The Gun Alley Tragedy: Record of the Trial of Colin Campbell RossBrennan, T. C. (Thomas Cornelius)
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The Gun Alley Tragedy: Record of the Trial of Colin Campbell Ross
Brennan, T. C. (Thomas Cornelius)
Ross, Colin Campbell, 1892-1922 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Murder) -- Australia -- Victoria -- Melbourne
Stanley Young saw the girl come out of the Arcade,
walk across Little Collins Street, and stand at what they described as
the Adam and Eve corner.
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This means that she was standing near a lodging-house kept by a witness
named Ellis, in the delicensed premises which was formerly the Adam
and Eve Hotel. It is on the corner of Little Collins Street and Alfred
Place, Alfred Place being a rather pretentious right-of-way running
through to Collins Street. Had she desired to go to her destination,
which was the Masonic Chambers at the east end of Collins Street,
she might have gone either along Alfred Place to Collins Street, or
up Little Collins Street to Exhibition Street, and thence to Collins
Street. According to Mrs. Young, the girl looked frightened, and she
was seen to drop and pick up her parcel. The Youngs walked on down to
Russell Street, which would take her two or three minutes, they said,
and when they looked back the girl had disappeared. She might have
still been standing in Alfred Place, or she could have returned to the
Arcade, but they do not think she would have had time to have got to
Exhibition Street. That is the last seen of the girl by any witness
whose evidence is admitted by both sides to be credible. It should
be noted that she was then within an easy 10 minutes’ walk of Bennet
and Woolcock’s, and she had taken an hour and a quarter to cover the
distance.
ROSS INTERVIEWED.
The detectives first saw Ross on the morning of the 31st. He said that
he had seen a child answering to the description of the murdered girl,
but in reply to a direct question by Detective Piggott, “Ross, how much
do you know?” he replied: “I do not know anything.” On January 5th they
again saw Ross at his home, and brought him to the Detective Office,
where he was detained for eight hours, and made a statement, which was
taken down in writing. To show how consistent Ross was throughout as to
his movements on the fatal day, it is well that this statement should
be given in full. It is as follows:—
COLIN CAMPBELL ROSS states:—
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