Murder by Jealousy!
I have mentioned previously that famous, extraordinary, ordinary and the infamous all lie in harmony in Rookwood. To date I have made mention of the extraordinary. Today's blog is about a person who became infamous. STUART WILSON CHRISTOPHER BRIGGS Stuart was born in June 1874, the youngest of William and Sarah Briggs' children. By 1898 he had worked as a Storeman as well as a probationary Police Constable. He had been dismissed from the Police Force in 1893 after only four months in the job. Briggs was over 6' tall with a large build and known to succumb to violent rages particularly whilst drinking. Stuart Wilson Christopher Briggs - from Captured -NSW State Archives In the mid to late 1890's a severe recession took grip of the country with many people leaving the regions and converging on the cities, in turn making employment harder to gain for everyone. Briggs found himself unemployed in 1898. Although unemployed, Briggs was "stepping out" with Maggie Bi...