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  • Horse stealing was like taking a sports car for a spin today. The sport of young ...changing, and altering of brands, that unless the owner drops upon his own horse, no person can know it by description. They are so clever at altering the b
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  • ...'''KellyGang''' found fame and fortune and where their friends indulged in horse stealing and tried to make a life against the challenges of the squatters a
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  • ...bushrangers and a record of their most eventful career of highway robbery, horse stealing, romance and murder
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  • ...e on boys” and he and the police made a rush for the hotel. I let go the horse I was holding and followed them over. I would be about twenty yards behind
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  • ...erally known in the township that they were in search of the Kellys, whose horse stealing exploits, and the alleged attempted murder of a certain Constable ...e, no Australian bushman ever thinks of walking where it is possible for a horse to get foothold, or scramble through the trees. Wattle and sassafras scrub
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  • ...ined he too would be murdered, quick as thought he leapt on to Kennedy’s horse and gal-loped away through thick scrub. ...n his horse fell heavily. He mounted again and rode on for a time till his horse gave in; when, believing him to be wounded, the constable took of saddle an
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  • ...hing a glimpse of some stranger near the Broken River, immediately let his horse go and concealed himself, believing that he was pursued by the bushrangers.
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  • ...d together, and slung like packs, one on either side a horse’s back. The horse chosen to carry this burden seemed to have some instinctive horror of trave
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  • ...rt limbs bruised and disfigured by the trees and bushes, against which the horse bumped them as he forced his way through the forest.
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  • ...the body, and, like those of his unfortunate comrades, it was slung upon a horse for conveyance through the bush to the saw mills, whence a vehicle took it
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  • ...idden himself away until, later, he was shot dead, while going to seek his horse at Peechelba, a station he had stuck up upon the New South Wales border.
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  • ...communication with one another, and effected many captures of adventurous horse and cattle stealers. Until the whole of the professional ‘duffing’ popu
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  • ...[[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]], the fourth, had also both been known as cattle or horse stealers, but enjoyed by no means so evil a notoriety as the Kellys. At the
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  • ...mily who happened to be in trouble at the time, were wanted on a charge of horse stealing. The warrant was not in his possession, but that circumstance was ...ion’s companion, Fitzpatrick naturally did not believe, and studying the horse attentively, he recognized it. ‘Why, that is Dan Kelly’s mare,’ he sa
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  • [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]] said he would, and, tying up his horse, went in to join the party, where he was welcomed with abuse by Mrs Kelly, ...depart, keeping him in the hut till eleven o’clock, when he mounted his horse and rode away through [[Winton|Winton]] to [[Benalla Police Station|Benalla
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  • ...]], on the [[Murray Flats|Murray Flats]]. Baumgarten had been convicted of horse stealing, and was a known associate of the bushrangers, who had often visit
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  • ...or provide him with firearms or any other weapon or with ammunition or any horse equipment or other assistance or directly or indirectly give or cause to be
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  • ...d by his men, the police officer charged the house, flung himself from his horse at the door and broke it in. One of his party, Constable [[Const Hugh Brack
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  • ...of Joe Byrne, and had been engaged in several [[Horse and Cattle stealing|horse stealing]] exploits with him and the Kellys, besides which it was pretty ce
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  • ...Wangaratta. It came upon the outlaws’ tracks, recovered Kennedy’s pack horse, which they had abandoned, and then, by his orders, returned to Wangaratta.
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  • ...were ever really very close upon the Kellys. An examination of Kennedy’s horse led him to the conclusion that it had been abandoned for about a week. ...ding the party into marshy ground, where there were thousands of prints of horse and cattle hoofs and it was quite out of the question to follow any individ
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  • ...killion went, she went far, for according to the agents’ information her horse was always knocked up when she returned, and for her expeditions she consta
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  • ...ng at his watch, Mr Wyatt came to the conclusion that with this slow going horse, which objected to any pace faster than a walk, it would be impossible for
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  • ...in his turn before dismounting, while Kennedy had taken shelter behind his horse and made excellent revolver practice, one bullet going through Kelly’s be
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  • ...his groom was out, and telling Kelly if he wanted the trap, to harness the horse himself. This was not at all the kind of language to which Kelly was accust ...s vehicle fell, and a halt was made while the outlaws got out to put the horse on his feet and see to the harness, but without any other incident Faithful
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  • ...p and followed, the troublesome overseer presently getting a fall from his horse and dropping out of the party, much to Mr Nicolson’s satisfaction. By mid
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  • ...ous and kept at a distance; but [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] had jumped off his horse and entered into a long conversation, during which he had asked Sherritt to
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  • ...e bar. Before this, towards evening, he had sent Byrne away leading a pack horse, with the money in a bag strapped to the saddle. He himself was next to lea
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  • ...y reported to do. On instructions from Mr Hare, Sherritt got down from his horse and sneaked forward to make certain who the men by the fire might be, and i
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  • ...he told the superintendent much of the ways of [[Horse and Cattle stealing|horse stealers]] generally and of himself and the Kellys in particular. For his o
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  • ...ously sensible thing for himself and the constable to do was to follow the horse, get the pack, and hide it in the bush, returning when the excitement was o
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  • ...£15, thus [[Cost of KellyGang|saving]] the Government £4 and getting the horse into the bargain. The police stables, too, at Benalla were another useless
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  • ...ed by two horsemen just as darkness was coming on. One of them led another horse. He did not know them at first, but when they spoke he recognised Joe Byrne
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  • ...rs, leading Bracken’s horse. He order the constable to mount and led the horse with a halter, remarking that he could not trust Bracken with the bridle, t
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  • ...s likewise going presently to bed, and he made all haste to harness up his horse for a race to Benalla. Suddenly he heard the train approaching. It was at s
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  • '''UNCLE JIM–AND A HORSE DEAL.''' ...ing! Uncle Jim’s here-coming right through the panel now on his chestnut horse.”
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  • ...he other side. The uncle matches gravely and contentedly, for he knows the horse - he quotes its pedigree briefly and with the air of one who has said all t "The horse is yours," is the brief reply. "Take care of him."
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  • ...isitors' gig, talking blithely of the glorious time that the advent of the horse upon her youthful horizon has uncurtained for her. ...s of her acquaintance even had the privilege of occasionally riding such a horse as she now owned, absolutely, as her own.
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  • ...now - takes him away from human habitations often for weeks at a time. His horse and his dogs are his only companions on these long excursions, and it would
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  • ...not true, as far as I know. I got into trouble for it. And I only saw the horse as the boys were playing with it.
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  • ...eal in farming. He is as keen as ever on horses; he always did love a good horse; and he finds agriculture an agreeable and profitable pastime.
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  • ...ks there that would never think of taking anything else who couldn't see a horse or a saddle wanting someone to look after it. Strange the ? had for horses.
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  • ...le ?ing after dark always had their hands ready to throw up if anyone on a horse rode by. If you stopped a man on the road and asked him the way, or the tim
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  • ...tion. The idea was a most promising one. It was that the New South Wales [[Horse and Cattle stealing|robbers]] should steal in their own State and the Kelly ...a mistake made some time or other. And it was Byrne that made it. A stolen horse was found in his paddock at Barnawartha. He couldn't account for it beyond
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  • ...nstantly shot. Kennedy dismounted and fired at the outlaws from behind his horse but the animal bolted past McIntyre who jumped on it and galloed away. Kenn
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  • ...s been brought in by Mr Lyving, the bank clerk, who escaped, and getting a horse reached Deniliquin about 9pm. The telegraph line soon after became O.K., an ...more dangerous to have your escort than to meet the Kellys." Powell's horse turned a complete summersault on Bunyip Plain.
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  • ...d not be overlooked. Jack Lloyd, who was implicated in the alleged case of horse stealing for which Fitzpatrick sought to arrest Dan Kelly, was subsequently
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  • ...a few vehicles, he was riding away in different clothes and on a different horse, when he encountered a party of three young men armed to the teeth, who wer
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  • ...as something to be proud of, usually. In [[Gippsland|Gippsland]], today, [[Horse and Cattle stealing|cattle duffing]] is extremely common. There are farmers
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  • ...eally know wrong from right. In an ethical sense. He knew that to 'find' a horse that had not been lent, and to collect the reward, was not permitted by the
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  • ...h that special species of desperate courage that animated Kennedy, saw the horse coming, and took the opportunity to escape that offered. He sprang on to th
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  • ...eshed themselves, the outlaws bailed up a hawker who was travelling with a horse and cart, and made merry with his stock. All four of them behaved with cons
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  • ...lys were camped in his paddock, and that it was their purpose to steal his horse. A rush of police to the place elicited that the horse was in the last stages of a scanty and toothless old age. The "gang&qu
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  • ...ness was Constable [[McIntyre|M'Intyre]], the man who escaped on Kennedy's horse whilst that officer was fighting the bushrangers at the police camp at the ...canlan fell I no longer expected any mercy myself, and, catching Kennedy's horse as it came past, I got on it, and rode away. I was in the bush all night. I
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  • ...David|Gaunson]]: M'Intyre said that Kennedy was not dead when he took his horse and rode away.
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  • ...st-class blacksmith. He had learned the business as a boy. He could shoe a horse with anyone. As a matter of fact, he used to shoe all the outlaws' horses.
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  • ...one else who interferes with me." Then laughing merrily, she sent her horse ahead and disappeared in the darkness.
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  • ...I could resent an injury or an insult. It happened on one occasion that my horse was tied to a post at the front of the Mansfield Post-office, when I saw &q
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  • ...he surface both horse and rider had swum to the opposite shore. He and his horse is black bobtailed were known far and wide. Wild Wright was a well-known fr ...scending what appeared to me to be a range. I had been told not to take my horse at a faster pace than a walk, unless instructed to do so. The guides had in
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  • ..., by reason of its being used as a night paddock for milkers; another, the horse paddock, in which the working horses ran; and a smaller one for the recepti
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  • ...of the head, with an inclination towards my horse, said: "Catch that horse." He had already brought his rifle to the same position as the others, ...bold but respectful front. By this time all three men were close to me, my horse, old Bismarck, being secured to a sapling. "Put down your hands,"
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  • ...ed Ned. "We don't take any honor. We are going to take you. Bring his horse, Dan," continued he, addressing his brother
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  • ...file. Ned Kelly took the lead. Then came his brother leading the captured horse and rider, then followed Byrne bringing up the rear, and moving off in Indi ...yed, Dan Kelly and Byrne following in the same order. I was relieved of my horse, and my hands were bound as before. The leader by my side, and his confeder
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  • ...ed there was a mystery. Its weight and dimensions were too much for a pack-horse, and it was a matter of impossibility for a wheeled conveyance to get over
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  • ...a green-hide hinge, and was of sufficient width to allow the passage of a horse. Outside the gate was a good space of open, alluvial flat, with abundance o
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  • ...formation concerning Ned Kelly's whereabouts. He was wanted on a charge of horse-stealing. It was believed that he was at a shearing shed in New South Wales ...to eat. I've been riding all day. I'll go with you then.' I had got off my horse, and stepped inside the house.
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  • ...f he had known who I was he would not have fired at me. They let me get my horse and ride away. I at once reported the shooting to the sergeant at Benalla,
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  • ...eft school I joined a brother who had a sheep farm, with which he combined horse-breeding and agriculture. After I had been on the station four or five year
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  • ...we could manage. The gold was carried down on pack-horses and mules, each horse carrying from 1500 to 2000 ounces in saddle bags. Frequently we had to swim ...unable to get his hind ones over. It was no enviable position for me, on a horse playing a kind of see-saw in a roaring torrent.
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  • ...r was amazed to see me walking down the hill. After hearing the clatter of horse, stirrup irons, and stones, the two men, who were behind me, seeing the pos
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  • ...anything of Billy. I gave information to the police there, and got a fresh horse and saddle, and overtook the coach during the night near Euroa, reaching Me
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  • ...e fight going on a mile away, and that a man had been killed. I mounted my horse, and on my way met a Dr. C.; I asked him to accompany me, and left orders f
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  • ...n who passed by, till he had thirty under his control; he then mounted his horse, which was hidden in the bush, and told his victims they might go home, he
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  • ...e fools of, when about four o'clock in the afternoon we heard the sound of horse's hoofs, and to our great joy found it was L—. Our first greeting was, &q
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  • ...t; The clerk put a pair of handcuffs on Power, then went to look after the horse. Power, meanwhile, dressed himself, and told us he had a presentment that n ...r as we know, being seen by any one. We mounted Power on the black fellows horse until we were able to secure another for him, and at seven o’clock on Sun
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  • ...st. They came up to him, and said, "Eave you seen a man riding a roan horse?" at the same time describing the dress Power had worn in the morning. ...home from the hotel, where he had been drinking heavily, he fell from his horse and broke his neck. Power himself never suspected L-, but thought the Quinn
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  • ...n extent, without his giving him any provocation, that he put spurs to his horse and galloped away home. It was generally supposed by the public that Ned Ke
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  • ...and was frequently prowling about of a night to pick up a stray drayman's horse, or any other animal that did not belong to him. ...e young fellow, and associated him-self with the Kellys and Byrne in their horse-stealing raids, giving himself up entirely to a disreputable life.
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  • ...e by M'Intyre, who vaulted on it and galloped off, throwing himself on the horse's neck. Several shots were fired, but, fortunately, none hit him, and he ro ...that they were unable to follow on his tracks. After being thrown from his horse, he ran as far as he could, until through exhaustion he fell down, and clos
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  • ...ttacked the police. They were always great friends and companions in their horse stealing raids, and Sherritt said they had no idea of shooting the police t
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  • ...er into the [[Warby Ranges|Warby Ranges]], and the police found liennedy's horse, which the outlaws had abandoned. The animal was knocked up and its feet we ...ch and made all his men return back to Wangaratta to show he had found the horse. It was afterwards discovered that the outlaws at this time were completely
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  • ...roperty, leading into the run, being locked. Mr. Jennant got down from his horse, and finding them unlocked, was opening them, when two men suddenly made th
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  • ...plied, "Well, I will do it myself." He accordingly harnessed the horse, and put Mrs Scott and family into the buggy, she driving it; and before st ...d was very bad, and the cart going up a steep bank upset. Scott ran to the horse's head, and Kelly lifted out one of the servants; they got the cart up and
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  • ...nveyed the information was told to go and inform the police as fast as his horse could carry him. The officer in charge of the district sent the messenger b ...nd Joe Byrne and Ned Kelly had been connected with each other in no end of horse stealing cases, and that after the murders he had befriended the gang befor
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  • ...ok with them. Shortly afterwards Ned Kelly mounted, leading another police horse, returned to Cox's hotel, and told all the prisoners they might go home, an
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  • ...received a sentence of three months' imprisonment for using a neighbour's horse without his consent, as he put it. After this, convictions were frequent, a
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  • ...or sleeping near the fire, and he had better take off his boots, leave his horse with me, and crawl along the ground as close to the fire as he could get, a
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  • ...off you will roll down some hundreds of feet.” He told me to get off the horse side, he doing the same himself, and the detective also. We then led our ho ...nformed me of the discovery the old women had made. Aaron next day got his horse and pretended to make a search, returning next night and telling Mrs Byrne
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  • == Horse Dealing; Manufacturing Brands == ...t on in this fashion, and they never could be detected. After branding the horse' they had collected, they would make for some squatter's station where they
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  • ...horse, catch him, and take his pack off in the bush, hide it, and let the horse go; and next day, in the excitement, we can slip away and divide the cash. ...wards me is so cool that I could not resist the temptation of stealing her horse
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  • ...on what he thought best to be done? He said, "You must give me a good horse to ride to the races, and I will-assist in every way possible." ...was a most excitable fellow and bold, and as good a rider as ever sat on a horse, but with no discretion. He would have faced the four outlaws if he had had
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  • ...e that night, a place where the Kelly gang used to frequent. He borrowed a horse and rode into Beechworth, where he went straight to Detective Ward and repo
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  • ...t her horse, saddled it and tied a large bundle on the saddle, mounted the horse, and started off towards the mountains, the three policemen following her,
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  • ...o get back to camp. One of the men had a narrow escape of falling off, his horse blundering over a fence. He landed on its ears, and had the greatest diffic ...where the rest were. Strange to say, with the exception of a few cuts, the horse was all right, but this accident caused a delay of two hours.
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  • ...r meal, when one of the men called me, and pointed out the tracks of fresh horse foot prints going into the mountains from the direction of the lowlands. Th
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  • As my horse was carrying twenty stone, when I got on the top of the hill I dismounted a ...en." Many of them were sympathizers of the outlaws, and used to leave horse-feed and provisions in their tents for them. We continued searching for thr
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  • ...while." He said, "Oh, yes; I will show you." He got off his horse and showed me the four tracks—three large horses and one small one. He th
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  • ...e to hand, informing me that [[Patrick Byrne|Paddy Byrne]] had saddled his horse at his mother's place at two o'clock in the morning, and started off into t
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  • ...d no sign of his returning. I went to the hut, picked [[Ward|Ward]] and my horse, and rode back to Beechworth, telling Ward I was convinced that the men at
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  • ...talking to a young man whom I knew to be named Delaney, wheeled round his horse and said to me, ‘Who are you?' I then saw that he had revolvers in his be ...into Mr Stanistreet's house, which they did. As soon as I had fastened the horse, I joined Mr and Mrs Stanistreet and others, who I was told had been taken
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  • ...for, I believe, two or three hours, before Ned Kelly directed me to put my horse into the buggy. He and Byrne then went into the room which they had reserve
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