"If it weren't for the supineness of the Queensland police we would have found him. Indeed my greatest anxiety arises from my disquiet over the competence of the police here to deal with the matter." Richard Teece, AMP General Manager, 1886
"For the sake of morality, no less than that of the Society, no stone will be left unturned in order to disclose the most daring and far-reaching conspiracy to which this country has given birth." Richard Teece, 1880s
"As you rightfully observe there is excellent material here for a romance, and doubtless something will be done to utilize the startling particulars disclosed during the investigation" Walter Feldwick, 1890
"Those who have followed the romantic story lately brought to light [regarding the drowning of Goodwin Geddes]... will be disposed to improve on the well-worn addage that truth is stranger than fiction." Editorial, The Brisbane Courier, September 1889
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