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'''KILLED WITH KENNEDY'S RIFLE'''
"I was at the inquest in connection with [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt's]] murder. There were two bullets in his body. It was a double-barrelled rifle that [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] killed him with. It had belonged to poor [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]], who was shot by the outlaws in the Wombat Ranges.
"The police did behave with cowardice that night. If they'd been soldiers on a campaign there'd have been a drum-head court martial, and they'd have been shot. Had they shown themselves that night, however, they'd have been killed, no doubt of that.
"I remember Sherritt's marriage. I had a good deal to do with it. He used to tell [[Ellen Sherritt|his girl]] he had plenty of money. Well, I knew that there was some due to him from the Government, but not what might be called plenty. One day he came to me- there was a fire brigade demonstration on, and all the shops were closed.
" '[[Patrick Allen|Allen]],' he said, 'what am I to do' I'm going to get married, and I haven't a cent; and she thinks I've plenty/ Can you help me?' Well, I gave him about £20, and went to the Presbytery with him. I may say that O gave him stores besides the money. How much shall I give the priest? he asked me. I told him that was a thing that had to be done property. Well, he wanted to hand over £15, but I think the fee paid was less than that.
"Then he drove off to the Woolshed with his wife, and started married life. I don't know what's become of her, but [[Mrs Ellen Barry|her mother]] is keeping a public house in Melbourne.
"Sherritt was a man who would do anything- all was the same to him, so that it paid. I used to have a pair of big kneeboots that he badly wanted to get. I told him I had an execution out against a man at the Woolshed, and that if he'd run in his enough of the man's cattle to satisfy the judgement the boots were his. He did it, at once.
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