home owner jailed while burglar goes free , page-45

from memory, cooke lived in rivervale, and worked at the pioneer cement works in the area. he was caught, when after someone found a rifle, hidden under a geraldton wax bush, in mt pleasant. police staked out the bush, and nabbed cooke, as he went to retrieve the rifle.

the father of one of watso's friends worked with cooke - and it appears that he quite normal in his day to day job

the book that was mentioned in the earlier post, was called "broken lives". watso ageing mother, not long ago went to some function, met someone - and the name rang a bell - it appears that it was a woman, that cooke had tried to run down (in queens park - probably treasure road) - - she was mentioned in the book, which watso's mother had read.