Biography

The deed was committed in the bush, one mile from Davyhurst. With the assistance of an Aboriginal tracker, Constable East finally found the body of the deceased about a mile and a quarter from the camp. It was lying under a bush in a pool of blood with the head completely blown off. Fragments of skuIl, brains and flesh were picked up 30 yards in front to 25 yards behind the body. A box of matches was held in the right hand and there were five dead matches scattered about. His hat was also blown to pieces. From the manner in which he was lying, he had evidently sat. down, placed half the plug of fracture in his mouth and lighted the fuse. The deceased left a wife and five children in Victoria and a long letter in his camp, detailing his woes and state of mind at the time.