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  • ...e best horsewoman in the whole family, was often mistaken for Kate. As Jim Kelly has told me time after time, Maggie was the one to whom they were chiefly i ...only place where they could be obtained. And to Melbourne accordingly Kate Kelly was sent to buy them.
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  • == Ned Kelly’s family, Steve Hart, and Joe Byrne == ...Quinn, and all her people were thieves. The mother ([[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Mrs. Kelly]]) is still alive, but was in gaol during most of the time her sons were ou
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  • == Ned Kelly’s Statement == ...he police became a nuisance to the family." At one period of his life Kelly described himself as a "wandering gamester." He states in this do
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  • ...d they both rode into Beechworth together. My man was taken for one of the Kelly spies, especially as he was in Aaron's company. The people of Beechworth at ...constable said, "What is it ?" He replied, "I feel sure the Kelly gang will return from Jerilderie either tonight or during the course of thi
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  • ...gnificently mounted. The men and horses could have been backed against the Kelly gang, man for man, at anything. We also arranged that I should ride out mys ...purchased a few days before. He was pointed out to me by several people as Kelly and Byrne's greatest friend. I was asked why I did not have him arrested fo
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  • ...there or not. He did not. I asked him if there were any strangers at [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne]]'s. He said, "Yes, a man named Scotty, who lives up o == Arrest of the Kelly Sympathizers ==
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  • ...three sisters; the former was always riding about. Reports came in that [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs Skillian]] used to be seen at all hours of the night riding ab
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  • ...to have the Harts' house watched from Wangaratta, and for a party to watch Kelly's house from Glenrowan, The orders to the men were, that after dark every n ...t Glenrowan, reported that the four men who had been watching [[Kelly Home|Kelly's house]] were completely knocked up, being out night after night in the we
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  • ...as they were about to put this newly conceived plan into operation, Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillian]], sister of the Kellys, dressed in a dark riding habit t Kate Kelly at this juncture came upon the scene, but the only expression which escaped
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  • ...accurate aim. I have no hesitation in saying that had they been without [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] when we first attacked them at the hotel, and could have Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly went to [[Woolshed|Woolshed]] shoot [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] Satur
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  • While suffering the pangs of this terrible torture, Ned Kelly cried out: "If ever I shoot a man, Lonigan, you will be the first&quot ...o uniforms and costs. (It was Supt Hare who, in later years, described Ned Kelly as the greatest man in the world.)
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  • ...innocence, and was, therefore, discharged. This discharge also cleared Dan Kelly. ...enalla and rapped at my quarters, and told me that he had been shot by Ned Kelly and wounded in the arm. That was on the morning of the 16th. I examined his
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  • ...ere called, many looked surprised. It was not known outside Greta that Mrs Kelly had been married to George King some time after she settled on the Eleven-M Although Mrs Kelly, Skillion and Williamson were arrested and brought to Benalla on April 17,
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  • ...It was arranged that Wright should go at once to Greta and interview Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]], from whom Wright asserted he would obtain, the full fa ...hing was blackened by powder, showing that the shot had been fired, as Ned Kelly subsequently stated, at very close range.
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  • ...party’s cart, Steve Hart, and Beecroft, drove the hawker's wagon and Dan Kelly rode on horseback. ...is hand, carefully closed the bank door. Dan Kelly kept guard outside. Ned Kelly observed the entry of Steve Hart into the bank, and he then withdrew the ch
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  • ...the Murray, and intended going to Goulburn, in New South Wales, where the Kelly’s had a cousin.  He said they urged him to go for a long time as a scout ...[[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] was a police spy, and Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly called on him and gave him the story of a visit to Goulburn, New South Wale
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  • ...he [[Police Trackers|blackfellows]] in ordering the police to go first: “Kelly very soon now, you go catch ‘em.” ...horse down to Greta and sold it to Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]] (Ned Kelly’s sister), to whom he gave the usual receipt.  Mrs Skillion soon discove
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  • “The signals which [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs Skillion]] makes from her place clearly bring her within the r “Sir,—I have been requested by E and D Kelly to do what I could to assist them in crossing here, I am to write to you to
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  • These spies also reported that the outlaws were starved out, and that Dan Kelly was seen somewhere, and that he was very thin and starved-looking.  Mr Nic ...of the immunity they now enjoyed from pursuit, and settled down in their [[Kelly Home|old home]] at Eleven-Mile Creek.  They put a ceiling of bark in the h
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  • ...rranged that the cousin who helped to make the armour should go with Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]] and a friend from Glenrowan way.  The three were to go ...up and wired to Supt Sadleir at Benalla to watch the evening train for the Kelly friends and relatives, and to search the train for ammunition, which under
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  • ...n exchange of prisoners.  The first thing was to secure their [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|mother’s]] freedom, and also that of the others, Skillion and Williamson, ...ed, and, notwithstanding that a party of police were there, watching [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|his mother]]’s house, he went home.  His mother had some startling
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  • ...s]].  Mr HM [[Chomley (2)|Chomley]], who shortly after the capture of Ned Kelly succeeded Captain Standish as Chief Commissioner of Police, had already bee ...aron Sherritt|Sherritt]] expected trouble after his quarrel with Mrs [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Byrne]] and his threat to shoot and outrage Joe Byrne.  Supt Hare de
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  • ...e that Martin Cherry was lying wounded in a detached building, shot by Ned Kelly early in the day, as it has since been ascertained, because he would not ho ...moved to the railway platform, and Supt. Sadleir handed them over to Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]] and [[Richard Hart|Richard Hart]].
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  • ...two years, it was decided to abandon the attempt to take the bodies of Dan Kelly and Steve Hart from their relatives, and the sixteen mounted policemen retu ...Dean Gibney put aside for ever the absurd concoctions which claim that Dan Kelly escaped from Glenrowan, and which formed the subject of a despicable book u
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  • ...d in Beechworth. In all probability they will be present when the eighteen Kelly confederates are brought up before Mr WH Foster, PM, this (Saturday) aftern ...than all the reward we have offered. It should be immediately doubled. Had Kelly doubled his gang the escort and £10,000 would have easily fallen into his
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  • '''THE KELLY SYMPATHISERS''' ...xplained that the object was to obtain relief for the persons known as the Kelly [[Sympathizers|sympathisers]], who had now been in gaol three months, witho
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  • '''THE KELLY GANG''' ...ally believed here that the police have recently been on the tracks of Ned Kelly.
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  • '''THE KELLY GANG. MANSFIELD ''' ...s Kelly's late residence, Greta, a few days ago, and immediately after Ned Kelly came there for the purpose of seeing the child and his sister. I believe th
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  • ...or the report. As a matter of fact, it appears that on Friday night Mrs. [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]], a married sister of the Kellys, accompanied by another
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  • ...st important information with regard to the Kelly gang. The visit of Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillian]] and her companions to [[Melbourne|Melbourne]] does not
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  • ...course a secret, but it would appear contrary to the usual sagacity of the Kelly people to go on such business so openly. On their return Mrs Skillion and L The female members of the Kelly family are noted for the guard they keep upon their tongues. Always civil i
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  • ...nforcement of police arrived to night, in anticipation of an attack by the Kelly gang. Great uneasiness prevails.
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  • ...ched to the fact that [[William Skillion|Mrs Skillion]], ''née'' Margaret Kelly, was present in court, having travelled from Greta the previous evening. It
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  • ...utlaw, together with [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs Skillion]], ''née'' Margaret Kelly, another sister, arrived in Beechworth last evening, the former from Melbou
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  • '''THE KELLY GANG''' ...tivity amongst the members of the police force appointed to do duty in the Kelly country, the opinion began to gain ground more particularly in Melbourne, t
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  • == ANOTHER KELLY OUTRAGE COLD BLOODED MURDER == ...weeks ago that they intended to take his life. The house occupied by [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Joseph Byrne’s mother]], there is every reason to believed, was rec
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  • ...leir]] directed Constable [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] to arrest them as Kelly sympathizers. They were accordingly handcuffed, and taken with the others t ...rangers was not returned after one o'clock , but it was believed that Dan Kelly and Hart intended to lie quiet until night, and, under cover of the darknes
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  • ...hors de combat,'' coming out boldly into the open. Just at this junction [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs Skillian]], sister of the Kellys, attempted to approach the ho ...o the hotel, states that he was near enough to the bodies to recognise Dan Kelly.
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  • == INTERVIEW WITH NED KELLY == ...s the sisters kissed the wounded man and a brief conversation ensured, Ned Kelly having to a certain extent recovered from the exhaustion consequent on his
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  • ...out and saw Hart and Byrne outside on horseback. I at once recognised Ned Kelly and said, “Oh! Ned, how altered you are.” He said, “Don’t call me N THEY TALKED QUITE PLEASANTLY with me and my husband. Ned Kelly told us that we were wanted over at Mrs Jones’s Hotel, and said “You mu
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  • == NED KELLY’S STATE == [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was removed by train to Melbourne today. He is very much better this morn
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  • ...edded, and these have been cut out and treasured up. On the spot where Ned Kelly fell some leaves spotted in blood from his wounds were found, and these hav ...Skillion's hut was crowded with sympathisers all night. The remains of Dan Kelly and Hart were laid out there as decently as they could be under the circums
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  • ...house. We continued firing upon the house till about 8 o'clock , when Ned Kelly made his appearance under the brow of the hill, 150 yards from the hotel, a ...nd one revolver with him. Just as I seized him, the rush of people knocked Kelly and I over, and I received a rather awkward thrust, and his armour injured
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  • ...d into the hotel, it was found that he was clothed in a complete suit of [[Kelly's Armour|heavy mail]], weighing 97 pounds, made up skilfully from ploughsha Hart and Dan Kelly were shot early in the day. This was discovered when Jones’s house was on
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  • ...ly, unlocked the door, and bounded away. When the train was heard stopping Kelly said, ‘You will see some play now, boys. We will shoot them all.’ When ...0 o’clock , when the prisoners made their escape in a body, they saw Dan Kelly and Hart standing in the passage fairly cowed. They looked gloomy and despa
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  • ...people there I ever saw in my life. The two bodies were carried into Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]]’s hut. TOM LLOYD TOOK HOLD OF KATE KELLY’S HAND AND, LIFTING HIS RIGHT ARM TO HEAVEN, SWORE A MOST DREADFUL OATH T
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  • ...t, and swears that he will head another and stronger gang than that of Ned Kelly and take to the bush. ...ed what was burning on the table. I said it was a candle. At that time Dan Kelly was gathering bushes to set fire to the house. Weekes was standing there al
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  • ...Harts, and Quinns and the Lloyds carried the bodies to the residence of [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs Skillian]], at [[Eleven Mile Creek|Eleven Mile Creek]]. A wake ...od, and so also had the other horses used by the outlaws, showing that the Kelly gang must have some friend who was a black …, probably the same man who m
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  • ...ether inquiries were held or not, and reports came from Greta that all the Kelly sympathisers there had made them selves intoxicated at the wake, and were b ...idence was obtainable there, give an order for interment. Senior constable Kelly, with four troopers, accordingly proceeded to Glenrowan by the forenoon tra
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  • ..., and Dan Kelly told her to fetch the men out, or he would burn the house. Kelly went about collecting bushes. I could hear him speaking to my mother throug ...ut and looked round the house, but could see nothing. I am sure it was Dan Kelly, not Ned. I know him by his portrait, and besides Byrne was calling him 'Da
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