, 17-19, 112, 137, 159, 181-5, 186, 209, 212, 239-40, 250, 306
marriage Edward ‘Teddy’ Barry 12-13
Ernest ‘Shiner’ Ryan 13, 328-31
Jack Leigh 11
payroll robbery 13, 17-18, 328
policewomen, and 295-6
political connections 219, 236-7
press, manipulation of the 207-11, 307-8, 333-5, 337-9
prostitution 9, 11-12
razors 61
rustication 238-40
Samuel ‘Jewey’ Freeman and 9, 13, 17-18
shooting of Prendergast 150-2, 249, 385
sly grog xxviii, xxxi, 20-1, 48-9, 67, 82, 115, 121, 162-3, 171, 183, 186, 207, 237, 265, 277, 305-7, 333, 355, 372
stolen goods 162
tax problems 370-4
Tilly Devine, conflict with xxiv 117, 121-3, 137-40, 176-8, 300, 307, 307-8, 387, 389
truce 249-51, 333-5, 337-8
war effort 307
wealth 207, 307, 308-9, 327, 370
Leslie, Ronald 110
Levy, Leonard 93
Lewis, Len ‘Redda’ 342-5
Lewis, Vera 110, 119
Liquor Act 1916 xxvi, xxxi
Lloyd, William ‘Darby’ 61-2
Long Bay Goal 18-19, 240, 243
McCormack, Scotty 128, 225-6, 340
McDonald, Norman ‘Mickie’ 97-8
McDonald, Sid 54, 133-7, 140, 143, 146, 152
McHale, Michael 16, 18
McIntyre, John 237, 238
Mackay, William xxi, 105, 160, 164, 252, 293
compromise with Leigh and Devine 249-51, 258, 334
corruption, and 257
death 169
defence of Jim Devine 193
police career 164-9
Mack's 78, 82-4, 87-9, 186
McNamara, Joe 78, 87-9, 186
McPherson, Lennie 277
McRitchie, Bill 279-80, 286
Maddocks, Ida 99-100
Mankey, Tom 86-7
Markham, Dulcie ‘the Angel of Death’ xxi, xxii, xxv 159, 163, 223-6, 305, 340-5, 367, 377-9, 389
Alfred Dillon and 225-6
American Servicemen 341
Arthur ‘the Egg’ Taplin and 267-8, 340
Big Doll and 274
death 379
Donald ‘Duck’ Day and 340
Frank Bowen and 225, 274, 340
Gavan Walsh 340, 342-3
Guido Calletti and 128, 163, 269-74, 340
John Abrahams and 274, 340
Len ‘Redda’ Lewis 342-5
Leslie ‘Scotland Yard’ Walkerden and 340, 341-2
lovers 225-6, 340
Martin Rooney 378-9
William ‘Scotty’ McCormack 225-6, 340
Martin, Len 13
Mathews, Frank 174
Matthews, Brian 344
May, Coroner E.A. 146
Menzies, Prime Minister Robert 307, 364, 390
Messenger, Joe 115
Miller, Detective Sergeant 85, 87-8
Miller, Fred 13-16
Miller, Robert 83, 84, 87-9
Mitchell, Police Commissioner James 86, 104, 165, 168
Moffitt, Fred 190-3, 198, 204, 249, 312, 389
Munro, Harold 318-19, 321
Murray, Harry 92
Neill, Patsy 209
Neill, Raymond see Gaffney, George ‘the Gunman’
Neilson, Bill 356
Neville, Percy ‘Big’ 277-8
New Guard 166, 326
New South Wales Vagrancy (Amendment) Act 1929 155, 212
Consorting Clause 156-9, 166, 212, 258
Newman, Harry ‘Jewey’ 45-6, 54
Niall, Lua xxi, 54, 225, 273, 278
Bumper Farrell, on 281-2
Nigger 75, 79
Norton, Ezra 255
O'Brien, Dick 83, 88, 89
O'Brien, Tom 44, 98
off-course betting xxvii, 259, 261-2
O'Grady, Eva 53
O'Grady, Vic 215
O'Halloran, Florrie 263-4
O'Hara, Esther 365
Osborne, Charlie 266
Oyster Bills nightclub 221, 252
Palmer Street xxiv-xxv, 37, 242-4, 315, 317, 346, 376, 391
Park, Ruth xxi, 6, 303
Parmeter, Superintendent John 160, 266-7
Parsons, Eric 319-25, 335-6, 346-7, 361, 363-5, 366, 389
Parsons, George 166
Eric Parsons, on 323-4, 366
Tilly Devine, on 26, 117, 118, 236, 324, 334, 360, 376, 392, 402, 404
Parsons, John 393, 396-7, 399-400, 402-4
Passmore, Charles 43-4, 46, 54
Payne, Fred 99, 100
Penfold, John 144-5
Pistol Licensing Act 1927 56
Plunkett Street Push 8
police xxix, xxxii, xxxiv, 8, 37, 43-4, 54, 79, 86-7, 104-5, 119, 123, 160-74
accommodation with the gangs 108-9, 253
Air Wing 168
clubs 168
consorting laws 156-9
corruption 219, 221, 257, 261
Drug Bureau 157, 258
Eveleigh Railway Workshops payroll robbery 14-17
reforms and advances 257-9
Rescue Squad 168
Police Offences (Amendment) Act 1908 xxvi, xxvii, 37
politics 8, 236-7
Powell, Robert 116-17
Prendergast, Joe 150
Prendergast, John ‘Snowy’ 150-1, 186, 189, 249, 385
Preston, Alice 106
prohibition xxviii-xxxii, 41
prostitution xix, xxvi, 6, 21, 30-3, 41, 49, 67, 99, 116, 121, 159, 161, 224, 249, 258, 288, 289, 292, 297, 304-5
‘badger’ game 53
drug addiction and xxvii, 38, 42-3, 259
Fifty-Fifty Club 217-18
post-war xxvii
Pryor, Bill 174
pubs
licensed clubs, advent of 355
6 p.m. closing xxix-xxxi, 20, 47, 219, 246, 252, 374
Pulley, Edward ‘Ted’
death 263-4
Nellie Cameron and 74, 263-4
Purcell, Bernie 285-6
Kate Leigh, on 304
pushes 8
Quinn, Dolly 245, 332
rat pit fighting 35
razor xxi, xxxiv, 56-64
attacks 59-64, 96-8, 106-7
legislation regarding 104, 157
razor mark xxxiv, 56, 59
Razorhurst xix-xxi, xxvi, xxxiii, 41, 67-8, 79, 84, 96, 102, 115, 123, 126, 149, 160, 164, 166, 201, 205, 224, 228, 275, 290, 387, 390, 405
Reilly, Dick 221, 254, 256, 277
Reynolds, Olive 100
Rhodes, Maude 289
Riley, Florence 263-4
Riley Street Gang 9
RMS Tahiti, collision 69
Roberts, Dorothy (Black Dot) 97
Robinson, Geoffrey 169
Rocks Push 8
Rodman, Olive 316
Rodney, capsizing of 269
Rooney, Martin 378-9
Runnails, Ed 150
Ryan, Ernest ‘Shiner’ 9, 356
Kate Leigh and 9, 13, 328-31
payroll robbery 13-18, 328
Ryan, Ivy 110
Ryan, Joe 107
Saari, Walter 238
Safe Prosecution Gang 75
Saffron, Abraham 277, 390
Saidler, Lancelot McGregor ‘Sailor the Slasher’ 54, 75, 94-5
Sanchez, Joe 60
Saw, Ron 401-2
Scott, William 61
Seckold, May 110, 111, 112
shark attacks 106
Sinclair, Joe 144
Singer, Mary 319
Slater, ‘Long’ Harry 50-1, 90
slums 3-6, 102, 205-6
clearance of 5
death rate 6
London 23-4
Sly, Hazel 107
sly grog xxviii, 20-1, 47-9, 67, 98, 108, 115, 121, 161, 171, 207, 237, 249, 252-5, 258, 277, 295, 305-7, 355-9, 372
Smiley, William 61-2
Smythe, Edward 63-4
Sorley, Charles 113
SP bookmaking xxv, 220, 259-61, 347
sport 5, 40
Spyer, Haden 36
Stables Theatre xxiii
standover merchants xxxii, 21, 35, 49-51, 94, 258-9, 270, 380
Stock, Delie xxi
Strand Hotel xxiii-xxiv, 33-4, 35
Tomlinson and Dalton shooting 141-3, 145, 148
Stuart-Jones, Dr Reginald 220
Sullivan, John 254-5
Sunbeam Hotel 8
Surridge, Bill 291-2, 332
Surry Hills 3, 6-8, 67, 301-3, 338, 384