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== The site of the Glenrowan siege of the KellyGang by the police in June 1880 ==
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== History at Jones' Glenrowan Inn before the siege ==
Mrs '''Ann Jone''''s Glenrowan Inn was the pub for the railway workers and the town people. [[McDonnell's Railway Taven|McDonnell's]] across the railway line was the 'Irish pub', the pub of the sympathisers and the newly arrived.
'''Photograph'''
Map
== What was Jones' Glenrowan Inn like at the time of the siege ==
The Inn had twin gables that ran the width of the building with a verandah in front. It was made of strigybark boards and was roofed with corrugated iron. I was lined with calico. In the front section there was a bar and parlor. There was a horse trough that had been cut from the butt of a large tree and a sign that was lit by a lantern out the front. The sign read:
The Glenrowan Inn
Ann Jones
Best Accommodation
Mrs '''Ann Jones''' ran the hotel with her daughter '''Jane Jones,''' son '''Jack''' (13years old) and a younger daughter. Later she married a Mr Smith
'''What was the Inn like'''
There were three different rooms-the dining room, the bar room in the middle, and the little parlor, at the Benalla end. There were two doors in the front -one from the bar and the other from the dining room. The house had two rooms behind and a little narrow passage. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 2|RC10554]]) ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (12)|OMA6/7/80]])
There were three windows on the front- one in each room, and one in the bar. There a door going from the verandah into the dining room. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 2|RC10563]])
There were very dark window blinds, and they were all drawn down. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 2|RC10561]]),
The iron roof of the building was lined with paper and canvas. ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 8|RC2869]])
There was no window at the end where the fire was set. ([[Royal Commission report day 21 page 8|RC7774.7481]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 4|RC10090]])
There was a window on the back building at that end, but not in the front.(RC7774.7499)
There might be three feet or more between the detached kitchen building and the main part of the Inn.([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 50|RC7281]])
There were two small skillion rooms at the back and then a small yard. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 2|RC10567]])
There might be three feet or more between the detached building and the dwelling-house. ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 50|RC7281]])
The only window in the back. ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 49|RC7244]])
There was a paling fence for cover at the Benalla side, it gave cover for men standing between the kitchen and the hotel. ([[Royal Commission report day 25 page 9|RC9715]])
The fence in front had one rail-a top rail, about four by one and four or five wires. ([[Royal Commission report day 22 page 8|RC8135]])
What was the area around the Inn like
There are no trees in the front portion of the house. ([[Royal Commission report day 21 page 20|RC7835]])
The first ditch from the railway station was about fifteen yards from the end of the platform. There was a stump of a tree near the fence line. ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 8|RC10163]])
The top rail of the railway fence got in the way of the police firing at the Inn ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 36|RC13717]])
That portion of the fence is wire pretty well. (RC7881)
There was a drain in front of the Inn, to the North West of it. It was 120 yards from the Inn ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 18|RC3939]])
Sydney-road is at the back. ([[Royal Commission report day 21 page 13|RC7774.7599]])
AssCom Nicolson had the hotel watched in May 1880. ([[Royal Commission report day 3 page 8|RC765]])
== The Siege ==
See also the events of [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|the siege]] and read the story in the newspapers and the Royal Commission report.
[[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] had arrived at [[McDonnell's Railway Taven|McDonell]]'s hotel late on [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|26/6/1880]].
I met him early on the next morning and asked him to bring his fiends to my place. He was a wonderful man and we had a great time. The whole town came to my hotel. There were games and dancing all day. No one had any reason to be concerned. My daughter Jane danced with all the members of the '''KellyGang''' and my son Jack played for all.
'''KellyGang arrives at Jones's Inn'''
The KellyGang locked my children up when they took over the Inn. ([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_4|BWC]])
During the evening of Sunday 27/6/1880 [[Reardon|Reardon]] 62 prisoners in the Inn. ([[Royal Commission report day 20 page 8|RC7606]])
There was a lot of dancing. See also. ([[Royal Commission report day 20 page 9|RC7620]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 1|RC10537]]) ([[The True of Bushrangers Chapter 18 page 2|CHC]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (62)|JJK]])
See Mrs Jones' own version of what happened ([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_1|BWC]]) ([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_2|BWC]])
The most part of Sunday night Mrs [[Reardon|Reardon]] thought that [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] and Mrs Jones were playing cards in the little parlour; and during that time Mrs. Jones's daughter was minding the prisoners with a revolver in her hand.. She used to stand and reckon them with a revolver in her hand. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 1|RC10542]])
Later on Ned Kelly sent many of my guests home and later he was thinking of sending more home. . The poor dears were getting tired and the younger ones could have lasted for much longer. I asked Ned Kelly if he would give them all a parting speech. He was a great talker. In the middle of his speech at about [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|2.30am]] we heard the arrival of the police train and I suppose the rest is, as they say "history". See also ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 8|FH]])
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Sup Hare and his police party arrive
Mr Hare took the lead, and charged right up to the hotel. Bullets were whizzing about the station and striking the building and train. The first brush was exceedingly hot. The police and the '''KellyGang''' blazed away at each other in the darkness furiously. It lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and during that time there was nothing but a succession of flashes and reports, the pinging of bullets in the air, and the shrieks of women who had been made prisoners in the hotel.([[The Argus (13)|Argus 29/6/1880]]) ([[The Age (2)|Age 29/6/80]]) ([[Herald (7)|Herald29/6/80]]) ([[The Argus (37)|Argus5/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 6/7/1880 (2)|Argus6/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 8/7/1880 (4)|Argus8/7/80]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 1|RC10025]] ) ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 11 page 1|FH]])
At this time, the white smoke helped to light up the scene against the dark background. ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 2|RC10033]])
In the excitement of the moment it would be impossible to tell, the smoke was so thick, and the yells, you could not see one another, the firing was so rapid. The smoke was blown gently on to the hotel, and it came up from the railway fence quite thick. You could not see anything at all, you could only hear people yelling and talking.([[Royal Commission report day 30 page 3|RC11593]]) Soon after the first volley the police heard women crying in the Inn ([[Royal Commission report day 22 page 6|RC8099]]) (See also [[Royal Commission report day 21 page 5|RC7774.7376]]) ([[Archibald M'Phee's report 18/12/1880|McPhee]])
After Sup Hare was shot SConst Kelly spread the police out around the Inn. He then went and saw Insp [[O'Connor|O'Connor]], then Consts [[Const Arthur|Arthur]], [[Gascoigne|Gasciogne]] and [[Const W Phillips|Phillips]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 22 page 8|RC8146]])
Const [[Kirkham|Kirkham]] told Const [[Const W Phillips|Phillips]] and [[Gascoigne|Gascoigne]] that he was going to the railway station to try and get more ammunition. He got down towards the station, and met SConst [[SConst John Kelly|Kelly]]. Kelly said he had sent to Benalla for more men; and ammunition, and he said that he had no ammunition to give out. ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 29|RC6652]])
At that time a woman came out of Mrs. Jones's, and some more women. Insp [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] challenged them. I said Ned Kelly was man enough for any of the police. I heaped one abuse on the back of another. They had shot my son See ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 14|RC10319]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 5 page 4|RC1119]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 39 page 6|RC14063]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 21 page 5|RC7774.7379]]) ([[The Age (3)|Age29/6/1880]])
Soon after Mrs Jones escaped from the Inn.In short time the building was one perfect mass of riddles from the bullets ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 31|RC6690]])
'''Wangaratta police and Sup Sadleir and the 2nd Benalla party arrive'''
Const Dwyer described how the police arrived from Wangaratta and how soon after they arrived at the platform Sup Sadleir and the police from Benalla arrived. He put the time of 4.50am on this ([[Royal Commission report day 24 page 10|RC9406]])
confirm time, moon setting ([[The Argus at KellyGang 29/3/1882|Argus29/3/82]])
'''Ned Kelly captured'''
.On hearing that the '''KellyGang''' were at Glenrowan Mr HE [[Beechworth|Cheshire]], acting postmaster at Beechworth went to Glenrowan with the Beechworth detachment of police (arrived at about 9am), and on arrival had the wires cut, and connected with a small pocket telegraph instrument, thereby Glenrowan in telegraphic communication with the city.([[The Argus (31)|Argus 2/7/80]]) ([[The Argus (37)|Argus5/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/8/1880 (3)|Argus11/8/80]])
'''The civilians released from Jones's Inn'''
Sup Sadleir let the civilians leave the Inn at about 10am ([[The Argus (39)|Argus5/7/80]])
'''About 12 o'clock'''
Rev [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]] on the train. At that time there was quite a lot of firing still going on from the police ([[Royal Commission report day 33 page 1|RC12295]])At about 1pm the front door of the inn was open ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 45|RC7149]])One of the KellyGang was seen at the back door at about 2pm ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 45|RC7150]]) Was a Frenchman, named '''Amidie''' at the siege? ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 10|RC2885]])
See also ([[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 1/7/1880|Kilmore1/7/1880]])
'''The fire'''
The siege ended tragically for me. A bullet grazed Mrs Jones' daughter, Jane's forehead.
At about [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|5am]] in the morning a heart rending wail of grief ascended from the hotel. The voice was easily distinguished as that of Mrs Jones. She was lamenting the fate of her son Jack (John), who was 13, who had been shot in the back fatally. She came out from the hotel crying bitterly and wandered into the bush on several occasions and nature seemed to echo her grief. She always returned however to the hotel. ([[The Argus (13)|Argus]] 29/6/80) ([[The Argus (39)|Argus5/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1880 (5)|Argus10/8/80]]) ([[Cookson, 02_09_1911_3|BWC]])
Jack was carried out through the police lines by Neil [[Neil McHugh|McHugh]] who risked his life. About 9 hours later, about [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|11 am]] Jack arrived in the [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] Hospital where he died at about midnight. Sup [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] mentioned this in his report to the Commissioner of Police.([[The Argus (13)|Argus]]/6/80) ([[The Argus (14)|Argus]] 30/6/80) ([[The Argus (19)|Argus30/6/80]])
My business was destroyed when the police burnt down the Inn and they even accused me of being a sympathiser.I was seen down at the station abusing Sgt [[Steele|Steele]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 39 page 3|RC14008]])
The siege was kept up all the forenoon, and till [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|3 o'clock]] in the afternoon. At 10 minutes to 3 o'clock another and last volley was fired into the hotel, and under cover of the fire Senior constable Charles [[Johnston|Johnson]], of Violet Town, ran up to the house with a bundle of straw which (having set fire to) he placed on the ground at the west side of the building. This was a moment of intense excitement, and all hearts were relieved when Johnson was seen to regain uninjured the shelter he had left. All eyes were now fixed on the silent building, and the circle of besiegers began to close in rapidly on it, some dodging from tree to tree. Just at this junction Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillian]], sister of the Kellys, attempted to approach the house from the front. Her object in trying to reach the house was apparently to induce the survivors, if any, to come out and surrender. The police, however, ordered her to stop. Not very many minutes elapsed, however, before smoke was seen coming out of the roof, and flames were discerned through the front window on the western side. A light westerly wind was blowing at the time and this carried the flames from the straw underneath the wall and into the house, and as the building was lined with calico, the fire spread rapidly. Still no sign of life appeared in the building. ([[The Argus (6)|Argus29/6/80]])
Sup [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] told the Royal Commission how he ordered the destruction of my business in the following cold language. " I [[Johnston|Johnson]] then to go and get an armful of straw, at the building the other side of the railway line, and home kerosene. He could only get the straw there, and had to come back to the railway station, amongst the crowd, for the kerosene. When he got the kerosene he was starting straight for Mrs. Jones's, and I sang out to him, "Oh ! Johnson, the horses are up this way"; and he understood the hint at once, and turned round and said, "Oh ! are they, sir," and reversed his course, and went round the other way, as if going down the line towards Wombat, where the horses were. He carried the bundle of straw openly through the crowd-there were 400 people perhaps on the platform and all about-and no one observed what he was about. I went across into the timber and met him as he went on his course round. He circled right round by my directions. I pointed out explicitly it would be round the north and west, and to approach the building from the south up the creek running down, a continuation of the watercourse running through the railway yard." ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 7|RC2864]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 10|RC2889]]) ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 1|FH]])
The kitchen set fire after Martin [[Cherry|Cherry]] was removed. ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 50|RC7287]])
When the house was seen to be fairly on fire, Father [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]], who had previously started for it but had been stopped by the police, walked up to the front door and entered it. Father Gibney, at much personal risk from the flames, hurried into a room to the left, and there saw two bodies lying side by side on their backs. These were the bodies of Dan [[Dan Kelly|Kelly]] and [[Steve Hart|Hart]]. The priest had barely time to feel their bodies before the fire forced him to make a speedy exit from the room, and the flames had then made such rapid progress on the western side of the house that the few people who followed close on the rev. gentleman's heels dared not attempt to rescue the two bodies. ([[The Argus (13)|Argus29/6/80]])While the house was burning some explosions were heard inside. Several gun barrels were found in the debris. All that was left standing of the hotel was the lamp post and the signboard for the Inn. In a small yard at the rear of the buildings four of the '''KellyGang''''s horses, which had been purposely fired at early in the day.([[The Argus (13)|Argus29/6/80]])Sup [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] will tell you he was incharge. Mr Carrington from the press told the Royal Commission something different. He said, 'I saw Mr. Sadleir several times during the day, but he was always, when I saw him, in the room with Ned Kelly, cutting up tobacco and smoking, standing, by the fire and talking to the others. I was in the room three times.' ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 4|RC10066]])
'''Other solutions'''
As the day went on the government became more concerned that the siege would not end before night fall. There were plans to construct a large bullet proof screen and even to bring from Melbourne an electric light plant. The experts in Melbourne recommended the erection of large bonfires or the use of electricity. ([[The Argus (13)|Argus29/6/80]]) ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 5|FH]]) ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 6|FH]])
A connon was also sent for. [[Carrington|Carrington]] said of this, 'I heard a rumor of a cannon being sent for, but I thought it was a joke; that someone was amusing himself. The idea of a cannon to blow two lads out of a house seemed to me something very remarkable-a house surrounded by something like fifty men armed with Martini Henry rifles.' ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 4|RC10072]])
See also the summary of what happened at ([[2nd Report of the Royal Commission|RC 2nd report XV]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/7/80 (2)|Argus21/7/80]])
See also([[The Argus (44)|Argus20/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/7/80|Argus21/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/7/80 (2)|Argus21/7/80]])
Account of Royal Commission criticized ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/2/1882|Argus10/2/82]])
The day before Ned Kelly was executed I was arrested by Detective [[Eason the detective|Eason]] on a charge of for knowingly and wilfully harboring the gang. ([[The Age (60)|Age11/11/80]])
== Have you visited ==
== Inquires ==
'''Inquest into John Jones's death'''
Mr [[Wangaratta|Tone]], JP, held a magisterial inquiry at the hospital today on the body of '''John Jones'''. Tone found that the boy was accidentally shot. See Mrs Jones, Jane Jones; evidence ([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/7/1879|Argus1/7/80]]) ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (3)|OMA1/7/80]]) ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (4)|OMA1/7/80]])
'''Inquest into Martin Cherry's death'''
See Martin [[Cherry|Cherry]]
'''''' '''Inquest into Steve Hart and Dan Kelly's death'''
[[Courts|inquest]] did not really happen. See Steve Hart's brother [[Richard Hart|Richard]] and Maggie [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]] for an account of what happened
'''Report into Joe Byrne's death'''
See Statements by Mrs Jones and her daughter([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/7/1879|Argus1/7/1880]]) ''''''
'''Trial of Mrs Jones at Beechworth'''
I was arrested on the day Ned Kelly was hung ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/11/1880 (2)|Argus11/11/80]])
Mrs Jones was charged before the Wangaratta Bench for harbouring the '''KellyGang'''. What happened, hear from the witnesses. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 26/11/1880 (2)|Argus26/11/80]])
Mrs [[Reardon|Reardon]] was at the trial of Mrs Jones at [[Beechworth Court|Beechworth]], but she was not called to give evidence ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 1|RC10544]]). Mrs Jones was charged with harbouring a known criminal. She was represented by '''Mr J Dwyer''' and was found not guilty ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/5/1881|Argus9/5/81]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (46)|JJK]])
Mrs Jones compensation claim
Mrs Jones sought [[Reward|compensation]] for her loss and recieved £265 but this was later reduced ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (12)|OMA6/7/80]]) See also ([[The Argus at KellyGang 26/4/1881|Argus26/4/81]]) ([[Sydney Morning Herald (53)|SMH31/1/82]])
The government then apointed another commission of inquiry ([[The Argus at KellyGang 7/11/1881|Argus7/11/81]])
The report of the inquiry ([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/12/1881|Argus1/12/81]])
Inquiry into Sgt Steele
I gave evidence to the inquiry to review the Royal Commission's decision relating to Sgt [[Steele|Steele]]. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 28/3/1882|Argus28/3/82]])
== What happened at the site of Jones' Glenrowan Inn after the time of the Kelly Gang ==
What was the site like when the Royal commission visited ([[The Argus at KellyGang 16/5/1881 (3)|Argus16/5/81]])
Mrs Jones rebuilt the Inn and leased it to the police ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/9/1883|Argus13/9/83]])
Jones's Hotel was afterwards rebuilt, and was again burnt down. A wine tavern, built of brick, was then built on the site, occupying a corner of the new main street. That building has also been replaced. To protect the site of [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]]'s capture from becoming a place of honour it was included in the yard of the new police station that was built soon after the siegeAnother hotel was built on the site but it burnt down soon after Another wine bar was built of the site and it was burnt down. What was it like in 1911 ([[Cookson, 31_08_1911_1|BWC]])
In May 2008 archaeologists from Latrobe University started work to investigate the site of the Inn. For four weeks the archaeologists will excavate, scrape and investigate by hand every square centimetre of earth over and around the most significant siege sites, including the Ann Jones Inn.With the help of local volunteers, the team will use such state-of-the-art technology as 3D laser imagery, geophysics and photogrammetry to fully record the site and its contents.Under Victorian Heritage law all of the historic artefacts will become the property of the State, catalogued on site and forensically analysed in the laboratories of the Archaeology Program at La Trobe University. These artefacts will later be conserved and stored by Heritage Victoria.The Rural City of Wangaratta Council is managing the project in collaboration with Heritage Victoria as part of the Council's Glenrowan Revitalisation Project.
See also [http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/2008/mediarelease_2008-29.php ]
== Mrs Jones and her family ==
=== Mrs Jones ===
Mrs Jones (nee Kennedy) was born in 1833 in Ireland and came to Australia on the 'Sir Charles Hotham' ([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_2|BWC]])
She married Owen Jones in 1854
Their children were Thomas - a schoolmaster in New South Wales, Margaret (married H Peers), Ann Julietta, Jane, John, Owen - lived in West Australia, Jeremiah (Jerry) - a policeman in the West (married Evelyn Holloway), Heddington - a farmer in West Australia.
Mr and Mrs Jones lived in Wangaratta but their business did not go well.
When the railway line came to Glenrowan Mrs Jones got a loan to build the Glenrowan Inn. By this time Owen was working for the railways
Mrs Jones married Henry Smith in 1891 after her husband, Owen died, and she continued to live in Glenrowan for many years. She was interviewed by Mr [[Cookson|Cookson]] at her home in Glenrowan in 1910 and died soon after. Her daughter, Jane, died before she did. Mrs Jones told Cookson that it was her brothers's awful death that killed her. Anne was killed before the siege.([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_2|BWC]])
Of Mrs Jones's other children; The eldest Annie died while gathering honey in 1879 ([[The Argus at KellyGang 23/9/1879|Argus23/9/80]])
Jane died in about 1882,
Thomas was a schoolmaster somewhere in New South Wales in 1911,
Owen went to live in West Australia and farmed for some time,
Jeremiah became a policeman in the
West, and Heddington also joined the police in the West but left to become a store keeper .
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== History at Jones' Glenrowan Inn before the siege ==
Mrs '''Ann Jone''''s Glenrowan Inn was the pub for the railway workers and the town people. [[McDonnell's Railway Taven|McDonnell's]] across the railway line was the 'Irish pub', the pub of the sympathisers and the newly arrived.
'''Photograph'''
Map
== What was Jones' Glenrowan Inn like at the time of the siege ==
The Inn had twin gables that ran the width of the building with a verandah in front. It was made of strigybark boards and was roofed with corrugated iron. I was lined with calico. In the front section there was a bar and parlor. There was a horse trough that had been cut from the butt of a large tree and a sign that was lit by a lantern out the front. The sign read:
The Glenrowan Inn
Ann Jones
Best Accommodation
Mrs '''Ann Jones''' ran the hotel with her daughter '''Jane Jones,''' son '''Jack''' (13years old) and a younger daughter. Later she married a Mr Smith
'''What was the Inn like'''
There were three different rooms-the dining room, the bar room in the middle, and the little parlor, at the Benalla end. There were two doors in the front -one from the bar and the other from the dining room. The house had two rooms behind and a little narrow passage. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 2|RC10554]]) ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (12)|OMA6/7/80]])
There were three windows on the front- one in each room, and one in the bar. There a door going from the verandah into the dining room. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 2|RC10563]])
There were very dark window blinds, and they were all drawn down. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 2|RC10561]]),
The iron roof of the building was lined with paper and canvas. ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 8|RC2869]])
There was no window at the end where the fire was set. ([[Royal Commission report day 21 page 8|RC7774.7481]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 4|RC10090]])
There was a window on the back building at that end, but not in the front.(RC7774.7499)
There might be three feet or more between the detached kitchen building and the main part of the Inn.([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 50|RC7281]])
There were two small skillion rooms at the back and then a small yard. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 2|RC10567]])
There might be three feet or more between the detached building and the dwelling-house. ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 50|RC7281]])
The only window in the back. ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 49|RC7244]])
There was a paling fence for cover at the Benalla side, it gave cover for men standing between the kitchen and the hotel. ([[Royal Commission report day 25 page 9|RC9715]])
The fence in front had one rail-a top rail, about four by one and four or five wires. ([[Royal Commission report day 22 page 8|RC8135]])
What was the area around the Inn like
There are no trees in the front portion of the house. ([[Royal Commission report day 21 page 20|RC7835]])
The first ditch from the railway station was about fifteen yards from the end of the platform. There was a stump of a tree near the fence line. ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 8|RC10163]])
The top rail of the railway fence got in the way of the police firing at the Inn ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 36|RC13717]])
That portion of the fence is wire pretty well. (RC7881)
There was a drain in front of the Inn, to the North West of it. It was 120 yards from the Inn ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 18|RC3939]])
Sydney-road is at the back. ([[Royal Commission report day 21 page 13|RC7774.7599]])
AssCom Nicolson had the hotel watched in May 1880. ([[Royal Commission report day 3 page 8|RC765]])
== The Siege ==
See also the events of [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|the siege]] and read the story in the newspapers and the Royal Commission report.
[[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] had arrived at [[McDonnell's Railway Taven|McDonell]]'s hotel late on [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|26/6/1880]].
I met him early on the next morning and asked him to bring his fiends to my place. He was a wonderful man and we had a great time. The whole town came to my hotel. There were games and dancing all day. No one had any reason to be concerned. My daughter Jane danced with all the members of the '''KellyGang''' and my son Jack played for all.
'''KellyGang arrives at Jones's Inn'''
The KellyGang locked my children up when they took over the Inn. ([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_4|BWC]])
During the evening of Sunday 27/6/1880 [[Reardon|Reardon]] 62 prisoners in the Inn. ([[Royal Commission report day 20 page 8|RC7606]])
There was a lot of dancing. See also. ([[Royal Commission report day 20 page 9|RC7620]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 1|RC10537]]) ([[The True of Bushrangers Chapter 18 page 2|CHC]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (62)|JJK]])
See Mrs Jones' own version of what happened ([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_1|BWC]]) ([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_2|BWC]])
The most part of Sunday night Mrs [[Reardon|Reardon]] thought that [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] and Mrs Jones were playing cards in the little parlour; and during that time Mrs. Jones's daughter was minding the prisoners with a revolver in her hand.. She used to stand and reckon them with a revolver in her hand. ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 1|RC10542]])
Later on Ned Kelly sent many of my guests home and later he was thinking of sending more home. . The poor dears were getting tired and the younger ones could have lasted for much longer. I asked Ned Kelly if he would give them all a parting speech. He was a great talker. In the middle of his speech at about [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|2.30am]] we heard the arrival of the police train and I suppose the rest is, as they say "history". See also ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 8|FH]])
''''''
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Sup Hare and his police party arrive
Mr Hare took the lead, and charged right up to the hotel. Bullets were whizzing about the station and striking the building and train. The first brush was exceedingly hot. The police and the '''KellyGang''' blazed away at each other in the darkness furiously. It lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and during that time there was nothing but a succession of flashes and reports, the pinging of bullets in the air, and the shrieks of women who had been made prisoners in the hotel.([[The Argus (13)|Argus 29/6/1880]]) ([[The Age (2)|Age 29/6/80]]) ([[Herald (7)|Herald29/6/80]]) ([[The Argus (37)|Argus5/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 6/7/1880 (2)|Argus6/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 8/7/1880 (4)|Argus8/7/80]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 1|RC10025]] ) ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 11 page 1|FH]])
At this time, the white smoke helped to light up the scene against the dark background. ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 2|RC10033]])
In the excitement of the moment it would be impossible to tell, the smoke was so thick, and the yells, you could not see one another, the firing was so rapid. The smoke was blown gently on to the hotel, and it came up from the railway fence quite thick. You could not see anything at all, you could only hear people yelling and talking.([[Royal Commission report day 30 page 3|RC11593]]) Soon after the first volley the police heard women crying in the Inn ([[Royal Commission report day 22 page 6|RC8099]]) (See also [[Royal Commission report day 21 page 5|RC7774.7376]]) ([[Archibald M'Phee's report 18/12/1880|McPhee]])
After Sup Hare was shot SConst Kelly spread the police out around the Inn. He then went and saw Insp [[O'Connor|O'Connor]], then Consts [[Const Arthur|Arthur]], [[Gascoigne|Gasciogne]] and [[Const W Phillips|Phillips]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 22 page 8|RC8146]])
Const [[Kirkham|Kirkham]] told Const [[Const W Phillips|Phillips]] and [[Gascoigne|Gascoigne]] that he was going to the railway station to try and get more ammunition. He got down towards the station, and met SConst [[SConst John Kelly|Kelly]]. Kelly said he had sent to Benalla for more men; and ammunition, and he said that he had no ammunition to give out. ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 29|RC6652]])
At that time a woman came out of Mrs. Jones's, and some more women. Insp [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] challenged them. I said Ned Kelly was man enough for any of the police. I heaped one abuse on the back of another. They had shot my son See ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 14|RC10319]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 5 page 4|RC1119]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 39 page 6|RC14063]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 21 page 5|RC7774.7379]]) ([[The Age (3)|Age29/6/1880]])
Soon after Mrs Jones escaped from the Inn.In short time the building was one perfect mass of riddles from the bullets ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 31|RC6690]])
'''Wangaratta police and Sup Sadleir and the 2nd Benalla party arrive'''
Const Dwyer described how the police arrived from Wangaratta and how soon after they arrived at the platform Sup Sadleir and the police from Benalla arrived. He put the time of 4.50am on this ([[Royal Commission report day 24 page 10|RC9406]])
confirm time, moon setting ([[The Argus at KellyGang 29/3/1882|Argus29/3/82]])
'''Ned Kelly captured'''
.On hearing that the '''KellyGang''' were at Glenrowan Mr HE [[Beechworth|Cheshire]], acting postmaster at Beechworth went to Glenrowan with the Beechworth detachment of police (arrived at about 9am), and on arrival had the wires cut, and connected with a small pocket telegraph instrument, thereby Glenrowan in telegraphic communication with the city.([[The Argus (31)|Argus 2/7/80]]) ([[The Argus (37)|Argus5/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/8/1880 (3)|Argus11/8/80]])
'''The civilians released from Jones's Inn'''
Sup Sadleir let the civilians leave the Inn at about 10am ([[The Argus (39)|Argus5/7/80]])
'''About 12 o'clock'''
Rev [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]] on the train. At that time there was quite a lot of firing still going on from the police ([[Royal Commission report day 33 page 1|RC12295]])At about 1pm the front door of the inn was open ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 45|RC7149]])One of the KellyGang was seen at the back door at about 2pm ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 45|RC7150]]) Was a Frenchman, named '''Amidie''' at the siege? ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 10|RC2885]])
See also ([[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 1/7/1880|Kilmore1/7/1880]])
'''The fire'''
The siege ended tragically for me. A bullet grazed Mrs Jones' daughter, Jane's forehead.
At about [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|5am]] in the morning a heart rending wail of grief ascended from the hotel. The voice was easily distinguished as that of Mrs Jones. She was lamenting the fate of her son Jack (John), who was 13, who had been shot in the back fatally. She came out from the hotel crying bitterly and wandered into the bush on several occasions and nature seemed to echo her grief. She always returned however to the hotel. ([[The Argus (13)|Argus]] 29/6/80) ([[The Argus (39)|Argus5/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1880 (5)|Argus10/8/80]]) ([[Cookson, 02_09_1911_3|BWC]])
Jack was carried out through the police lines by Neil [[Neil McHugh|McHugh]] who risked his life. About 9 hours later, about [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|11 am]] Jack arrived in the [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] Hospital where he died at about midnight. Sup [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] mentioned this in his report to the Commissioner of Police.([[The Argus (13)|Argus]]/6/80) ([[The Argus (14)|Argus]] 30/6/80) ([[The Argus (19)|Argus30/6/80]])
My business was destroyed when the police burnt down the Inn and they even accused me of being a sympathiser.I was seen down at the station abusing Sgt [[Steele|Steele]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 39 page 3|RC14008]])
The siege was kept up all the forenoon, and till [[ev80-06-28Glenrowan|3 o'clock]] in the afternoon. At 10 minutes to 3 o'clock another and last volley was fired into the hotel, and under cover of the fire Senior constable Charles [[Johnston|Johnson]], of Violet Town, ran up to the house with a bundle of straw which (having set fire to) he placed on the ground at the west side of the building. This was a moment of intense excitement, and all hearts were relieved when Johnson was seen to regain uninjured the shelter he had left. All eyes were now fixed on the silent building, and the circle of besiegers began to close in rapidly on it, some dodging from tree to tree. Just at this junction Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillian]], sister of the Kellys, attempted to approach the house from the front. Her object in trying to reach the house was apparently to induce the survivors, if any, to come out and surrender. The police, however, ordered her to stop. Not very many minutes elapsed, however, before smoke was seen coming out of the roof, and flames were discerned through the front window on the western side. A light westerly wind was blowing at the time and this carried the flames from the straw underneath the wall and into the house, and as the building was lined with calico, the fire spread rapidly. Still no sign of life appeared in the building. ([[The Argus (6)|Argus29/6/80]])
Sup [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] told the Royal Commission how he ordered the destruction of my business in the following cold language. " I [[Johnston|Johnson]] then to go and get an armful of straw, at the building the other side of the railway line, and home kerosene. He could only get the straw there, and had to come back to the railway station, amongst the crowd, for the kerosene. When he got the kerosene he was starting straight for Mrs. Jones's, and I sang out to him, "Oh ! Johnson, the horses are up this way"; and he understood the hint at once, and turned round and said, "Oh ! are they, sir," and reversed his course, and went round the other way, as if going down the line towards Wombat, where the horses were. He carried the bundle of straw openly through the crowd-there were 400 people perhaps on the platform and all about-and no one observed what he was about. I went across into the timber and met him as he went on his course round. He circled right round by my directions. I pointed out explicitly it would be round the north and west, and to approach the building from the south up the creek running down, a continuation of the watercourse running through the railway yard." ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 7|RC2864]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 13 page 10|RC2889]]) ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 1|FH]])
The kitchen set fire after Martin [[Cherry|Cherry]] was removed. ([[Royal Commission report day 19 page 50|RC7287]])
When the house was seen to be fairly on fire, Father [[Matthew Gibney|Gibney]], who had previously started for it but had been stopped by the police, walked up to the front door and entered it. Father Gibney, at much personal risk from the flames, hurried into a room to the left, and there saw two bodies lying side by side on their backs. These were the bodies of Dan [[Dan Kelly|Kelly]] and [[Steve Hart|Hart]]. The priest had barely time to feel their bodies before the fire forced him to make a speedy exit from the room, and the flames had then made such rapid progress on the western side of the house that the few people who followed close on the rev. gentleman's heels dared not attempt to rescue the two bodies. ([[The Argus (13)|Argus29/6/80]])While the house was burning some explosions were heard inside. Several gun barrels were found in the debris. All that was left standing of the hotel was the lamp post and the signboard for the Inn. In a small yard at the rear of the buildings four of the '''KellyGang''''s horses, which had been purposely fired at early in the day.([[The Argus (13)|Argus29/6/80]])Sup [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] will tell you he was incharge. Mr Carrington from the press told the Royal Commission something different. He said, 'I saw Mr. Sadleir several times during the day, but he was always, when I saw him, in the room with Ned Kelly, cutting up tobacco and smoking, standing, by the fire and talking to the others. I was in the room three times.' ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 4|RC10066]])
'''Other solutions'''
As the day went on the government became more concerned that the siege would not end before night fall. There were plans to construct a large bullet proof screen and even to bring from Melbourne an electric light plant. The experts in Melbourne recommended the erection of large bonfires or the use of electricity. ([[The Argus (13)|Argus29/6/80]]) ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 5|FH]]) ([[The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 6|FH]])
A connon was also sent for. [[Carrington|Carrington]] said of this, 'I heard a rumor of a cannon being sent for, but I thought it was a joke; that someone was amusing himself. The idea of a cannon to blow two lads out of a house seemed to me something very remarkable-a house surrounded by something like fifty men armed with Martini Henry rifles.' ([[Royal Commission report day 26 page 4|RC10072]])
See also the summary of what happened at ([[2nd Report of the Royal Commission|RC 2nd report XV]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/7/80 (2)|Argus21/7/80]])
See also([[The Argus (44)|Argus20/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/7/80|Argus21/7/80]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 21/7/80 (2)|Argus21/7/80]])
Account of Royal Commission criticized ([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/2/1882|Argus10/2/82]])
The day before Ned Kelly was executed I was arrested by Detective [[Eason the detective|Eason]] on a charge of for knowingly and wilfully harboring the gang. ([[The Age (60)|Age11/11/80]])
== Have you visited ==
== Inquires ==
'''Inquest into John Jones's death'''
Mr [[Wangaratta|Tone]], JP, held a magisterial inquiry at the hospital today on the body of '''John Jones'''. Tone found that the boy was accidentally shot. See Mrs Jones, Jane Jones; evidence ([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/7/1879|Argus1/7/80]]) ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (3)|OMA1/7/80]]) ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (4)|OMA1/7/80]])
'''Inquest into Martin Cherry's death'''
See Martin [[Cherry|Cherry]]
'''''' '''Inquest into Steve Hart and Dan Kelly's death'''
[[Courts|inquest]] did not really happen. See Steve Hart's brother [[Richard Hart|Richard]] and Maggie [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]] for an account of what happened
'''Report into Joe Byrne's death'''
See Statements by Mrs Jones and her daughter([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/7/1879|Argus1/7/1880]]) ''''''
'''Trial of Mrs Jones at Beechworth'''
I was arrested on the day Ned Kelly was hung ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/11/1880 (2)|Argus11/11/80]])
Mrs Jones was charged before the Wangaratta Bench for harbouring the '''KellyGang'''. What happened, hear from the witnesses. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 26/11/1880 (2)|Argus26/11/80]])
Mrs [[Reardon|Reardon]] was at the trial of Mrs Jones at [[Beechworth Court|Beechworth]], but she was not called to give evidence ([[Royal Commission report day 27 page 1|RC10544]]). Mrs Jones was charged with harbouring a known criminal. She was represented by '''Mr J Dwyer''' and was found not guilty ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/5/1881|Argus9/5/81]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (46)|JJK]])
Mrs Jones compensation claim
Mrs Jones sought [[Reward|compensation]] for her loss and recieved £265 but this was later reduced ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser (12)|OMA6/7/80]]) See also ([[The Argus at KellyGang 26/4/1881|Argus26/4/81]]) ([[Sydney Morning Herald (53)|SMH31/1/82]])
The government then apointed another commission of inquiry ([[The Argus at KellyGang 7/11/1881|Argus7/11/81]])
The report of the inquiry ([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/12/1881|Argus1/12/81]])
Inquiry into Sgt Steele
I gave evidence to the inquiry to review the Royal Commission's decision relating to Sgt [[Steele|Steele]]. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 28/3/1882|Argus28/3/82]])
== What happened at the site of Jones' Glenrowan Inn after the time of the Kelly Gang ==
What was the site like when the Royal commission visited ([[The Argus at KellyGang 16/5/1881 (3)|Argus16/5/81]])
Mrs Jones rebuilt the Inn and leased it to the police ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/9/1883|Argus13/9/83]])
Jones's Hotel was afterwards rebuilt, and was again burnt down. A wine tavern, built of brick, was then built on the site, occupying a corner of the new main street. That building has also been replaced. To protect the site of [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]]'s capture from becoming a place of honour it was included in the yard of the new police station that was built soon after the siegeAnother hotel was built on the site but it burnt down soon after Another wine bar was built of the site and it was burnt down. What was it like in 1911 ([[Cookson, 31_08_1911_1|BWC]])
In May 2008 archaeologists from Latrobe University started work to investigate the site of the Inn. For four weeks the archaeologists will excavate, scrape and investigate by hand every square centimetre of earth over and around the most significant siege sites, including the Ann Jones Inn.With the help of local volunteers, the team will use such state-of-the-art technology as 3D laser imagery, geophysics and photogrammetry to fully record the site and its contents.Under Victorian Heritage law all of the historic artefacts will become the property of the State, catalogued on site and forensically analysed in the laboratories of the Archaeology Program at La Trobe University. These artefacts will later be conserved and stored by Heritage Victoria.The Rural City of Wangaratta Council is managing the project in collaboration with Heritage Victoria as part of the Council's Glenrowan Revitalisation Project.
See also [http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/2008/mediarelease_2008-29.php ]
== Mrs Jones and her family ==
=== Mrs Jones ===
Mrs Jones (nee Kennedy) was born in 1833 in Ireland and came to Australia on the 'Sir Charles Hotham' ([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_2|BWC]])
She married Owen Jones in 1854
Their children were Thomas - a schoolmaster in New South Wales, Margaret (married H Peers), Ann Julietta, Jane, John, Owen - lived in West Australia, Jeremiah (Jerry) - a policeman in the West (married Evelyn Holloway), Heddington - a farmer in West Australia.
Mr and Mrs Jones lived in Wangaratta but their business did not go well.
When the railway line came to Glenrowan Mrs Jones got a loan to build the Glenrowan Inn. By this time Owen was working for the railways
Mrs Jones married Henry Smith in 1891 after her husband, Owen died, and she continued to live in Glenrowan for many years. She was interviewed by Mr [[Cookson|Cookson]] at her home in Glenrowan in 1910 and died soon after. Her daughter, Jane, died before she did. Mrs Jones told Cookson that it was her brothers's awful death that killed her. Anne was killed before the siege.([[Cookson, 01_09_1911_2|BWC]])
Of Mrs Jones's other children; The eldest Annie died while gathering honey in 1879 ([[The Argus at KellyGang 23/9/1879|Argus23/9/80]])
Jane died in about 1882,
Thomas was a schoolmaster somewhere in New South Wales in 1911,
Owen went to live in West Australia and farmed for some time,
Jeremiah became a policeman in the
West, and Heddington also joined the police in the West but left to become a store keeper .
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