Family History, Stemp Chart 0340 Thomas Stemp and Janie (Queenie) Tremayne Swift

1891 "Lads of the Village" 53 Albert Road, Woolwich, Kent. 1901 234 Albert Road, Woolwich, Kent. Living, together with siblings, with his widowed mother Ellen 1911 Not found 1923 The Old Sun Inn, Crete Road, Northfleet, Kent (birth of Geoffrey Eustace) 1932 White Hart Inn, Wadhurst, Sussex (death of wife) 1939 White Hart Hotel , Uckfield R.D., Sussex as a widower. Living with him was son Geoffrey E STEMP (born 15 August 1923) School, Elizabeth E REED (born 24 July 1888) Domestic Duties, Ian A (W) MASTERS (born 10 August 1925) At School and 1 Record Officially Closed entry 1956 Raven Cottage Washwell-lane Wadhurst Sussex (probate) Information received 9th March 2015 indicating that Thomas died when a Meteor Jet crashed on his property in Wadhurst Sussex killing him and his housekeeper On January 20th 1956 the village of Wadhurst was the scene of a horrendous aviation accident when a Royal Air Force jet crashed there. The aircraft, a Gloster Meteor NF12 (serial WS661) from the All-Weather Conversion Unit at RAF North Luffenham, was supposed to have stayed within 60 miles of the base while the two-man crew carried out a familiarisation flight. Wadhurst was, in fact, approximately 120 miles from Luffenham. The newspapers reported at the time that the parents of the pilot, F/O L. Stoate, lived at Durgates which is just to the North West of Wadhurst, but didn't elaborate or speculate on the connection at that time. It soon became obvious however that Stoate had been indulging himself in some unauthorised flying to 'show off' to his parents.. a few extracts from his Luffenham Training Report dated 19th December of the previous year give a good indication of the character of the pilot, and should certainly have set alarm bells ringing. "Aerobatics - All well executed and flown with a show of spirit. Weaknesses - Has a tendency to be flippant and slapdash occasionally. Enthusiasm - Has a fair amount of enthusiasm and is a keen pilot; will do well if he approached his flying a little more seriously." And the footnote? "..should develop a more mature attitude towards his flying with more experience." All damming notes when viewed in the cold light of day after the accident, but presumably there were many pilots serving in the RAF at that time who had similar reports. As well as killing himself and his Navigator, 20 year old Pilot Officer A. Patterson, two innocent civilians died in the crash as well. Thomas Stemp, 74, died in hospital from his injuries while 69 year old Emily Reed, his housekeeper, died instantly and her body was later recovered from the wrecked bungalow after the fires caused by the crash had died down. Two others were injured - Ronald Stanbridge was detained in hospital suffering from delayed shock, while Walter Bone sustained cuts from flying glass. Bone had been driving a laundry van when the crash occurred, and despite the extensive damage to his vehicle and the injuries he had suffered, he moved the van away from the vicinity and then returned to aid in the rescue efforts. Information for the Wadhurst Gloster Meteor Crash Date 20 January 1956 Summary Pilot error, hit tree during unauthorised low flying Site Wadhurst, East Sussex Crew 2 Fatalities 2 (plus 2 on ground) Aircraft type Gloster Meteor NF 12 Operator AWOCU, Royal Air Force Registration WS661 Flight origin RAF North Luffenham, Rutland, United Kingdom Destination RAF North Luffenham Information on wikipedia Aircraft The accident aircraft was Gloster Meteor NF 12 WS661, operated by the All-Weather Operational Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force.[1] It was based at RAF North Luffenham, Rutland.[2] Authorised mission Accident Initial casualty reports were the both crew had been killed, as had one person in Wadhurst. One person had been severely injured, and a rescuer had been slightly injured. The injured were taken to the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells and Pembury Hospital, Pembury, Kent. The severely injured victim died on 22 January from extensive burns. Five buildings had been severely damaged by fire. A total of ten fire engines were sent by the East Sussex and Kent Fire Brigades. The appliances came from Crowborough, Heathfield, Matfield, Mayfield, Paddock Wood, Southborough, Sparrow's Green and Tunbridge Wells. One appliance based at Tunbridge Wells crashed into a telegraph pole and overturned near Wadhurst. Two firemen were injured. On learning of the accident, Kent Fire Brigade dispatched a replacement. Aftermath The day after the crash, sightseers flocked to Wadhurst. Many of them abandoned their cars in the narrow lanes surrounding the village. AA patrolmen assisted the police in controlling traffic. An inquest into the death of the four victims was opened on 23 January at Mark Cross, East Sussex. Evidence was heard that the aircraft should not have been over Wadhurst at the time. Three people had been killed outright in the crash, a fourth had subsequently died of extensive burns. The inquest was then adjourned to 31 January. When the inquest reopened, evidence was heard that the pilot was not performing aerobatics over the town. A verdict of accidental death was returned on all four victims. In January 2006, a service of remembrance was held in St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Wadhurst to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the accident. In May 2006, the Wadhurst History Society published the book The Day Wadhurst Changed Friday 20th January 1956 to commemorate the accident. Challock Picnic Murders (2) - The Aftermath On the 20th. January, 1956, Flying Officer Leonard Charles Mitchell Stoate was on a routine flight in his Gloster Meteor jet aircraft. He had received strict orders to keep to the usual flight plan but ignored these to break out of formation and pay a visit to his home town of Wadhurst in East Sussex. Whilst performing a low-level manoeuvre over the town his wing clipped an oak tree. The jet went out of control and crashed into the town centre, causing severe damage to many properties and resulted in the deaths of F/O Stoate, his navigator and two civilians. One of the civilians killed was Thomas Stemp, the recently retired landlord of the 'White Hart' pub in the town. Mr. Stemp was the widower of Janie Stemp, and the father of Peggy Stemp who, together with his mother-in-law, Janie Swift, had been shot dead at a picnic spot near Challock, Kent in June 1932. (Their killer was army deserter James Collins who was later found guilty but insane of their murders.) The collage shows the grave of F/O Stoate in Wadhurst churchyard, together with an example of the damage caused to one of the properties by the crashed jet, and the same property today. And further information of Thomas and his family The Challock Picnic Murders - (1) In 1996, the murders of a mother, Lyn Russell and her youngest daughter, Megan, and the serious injury to a second daughter, Josie, happened whilst they were making their way home on a country lane near Chillenden, Kent. The incident, understandably, made the headlines for many months until the offender, Michael Stone, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sixty-four years earlier, though, another uncannily similar crime took place on a country road near Ashford in Kent. It was while I was researching my grandfather's life that, purely by chance, I came across details of a gruesome triple murder which took place on the afternoon of Monday, June 13th.,1932 ( It occurred the day after my grandfather died.). I have since obtained all the police, witnesses', coroner's and local newspaper reports, together with crime scene, autopsy and pathology photographs, all now in the public domain. The latter three, which I consider inappropriate for reproduction on the internet, have, nevertheless, given me an insight into this case more so than any other I've researched. The three victims were Janie Swift (71), her daughter, Janie Stemp (35) and her 13-year-old granddaughter, Peggy. All three were mercilessly shot dead whilst enjoying a picnic in a layby on the A251 at Kings Wood near Challock, Kent, on the road between Ashford and Faversham. Their killer, an army deserter from Shornecliffe Barracks named James Thomas Collins (26), was armed with a stolen rifle. It was his intention ultimately to reach his parents' home in Barnet, north London, about 70 - 80 miles away After concealing the bodies in the woods, he then stole Janie Stemp's car and drove off, rather erratically according to eyewitness accounts later, towards London where, after a number of incidents, including an extraordinary encounter with a garage owner in Denmark Hill and a confrontation with a lone policeman in the early hours of the following morning, he was finally cornered by police near Barnet. During the stand-off, several shots were exchanged but nobody was hit and Collins was overpowered, disarmed and detained by some very courageous policemen. At his trial a few months later, for which he somehow obtained the services of one of the best leading defence counsel of the day, he was found guilty but insane and committed to Broadmoor. It came out at his trial that he had already been imprisoned for a shooting in London, and he had also attempted to murder a wealthy aunt. He had also previously deserted from the British army, been arrested by the American authorities for crimes committed in the USA and deported back to Britain. My collage of photos show the family grave in Wrotham, Kent, a close-up of the inscriptions, and the public house in Wadhurst where Janie and Peggy Stemp lived prior to their deaths. This was in 1930 at a London shooting gallery when, for no apparent reason, Collins turned from his target practice and fired several shots into a watching crowd, seriously wounding two people and slightly injuring several others. For this incomprehensible act he was sentenced to a mere 12 months imprisonment, the authorities not quite realising what a dangerously sick man he was. On his release in late 1931 he then tricked his way back into the army and, for six months, was an 'exemplary' soldier, even gaining a Marksman Badge, before deserting in the small hours of June 13th.1932, taking a colleague's weapon and several rounds of ammunition. At the time of the murders, at around 1pm that afternoon, he had walked, in plimsolls, all the way from Shornecliffe, near Folkestone, Kent to Challock via Kennington, north of Ashford. The distance he had covered was approximately 27km (17 - 18 miles). The section between Kennington and the murder site is around 6km, or nearly 4 miles, up a steep, winding road, with no footpath most of the way. Little wonder that he decided he wanted a car for the rest of his journey. THE AFTERMATH Mrs. Janie Swift's husband, Edward, landlord of the 'Sportsman' pub at Seasalter, survived her by only a few months, dying in February, 1933 - it is said of a broken heart. In July, 1942, Collins escaped from Broadmoor but was at large, thankfully, for only a few hours before being detained by a patrolling police constable (remember those days?). Janie Stemp's widower, Thomas, carried on as the licensee of the 'White Hart' until he retired in the early 1950's. Tragically though, in January 1956, he was killed when part of a Meteor jet crashed on his cottage just a few metres away from the 'White Hart'. Although he was rescued from the wreckage, he had such severe burns that he died a few hours later in Pembury Hospital. (His housekeeper was killed instantly.) He, too, was buried at Wrotham but I have not yet discovered his grave which may be separate to that of the rest of his family. ( At the committal hearing into the murders of his family Thomas, seething with anger at Collins, had told the magistrates, "I would like to have half-an-hour with him." Personally, I would liked to have had a bit longer.) Geoffrey, Peggy's young brother, had to return to school earlier than his sister at the time of the murders and therefore, luckily, missed being a victim. He went on to join the RAF and became a fighter pilot during WWII. He died in 1991. 1897 High Street, Dorking, Surrey (at baptism) father Edward Hibbart SWIFT a Publican, mother Janie Tremayne SWIFT 1901 27 High Street, Dorking, Surrey. Ten servants as follows on this Census. Jessie RIDGEBRIDGE a widower aged 69 a Cab driver born Dorking, Surrey, James G WOODS aged 27 a Coachman born Paris (British Subject), Victor Mercer aged 16 a Potman born Wrisfield, Sussex, William CHALK aged 20 a General Carter born Guildford, Surrey, Arthur WORSFOLD aged 21 a General Carter born Cobham, Surrey, Charles SHANNAY aged 21 a General CARTER born Billingshurst, Sussex, Frank PARK aged 20 a General Carter born Shoreham, Kent, Elizabeth MATHEWS aged 18 a Chamber Maid born Little Hampton, Worcestershire, Alicet MATTHEWS aged 18 a Barmaid born Petworth, Sussex and Nellie MATTHEWS aged 14 a Nurse Maid born Storrington, Sussex. 1911 The Elephants Head Hotel Rosherville, London Road, Northfleet, Kent. With the family was William HOLLOW aged 89 (1822) Father-in-Law born Bodmin, Cornwall, widowed no occupation, Alfred THOMPSON a Servant born Market Drayton, Shropshire a Butcher, Ellen BOLGER aged 31 born Gravesend, Kent a Servant (Barmaid), a Rose GOULD aged 13 a Servant born Gravesend, Kent, a Lizzie GOULD a Servant born Gravesend, Kent and a Sidney GEORGE a Visitor a Clerk born London. 1923 The Old Sun Inn, Crete Road, Northfleet, Kent (birth of Geoffrey Eustace) 1932 White Hart Inn, Wadhurst, Sussex (death) Information sent by Geoffrey STEMP 22/3/2013 Dramatic Stores in Kent Wood Drama TRIPLE MURDER CHARGE Soldier's Alleged Statement Read in Court London June 22 1932 Sensational statements, said to have been made by the soldier who is accused of the Kent Triple murder, were read today at Ashford Police Court. One of them was : I am terribly sorry. it is a diabolical thing. No regrets of mine can be accepted. And again: I cannot remember what happened but they were killed and no doubt I did it. It was alleged that he said that he rang up Scotland Yard and told them that three women were badly injured "somewhere on the road between Ashford and Chatham". The accused man is James Thomas COLLINS, aged 26 a private in the 2nd Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), stationed at Shorncliffe, near Folkestone. He is charged with the wilful murder of - Mrs Janie Tremayne SWIFT, age 69, of Ye Olde Sportman's Inn, Seasalter, near Whitstable, Kent. Mrs Janie Tremayne STEMP, ages 35 of the White Hart Inn, Wadhurst, Sussex, her daughter and Peggy STEMP, aged 13, Mrs STEMP's daughter Their bodies were found on June 13 in King's Wood, Challock, five miles from Ashford. The wording of the charge in each case is: "That you feloniously, wilfully and of your malice aforethought, did kill and murder one......by shotting her with a rifle at Wye on June 13 1932" COLLINS is beling defended by Mr R F LEVY, who was counsel for the accused Rector of Stiffey, Rev. H F DAVIDSON Strongly Guarded Extraordinary precautions were taken when COLLINS, who had been brought by road from Brixton Prison, was taken to the adjoining police station. Eight policemen remained in the cell with the prisoner, and a platoon of men from the Buffs were in the courtyard. Their officer sat in court next to Sir Bernard SPILSBURY, the pathologist. COLLINS wore civilian clothes in place of the uniform which he had on when he appeared before the magistrates last week. A seat had been placed for him in the dock, and it was securely lashed to the dock rails with thick coils of rope. Police guarded all entrances to the court, and no one was allowed in until shortly before the magistrates took their seats. Mr SWIFT and Mr STEMP, two grief-sticken men, sat side by side at the back of the court, Among exhibits in court was a rifle, The Missing Rifle Mr G R PALING, outlining the case for the Crown on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions, said that COLLINS was stationed at Hythe. He was there on a musketry course, and of couse, being a serving soldier, he would have a rifle. He would have access to ammunition. When reveille was taken on June 13 COLLINS was discovered to be absent. A rifle belonging to a private in the Buffs who slept in the same tent as COLLINS was also missing. COLLINS's rifle was found in the tent. Mr PALING then described how Mrs STEMP was drving her mother and daughter in her sports car on June 13, and how their bodies were discovered. He added: There was no indication of any attempt to interfere with the women. and in each case the cause of death was shock and loss of blood caused by the bullet wounds. "WALKED WITH THEM" Story of Talk with a Woman and her Niece Mr PALING gave a vivid description of the alleged movements of the accused man on June13. About 10.15, he said, a soldier was seen carrying a rifle and walking along the road between Willesborough and Kennington district. He walked from Kennington along the road towards Faversham with a woman and her niece. They were conversing and these two women left him at the Towers, Eastwell Park. About 12.30 he was seen, still carrying this rifle, on the road between Ashford and Faversham at or near Roughton Lees, and at 1.25 a soldier was seen by a roadman carrying a rifle and going up King's Wood Hill. "Some five minutes later this roadman heard a shot and about 20 minutes after that possibly he heard two more shots. At 1.45 this sports car was seen near the top of King's Wood Hill. Two women were in the car - one in front and one, a girl, at the back. When they were seen it was noticed that they had somewhat peculiar attitudes, and it was thought that they were asleep. Their heads were hanging down in one case and hanging backward into the side of the other cases. There can be no doubt that when there were seen at that time they had been shot. Mrs STEMP was the driver of the car. In all probability she was driving, her mother was sitting beside her, and the little girl was sitting at the back, because at this time the elderly lady was in the front and the little girl was in the back and there was no one in the driving seat. There can be no doubt that at the precise moment the murder was disposing of the body of Mrs STEMP by putting that body in the bushes at the side of the road". "The Murderer" "A few minutes afterwards the car was also observed with the two women in similar unusual attitudes, and a soldier was seen endeavoring to start the car. That man was undoubtedly the murderer. He had made some three or four efforts to start the car and eventually he drove it along the road and backed it into the wood on this grass bay, and there disposed of the bodies of his two other victims. Between 2 and 2.30 that afternoon the car was seen at Challock cross-roads being driven by COLLINS. At 2.30 it was a quarter of a mile from Faversham; at three o'clock it was near Sittingbourne; the car was eventually driven to London and found in a garage at Camberwell. It was placed in that garage at 5.30 by COLLINS. It had run out of oil and the connecting rods had broken. In fact the engine was ruined. When he placed the car at the garage he gave an explanation that it was his officer's car. He mentioned the name of a lieutenant of the 2nd Battalion of the Buffs and give his own name as Private JACKSON, and said he had to meet his officer at Victoria station at a quarter to eight". "Joy-Riding" "The garage proprietor noticed blood marks in the car and also a broken tumbler. He spoke to COLLINS and asked him if there had been an accident. COLLINS said that he had been joy-riding with a girl and she had broken the tumbler and cut her hands and wrists so badly that he had to leave her at a doctor's to be attended to. He asked the garage people to clean up the car and say nothing about the blood, because he would get into trouble with his officer. He said he would get into sufficient trouble as it was, because the car had broken down, but if it were known that he was joy-riding he would get into serious trouble. He had a rifle and suitcase in the car, and took this out, The car has been examined for finger-prints, and his finger-prints have been found on the steering wheel. At 7 o'clock he left this suitcase at Finsbury Park railway station in the cloakroom. That suitcase has been identified as belonging to Mrs SWIFT". When He Was Found "In the early hours of the following morning P-C. CHAPMAN was cycling towards Potters Bar in the North of London and he saw COLLINS with a package on his shoulder. The police officer stopped him and asked him what he had got on his shoulder and COLLINS asked him if he wanted to see it. COLLINS quickly withdrew the bundle from his shoulder, threw off the covering and exposed an army rifle. He pointed it as the police officer's stomach about six inches from him. He said he had killed man, and he added 'It is very unfortunate for you meeting me here' The policeman said: 'Surely you are not going to shoot me?' And said, 'I shall not shoot you providing you do not touch me'. There was a conversation between the policeman and COLLINS, and COLLINS told him the man he had shot was Lance-Corporal COLLINS of the 2nd Battalion the Buffs as Shorncliffe. The police officer tried a number of ruses to get possession of the rifle, but failed to do so, and eventually when COLLINS left he followed him but was again threatened. The policemen blew his whistle and summoned assistance. A little later that morning COLLINS was near the outskirts of Barnet and at half-past seven he was seen in some fields and chased by police officers. One officer stopped within 30 yards of him and he raised the rifle and fired at the police officer, who returned the fire with his revolver but did not hit him. COLLINS then recocked his rifle and fired several times into the air- five or six times. The police officer fired again. Firing was interchanged between them. In the meantime other officers were running behind COLLINS. A policeman closed with him from behind, knocked the rifle out of his hand, whereupon COLLINS said 'All right, I think that is the lot'". THE ALLEGED STATEMENT They Passed Me Slowly And Laughed At Me. Mr PALING added that COLLINS was taken to Barnet police station and seen by Divisional Detective-Inspector OCKEY. COLLINS said: "I want to tell you all about this". He was cautioned, but said "I still want to tell you all about it". He then made and signed a statement in which he said: I am a private in the 2nd Battalion of the Buffs. I left the rifle range, Hythe about 4 a.m. yesterday, June 13. I walked along the beach and came over the cliffs in the direction of Ashford. About three miles the other side of Ashford, on the way to Chatham, a light racing car passed me with three women in it. They passed me slowly and laughed at me, and said, "You are making a good walk of it?" About a quarter of an hour afterwards I caught up with the car, which had stopped. I saw one of them drinking from a bottle. I had my rifle with me and twelve rounds of ball ammunition. I cannot remember what happened afterwards but they were killed and no doubt I did it. The next thing I remember was driving the car the women were in. I was covered in blood, and drove to London and put the car in Spencer's garage, S.W. "Rang up Scotland Yard" I then got into a taxicab and went to Finsbury Park, I went into a dairy, but could not eat anything. I had a cup of tea and went out. I had a wash before I had my tea. I remember now. I went by bus to Broad Street and then rang up Scotland Yard, and told them three women were badly injured somewhere on the road between Ashford and Chatham. They asked me who it was, and I said, "Don't ignore it" I refused to give my name. After leaving Finsbury Park I walked to Haringey and got on a bus to Southgate, I then walked to Osridge Lane and got over the fence and stayed there until it was dark. I had my rifle at the time and nine ball cartridges. One I fired at a rabbit. The other eight I fired up in the air this morning. I was going towards Potters Bar, when a policemen stopped me and asked me what I had got. I had the rifle wrapped in a raincoat I took from the car. I took the wrapper off the rifle and pointed it at him and said: "Don't come any closer, I don't want to hurt you". I had a talk with him. I showed him the empty cartridge cases, and told him I had shot someone, and told him it was my corporal". "Don't Be Foolish" I walked away, but the policeman followed me and I asked, "Don't be foolish following me". He said, "Don't you be foolish". He blew his whistle, and I got over the fence and ran along the railway to the golf course. I had a lie down and after got into the road. I saw people were looking for me, so I got over the fence and ran away. The police were all round me. I fired eight shots in the air, and I turned round and handed the rifle to the policeman who arrested me. I left the suit-case I took from the car at Finsbury Park parcels office in the name of JACKSON, I think. I don't remember shooting the three women. I lose my temper sometimes. This statement has been read over to me and is true. Mr PALING said that COLLINS signed the statement and was then taken to Ashford and charged with the murder of the two women and the girl. In reply to the charges, COLLINS said: "I am terribly sorry. It is a diabolical thing. No regrets of mine can be accepted". "Evidence Is Clear" Mr PALING concluded; "I think you will come to the conclusion, when you have heard the evidence, that COLLINS committed, to use his own words, 'this diabolical thing'. I think the evidence is clear, apart from his statement, and I shall ask you to commit him to take his trial on these charges". Mr PALING added that if the case finished today he would ask for a committal to the next Kent Assizes. If not, he would asked the Bench to commit COLLINS for trial at some other place. Mr Thomas STEMP, of the White Hart Inn, Wadhurst, husband of Mrs STEMP, said that Mrs SWIFT had been staying there, and left on the 13th. "I asked them to go through Ashford and Faversham because I thought it was quiet for them and a pleasant run." Mr LEVY (cross-examining) - May I take it that COLLINS is quite unknown to you? Mr STEMP - I have never seem him before, I should like to have half an hour with him. Mr LEVY - As far as you know, was he quite unknown to these three? Mr STEMP - Quite unknown (and that's as far as the the information that was sent to me goes!) From web site http://www.murder-uk.com/ James Thomas COLLINS Early on the morning of 3rd June 1932, Private James COLLINS went AWOL from his unit in Hythe, Kent, taking his rifle with him. The 26-year-old decided to head for London and started walking. About 1.30pm Collins came across 69-year-old Janie Tremayne SWIFT her 35-year-old daughter, Janie STEMP, and granddaughter, thirteen-year-old Peggy, who were having a picnic in the picturesque King's Wood, Challock Hill, near Ashford. The three women were shot dead, with Janie SWIFT and Peggy being shot in their sports car while Janie STEMP was dragged half a mile into undergrowth before being slaughtered. A bus driver driving along the main road between Faversham and Ashford spotted the bodies. COLLINS was traced to London where he was arrested. He confessed to the killings and at his trial he was ordered to be detained in Broadmoor. From web site http://www.britishmurders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=9084&name=James%20Thomas%20Collins He was sentenced on the 13 June 1936 1932 White Hart Inn, Wadhurst, Sussex. (see details for mother regarding circumstances of death. 1923 The Old Sun Inn, Crete Road, Northfleet, Kent (birth of Geoffrey Eustace) 1939 White Hart Hotel , Uckfield R.D., Sussex Living with his widowed father Thomas STEMP. Living with them was Elizabeth E REED (born 24 July 1888) Domestic Duties and Ian A (W) MASTERS (born 10 August 1925). At School and 1 Record Officially Closed entry 1951 White Hart Hotel, Wadhurst, Sussex (address at marriage) I have found on a family tree information of the family back for Janie Tremayne SWIFT, when Janie and her daughter were murdered Janie's mother was also murdered at the same time, so I felt I should also cover her details. Only going to show details on the chart above under Janie Tremayne SWIFT for the tragic circumstances in which they were murdered. There are also pictures of the three of them on this Family Tree. There are a lot of other reports for the murders shown on this page. It was reported all over the world. A couple of quite good ones are to be found in Australian Newspapers.

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This is a Chart for Thomas Stemp and Janie (Queenie) Tremayne Swift