Wasn't this Australia's first / only kidnapping? Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hazel Magann" <magann@one.net.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:09 PM Subject: Re: THORN MURDER > Hello > Can anyone suggest a site where I can obtain some information on the above murder as my grandson already has been given this as an assignment. > > Thank You > Hazel > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Guidelines for the Conference of Australian History > http://www.southernx.com.au/rootsweb.html > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > >

Hello Denise. Yes it was our first kidnapping although there have been others since. It was horrific and happened when a Hungarian migrant Stephen Leslie Bradley (don't know his real name) captured the little boy Grahame Thorne, and held him for ransom, because the Thornes had won one of our first large lotteries, a prize of $200,000, which was a very large amount of money in those days. That was in 1960. He put him into the boot of his car where Grahame expired. It was interesting to find the way they traced the murderer through dog hairs on the rug in which Grahame had been wrapped. Bradley made a hasty getaway and was found on board the ship 'Himalaya' in Colombo and extradited to Sydney where he stood trial and was sentenced to life. He had to be kept away from other prisoners as they have their own code of ethics and child murder was not accepted. Bradley worked in the library at Goulburn Gaol and died of a heart attack in 1968 at the age of 45. Regards Shirley McLeod ----- Original Message ----- From: Denise McMahon <helendmc@powerup.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:24 PM Subject: Re: THORN MURDER > Wasn't this Australia's first / only kidnapping? > > Denise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hazel Magann" <magann@one.net.au> > To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:09 PM > Subject: Re: THORN MURDER > > > > Hello > > Can anyone suggest a site where I can obtain some information on the above > murder as my grandson already has been given this as an assignment. > > > > Thank You > > Hazel > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > > Guidelines for the Conference of Australian History > > http://www.southernx.com.au/rootsweb.html > > > > ============================== > > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > > If you know how to reduce these risks. > > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Australia's First and Biggest Genealogy Server > Announces ... Your Very Own, Free Webspace .. go to > http://www.southernx.com.au/webspace/personal_page.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >