John Walter Jerrold, a shepherd working for John Jacob, near Mount Fitton, went missing, and another shepherd, Harris had sheep stolen. It was later revealed that Jerrold had been killed.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)

In attempting to arrest Paralana Jacky and Paralana Tommy for the murder of John Walter Jerrold, the latter is shot and later dies.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)