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  • ...ratta on horses that were tired out; and that the five constables in Aaron Sherritt's hut on the night of his murder were guilty of gross cowardice and disobed ...esident who conveyed to us the surprising news that [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Mrs Jones]], the licensee of the hotel where the fighting took place, was not o
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  • THE STORY OF SHERRITT'S MARRIAGE '''' ...e and [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] were watching [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne's]] house. Meeting with "The Sun" representative in Melbour
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  • "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 r ...rritt'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
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  • ...e and worse and they had no tucker at all. So one day [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne]] came along and said she was ashamed but they had nothing and would "Along the road, about dinner time, I met Mrs Byrne's two sons, Joe and Paddy. They said, "Hello, where are you goin
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  • ...strict instructions not to make a fire or give any sign of their presence. Sherritt was with them. ...got from him that the Kellys had gone to the hut the night before and shot Sherritt dead. "Good God!" I cried, "what were you doing?" He co
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  • ...was that he was attacked by the whole Kelly family, that [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Mrs Kelly]] hit him with a frying pan, and that [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] shot hi Murder of Aaron Sherritt.
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  • ...hen Detective-Sergeant [[Ward|Ward]] caught him and [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]] skinning a sheep. The result was a sentence of six months in gaol for Byr ...outlawry- the attempt [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]] to arrest Dan .. Their [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|mother]], sent to gaol for a long term of imprisonment for what
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  • THE TREACHERY OF SHERRITT ...s Byrne outwitted the whole lot of them, and a few words that she had with Sherritt, consequent upon a discovery that police were in the neighbourhood, provoke
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  • ...recognised them in their get-up and changed appearance. They visited Aaron Sherritt's house, and climbed over the Strathbogie Ranges, where the police were sho ...rong, and others. Sherry was shot - and subsequently removed, only to die. Mrs Jones's two children were shot - one fatally. But this was the extent of th
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  • ...Miss 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 ...attle-stealing. He was educated at the Eldorado school, where he and Aaron Sherritt were most intimate friends.
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  • ...ourne to the late Chief Justice, that the gang had been in [[Mount Battery|Mrs Rowe's]] garden cutting cabbages, near Euroa, and similar reports were dail == Aaron Sherritt ==
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  • ...and dangerous job before you, but I will do all I can to assist you." Sherritt had a most exalted opinion of Ned Kelly, and said he did not believe there
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  • == Aaron Sherritt == ...on, and told the detective what I had done. His reply was, “I have known Sherritt for years, and if he likes he can put you in the position to capture the Ke
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  • ...hen said, “We are awfully late, we must hurry on to [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne]]’s house,” and we again followed him in the same order as before == At Mrs Byrne ==
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  • ...rne]]'s. Amongst my men I had one who was a thorough larrikin, and [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron]] took a great fancy to him. I sent him to Beechworth for some suppli ...ey had stuck up the bank there, and the first place they would come to was Mrs Byrne's. Aaron said to him, "I want you to join me in a scheme, and if
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  • ...possessed of them. However, I got one addressed to [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt,]] Sheepwash Creek, near Beechworth. This was the address of his father. I ...ime, he thought he would enter his horse for the steeplechase that [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron]] was supposed to ride in, thinking he would thus have a better oppor
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  • ...the direction of Beechworth. Half an hour afterwards Aaron, on his way to Mrs Byrne's, called in at my camp. I told him that Dan Kelly had been seen that ...e remainder of the party go to the usua1 place at the stock yard and watch Mrs Byrne's. You come with a couple of men to my mother's place, and get two me
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  • ...on Aaron, and started him off over the back of our camp, so that if the [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|old woman]] had seen him walking away she could not have rec ...two old women discovered our watching-place. My men and Aaron pleaded that Mrs Byrne had no means of communicating with the outlaws, as she did not know w
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  • ...e 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 on the hill ...se to see if any one arrived or left during the night. [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs Skillian]] and [[Kate Kelly|Katie]] were aware they were being watched, and
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  • == Mrs. Skillian's Hoax == ...e former was always riding about. Reports came in that [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs Skillian]] used to be seen at all hours of the night riding about the bush,
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  • == Aaron Sherritt married == ...ments of the outlaws at Benalla, I started off to Beechworth and saw Aaron Sherritt. I found he had married during my absence, and his family and his wife's re
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  • ...d arrange to do so. Exactly at that time on the following Saturday [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron]] was shot, and two of the outlaws were guarding his place for some h == Aaron Sherritt’s Doom ==
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  • ...ws took possession of the township. They kept watching for persons passing Mrs Jones's hotel, and they would call upon them to "bail up," and ma ...one, or answered any call during the night, they would shoot her husband. Mrs Bracken said she looked out of her window two or three times during the nig
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  • == Aaron Sherritt inquest == At the inquest on the body of [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]], held at the Vine Hotel, Beechworth, before Mr W H [[Foster|Foster]], PM,
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  • ...their tracks. They knew, therefore, directly the news reached Benalla that Sherritt was shot, I should start off with a party of police and black trackers to p This was what [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs. Byrne]] alluded to when she said they were about "to do something tha
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  • The Police at Euroa-Aaron Sherritt-Jerilderie-Capture of the Police Station and Constables-Amateur Policemen-T ...Revenge-A Letter from Joe Byrne-Whorouly races-On Watch at Mrs. Sherritt's-Mrs. Byrne's Discovery-Break-up of the Camp-Arrest of Kelly Sympathizers-A Dyna
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  • Aaron Sherritt | Aaron Sherritt
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  • ...n Dan suggested that Constable Bracken should be handcuffed to the sofa in Mrs. Jones' Hotel. While their mother had great pride in Ned's ability to lead, ...ill in his 'teens he was intimately associated with [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]], with whom he was convicted of having meat in his possession suspected to
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  • ...had a cousin.  He said they urged him to go for a long time as a scout.  Sherritt never told me at that time that they were going to stick up a bank.  He to ...Jerilderie, which was in a very different direction.  They pressed Aaron Sherritt to join them to test how deeply he was involved with the police.  The Kell
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  • ...alled “agents.” The first “spy” engaged was [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]. ...rsed the promises made to Sherritt by Sadleir and Nicolson, and then Aaron Sherritt, who was at that time engaged to Joe Byrne’s sister, was appointed as a p
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  • ...stealing?—All the inquiry was made that could be.  Constable Barry saw Sherritt skinning sheep as he passed, and that was all.  What further inquiry could “The signals which [[Margaret Skillion|Mrs Skillion]] makes from her place clearly bring her within the reach of the n
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  • ...hem away if he could.  He was not related to the Kellys, but his wife was Mrs Kelly’s sister. ...nd’s absence.  He then planted the sugar bag of flour in a shed.  When Mrs Quinn came home he was angry.  He accused his wife of giving flour and oth
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  • ...nd night, and used to come into Benalla with the muzzles on.  I have seen Mrs Skillion and Kate Kelly come into Benalla with their dogs muzzled. ...in the hurdle race.  Supt Hare was much impressed by this letter.  Aaron Sherritt had arranged with some of his intimate friends to remain on the hill some d
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  • ...ask for an exchange of prisoners.  The first thing was to secure their [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|mother’s]] freedom, and also that of the others, Skillion and ...r him.  She said that, a few days ago, she had met [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]], and called him a traitor.
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  • == SHERRITT EXECUTED == ...night.  The four policemen who were to [[Police at Sherritt home|protect Sherritt]] were Constables [[Const Armstrong|Armstrong]], [[Const A Alexander|Alexan
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  • ...t to go to [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]]’s at Sebastopol.  They knew that Sherritt had police protection, and knew the risk they were running in meeting super ...e Byrne fired, and stepping quickly into the room fired a second shot, and Sherritt fell and died without uttering a word.
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  • ...'''they would have to shoot me'''.  He said, ‘You have better stop in, Mrs Barry, and if you stop in the outlaws will not set fire to the place while ...ron Sherritt, on July 21, 1881, on oath said:—“When her husband, Aaron Sherritt, was shot she saw Dan Kelly about a quarter of an hour after the shooting s
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  • ...remember going up to Sherritt’s door and asking the way the night Aaron Sherritt was shot.  ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 8|RC13120]]) ...at the front door.  I did not hear any conversation with Mrs Sherritt or Mrs Barry.  They came out and went in again.  I had no chance of escaping.
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  • ...s:—“That the constables who formed the hut party on the night of Aaron Sherritt’s murder— viz., Henry Armstrong, Wm Duross, Thomas P Dowling, and Rober ...n|Mrs Jones’ hotel]].  Joe Byrne and Dan Kelly had not yet arrived from Sherritt’s.  The Kellys then stuck up the stationmaster, Mr Stanistreet, and aske
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  • ...eadquarters in [[Benalla Police Station|Benalla]] received word that Aaron Sherritt had been shot by Joe Byrne on Saturday evening at about 6.  On receipt of ...e Kellys, and therefore his place was not utilised to stick up the town.  Mrs Jones, on the other hand, was an enemy; she was regarded by them as a polic
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  • ...Sherritt; he was further responsible for the shooting of Martin Cherry and Mrs Jones’ little son at Glenrowan; he was responsible for the deaths of the On 25th November, Mrs Ann [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Jones]] was charged with harbouring the Kellys a
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  • '''[[Kelly Home|Mrs Kelly's home]]''' [[../../places/plH_L/jonesInnH1.html|'''Mrs Jones' Glenrowan Inn''']]
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  • ...n shooting innocent men, women and children who were trying to escape from Mrs Jones’ hotel at Glenrowan. The Royal Commission, on the other hand, recom ...e the constables who went under the bed at [[Police at Sherritt home|Aaron Sherritt’s]], when the latter was shot by Joe Byrne, £42/15/9 each.
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  • ...tables who formed [[Police at Sherritt home|hut party]] the night of Aaron Sherritt’s murder, viz., Henry Armstrong, William Duross, Thomas Patrick Dowling a ...stable [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] when imprisoned by the Kelly gang in Mrs Jones’ hotel at Glenrowan, and recommend him for promotion in the service
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  • ...re are four children. [[Ellen Sherritt|Mrs Murphy]] was the widow of Aaron Sherritt, who was shot by the Kelly gang some four months after their marriage. Mr E
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  • <p>[[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]</p> <p>[[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Mrs Jones' Glenrowan Inn]]</p>
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  • ..., jnr., a son of the last visited individual. Upon entering this hut young Sherritt was not found, and from the appearance of the squalid den, the sole furnitu ...n a nicely-cleared piece of land. This was the hut of [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne]], who is also known to be most friendly to the Kellys, and is furthe
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  • ...the evidence given it appears that the prisoner had, during the absence of Mrs. Costello, taken the money from the till, and that it was dropped on the fl ...ion. After hearing the evidence the Board decided to recommend the land to Mrs Vincent. Samuel White jun, South Wangaratta 250a recommended. William [[Wil
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  • ...ack [[SConst P Mullane|Mrs Byrne]], of Sheep Station Creek (at which place Sherritt also resides, when not out on his periodical marauding expeditions) procure ...oe Byrne]] [[Category:Glenrowan]] [[Category:Beechworth]] [[Category:Aaron Sherritt]] [[Category:history]]
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  • ...h, was charged with stealing a horse, the property of [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|Mrs Byrne]], of the same place.Mr Inspector A [[Brooke Smith|Brooke Smith]] con ...oe Byrne]] [[Category:Glenrowan]] [[Category:Beechworth]] [[Category:Aaron Sherritt]] [[Category:history]]
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