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Three Siblings, a Cancelled Dance and a Paddock at Dawn: The Gatton murders

2026-10-15 · · Unsolved Crimes · 13 min read

On the evening of Monday, 26 December 1898, Michael Murphy harnessed a horse to a borrowed sulky.

A sulky is a light 2-wheeled cart for 2 or 3 people. This one belonged to his brother-in-law, and it had one wheel that wobbled as it turned.

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