QSA847509 1894 Letter from Hervey Fitzgerald to WEPO 25 July, Inletter 94:9030, Colonial Secretarys Office In Letters DR63822

[centred, in red ink] Police

[oval stamp, left of centre] COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, QUEENSLAND 09030 [tick] 9. AUG. 94

[second oval stamp, right of above stamp] INSPECTOR OF POLICE 52. 94 D COOKTOWN

[to right of second stamp, in red ink] I Cook

[third oval stamp, to right of second stamp] COMMISSIONER OF POLICE 07,320 QUEENSLAND 3 AUG. 94

[written diagonally, left of page] 94. 5731 ColSecy

[right of page] Office Insp of Police Cooktown 25. 7. 94

[in red ink] In re appln for Police Protection by Residents of Mt Romeo

Sir

Relative to your B. C. 23. 6. 94 papers as per margin, I attach a report from Constable Waters for your perusal

Since the complaint, - I have had one of the "ringleaders" arrested and committed to Townsville for 6 months

It is extremely difficult to get any of these petitioners to specify any individual black or come forward to identify -

The detachment from the 8 Mile is constantly patrolling the Annan neighborhood, and invariable [sic] report the offenders are principally gins encouraged about the camps for purposes not always moral in consequence the trouble

I have the honor to be Sir Your obedient Servt

[signed] H. Fitzgerald Insp 1/C

[bottom left margin] The Commr of Police Brisbane }

[written diagonally, top left margin] [stamp] PREVIOUS [in red ink] 94... 6888... Residents [stamp] SERIAL No. ...2

[written sideways down left margin] Reply to Mr Bell as per statements herein HT 12. 8. 94

[written diagonally in left margin] [signed] J.T. Bell. 4789. 15. 8. 94

[written sideways in pencil, in left margin] Write decdly 13. 8. 94

[red diagonal stamp, in left margin] THE PRINCIPAL UNDER SECRETARY, B. C. [signed in red] W. Finucane pro Commissioner of Police. [red stamp] 6 Aug 1894 [initials in pencil] [???]

[centred in red ink] I Cook

[oval stamp, right of centre] COMMISSIONER OF POLICE 07,320. QUEENSLAND 3 AUG. 94

[oval stamp, left of centre] INSPECTOR OF POLICE 543. 94 D. COOKTOWN.

[in pencil, left margin] - 12.94 -

[top right of page] Eight Mile Police Station 9/7/94

Constable J. S. Waters D 39 reports that in June 21st and 22nd last he patrolled Rossville and also Mt Finnigan and saw Mr Bell and others and was informed by them that they [underlined in red] could give no evidence against any of the blacks, and could not identify any of them which were [underlined in red] supposed to have robbed the miners [sic] camps the men being away at work from their camps when the deed was done

[signed] J S Waters Const No 204

To Inspector Fitzgerald Cooktown }

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[signatures]

John Halpin Dermot Halpin W McNulty X Thomas Harris J. Howard George Young E Peirce Edward Shipton George Shipton W Shipton Ah Fot [signed in Chinese characters] gardner [sic] W Groom H Price J Watson D. Muir Patt Mahony John OSullivan Patrick Diseing Harry OShea William Reeve

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Simon Keogh Michael Keogh Ralph Whitehead Mr G Storey D. Horan F. Peirce Robert Coates Alexander Quinn Francis Cullen H. Colman D Rasstkilly[?] Chas Kimble M Dootin E Camtwell W. Bowden H. Barnaard W Cowie J Yates J Gelmaney D. McKinnon J Tierney

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[signatures]

John Kiely A Shnider J. C. Campbell M. OShea D Woods X S. Murray H. Asmus A Brougley C. McNickle W. Becker C. Asmus A. Asmus F. Asmus A Coyne A Coyne P Cleary B. Trout