Notorious Victorian criminal Owen Suffolk and his downfall
A legacy of crime in Victoria features Owen Suffolk, famed for forging notes and manipulating prison warrants. He rose from convicts to a celebrated swindler, fled to Ballarat, later returned to England with tales of Days of Crime and Years of Suffering, and mingled with high society while claiming banking and squatting ties in Australia.
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Owen Suffolk
London
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Methegrinne
Pentridge
Suffolk
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Melbourne
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Hobson's Bay
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Sincex
Polier
Pentridee
England
Bristol
Artemus Ward
Australian fraud and escape tale from Victorian court
A story recounts Suffolk who conspired with accomplices to marry a wealthy Melbourne widow, plot to sell shares, flee to London and then to America with the widow’s money and furniture proceeds, while a staged river accident misled reporters. authorities traced the letter to a Melbourne solicitor and involved Scotland Yard before Suffolk vanished. The piece blends sensational con man history with excerpts on Doan's Kidney Pills promotion continuing long after.
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Colleitor
Melbourne
Indy
Hank
Tharine
Nicholson
Inspector Field
Scotland Yard
London
Thames
America
England
Thiut
Goyy
Australia
Wingham
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