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  • ...in very much fagged - horses and men. The young men used to recuperate in a couple of days, but it took me, at my time of life, and the other members o ...equently, party after party, having spent various times from a few days to a fortnight in the bush or the mountains, returned wearied out to their diffe
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  • .... Well, it's done. Kate is dead-and Ned, and Dan-all dead. But there'll be a reckoning yet, I think." A slight gleam as of hope slowly lit up the sombre face. Again the steadfast,
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  • ...eged that Fitzpatrick tried to take liberties with Kate Kelly, and that in a struggle that followed his pistol went off and shot him. ...hiltern|Chiltern]] against Dan Kelly and [[Jack Lloyd Jnr|Jack Lloyd]], on a charge of suspected cattle stealing. Sergeant Lynch, at Chiltern, considere
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  • ...party consisting of L- as guide, my brother officer, myself, my clerk, and a black-fellow. ...re that night, my brother officer and myself lying on an old bedstead with a sheep skin as covering, the clerk and black fellow before the fire on the f
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  • == A Dangerous Companion == ...the gun went of. We all recognized that there was a great risk in shooting with our friend, and were glad that he decided to put away his gun, and so avoid
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  • ...and ordered him to "bail up." At the same time Steve Hart, with a revolver in each hand, entered the back-door, and they took possession of t ...nk. He stood at the end of the table, at the same time covering Scott with a revolver, and said, “I am Ned Kelly; bail up." Mr Scott's revolver w
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  • ...l never take that from you," and returned it to him, taking, instead, a watch from Mr Macauley; and Byrne took Mr Scott's watch from him. .... The prisoners then began to discuss what had best be done; some were for starting off at once, others thought they would only be risking their lives, and it
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  • ...om will be looked upon as cowards, but it should be remembered that it was a well-known fact that, after the Wombat murders, the gang were only too anxi ...ery direction, together with the scouts who had been watching all day, one starting off in one direction and another in an opposite one, under the pretence of
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  • ...old school fellow, Joe Byrne, and frequently he used to ask me to give Joe a chance of his life if they came into the stock-yard, but he used to say,&qu ...o take the constables who knew these sympathizers every week to Beechworth with me, for I never knew when the magistrates might call for some evidence, in
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  • == A Bad Night == ...ed much amusement. Every now and then one of us would come bump up against a rock, and we would be calling to each other to ascertain whether we were ke
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  • ...on us. I myself had grave doubts, and still think they were men. There was a high point of the mountain in front of us, which we next proceeded to searc ...at the foot of the hill on horseback, riding along at a good pace. I sent a man after him to see who he was, and he overtook him as he was making for t
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  • ...for a day or so to consult with the sub-officer taking charge of the party starting from Greta end-that is supposing the expedition should be determined on.&qu ...have a personal interview with the sub-officer taking charge of the party starting from Greta."
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  • ...were, too.  Dinner was served by Mrs Devine, and everything in connection with “police protection” at Jerilderie seemed to the outside public to be in ...taken out to patrol the town.  He was regarded as a man who would put up a fight and so disturb the peace as to imperil the success of the Kellys’ m
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  • ...ll form in a yellowish-white long overcoat, somewhat like a tall native in a blanket. ...house than any of the police, and was stalking towards it, with a revolver with his out-stretched arm, which he fired two or three times, and then disappea
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  • '''A Trip to Goulburn''' ...a good fire ready waiting one at Praytons on arrival, and alter these and a good smoke, "blanket bay" can be reached at half-an-hour after mi
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  • ...ling along, the streets had positively an appearance of desertion, and not a soul was to be seen after leaving the precincts of our hotel. ...bring these things under his notice; but it wont do to have only one train a day.
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  • ...Alexandra, has to some extent succeeded in creating an ill feeling between people who might otherwise have been on the very best of terms. Like all other mis ...e that the Thornton Races have been fixed for the same day. As many of the people would like to attend both events we would suggest that some alteration be m
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  • A Tour to the South. ...igh, and having a frame powerful in proportion. He died in Deniliquin only a dozen years ago. The oldest inhabitants give its history only since the whi
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  • ...t; by doing a safe ready money trade, and to take in, shillings, when, had a little spirit been displayed by them, pounds would have been coming in inst ...ich is a shame, and a disgrace, but by outsiders, who care nothing for the people or the place, excepting inasmuch as the working of their leased ground. is
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  • By A. TRAVELLER ...ace them in a position to compete with places having railway communication with the centre.
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  • ...d to night that they were seen about 13 miles from here yesterday and that a man was stuck up by them but the report at present cannot be relied on at l ...n, The particulars given below were related by Kelly himself personally to a confederate some time after the murders were committed, whose name I cannot
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  • ...lly, for their husbands’ sake, as soon as they have proved to the public a single instance of sharpness in tracing supplies to the Kelly gang. Yours,
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  • === A summary of the articles below === ...f Ned Kelly , The siege continued , The end. - the hotel burnt , Interview with Ned Kelly , The attempt on the train , Ned Kellys statements , The bullet p
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  • === A summary of the articles below === ...f Ned Kelly , The siege continued , The end. - the hotel burnt , Interview with Ned Kelly , The attempt on the train , Ned Kellys statements , The bullet p
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  • === A summary of the articles below === ...Booth shot in the flames – this too, while suffering from the effects of a broken leg, obtained in jumping from the private box in which Lincoln was s
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  • Constable Armstrong (re-called) stated: The sketch produced was a very good one of Sherritt’s hut. A juror suggested to the coroner that Ned Kelly should be sent for.
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  • The Argus continued with its report of the '''KellyGang''' <span id="_Toc43994061">[[#_Toc43994061|]]</span> [[../../people/peH_J/harePsup.html|'''Superintendent Hare's Report''']] continued
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  • ...500 or 600 persons had congregated on the platform in the hope of getting a view.  Two seats were taken out of the refreshment room, and placed in the ...e van to the other, looking out and making remarks to the police that were with him about the spots he knew.
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  • The following copy of a telegram was put in as evidence:- ...of the letters I found in the office were not much good to me. There were a few letters from the &quot;diseased stock&quot; agent. There is one produce
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  • ...ose who had been invalided, Superintendent Hare sent him up from the depot a number of men, described as cripples, who were utterly useless. ...ion. Those points may appear insignificant, but to our minds they indicate a system of tale-bearing undignified and ungracious, and calculated to materi
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  • ...officer in charge at Mansfield , instructing him to send a search party in a direction the opposite of that which it was possible the outlaws could have Special allusion is made in the report to two matters connected with the pursuit during the first period Mr Nicolson was in charge of the distri
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  • ...aded peak called &quot;Morgans&quot; lookout and a few miles south-ward is a gully or gap which is called after the highwayman Power, who is passing the ...red to the North Eastern district and agricultural settlement has acquired a new impetus along the King River, and what the farmers there are now most i
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  • ...on's paddock-How far is that?- Oh, a long way; that is not far from Greta, a few miles from Greta, nearer [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]], on the Greta road. ...ng to me from time to time the people who frequented it-they were creating a disturbance at this place; this was in May.
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  • E. J. Dixon, Esq., J.P., J. Gibb, Esq., M.L.A., W. Anderson, Esq., M.LA., G. R. Fincham, Esq., M.L.A.,
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  • ...to him. He left, and I returned to Beechworth. I was at Beechworth exactly a week before Aaron Sherritt was shot—the Saturday. I saw Detective Ward, a ...room we are in, about the same length, and perhaps not quite so wide, with a partition in the centre of weatherboard and canvas door which formed the be
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  • ...fer that they had taken him to the mountains. I am certain she did not say a word about Jones's hotel.....
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  • ...district?— Only the information I have already read. [[Greta|Greta]] is a large parish of itself, and, on to [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] , an uninhabited ...ys were still in the neighborhood, and, of course, it was very hard to get a party to go out and assist and look for the body of Kennedy. The other two
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  • ...Commission (to the witness)''. —Will you proceed now?— Do you require a statement of my own duties from the 28th October to l0th November? ...]]. Mr. [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] was absent at [[Fern Hills|Fern Hills]] with a search party. During his absence
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  • [[../../people/peU_Z/wyattMag.htm|'''Alfred Wyatt, P.M.''']] '''giving evidence''' ...matter?” and I gave that answer, “The line is down, and it looks like a whirlwind.”
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  • [[../../people/peU_Z/wyattMag.htm|'''Alfred Wyatt, P.M.''']] '''giving evidence''' ...is words, I know that I went away with the impression that I could not get a special train for some time, at least for some hours.
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  • [[../../people/peU_Z/wyattMag.htm|'''Alfred Wyatt, P.M. '''giving evidence'''''']] ...cular sort from Rosier, the gunsmith. He (Rosier) immediately communicated with the police, and they made an appointment for them to come back, but they ne
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  • [[../../people/peD_G/gascoignePmc.html|'''Const Charles Gascoigne''']] '''giving evidence' ...he left?—[ ''The witness read the list''.]–There are so many different people in the district of the same name that I know that it would be hard to tell.
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  • 10298 ''By the Commission—'' What are you?— A reporter on the [[The Age (63)|Age]]. ...of the train, but it was afterwards resolved to send on a pilot engine as a precaution against surprise.
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  • [[../../people/peN_P/nicolsonPAC.html|'''Charles Hope Nicolson''']] '''''' '''giving evide ...[#rc12002|12002]]</span> Can you recollect any conversation I had about it with you; do you remember my saying to you that Captain Standish seemed disposed
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  • [[../../people/peA/armstrongHPC.html|'''Const Henry Armstrong''']] ''''''giving evidence'' ...Alexander and Dowling slept on the floor. It was a weatherboard hut, with a shingle roof.
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  • ...stable Dwyer addressed me, would bring the time close up to seven a.m., or a very few minutes before the hour of the capture of Ned Kelly as fixed by mo ...here. It could not be from not knowing Mr. O'Connor, for he had travelled with him all the way from Melbourne. Again, he says he heard of Joe Byrne's deat
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  • [[../../people/peN_P/nicolsonPAC.html|'''Ass Com Charles Hope Nicolson''']] '''giving evid ...er me telling you the circumstances that made me discover his relationship with one of the sympathizers?— I know all about his connections. I heard of th
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  • G. R. FINCHAM, Esq., M.L.A., in the Chair; J. Gibb, Esq., M.L.A., The Hon F. Longmore, M.L.A.
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  • [[../../people/peB/brookeSmithPinsp.html|'''Insp Brooke Smith''']] '''giving evidence''' ...simply that Mr. [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] arrived in the district. And here is a letter that will show what I mean, but I do not know Whether it should be r
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  • [[../../people/peB/brookeSmithPinsp.html|'''Insp Brooke Smith''']] '''giving evidence''' ...hose four men were the outlaws, would you have been justified in going out with the men under your charge in pursuit, having those instructions before you?
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