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The appearance of the '''KellyGang''' on this side of the border affords an admirable opportunity for testing the efficiency of our police organisation, and for showing what kind of stuff the members of the force are made of. There seems to be no reason for doubting the correctness of the statement that the capture of the lock up and the telegraph office at [[Jerilderie|Jerilderie]] was effected by these desperadoes. The exploit bears a family likeness to others committed by them, in its display of foresight, audacity, and management, and the comparative nearness of the place to the border, as well as to the Mansfield district where the gang murdered the police and are supposed to have kept themselves in hiding, helps, together with the fact that the Murray is easily crossable to support the presumption of their identity . Assuming that there is no mistake about the men their first act on this side in taking possession of the lock up, confining one of the two constables in a cell, and using the other like a decoy duck to avert suspicion can hardly be regarded as anything else than a direct challenge to our police to attempt what the police of Victoria have failed to accomplish.