| 词条 | Frederick William Everest |
| 释义 |
Frederick William Everest (3 December 1910 - 24 January 1977) was an Australian murderer who killed two American servicemen in Brisbane during World War II. He was known as The Man in the Grey Suit. In 1945, aged 34 years old, Everest shot and killed two US military officers, Lt. Allen C. Middleton and Chief Petty Officer John David McCollum, who were among the many American forces stationed in Brisbane at the time. First murderEvererst killed Middleton on 11 January at a lavatory near the Customs House. A man was seen fleeing the scene of the crime in a grey suit and the killer became dubbed The Man in the Grey Suit.[1] Second murderHe fatally injured McCollom at Denman Street, Alderley on 24 January with a sawn-off shotgun. The police heard reports that shots had been fired in a house at Farrington Street, Alderley. A squad of detectives arrived but could not find anything. They went into adjoining street, Denman Street, and found McCollom had been shot in the abdomen. He told the detectives had opened the back door of a house he was renting in answer to a knock and had been shot. McCollom managed to give a description of the man then was taken to hospital, where he was operated on but died at 10pm. Everest had been delivering bread in the local area. Police tracked him down and arrested him.[2][3] SentencingEverest was a mentally ill returned soldier who believed that "those Yanks" had tried to poison him.[4] He was found to be mentally ill and spent the rest of his days in a mental hospital, initially Goodna Mental Hospital.[5][6] Frederick William Everest died in 1977 in Brisbane.[7] References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98301526 |title=AUSSIE SEAMAN CHASED CITY KILLER. |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Brisbane |date=14 January 1945 |accessdate=14 May 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48941708 |title=LAVATORY KILLING. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=1 February 1945 |accessdate=14 May 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81416101 |title="MAN IN GREY". |newspaper=The Northern Miner |location=Charters Towers, Qld. |date=25 January 1945 |accessdate=14 May 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48971353 |title="I GOT IN FIRST", POLICE CLAIM THEY TOLD BY EVEREST. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=31 January 1945 |accessdate=14 May 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98356068 |title=WARNING GIVEN— 24 HOURS AFTER. |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Brisbane |date=21 September 1952 |accessdate=14 May 2015 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71458743 |title=EVEREST TO BE KEPT In Strict Custody. |newspaper=The Worker |location=Brisbane |date=19 March 1945 |accessdate=14 May 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=1977/B75282 Frederick William Everest|url=https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/querySubmit.m?ReportName=DeathSearch|website=Search death historical records|publisher=Queensland Government|accessdate=14 May 2015|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721220530/https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/querySubmit.m?ReportName=DeathSearch|archivedate=21 July 2015|df=}} External links
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