Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828-1857) Friday 9 January 1829 p 2 Article
Many of our readers will doubtless recollect the daring robbery and barbarous murder of the late Mr. Alexander Simpson, at Pittwater, which took place between two and three years ago, During the present week, four individuals have been apprehended, and lodged in gaol, charged with committing the robbery upon that unfortunate Gentleman, but not the murder. The individuals are, Mr. Bartholomew Reardon, formerly one of the most wealthy and respectable settlers at Pittwater, William Horne, an old man, known by the name of "Butcher Horne," Joseph Pullen, and Thomas Howell. Each of these persons are however confined in separate cells, and from the discovery which has already been made, it is confidently anticipated that the murder will at last be brought to light. We hope to God it may; for a more cruel, barbarous, and wanton murder was never before heard of, or since, in this or any other Colony.
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Tuesday 13 September 1831 p 3 Article
NEWS FROM VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
Sailed on Tuesday, the government brig Tamar, with piisoners for Macquarie Harbour, among whom are 7 of the mutineers in the ship Argyle, comprising Beveridge and Stephenson, two of the pirates of the Cyprus. These men had so concerted their plans that they had put every arrangement on paper, signed by the different conspirators, which document we believe still exists. In it the villains proposed to take possession of the ship, and to murder the officers and crew, or to tie them back to back and throw them overboard. On board the Tamar, sentenced to Macquarie Harbour, is also Bartholomew Reardon, so long a farmer at Pitt-water, and though his conduct has been such as to subject bim to this condign punishment, we are happy to have this opportunity of bearing testimony to the great humility and propriety of his conduct since he has been in gaol.