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04:06, 15 November 2015 Story of the KellyGang - the Royal Commission evidence
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== The Royal Commission evidence for 1/6/1881 ==
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=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 1/6/1881|day 24]])
'''Sgt [[Steele|Steele]] giving evidence'''
<span id="rc9356">[[#rc9356|9356]]</span> Do you remember telling me you had not much faith in agents?— I told you I had no faith in [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]. That was the only man I had not faith in.
<span id="rc9357">[[#rc9357|9357]]</span> Do you remember about another man employed in your sub-district, without any reference to you?— No.
<span id="rc9358">[[#rc9358|9358]]</span> Not to watch –– house. You related a story about an agent that had been employed to watch –– house?— I never told you I had no confidence in that agent. I might have related the circumstance.
<span id="rc9359">[[#rc9359|9359]]</span> What was that circumstance? Do you remember me saying “You do not believe in certain agents,” and I said “Why?” and you said, “Why, there was a man employed by Mr. [[Nicolson|Nicolson]] to watch the place that he,” Mr. Nicolson, “said nothing to me about, and that the man went straight to the president of the shire, and told him he had been employed by Mr. Nicolson–the man came to me?— I may have mentioned it to you to give you to understand that it was bad policy to keep it unknown to me about agents employed by you, because this agent of Mr. Nicolson's, I made an excuse to go in this neighborhood and see this man, and he was actually an agent, and his being an agent was nearly discovered at the time, through my not knowing it, and it might have been a very serious matter.
<span id="rc9360">[[#rc9360|9360]]</span> Who told you he was an agent at the time?— I heard it, and I mentioned it to Mr. Nicolson I heard it from Mr. [[Wangaratta|Bickerton]].
<span id="rc9361">[[#rc9361|9361]]</span> Was he the president of the shire council?— He may have been.
<span id="rc9362">[[#rc9362|9362]]</span> Was he?— I do not think he was. My reason for mentioning this to Mr. Hare was to show the evil of my not knowing the agents, and Mr. Nicolson saw the danger of it himself afterwards.
<span id="rc9363">[[#rc9363|9363]]</span> ''By the Commission''— You said there was a difference in the conduct of your officer, as far as you were concerned, on his second arrival in the district, in his treatment of his sub-officers–what do you mean by that?— He gave me more information, and seemed more disposed to let me know what was going on. At first I knew nothing. When Mr. Hare and Mr. Sadleir came to Wangaratta I knew they were in communication with agents about there; and they went away, and I was just as wise when they left as when they came.
<span id="rc9364">[[#rc9364|9364]]</span> But on Mr. Hare returning to duty, about a month prior to the capture of the Kellys, I understand you to say he went more into the details and consulted you as to the working?— Yes, that is what I mean.
<span id="rc9365">[[#rc9365|9365]]</span> ''By Mr: Hare''— Was there not an officer stationed at Wangaratta senior to me on the previous occasion when I was up–Superintendent Furnell?— Yes, but you know that Mr. Furnell was more in our way than anything else.
<span id="rc9366">[[#rc9366|9366]]</span> I do not know anything about that?— He was there, and he was not recognized by the Chief Commissioner. I was in charge actually.
<span id="rc9367">[[#rc9367|9367]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Why was he not?— He was not able to stand the work. He was a man that had been discharged from the police force and had been taken on again.
<span id="rc9368">[[#rc9368|9368]]</span> Was Mr. Furnell discharged from the force?— Yes.
<span id="rc9369">[[#rc9369|9369]]</span> And then taken on for temporary duty?— Yes; he was not physically fit for the duty.
<span id="rc9370">[[#rc9370|9370]]</span> Was not he gazetted out of the force?— I think so.
<span id="rc9371">[[#rc9371|9371]]</span> Did you recognize him as your senior officer?— I heard Mr. Furnell complain that neither Mr. Hare nor Mr. Sadleir would recognize him, and I think there was some correspondence with the Chief Commissioner about it.
<span id="rc9372">[[#rc9372|9372]]</span> Did you recognize him as your superior officer?— I referred some things to him, and he threw them back to me, and said, “I have nothing to do with those; you have charge of the station.”
''The witness withdrew.'' ....
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