Hanged in Armidale
Author: Helen EJ Cottee
Publisher: Justice Publishing
Published: 2022-03-16
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 0648799379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArmidale rest high in the New England area of New South Wales where from the very beginnings of settlement, savagery reigned between settlers and First Nations. The town grew rapidly and so did the needs for law and order. The Armidale perched high above the town overlooking the valley below. The edifice saw the executions of six men, the youngest was seventeen years old was hanged for rape, all others for murder. All but one was hanged by the state hangman Robert Rice Howard, known as 'Nosey Bob'. This book is fully researched by Helen Cottee and illustrated with many photographs, signatures, drawings and plans of buildings and crime scenes. The Gaol began to be demolished in May 1929. The discovery of three skeletons thought to be hanged men. However, they were not of hanged men and one was reported to be that of a woman. Each chapter, where available, finish with the family trees of those executed and of their victims. It is bound to appeal to anyone interested in the dark side.