Myrtle Lee, described in the media as 'a well-dressed woman', stabbed Mary Moon twice at the residence of a Chinese man in Alexandria. The press emphasised the racial nature of the attack with a headline 'White and Yellow'. Lee was sentencedto six months gaol. Aged 35.
Titled "Myrtle Lee, criminal record number 712LB, 4 August 1927. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW."
Source: Sydney Living Museum (Justice & Police Museum).
