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Antoine (Anton) (Weekes) Wicks

Importance of Antoine Weekes

Anton was taken to Aaron Sherritt's by Joe Byrne; night Aaron shot

Links to the KellyGang , Early Years , First run in with the KellyGang , Murders at Stringy Bark Creek , Euroa Robbery , Jerilderie Robbery , Hare replaced by Nicolson , Nicolson replaced by Hare , Death of Aaron Sherritt, Glenrowan Siege , Inquest into Aaron Sherritt's death , Royal Commission , Early career , Later career , Family ,

Family

brothers ?.. sis ters ?... wife Margaret children ? ? Annie, William (Bill)

Links to the KellyGang

Photograph Early years I was a miner, road worker and market gardener and we lived opposite the Woolshed school.(RC13119)

My wife Margaret had died in 1870 and I was bringing up our 4 children.

Mrs Byrne and I were close friends at one stage.

I lived over a quarter of a mile from Aaron Sherritt's place and about half a mile from the Byrne's. (RC13130)

First run in with the KellyGang In September 1873 Joe Byrne took my horse and I charged him in the Beechworth court.

Death of Aaron Sherritt 26/6/1880 On this evening I was on the way to Aaron Sherritt's next door neighbour !!MISSING.(Argus 28/6/1880) (Age1/7/1880) See also (RC13120) (RC13386) (JJK)

I was bailed up by Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly and they took me up to the door of Aaron Sherritt's place. (RC13125)

I came before the door at about 6pm. I was handcuffed. (RC13127)(RC13392) (RC13416)

I came up to the door and said, "Sherritt, I have lost my way." Mrs. Sherritt, "Aaron, go out and show him." (RC12140)

Mrs. Sherritt and Barry were coming out after Sherritt was shot. (RC13136)

At the end Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly slipped me a little way in the bush, and about fifteen minutes before they had taken the handcuffs off and left me standing there, and I stood about fifteen or twenty minutes by myself, and I went round home through the bush. (RC13139)

I got home about 9.30pm.(RC13127)

Hear Mrs Sherritt's version of what happened (OMA26/4/81)

After Aaron Sherritt's body was brought to town I identified it at the !!MISSING in Beechworth. Hotels used to be required to store bodies in their cool rooms.

Inquest into Aaron Sherritt's death I gave evidence to the inquest into the death of Aaron Sherritt. I am concerned that some people have said that I was drunk at the time. Please listen to my evidence and make up your own mind.

I remember last Saturday, the 26th. On that evening I went out to go John Weiner's. I went as far as the house and as I saw no light there I went back again. Weiner's house is close to Sherritt's place, about ten or fifteen yards away. I returned to my own place about ten minutes past six o'clock, and about hundred yards away I met two bushrangers,Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly. They were on horseback. Byrne was riding one horse and leading another.

I think I said 'Good evening' as they passed me.

They did not answer, but Byrne rode about five yards past me, then turned round and came back again.

He asked me, 'What is your name?'

I said 'Weekes, from the woolshed.'

He drew up and looked into my face and asked if I knew him.

I said, 'No.'

He said 'I am Joe Byrne,'

I replied, 'I don't believe you'

He put his hand back, and showed me a revolver, at the same time saying, 'Will you believe it now?' He pointed to his mate and said, 'That is Mr Kelly.' He next told Kelly to put hand cuffs on me. Kelly came off his horse, and put the handcuffs on me.

Byrne told me not to be frightened, for although I had summoned him once for using a horse he forgave me. I had in fact summoned him for such an offence in this court. He said, 'You must go with me to Sherritt's and if you do what we tell you we will do you no harm.'

They walked me between them to Sherritt's, and when we got about twenty yards from the place we turned off into the bush to the right. We went about half a dozen yards into the scrub and the bushrangers got off their horses. One of them tied his animal to a bush.

Byrne said to me, 'Now you have nothing to do except what we tell you.'

Kelly went out from the bush upon the main road.

Byrne stopped with me and said , 'You go with me and knock at the door.'

We went to Sherritt's house, and he placed fire in front of the back door, about a yard away.

He said, 'Knock'

He was standing just behind me. When they left the bush both of them took a rifle from off the packhorse. When Byrne told me to knock I did so.

He then said, 'Call Aaron,'

I called 'Aaron.'

He said 'Call loud.'

I did so, and I received an answer from inside, 'Who is there?'

Byrne told me to say, 'Weekes' and I obeyed.

He told me when I was asked what I wanted to say, 'I have lost myself'

Aaron opened the door and came out, Byrne, when he heard the door opening, moved a yard or two away, and stood behind the chimney. When the door was fully opened he stepped from behind from behind the chimney and got under cover of me again.

Aaron sang out, 'Who is there.'

Byrne shot at Aaron. He fired from the right side of me. I think he did, but I was so frightened I could not say.

Aaron looked into the place and said, 'That's all: that is the man I want.'

I next saw Mrs Barry and Mrs Sherritt, and asked them to send the men out. Byrne kept her outside for about half or three quarters of an hour. After he shot Aaron he put a shot through the bedroom.

Fifteen minutes afterwards he put another shot through the bedroom, and said, 'I want those men but, or I'll burn the front.'

Byrne then took the handcuffs off me, and made me go away from the house. He did not let me go out of his sight. Some little time afterwards he sent Mrs Barry into the house. I heard some person speaking near a bush a short distance away from me. This was after the shots were fired from the front.

Byrne called out to Kelly said, 'No don't send him in.'

They next went a little way out into the bush. I remained there about three quarters of an hour and then left. I did not hear the bushrangers leave. I think they left before me, but I cannot say, as I heard nothing. I reached home about half past nine the same night. I had been absent about three hours.

I had no chance of sending information. When Byrne took the handcuffs off he asked me if my horse was at home? I said 'No.' He then said, 'Give no information about this.' (Age1/7/80) See also (Argus1/7/80)(MDTel1/7/80) (OMA1/7/80)

Royal Commission I gave evidence to the Royal Commission on 20/7/1881. (RC13120)

How did the press report my evidence. (Argus22/7/81)

. What happened to Antoine Weekes' family