ジェラルド・クロワゼット氏スレ 伍
The South Australian government said that they would not pay for an excavation. People were still not satisfied and the money to dig up the floor, some $7000,
was raised by a committee formed for this purpose.
On 1 March 1967 digging began. On 3 March the walls of the warehouse were removed and workmen dug a one square metre shaft down 2.2m.
Digging finished on 11 March with the shaft around 3.6m deep, with no remains having been found. That should have been the end of the matter,
but only one of the parts of the warehouse that Croiset had indicated had been excavated.
Croiset commented in 1977 that he still thought he was right. A year later, on the anniversary of the children’s disappearance,
Con Polites said that he still wanted to excavate the warehouse. Croiset died in 1980, apparently still believing that he knew where the children were buried. Con Polites believed him.
On 14 December 1995, the man who had been manager of the warehouse in 1967, Mr John Schouten, said that the excavation had been done in the wrong place.
He said that he area dug up was virgin ground that was not above the old brick kiln but in front of it.
The owner of the warehouse, Mr Grant Walter, said that he would be willing to cooperate with a new excavation as long as business was not disrupted too much.
There was speculation that ground-penetrating radar like that used in the British “House of Horrors” case the previous year could be used to help try locate any bodies.
The radar had not yet been used in Australia but it was believed that the Australian army might possess it. If it needed to be imported, Con Polites said that he would be willing to pay the bill.
Commenting on the case, Sergeant Swan of the South Australian police said that police did not have any reason to conduct a new search of the warehouse.
On 22 March 1996, Mr Polites met and spoke with a 38 year old man who as a child had played at the site of the old brickworks.
The man pointed out a series of tunnels fanning out from the main area excavated in 1967.
Mr Polites now said that he had abandoned any thought of using ground-penetrating radar to find human remains.
Experts at both the CSIRO 4 and Scotland Yard had told him that any human remains would have deteriorated too much to be detected by radar.
On 25 April 1996, Mr Polites explained: “I have got to dig 5." He announced that the dig was due to begin on 29 April.
The next day it was announced that the dig had been delayed for two days and would not begin until 1 May. In the meantime,
Superintendent Riach of the South Australian major crime taskforce said that: “If something turns up, then we will get involved." 6
On 30 April, fifteen holes were dug into the floor of the warehouse. Two appeared to have been filled with gravel
and sand and samples of these were taken for examination by Geraldine Hodgson, a forensic geologist. It was expected that it would take a week for the results to be known.
was raised by a committee formed for this purpose.
On 1 March 1967 digging began. On 3 March the walls of the warehouse were removed and workmen dug a one square metre shaft down 2.2m.
Digging finished on 11 March with the shaft around 3.6m deep, with no remains having been found. That should have been the end of the matter,
but only one of the parts of the warehouse that Croiset had indicated had been excavated.
Croiset commented in 1977 that he still thought he was right. A year later, on the anniversary of the children’s disappearance,
Con Polites said that he still wanted to excavate the warehouse. Croiset died in 1980, apparently still believing that he knew where the children were buried. Con Polites believed him.
On 14 December 1995, the man who had been manager of the warehouse in 1967, Mr John Schouten, said that the excavation had been done in the wrong place.
He said that he area dug up was virgin ground that was not above the old brick kiln but in front of it.
The owner of the warehouse, Mr Grant Walter, said that he would be willing to cooperate with a new excavation as long as business was not disrupted too much.
There was speculation that ground-penetrating radar like that used in the British “House of Horrors” case the previous year could be used to help try locate any bodies.
The radar had not yet been used in Australia but it was believed that the Australian army might possess it. If it needed to be imported, Con Polites said that he would be willing to pay the bill.
Commenting on the case, Sergeant Swan of the South Australian police said that police did not have any reason to conduct a new search of the warehouse.
On 22 March 1996, Mr Polites met and spoke with a 38 year old man who as a child had played at the site of the old brickworks.
The man pointed out a series of tunnels fanning out from the main area excavated in 1967.
Mr Polites now said that he had abandoned any thought of using ground-penetrating radar to find human remains.
Experts at both the CSIRO 4 and Scotland Yard had told him that any human remains would have deteriorated too much to be detected by radar.
On 25 April 1996, Mr Polites explained: “I have got to dig 5." He announced that the dig was due to begin on 29 April.
The next day it was announced that the dig had been delayed for two days and would not begin until 1 May. In the meantime,
Superintendent Riach of the South Australian major crime taskforce said that: “If something turns up, then we will get involved." 6
On 30 April, fifteen holes were dug into the floor of the warehouse. Two appeared to have been filled with gravel
and sand and samples of these were taken for examination by Geraldine Hodgson, a forensic geologist. It was expected that it would take a week for the results to be known.
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