Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 12/8/1880 (2)
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From the Inn to turn the Kellys out;
They were fearless of their skin, Sirs,
And burnt it down with many a shout,
But would not venture in, Sirs;
When through the flames a brave priest rushed,
To rescue whom he could, Sirs;
In admiration all were hushed,
At a deed both bold and good, Sirs.
Bow, wow, wow.
And that's the way in which the police, with laudable self-denial, delegated their duty, to an unarmed and defenceless man (Father Gibney, a name to be ever held in honor) who trusting his life in the hands of the All-Powerful, entered where none dared to follow him just now.
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Then Arthur Loftus Maudy Steele,
He never funked a bit, Sirs;
And manly hearts for him, must feel,
Right glad he wasn't hit, Sirs,
For when Ned Kelly wounded fell,
He clutched him by the beard, Sirs,
A deed more brave, none of can tell,
It showed he "weren't afeard," Sirs.
Bow, wow, wow.
And that's the multinamed plucky Sergeant Steele proved to the admiring world that he was not afraid of the disabled Ned Kelly just now.
But chief honor's due to Ramsay's name,
Who sent the cannon down, Sirs;
'Tis he who's earned undying fame,
By bombarding them from town, Sirs,
Thank him we must the gang was caught,
So Service does avow, Sirs;
With his cannon he so bravely fought,
The papers tell us now, Sirs.
Bang, bang, bang.
And it was the fire-eating Robert Ramsay, the then Chief Secretary, who really captured and annihilated the Kelly gang, with the artillery gunnery, sappery, torpedory, minery, infantry and cavalry, that he dispatched in hot haste from Melbourne to Jones's Hotel at Glenrowan, where were banqueting and junketing the four marauders whom we all wanted to
Hang, hang, hang.
NED KELLY'S TRIAL
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH]
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER)
Beechworth, Thursday
Considerable interest is manifested throughout the district and in the town in the proceedings which are being taken in connection with the prosecution of Edward Kelly, and the numerous arrivals and stealthy movements of the police tend to heighten the fast increasing curiosity into excitement not unmixed with alarm.
Captain Standish, Inspector Sadlier, Sub-Inspector Kennedy, and Mr Gurner, the Crown solicitor, arrived by the first train from Melbourne to-day, which also picked up Sergeant Steele, Senior-constable Kelly, and a number of other officers of police at Benalla and Wangaratta, and brought them on, several others being left to proceed hither during the night.
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