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executed brisbane , australia 10 june 1912 murder death 1884 george david silva
 george silva
george david silva

george david silva -lrb- 1884 -- 1912 -rrb- was an australian mass murderer .
silva , who was of sinhalese descent , worked as a farmhand on a property owned by charles ching at alligator creek , about 20 miles from mackay , queensland .
on 16 november 1911 , charles ching told silva he was traveling to town for supplies and money for silva 's wages .
while he was away silva murdered the six chings after the eldest daughter maud had rejected his advances .
the bodies of agnes , maud , hugh and winnie were found in the house .
mother and eldest daughter had been shot by a revolver and a muzzle-loading rifle , while the boy and baby had their skulls smashed in .
the bodies of teddy and dolly ching were found a mile and a half away ; both had been shot and their skulls smashed in .
police and aboriginal trackers inspected the crime scene , and after the trackers stated that there was no trail to follow the police homed in on silva .
silva , fearing a lynch mob from mackay , eventually confessed to police .
tried only for the murder of maud ching , silva was hanged at boggo road gaol in brisbane on 10 june 1912 and buried in south brisbane cemetery .
