Sydney Morning Herald (43)
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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
MELBOURNE, SUNDAY
At Beechworth yesterday, Constable McIntyre's evidence was concluded, and the court then adjourned till Monday morning, Kelly being conveyed back to gaol under escort.
Constable M'Intyre in his direct evidence detailed the particulars of the murders of Scanlon and Kennedy. When Kennedy was told to bail up he smiled and put his hand on his revolver, and immediately he did so, prisoner fired at him and missed. When prisoner fired at Kennedy he was on his knee behind a log. The prisoner covered Scanlon. M'Intyre then gave evidence of his own flight. Mr. Gaunson frequently objected to the evidence, and said it was a blackguardly proceeding to bolster up a case against prisoner. M'Intyre was then cross-examined by Gaunson, who did not succeed in eliciting anything. He said when he was first bailed up he was quite cool, and the instant Kennedy's horse was abandoned he made use of it, but never thought of escape until he saw the horse passing him. At the conclusion of the examination he was complimented on his evidence, to which Mr. Gaunson objected. Kelly is well looked after in court and in gaol, and is even supplied with an opossum rug to keep his legs warm. He examined the gallows in Beechworth gaol and made remarks about himself, and generally conducts himself coolly, if not impudently. When the gang went to Jerilderie they started from Buffalo Ranges to Little River, and Murray, a Chinaman, recognized them on the way and spoke to Byrne.
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