Another revolting creature; doubly so as it claimed God protected it as it killed people.
Worked its way up from fraud to serial killing, claiming 10 victims.
Further Reading -
John Lynch; The Pious Hatchetman
Lynch, Bushranger Berrima's Notorious Criminal
Confessions of Lynch the Murderer
Well, here's another garden variety arsehole; convicted of one murder Burns confessed to the hangman he'd killed seven more people.
Why confess to the hangman? Is it an attempt to impress a bloke who's paid to kill people for the government?
Anyway, the seven further victims are based on speculation; although the useless mongrel gave clues he didn't give names (said he was useless) but this is well-considered with much evidence.
Further reading -
Serial killer Frank Butler aka Richard Ashe was a garden variety prick; he's been incorrectly labelled "Australia's First Serial Killer" - nah, plenty of those mongrel bastards came before Frank.
It was Australia's First Serial Killer MANHUNT.
Gutless mongrel; he shot his victims in the back after he'd got them to dig their own graves.
Plenty all over the net about this piece of vile canker.
His victims were
Arthur Preston
Charles Burgess
Further details -
Mad Mossy was a highly intelligent individual with a talent for getting out of arrests...by acting insane.
Born in Narromine in approx. 1878, his grandfather was John Morse/Moss, a convict sent over from UK for stealing a pig, his father James Moss is considered "Australian Royalty" , his siblings were all hard-working, well-respected members of the area.
But not Andrew.
He was well known to the local police before he first appeared in court, charged with forgery at age 17, for which he got a solid 12 months hard labour. After that he managed to "put on the mad act" (as he later admitted) and got himself sent to various lunatic asylums; Callan Park, Parramatta, Gladesville, Orange Asylum, whenever he was caught he avoided gaol with the usual "mad act". He was also charged with child r*pe in 1926 but got 7 years in Gladesville Asylum, being let out in early 1933.
He was declared insane 14 times, declared sane 12 times and he escaped from asylums twice.
He roamed far and wide; he didn't always stick to his home area sometimes turning up in Bourke, Wentworth, Broken Hill, Sydney, etc. Also, it was during the Great Depression with many people on the move looking for work, so, although he was found guilty of 3 murders, he claimed many more and the police were unable to locate another 15 travelling companions who had been last seen in his company.
Sentenced to death, it was later commuted to a life sentence as there was some query as to his mental health.
Shortly after arriving at Long Bay Gaol Mad Mossy became the unofficial chess champion, beating prisoners and warders alike, when he wasn't finishing crosswords.
He popped his clogs at age 80 in Long Bay in 1958.
Further details;
NARROMINE MURDER Accused's Remarkable "Confession"
1786 - Barron Field, who claimed to be the first poet of Australia *ahem* and was for a number of years an actual judge in New South Wales...
