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 Gordon Ross said that Colin arrived at the saloon about 2
o’clock on Friday, December 30. He remembered Allen being there at the
time, sitting in the corner, and Lewis coming in a little after. Ivy
Matthews he had not seen that afternoon, and had not spoken to since
about eight or ten days before Christmas. No girl answering to the
description of Alma Tirtschke was in the saloon that afternoon, or
could possibly have been there without him seeing her. His brother was
talking at the door for a good while that afternoon, the first person
he noticed him talking to being a lady in an Assam coat, whose name he
gave. Shortly after 4 o’clock he noticed Colin talking to Gladys Wain,
and about 5 Gladys came into the “cubicle” (though he had never heard
it called by that name before), and remained for about ten minutes or
a quarter of an hour. He remained in the bar until about 6 o’clock,
or a little after, and Colin left before him. Stanley then locked up,
went and had tea at the Commercial Cafe, in Elizabeth Street, had a
shave, and came back into the Arcade at about half-past 7, and got the
lavatory key. He went to the lavatory and returned the key soon after.
There was no person in the saloon at this time. He returned to the
saloon on the following morning, and opened it up according to custom,
swept and scrubbed it out, and saw no signs of it having been scrubbed
on the previous night. Early in the forenoon he was seen by Piggott and
Brophy, who gave him, so he says (though this is denied by Piggott)
a description of the dress worn by the murdered girl, a description
which he, in turn, gave to Colin when Colin arrived soon after.
Stanley and Colin were not, at the time, living in the same house, and
between 6 o’clock on the Friday night and Colin’s arrival at the saloon
on the Saturday morning they had not seen one another.
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