A Tale of Two Cities (33 page)

Russell ‘Mad Dog' Cox, who was not mad and whose real name was Melville Schnitzerling. A dashing crook who lived to (not) tell the tale. Yet.

Helen Eva Deane, trained nurse and Cox's faithful wife before, during and after years on the run.

Hideaway: the Mt Martha ‘safe' house where Cox shot his henchman Ian Revell Carroll.

Tools of trade (1): cache of weapons found at Cox's house.

Tools of trade (2): The Cox & Carroll do-it-yourself robbery kit, including pistols, holsters, ammunition, bandages, sub-machine guns with handbooks.

Full bore: the car was shot to bits but Cox walked away unharmed but mighty unhappy.

Run to ground at last: Cox under arrest at Doncaster shopping centre. His singlet must have been bullet proof.

Trophy hunters: Cox humours Victoria's finest with a picture opportunity but no smile.

Touching moment: Raymond Denning's getaway car and detective's car almost collided.

Cop that: buckshot in the boot of Cox's Fairmont.

Finger of fate: Santo Mercuri's hand, wounded in fatal Brunswick robbery.

Scientific proof: Mercuri submits to examination of the bullet wound.