Mr JP Clay’s unoccupied stone cottage was broken into by enlarging one of the loop hopes at the back of the cottage and goods were taken. Clay with two other settlers lay in wait overnight in an attempt to capture those responsible. Due to their mismanagement, the thief escaped. Newmulta and Yailgulta were subsequently identified and punished.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)