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The crime at Clyde House created a great sensation not only in the State of South Australia, but throughout the whole great Commonwealth itself.
The well-known personality of the dead man both in commercial and sporting circles, the dreadful and baffling nature of the crime, and the apparent ease with which the murderer had escaped with his booty, all tended to excite the interest of the community to fever point.