Frederick Adam was 65 when he died.
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Adam, Frederick 'Fred' 'Bluey' Thumper'
Talented but corrupt and violent Victorian police officer responsible for sending 12 men to the gallows during his career. He retired from the CIB on 30 July 1960 and in April 1971 was acquitted in the abortion case in which police officers Jack Matthews, Jack Ford and Martin Jacobson were convicted. He obtained his nickname Thumper because of his violence to prisoners. Not without a sense of humour, when asked his nickname in court, he confounded the defence barrister by replying, 'Honest Fred'. He was described by one former judge as 'an old bastard; a thug-style copper'. He died from stomach cancer on 14 April 1972.
- Dangerous to Know by James Morton and Susanna Lobez
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Adam, Frederick 'Fred' 'Bluey' Thumper'
Talented but corrupt and violent Victorian police officer responsible for sending 12 men to the gallows during his career. He retired from the CIB on 30 July 1960 and in April 1971 was acquitted in the abortion case in which police officers Jack Matthews, Jack Ford and Martin Jacobson were convicted. He obtained his nickname Thumper because of his violence to prisoners. Not without a sense of humour, when asked his nickname in court, he confounded the defence barrister by replying, 'Honest Fred'. He was described by one former judge as 'an old bastard; a thug-style copper'. He died from stomach cancer on 14 April 1972.
- Dangerous to Know by James Morton and Susanna Lobez
Frederick Adam was 65 when he died.
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Adam, Frederick 'Fred' 'Bluey' Thumper'
Talented but corrupt and violent Victorian police officer responsible for sending 12 men to the gallows during his career. He retired from the CIB on 30 July 1960 and in April 1971 was acquitted in the abortion case in which police officers Jack Matthews, Jack Ford and Martin Jacobson were convicted. He obtained his nickname Thumper because of his violence to prisoners. Not without a sense of humour, when asked his nickname in court, he confounded the defence barrister by replying, 'Honest Fred'. He was described by one former judge as 'an old bastard; a thug-style copper'. He died from stomach cancer on 14 April 1972.
- Dangerous to Know by James Morton and Susanna Lobez
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Adam, Frederick 'Fred' 'Bluey' Thumper'
Talented but corrupt and violent Victorian police officer responsible for sending 12 men to the gallows during his career. He retired from the CIB on 30 July 1960 and in April 1971 was acquitted in the abortion case in which police officers Jack Matthews, Jack Ford and Martin Jacobson were convicted. He obtained his nickname Thumper because of his violence to prisoners. Not without a sense of humour, when asked his nickname in court, he confounded the defence barrister by replying, 'Honest Fred'. He was described by one former judge as 'an old bastard; a thug-style copper'. He died from stomach cancer on 14 April 1972.
- Dangerous to Know by James Morton and Susanna Lobez
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FREDERICK J. ADAM
14 - 4 - 1972
AGE 65
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