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Ah Shew

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Ah Shew has 127 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 15 references, with 15 live disagreements.

127 facts·56 predicates·15 sources·15 in dispute

Mostly:is chinaman(8), committed to(8), resisted police(7)

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Inbound mentions (26)

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attemptedToInterveneAttempted to Intervene(4)

woundedByWounded by(4)

attemptedToFreeWomenAttempted to Free Women(3)

attemptedToFreeWomenFromAttempted to Free Women From(3)

attemptedToArrestAttempted to Arrest(2)

receivedWoundFromReceived Wound From(2)

annoyanceIncidentAnnoyance Incident(1)

concernsPersonConcerns Person(1)

enabledResistanceEnabled Resistance(1)

intervenedInIncidentInvolvingIntervened in Incident Involving(1)

involvesInvolves(1)

madeDangerousMade Dangerous(1)

nowIncludesNow Includes(1)

targetedTargeted(1)

Other facts (127)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

127 facts
PredicateValueRef
Is Chinamantrue[2]
Is Chinamantrue[2]
Is Chinamantrue[3]
Is Chinamantrue[5]
Is Chinamantrue[5]
Is ChinamanChinese Person[11]
Is Chinamannull[12]
Is Chinamantrue[15]
Committed toTownsville Reception House[2]
Committed toTownsville Reception House[3]
Committed toTownsville Reception House[5]
Committed toTownsville Reception House[8]
Committed toTownsville Reception House[9]
Committed toTownsville Reception House[11]
Committed toTownsville Reception House[12]
Committed toTownsville Reception House[15]
Resisted PoliceConstables Hare Okeane[2]
Resisted PolicePolice Hare Okeane[2]
Resisted PoliceConstable Hare[3]
Resisted PoliceConstables Hare Okeane[5]
Resisted PolicePolice[5]
Resisted PoliceConstable Hare[5]
Resisted PoliceConstables Hare O Keane[11]
Is Insanetrue[2]
Is Insanetrue[2]
Is Insanetrue[3]
Is Insanetrue[5]
Is Insanetrue[5]
Is InsaneJohn[11]
Is Insanetrue[15]
Annoyed FemalesFemales Reynolds[2]
Annoyed FemalesFemales Reynolds Hotel[2]
Annoyed FemalesReynolds Family Hotel Area[3]
Annoyed FemalesFemales Reynolds[5]
Annoyed FemalesFemales[5]
Annoyed FemalesUnnamed Females Reynolds Hotel[5]
Commitment Duration1 month[2]
Commitment Duration1 month[5]
Commitment Durationone month[5]
Commitment Duration1 month[11]
Commitment Durationone month[12]
Commitment Duration1 month[15]
Annoyedfemales[1]
AnnoyedFemales[5]
AnnoyedFemales Near Reynolds Hotel[12]
AnnoyedWomen[14]
AnnoyedFemales Reynolds Hotel[15]
Wielded WeaponSix Foot Stick With Butchers Knife[3]
Wielded WeaponSix Foot Stick With Knife[5]
Wielded WeaponStick With Knife[5]
Wielded WeaponSix Foot Stick With Butchers Knife[11]
Wielded WeaponSix Foot Stick With Butcher Knife[12]
Was Secured After Timetrue[2]
Was Secured After Timetrue[2]
Was Secured After Timetrue[3]
Was Secured After Timetrue[5]
Is Dangerous Persontrue[2]
Is Dangerous Persontrue[2]
Is Dangerous Persontrue[5]
Is Dangerous Persontrue[5]
Was Securedafter a time[2]
Was Securedtrue[2]
Was Securedtrue[5]
Was Securednull[12]
ResistedPolice[5]
ResistedCooktown Police 1880[12]
ResistedConstable Okeane[14]
ResistedConstable Hare[14]
Caused Wounds toConstables Hare O Keane[11]
Caused Wounds toConstable O Keane[13]
Caused Wounds toConstable Hare[13]
Caused Wounds toConstable Hare[15]
Possessed WeaponStick With Knife[2]
Possessed WeaponSix Foot Stick With Knife[2]
Possessed WeaponSix Foot Stick With Knife[5]
Located NearReynolds Family Hotel[2]
Located NearReynolds Family Hotel[5]
Located NearReynolds Family Hotel[13]
Referred As Johntrue[2]
Referred As Johnpossibly[3]
Resisted Police WithAh Shew Weapon[2]
Resisted Police WithStick With Knife[15]
Annoyed Females NearReynolds Family Hotel[2]
Annoyed Females NearReynolds Family Hotel Cooktown[4]
Also Known AsJohn[2]
Also Known AsJohn[5]
NamedAh Shew[2]
NamedAh Shew[12]
Named John?[2]
Named John?[5]
Had WeaponSix Foot Stick Knife[2]
Had WeaponStick With Knife[5]
Was Secured After Delaytrue[5]
Was Secured After Delaytrue[11]
Identified AsChinaman[1]
Ethnicity ImpliedChinese[1]
Presupposes Insanity Explains Behaviortrue[2]
Was Secured Aftera time[2]
Proved Dangerous Persontrue[2]
Resisted Police With WeaponAh Shew Weapon[2]

Timeline

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

annoyedowen-reynolds/trove-newspaper-findings
females
identifiedAsowen-reynolds/trove-newspaper-findings
Chinaman
ethnicityImpliedowen-reynolds/trove-newspaper-findings
Chinese
isChinamantrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
wasSecuredAfterTimetrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
annoyedFemalestrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:females-reynolds
resistedPolicetrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:constables-hare-okeane
referredAsJohntrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
possessedWeapontrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:stick-with-knife
commitmentDurationtrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
1 month
locatedNeartrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:reynolds-family-hotel
committedTotrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:townsville-reception-house
isInsanetrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
isDangerousPersontrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
presupposesInsanityExplainsBehaviortrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
isChinamantrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
wasSecuredAftertrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
a time
isInsanetrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
provedDangerousPersontrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
resistedPoliceWithtrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:ah-shew-weapon
annoyedFemalesNeartrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:reynolds-family-hotel
alsoKnownAstrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
John
isDangerousPersontrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
wasSecuredAfterTimetrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
resistedPoliceWithWeapontrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:ah-shew-weapon
wasSecuredtrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
after a time
resistedPolicetrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:police-hare-okeane
presupposesIdentityAsJohntrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:john-insane
possessedWeapontrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:six-foot-stick-with-knife
namedtrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
Ah Shew
annoyedFemalestrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:females-reynolds-hotel
wasSecuredtrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
true
namedJohntrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
?
hadWeapontrove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
ex:six-foot-stick-knife
committedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
ex:townsville-reception-house
resistedPolicerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
ex:constable-hare
annoyedFemalesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
ex:reynolds-family-hotel-area
wieldedWeaponrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
ex:six-foot-stick-with-butchers-knife
isInsanerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
true
perceivedAsDangerousrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
ex:police-view
wasSecuredAfterTimerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
true
isChinamanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
true
referredAsJohnrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
possibly
annoyedFemalesNearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/owen-reynolds-aboriginal-servants-loop-13-hotel-police-network
ex:reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown
actedNearbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:reynolds-family-hotel
annoyedFemalesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:females-reynolds
committedTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:townsville-reception-house
resistedPolicebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:constables-hare-okeane
wieldedWeaponbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:six-foot-stick-with-knife
namedJohnbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
?
commitmentDurationbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
1 month
wasSecuredAfterTimebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
annoyedFemalesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:females
isChinamanbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
resistedPolicebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:police
isDangerousPersonbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
hadWeaponbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:stick-with-knife
isInsanebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
armedWithButcherKnifebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
locatedNearbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:reynolds-family-hotel
isChinamanbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
possessedWeaponbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:six-foot-stick-with-knife
isDangerousPersonbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
resistedPolicebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:constable-hare
commitmentDurationbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
one month
presupposesInsanityApparentbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
wasSecuredAfterDelaybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
alsoKnownAsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
John
isInsanebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
annoyedFemalesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:unnamed-females-reynolds-hotel
resistedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:police
wasSecuredbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
true
wieldedWeaponbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:stick-with-knife
annoyedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
ex:females
wasAnnoyingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loop-58-reynolds-family-hotel-chain-owen-j-reynolds
ex:females
describedAsChinamanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loop-58-reynolds-family-hotel-chain-owen-j-reynolds
null
provedDangerousInsanerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-008
true
securedAfterTimerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-008
wounded constables not dangerous
chineseAnnoyingFemalesNearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-008
ex:reynolds-family-hotel
armedWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-022
stick nearly six feet long with butcher knife attached
describedAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-022
insane
committedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-022
ex:townsville-reception-house
annoyingrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-022
some females
woundedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-022
ex:constables-hare-and-okeane
committedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-024
ex:townsville-reception-house
insane-dangerousrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-007
ex:6ft-stick-knife
annoyingFemalesNearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-007
ex:reynolds-family-hotel
isInsanerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
ex:john
encounteredConstablesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
ex:constable-hare
resistedPolicerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
ex:constables-hare-o-keane
wieldedWeaponrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
ex:six-foot-stick-with-butchers-knife
committedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
ex:townsville-reception-house
wasSecuredAfterDelayrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
true
isChinamanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
ex:chinese-person
annoyedFemalesInNeighborhoodOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
ex:reynolds-family-hotel
commitmentDurationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
1 month
evaluatedAsDangerousPersonrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
true
causedWoundsTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
ex:constables-hare-o-keane
namedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
Ah Shew
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one month
provedDangerousrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
null
resistedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
ex:cooktown-police-1880
appearsInsanerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
null
committedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
ex:townsville-reception-house
isChinamanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
null
describedAsAnnoyerrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
null
wasSecuredrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
null
annoyedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
ex:females-near-reynolds-hotel
wieldedWeaponrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
ex:six-foot-stick-with-butcher-knife
causedWoundsTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-exact-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown
ex:constable-o-keane
causedWoundsTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-exact-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown
ex:constable-hare
locatedNearrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-exact-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown
ex:reynolds-family-hotel
possiblyIdenticalTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-exact-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown
ex:john
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ex:body-remains
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annoyedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/research-checkpoint/reynolds-family-hotel-incidents-2026-05-07-be78054fcabd
ex:women
resistedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/research-checkpoint/reynolds-family-hotel-incidents-2026-05-07-be78054fcabd
ex:constable-hare
committedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-51985107-f6299f0712e1
ex:townsville-reception-house
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1 month
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Tuesday afternoon
isInsanerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-51985107-f6299f0712e1
true
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ex:stick-with-knife
securedAfterrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-51985107-f6299f0712e1
a time
isChinamanrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-51985107-f6299f0712e1
true

References (15)

15 references
  1. ctx:genes/owen-reynolds/trove-newspaper-findings
  2. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/family-hotel-cooktown
  3. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-james-owen-reynolds-articles-batch-1
  4. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/owen-reynolds-aboriginal-servants-loop-13-hotel-police-network
  5. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985107_Friday-9-January-1880-reynolds-family-hotel-ah-shew-incident
  6. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/loop-58-reynolds-family-hotel-chain-owen-j-reynolds
  7. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-008
  8. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-022
  9. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-024
  10. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-007
  11. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/02-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-51985107-5b2ab2036ac2
  12. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown-incidents
  13. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-exact-reynolds-family-hotel-cooktown
  14. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/research-checkpoint/reynolds-family-hotel-incidents-2026-05-07-be78054fcabd
  15. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-51985107-f6299f0712e1

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