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The Murder of Tom Poole
“I cannot tell how the truth may be. I say the tale as ‘twas said to me.”
Sir Walter Scott
The Murder of Tom Poole
Brief History of the Murder
Context
Cast of Characters
The Murder
The Investigation
Professor Mathew Unger - Interpretations
Relation to colonial identity, the accusations, etc.
Archival documents
Comparisons between the Legend and the Records
2ND HOUSE BUILT
AFTER THE MURDER
Halfway
House
GOOGLE MAPS
Halfway
House
SLRD MAPS
Halfway
House
SLRD MAPS
Halfway
House
2ND HOUSE BUILT
AFTER THE MURDER.
PHOTO TAKEN IN THE
1950’S
Halfway
House
REAR OF THE
BUILDING
Halfway
House
REAR OF THE
BUILDING
Halfway
House
RONALD CURRIE AND HIS
SISTER, MRS. ANNIE
MCINTOSH AT THE
HALFWAY HOUSE
1900’S
Halfway
House
R.H. LAW & DR. DEVEY
WITH HORSES AT
HALFWAY HOUSE,
PEMBERTON PORTAGE
Halfway
House
MRS. LAW HOLDING BABY
NANCY, MR. LAW AND DR.
DEVEY (SEATED) AT
HALFWAY HOUSE.
Halfway
House
HALFWAY HOUSE
12 MILES FROM
PEMBERTON
Halfway
House

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The murder of Tom Poole

Notas do Editor

  1. Ronald Currie and Annie McIntosh were brother and sister of John Currie. Ronald ran a stage coach on the Portage. William Currie remembers living at the Halfway house with his aunt and uncle.
  2. Law was an English immigrant who worked in a London Store but wanted to farm. He and his wife came to the Halfway House property then owned by Dr. T.V. Devey.
  3. About the time the war broke out, Mrs. Law gave birth to a baby girl, the first child, she was told later, to be born at a stopping house. Law went to serve overseas and died at in WW1.