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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Errington
2 A schoolgirl
3 Until the day break
4 A popular sensation
5 Earning the reward
6 The search begins
7 Raising the stakes
8 ‘A great country’
9 Crime chemist
10 Coroner’s Court
11 ‘Miss Matthews’
12 The only remaining witness
13 Colin Ross
14 Queen of Fortune-Tellers
15 Susso
16 The trial begins
17 Unsettled weather
18 A tangible memento
19 All in the same sugar bag
20 Judgment
21 Alma
22 In the midst of life
23 Brennan appeals
24 ‘Don’t let them get you down-hearted’
25 Piggott
26 Seeking reprieve
27 The mysterious woman
28 The myth of instant death
29 A dandy ‘D’
30 Farewell
31 Execution
32 Brophy
33 Ghurka’s fortune
An analysis of the evidence
34 Brennan’s book
35 Piggott recalls
36 The evidence of the hair
Who killed Alma Tirtschke?
37 Following the trail
38 At the edges of identity
39 Who killed Alma Tirtschke?
Postscript
Appendix 1
Totals of Reward and Sustenance Payments
Appendix 2
Dr James Robertson: Report of Examination of Hair Samples in the Case of R v Ross (1922)
Appendix 3
Letters Written to Colin Ross During his Imprisonment
Appendix 4
Letter to the People of Australia from Mrs Elizabeth Campbell Ross
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Notes
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