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Admiralty to Colonial Office, enclosing
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Admiralty,
14th January 1898. Sir, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies copy of a letter from the Commanding Officer of H.M.S."Comus", dated the 10th November last, reporting having visited Pitcairn Island, and giving an account of the murder of Clara Warren and her infant child by Harry Albert Christian.
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Notes.
Harry Albert Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on Mar. 11, 1872, one of 12 children of Alphonso Downs Christian and Sarah McCoy. In the early 1890s a relationship developed between Harry and Julia Warren. A daughter, Eleanor Linda Warren, was born to the couple on Aug. 14, 1895. Some time later Harry's attentions turned to another woman. On Jun. 17, 1897, Harry killed Julia and the child and threw their bodies into the sea. Though the bodies were never found, the crimes were found out, and Harry admitted to them. Harry was tried on Pitcairn and found guilty of murder. He was taken on H.M.S. Royalist to Suva, Fiji. There, on October 8, 1898, in the Suva gaol, he was hanged for the murders. Captain Henry Hart Dyke (1848-1912) commanded H.M.S. Comus 1895-1898. He rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral. Evan MacGregor (1842-1926) was Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty for the years 1884-1907. [Wikipedia] |
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Source.
Document no. 99. January 14, 1898. "Admiralty to Colonial Office, enclosing Captain Dyke's letter regarding H.A. Christian matter". Page 1617.
This transription was made from a documents in a collection of documents at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library.
Last updated by Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, Aug 6 2022.
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