The Argus at KellyGang 16/4/1881 (2)
SCHEDULE C
Claimants recommended by the board as worthy of special recognition for services rendered during the period of the search for the outlaws.
M'lntyre, Thos, constable; Stephens, Mr, station master, Benalla; Lang, Mr, stationmaster, Wangaratta, Cheshire , Mr, postmaster, Beechworth; Saxe, Mr, postmaster, Benalla; Falkiner constable.
SCHEDULE D
Curnow, Thos., schoolmaster; Kelly, senior constable ; Bracken, constable; Steele, sergeant; Dowsett, Jesse, Government railways; Johnson, senior constable.
The allotment of the reward offered for the capture of the Kelly gang appears in another column. Superintendent Hare obtains £800; Mr T. Curnow, the schoolmaster who gave the alarm to the train, £550 Senior-constable Kelly £377; Sergeant Steele, £290; Superintendent Sadleir, £240; Mr O'Connor (in command of the trackers), £237; Jesse Dowsett, the railway guard, who assisted to capture Edward Kelly, £175.
The constables present receive from £115 to £42. "Hero," "Spider," and the other black trackers, are allotted £50 each, to be handed to the Governments of Queensland and Victoria to be spent at their discretion.
The drivers and guards of the pilot engine and the special train receive sums from £104 downwards.
The board mentions that the representatives of the press present deserve the thanks of the community for the able assistance they rendered to the police under circumstances of considerable danger, and had they put in claims, these gentlemen would have been fairly entitled to participate in the reward.
The only person not directly connected with the capture who is rewarded is Detective Ward, for his employment of Aaron Sherritt. No information leading directly to the result was it is said received, except from this man, and for his connexion with Sherritt, Detective Ward receives £100.
The board consisted of Mr Murray Smith, MLA, Sir Charles MacMahon, MLA, and the Hon J MacBain, MLC.
The Police Commission sat again on Thursday, and devoted the day to the further examination of Mr Sadleir, who entered fully and minutely into the circumstances attending the capture of the Kellys at Glenrowan and the destruction of the hotel. Mr Sadleir said that he regarded the prospects of the district as serious, and had apprehensions of an out-break at no distant date. The commission adjourned for a fortnight.
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