The deputy-governor directed attention to the bust of the miscreant Greenacre who had a very sinister appearance.
It is, we believe, not more than a year and a half ago since his mistress and accomplice, Sarah Gale, died in Van Diemen’s Land at a very advanced age.
She was transported for life as an accessory to the murder. She was nearly, if not quite, eighty at the time of her decease.
Another bust pointed out to us was that of Daniel Good, who was executed for murdering a female and mutilating the body, a portion of which he buried in a stable.
The mouth had a disagreeable expression, but his countenance was better moulded than that of Greenacre, and did not give indications of the enormity of the crime he committed.
Good, when the mutilated remains of his victim were discovered, sought safety in flight. At the time of the commission of the crime he was groom to a gentleman residing at Roehampton, but it transpired that in early life he earnt his living as a bricklayer.
He went to some remote country place a hundred miles and more from the metropolis, and obtained work. As may readily be imagined he passed under another name, and it was some months before he was discovered—indeed, it was quite by accident that he was found out.
The woman in whose house he lodged was deeply concerned at his dejected appearance and his restlessness at night.
She heard him sighing and groaning for hours, and suspected that he had something on his mind.
She mentioned the circumstance to one or two of her associates, the police were communicated with, and this led to Good’s identification.