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THE ROOKWOOD TRAGEDY
Burial of Martin Cusack
SYDNEY
The remains of Martin Cusack, the supposed Rookwood murderer, were interred at Rookwood Cemetery this morning. The cemetery authorities refused to allow the corpse to be buried in consecrated ground, consequently the burial took place in an allotment, the upper portion of which is set apart for the burial of paupers, and the lower portion of which is reserved for the burial of murderers and suicides.
There was no service, the coffin being simply taken from the hearse and lowered into the grave.
The Canberra Times
“What the blazes were you doing out there?” Wilfred kept his voice down, but it was not happy.
The meeting had closed and the brethren were gathered in the South for supper, fellowship and “moderate mirth”. “Was it tha
