Archive - 1926
Homicide #1926-xx
Date - 1926-05-28
Victim - Garvie, Maurice Buchannan (19)
Accused - Bonnin, Wilfred (24)
Charge -
On May 28th, 1926, Wilfred Bonnin shot and killed Maurice Garvie, a bank clerk on Logan Avenue. Bonnin was then in a shootout where he wounded Insp. George Smith before he was shot by Det. James Thompson. Bonnin was hanged in Headingley Gaol on January 25th, 1927.