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== The Royal Commission evidence for 14/5/1881 ==
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(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 14/5/1881|day 20]])
'''[[Reardon|James Reardon]] '''giving evidence''''''
<span id="rc7712">[[#rc7712|7712]]</span> ''By Mr. [[Sadleir|Sadleir]]'' — Were both the children shot at that time?— Yes, one was out at the kitchen chimney, and [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Mrs. Jones]] said, “You cowardly , why do not you go out and fight hand to hand, as you said you would.”
<span id="rc7713">[[#rc7713|7713]]</span> ''By the Commission''— That was very early in the morning?— Yes.
<span id="rc7714">[[#rc7714|7714]]</span> ''By Mr. Sadleir''— The only other person shot was your son?— Yes, and Cherry. He was shot as he was going in the door; struck on the shoulder.
<span id="rc7715">[[#rc7715|7715]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Did you look on after you escaped?— No, I went to the hospital at [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]].
<span id="rc7716">[[#rc7716|7716]]</span> Where was he struck?— Through the back, and lodged in the middle of the breast.
<span id="rc7717">[[#rc7717|7717]]</span> Did you get the bullet extracted?— No, the bullet is in him still.
<span id="rc7718">[[#rc7718|7718]]</span> Is the joint of the shoulder and the arm useless?— No, he can raise the arm, but he cannot work it.
<span id="rc7719">[[#rc7719|7719]]</span> You said there was some dancing in the hotel—was there any singing?— Not that I remember. There was a concertina playing a good part of Sunday.
<span id="rc7720">[[#rc7720|7720]]</span> Who played it?—[[Glenrowan|Mortimer]].
<span id="rc7721">[[#rc7721|7721]]</span> You did not hear [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Mrs. Jones's boy]] sing a song?— Yes, a little boy she called to sing a song.
<span id="rc7722">[[#rc7722|7722]]</span> Did you hear the words of that song?— Yes.
<span id="rc7723">[[#rc7723|7723]]</span> What were the words?— “The Wild Colonial Boy.”
<span id="rc7724">[[#rc7724|7724]]</span> Was Ned Kelly's name brought in it?— No, some other person sang the Kelly song. Mrs. Jones promised her son sixpence to sing the song.
<span id="rc7725">[[#rc7725|7725]]</span> Did she seem overjoyed to see him do it?— Yes.
<span id="rc7726">[[#rc7726|7726]]</span> Was it for the purpose of giving amusement to Ned Kelly?— It was certainly to please him.
<span id="rc7727">[[#rc7727|7727]]</span> Was Ned listening to it. It is not for the benefit of the prisoners?— No, indeed it was not. Dan Kelly and Byrne were there; I do not remember seeing Ned at the time.
<span id="rc7728">[[#rc7728|7728]]</span> It was for the benefit of the Kelly party?— Yes.
<span id="rc7729">[[#rc7729|7729]]</span> Was it sung to please the Kellys at Mrs. Jones's request by the child?— Yes.
<span id="rc7730">[[#rc7730|7730]]</span> Did you know Cherry was shot?— No, I did not until I came back from Wangaratta. [[Hiutchinson|Dr. Hutchinson]] examined him to find the bullet, and told me to send him to the hospital.
<span id="rc7731">[[#rc7731|7731]]</span> Did you see them put on the armour?— No; I could hear the jingle.
<span id="rc7732">[[#rc7732|7732]]</span> What way were they—front and back plate?— Yes, like on hinges, and they were all pliable; but the back piece was all solid. There were two flaps that hung down here—[''explaining'']—and they were on hinges like.
<span id="rc7733">[[#rc7733|7733]]</span> Did you see Ned Kelly going from the house when the first party came?— No.
<span id="rc7734">[[#rc7734|7734]]</span> Did you see him go out to meet them?— No, but I could hear him walking round the house and talking.
<span id="rc7735">[[#rc7735|7735]]</span> Were the front and back plates fastened at the side?— I could not tell that; they had their coats on at the time.
<span id="rc7736">[[#rc7736|7736]]</span> Did the armour they wore seem to be similar?— Yes. I noticed [[Steve Hart|Hart]]'s [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] under his coat.
<span id="rc7737">[[#rc7737|7737]]</span> Where did you see any armour at first?— At the gate.
<span id="rc7738">[[#rc7738|7738]]</span> When?— On the Sunday morning.
<span id="rc7739">[[#rc7739|7739]]</span> When they first came to you, they had the body-plates on?— Yes.
<span id="rc7740">[[#rc7740|7740]]</span> Therefore, after they came, they must have ridden in that armour on horseback?— Quite likely; Ned had it on at my place, and had a white coat on, and I noticed a hump on his back.
<span id="rc7741">[[#rc7741|7741]]</span> What were the Kelly party doing all Sunday?— Hart was here at the gatehouse, in charge of the station-master's house and the women and children there, and the others were up at Mrs. Jones's.
<span id="rc7742">[[#rc7742|7742]]</span> What did they do on Sunday?— Ned went out jumping with some others out of the yard— hop, step, and leap—and the others were walking about the house to and fro.
<span id="rc7743">[[#rc7743|7743]]</span> When it came on dark, what then?— They wanted to dance.
<span id="rc7744">[[#rc7744|7744]]</span> For how long?— Mrs. Jones ordered the table out, and they had a couple of dances.
<span id="rc7745">[[#rc7745|7745]]</span> She was trying to oblige them all she could?— Yes.....
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== The Royal Commission evidence for 14/5/1881 ==
''''''
=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 14/5/1881|day 20]])
'''[[Reardon|James Reardon]] '''giving evidence''''''
<span id="rc7712">[[#rc7712|7712]]</span> ''By Mr. [[Sadleir|Sadleir]]'' — Were both the children shot at that time?— Yes, one was out at the kitchen chimney, and [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Mrs. Jones]] said, “You cowardly , why do not you go out and fight hand to hand, as you said you would.”
<span id="rc7713">[[#rc7713|7713]]</span> ''By the Commission''— That was very early in the morning?— Yes.
<span id="rc7714">[[#rc7714|7714]]</span> ''By Mr. Sadleir''— The only other person shot was your son?— Yes, and Cherry. He was shot as he was going in the door; struck on the shoulder.
<span id="rc7715">[[#rc7715|7715]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Did you look on after you escaped?— No, I went to the hospital at [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]].
<span id="rc7716">[[#rc7716|7716]]</span> Where was he struck?— Through the back, and lodged in the middle of the breast.
<span id="rc7717">[[#rc7717|7717]]</span> Did you get the bullet extracted?— No, the bullet is in him still.
<span id="rc7718">[[#rc7718|7718]]</span> Is the joint of the shoulder and the arm useless?— No, he can raise the arm, but he cannot work it.
<span id="rc7719">[[#rc7719|7719]]</span> You said there was some dancing in the hotel—was there any singing?— Not that I remember. There was a concertina playing a good part of Sunday.
<span id="rc7720">[[#rc7720|7720]]</span> Who played it?—[[Glenrowan|Mortimer]].
<span id="rc7721">[[#rc7721|7721]]</span> You did not hear [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Mrs. Jones's boy]] sing a song?— Yes, a little boy she called to sing a song.
<span id="rc7722">[[#rc7722|7722]]</span> Did you hear the words of that song?— Yes.
<span id="rc7723">[[#rc7723|7723]]</span> What were the words?— “The Wild Colonial Boy.”
<span id="rc7724">[[#rc7724|7724]]</span> Was Ned Kelly's name brought in it?— No, some other person sang the Kelly song. Mrs. Jones promised her son sixpence to sing the song.
<span id="rc7725">[[#rc7725|7725]]</span> Did she seem overjoyed to see him do it?— Yes.
<span id="rc7726">[[#rc7726|7726]]</span> Was it for the purpose of giving amusement to Ned Kelly?— It was certainly to please him.
<span id="rc7727">[[#rc7727|7727]]</span> Was Ned listening to it. It is not for the benefit of the prisoners?— No, indeed it was not. Dan Kelly and Byrne were there; I do not remember seeing Ned at the time.
<span id="rc7728">[[#rc7728|7728]]</span> It was for the benefit of the Kelly party?— Yes.
<span id="rc7729">[[#rc7729|7729]]</span> Was it sung to please the Kellys at Mrs. Jones's request by the child?— Yes.
<span id="rc7730">[[#rc7730|7730]]</span> Did you know Cherry was shot?— No, I did not until I came back from Wangaratta. [[Hiutchinson|Dr. Hutchinson]] examined him to find the bullet, and told me to send him to the hospital.
<span id="rc7731">[[#rc7731|7731]]</span> Did you see them put on the armour?— No; I could hear the jingle.
<span id="rc7732">[[#rc7732|7732]]</span> What way were they—front and back plate?— Yes, like on hinges, and they were all pliable; but the back piece was all solid. There were two flaps that hung down here—[''explaining'']—and they were on hinges like.
<span id="rc7733">[[#rc7733|7733]]</span> Did you see Ned Kelly going from the house when the first party came?— No.
<span id="rc7734">[[#rc7734|7734]]</span> Did you see him go out to meet them?— No, but I could hear him walking round the house and talking.
<span id="rc7735">[[#rc7735|7735]]</span> Were the front and back plates fastened at the side?— I could not tell that; they had their coats on at the time.
<span id="rc7736">[[#rc7736|7736]]</span> Did the armour they wore seem to be similar?— Yes. I noticed [[Steve Hart|Hart]]'s [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] under his coat.
<span id="rc7737">[[#rc7737|7737]]</span> Where did you see any armour at first?— At the gate.
<span id="rc7738">[[#rc7738|7738]]</span> When?— On the Sunday morning.
<span id="rc7739">[[#rc7739|7739]]</span> When they first came to you, they had the body-plates on?— Yes.
<span id="rc7740">[[#rc7740|7740]]</span> Therefore, after they came, they must have ridden in that armour on horseback?— Quite likely; Ned had it on at my place, and had a white coat on, and I noticed a hump on his back.
<span id="rc7741">[[#rc7741|7741]]</span> What were the Kelly party doing all Sunday?— Hart was here at the gatehouse, in charge of the station-master's house and the women and children there, and the others were up at Mrs. Jones's.
<span id="rc7742">[[#rc7742|7742]]</span> What did they do on Sunday?— Ned went out jumping with some others out of the yard— hop, step, and leap—and the others were walking about the house to and fro.
<span id="rc7743">[[#rc7743|7743]]</span> When it came on dark, what then?— They wanted to dance.
<span id="rc7744">[[#rc7744|7744]]</span> For how long?— Mrs. Jones ordered the table out, and they had a couple of dances.
<span id="rc7745">[[#rc7745|7745]]</span> She was trying to oblige them all she could?— Yes.....
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