The Kinders’ House, the Scene of the Alleged Murder.

Scarce c.19th engraving of the Kinder’s house at St. Leonard’s where Henry Kinder was murdered by Henry Louis Bertrand.

Henry Louis Bertrand known as the ‘Mad Dentist of Wynyard Square’, was convicted of the murder of Henry Kinder, who died on 2 October 1865, in one of Sydney’s most notorious homicide cases of the time. Kinder was the husband of Bertrand’s mistress, Ellen, and after several botched murder attempts Bertrand shot him. The bullet failed to kill him. Desperate to finish the job Bertrand persuaded his mistress to poison Kinder with a mixture of belladonna and milk. This attempt was successful but the coroner found that the death was by suicide. Eventually the case was reopened and Bertrand and Ellen Kinder were both charged with murder. Ellen was discharged for lack of evidence but Bertrand was convicted and served 28 years imprisonment.

From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.

References:
Gibbs & Shallard. Illustrated Sydney News. ISSN 2203-5397.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40
State Library Victoria: PCINF SLVIC=1853-1872
National Library Australia: Bib ID 440095