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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 30/10/1878 (4)|see previous]] ...the crime which has so shocked the community be the act of the Kellys, it may, in part, be accepted as the revengeful answer of desperate men to the offi
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  • ...Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and the accused person may be apprehended either dead or alive by any one. As soon as the bill is pass ...se who are harbouring the miscreants, and in the course of a few days they may be brought to justice. The following was received yesterday from our Mansfi
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  • ...if he fails to surrender in due course, any person, without challenge, “may take such outlaw alive or dead.” And any person sheltering such outlaw, o ...rrant thereupon issued for any capital crime, a judge of the Supreme Court may upon being satisfied that the accused will probably resist all attempts to
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 31/10/1878|see previous]] ...d to make a rescue they could have done so at no great risk. Though Wright may be disposed to carry news to the ranges, it is not his game to do so. He ha
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 31/10/1878 (2)|see previous]] Unless the different expeditions now afoot meet with some special luck, it may take them weeks to come up with the bushrangers, or fall in with traces of
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  • ...ay evening. The cause of his delay is not satisfactorily explained, but it may fairly be presumed that after abandoning his horse he became afraid of bein [[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 26/9/1878 (3)|continued]]
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  • ...vernment will endeavor to handsomely compensate the relatives of those who may unhappily lose their lives while engaging in the work. That some such fatal [[The Age 31/10/78|Previous edition]] [[The Age at KellyGang 4/11/1878|Next edition]]
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  • 1 /11/1878 [[The Argus at KellyGang 31/10/1878|see previous]]
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  • ...to surprise their would be captors. It is sincerely to be hoped that they may be taken ere they shed more blood, but this is very doubtful, for they know ...vements, and we trust ere we again issue our journal the poor murdered men may have been avenged, either by the capture or destruction of the four bushran
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  • ...ra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 5/10/1878|see previous]])''' ...fere with the progress of such important work? A flogging from the hangman may possibly save their necks from being stretched some day by that same import
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  • ...ra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 2/11/1878 (2)|see previous]])''' ...ture, dead or alive. The four villains are proclaimed outlaws, and any one may therefore shoot them down without a word of warning. It is from the despera
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang2/11/1878|see previous]] ...hall absolutely clear the horde out, so that for the future bad characters may not be encouraged to look upon the ranges as a safe retreat.
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang2/11/1878 (2)|see previous]] ...taking his revenge on the force. As showing the nature of the murderer, we may mention that he has also threatened to do for Mr [[Benalla|McCarthy O’Lea
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  • ...n fall, did not spring forward to seize his revolver, and make a fight, it may be well to point out that the fire and fallen trees intervened between him [[The Argus at KellyGang 4/11/1878 (2)|continued]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 4/11/1878 (3)|see previous]] ...have to adopt some plan of recognising each other, or some serious mistake may happen. It will be seen that the Wahgunyah police have been fired on by ano
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 5/11/1878|see previous]] ...e judges of the Supreme Court, in pursuance of the Felons Apprehension Act 1878, for the issue of a Bench warrant, under the hand and seal of the said judg
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  • ...have been held in terror. To show how extensive the Kelly connexion is, it may be mentioned that scarcely a day passes that we do not hear that some relat [[The Argus at KellyGang 6/11/1878 (2)|continued]]
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  • ...vens River]] is very high at [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]], and the flood here may be taken as an indication of the state of affairs further down. The police ...pen tracks in all directions at the head of the King, so that the locality may no longer remain a secret hold ; that a well-manned station should be estab
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  • ...een deemed expedient, for various reasons, not to make public. Whatever it may be, there is nothing more in it than points to the possibility of the gang ...g 26/9/1878 (2)|Previous edition]] [[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Next edition]]
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  • ...rranged for a strong party to proceed to the district indicated, which, it may now be said, was about midway between Beechworth and Eldorado, on what is k   [[The Argus at KellyGang 8/11/1878 (2)|continued]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 8/11/1878 (2)|see previous]] ...it shows how men who are supposed to be endowed with a little common sense may be carried away by the present scare. Captain Standish returned to town by
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  • ...have been held in terror. To show how extensive the Kelly connexion is it may be mentioned that scarcely a day passes that we do not hear that some relat ...ra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 9/11/1878 (2)|continued]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 11/11/1878|see previous]] ...he Gunns were sent out from Scotland. (see ([[The Argus at KellyGang 27/11/1878|Argus27/11/78]]))
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  • The confidence having been broken, it may now be said that when a party was returning from the Murray in the Yarrawon [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/11/1878 (2)|continued]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/11/1878|see previous]] ...rdered comrades. As showing the hard work which has been done recently, it may be stated that several of the police horses had to be sent out to the paddo
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  • ...our special reporter at Benalla published on [[The Argus at KellyGang 8/11/1878|Friday]] last stated that “when Captain Standish arrived by the train in ...of the men when they started were not realised, but some important results may follow, and many of the police are sanguine of soon coming up with the gang
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 13/11/1878|see previous]] ...time parties are out in several directions, and info rmation of importance may be received at any moment, on which future movements will of course depend.
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  • ...rs become outlaws under the act which has just passed the legislature, and may now be shot down by any one without being challenged. What effect this will ...ra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 9/11/1878|Previous edition]]
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  • ...rting the escort, this intention was frustrated., It is probable that they may be on the look out for the next escort.   ...at KellyGang 13/11/1878|Previous edition]] [[The Argus at KellyGang 15/11/1878|Next edition]]
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  • ...ra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 5/10/1878|see previous]])''' ...arting the escort, this intention was frustrated. It is probable that they may be on the look- out for the next escort. Friday Night. No further news.
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 6/11/1878 (3)|see previous]] ...''[[Government Gazette|Government Gazette]]'' and the newspapers, the men may be shot without being summoned to surrender, and that by any one whether a
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  • ...he publication of the out-lawing proclamation will have a good effect, and may frighten some of the murderers' friends or mates and induce them to give in ...at KellyGang 16/11/1878|Previous edition]] [[The Argus at KellyGang 19/11/1878|Next edition]]
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  • ...is may not be possible, unless the gang cross the border, in which case it may, from former experiences, be imagined they will be speedily run to earth. ...at KellyGang 18/11/1878|Previous edition]] [[The Argus at KellyGang 21/11/1878|Next edition]]
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  • ...gone.” There were about 20 in the house at the time, including prisoner. May have used the same remarks on other occasions. ...at KellyGang 19/11/1878|Previous edition]] [[The Argus at KellyGang 23/11/1878|Next edition]]
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  • ...is may not be possible, unless the gang cross the border, in which case it may, from former experiences, be imagined they will be speedily run to earth.&q ...eron Express]] [[Category:Newspaper]] [[Category:press report]] [[Category:1878]] [[Category:Monk]] [[Category:Wombat ranges]] [[Category:history]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1878|see previous]] ...low, and since they could only have had about seven hours start the police may be fairly expected to run them to earth without much further delay.  
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1878 (3)|see previous]] ...d to reassure us. In fact we were all greatly frightened, and for myself I may say 'My heart was in my mouth.'
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1878 (4)|see previous]] ...but we were never allowed out of sight. The prisoners in the storeroom, I may mention, were all men, the female cook and some other women employed at the
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1878 (5)|see previous]] ...t one of them go,' said he, 'I'll meet you some time or other and then you may consider yourself a dead man.' After they were gone some of us talked of ge
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1878 (6)|see previous]] ...had seen of him. He said to them, "Well, as we are to remain here we may as well make ourselves as comfortable as possible, and have our tea."
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1878 (9)|see previous]] ...lexion, light brown hair, and blue eyes. He was convicted at Beechworth in May, 1876, for having meat unlawfully in his possession, and got a sentence of
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  • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13,1878 ...d yet it has been realised. And for all that the public is aware, the gang may be as far off capture as ever.
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 13/12/1878|see previous]] ...and been exercised as special constables, with a rendezvous and a head, we may well doubt whether the outrage would have been attempted, for the KELLYS wo
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 13/12/1878 (6)|see previous]] Kennedy replied, "No, I forgive you, and may God forgive you too." He then wrote as much on some slips in his note
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 13/12/1878 (4)|see previous]] ...nt Mimstry have counted their warmest adherents. The truth, however, if we may judge from the altered tone of an impor- tant section of the country press,
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 14/12/1878|see previous]] ...day before the tragedy, and it is therefore supposed that the bushrangers may have been out looking for it when they fell upon the police camp. Only one
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 14/12/1878 (2)|see previous]] ...at exist among the [[Kelly family|Kelly family]] and their confederates it may be mentioned that one of the search parties returning to Benalla met Kelly'
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  • ...uliar cast; it has great powers of dissimulation. Nearly every ruffian, it may be said, has some thing of the histrionic art about him, and the constant e ...sentiment has any serious prevalence in the land, but at the same time it may be useful, as helping men to realise the situation, to remind the public th
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 16/12/1878|see previous]] ...tatements should pass away as the wind, and no doubt will do so. The force may be assured that, apart from any criticism on the plan of operations, the pu
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 16/12/1878 (5)|see previous]] ...urs on the same day, and returned to Greta in the evening. Of course there may be nothing in the fact of their being in the township, but it is looked upo
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 16/12/1878 (7)|see previous]] ...ime it is generally believed here that the Kellys are not far distant, and may at any time make their appearance either in Alexandra or at some of the out
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  • ...may be reasonably expected to deal liberally with members of the force who may take part in the capture. It may be mentioned that the guard duty at the Treasury and Government House was r
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (2)|see previous]] ...o the movements of the Kelly gang previous to the Euroa bank robbery which may, perhaps prove interesting, if only to show how completely the police were
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (3)|see previous]] ...ed throughout the district. With the present police arrangements, the gang may never be captured, unless by the merest chance. The officers in charge of t
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  • ...ntil he has first consulted the Chief Secretary and police authorities. It may, however, be stated that the letter is evidently composed with the object o ...authorities concerned, so that by precautions being taken their execution may be prevented. Just before closing his lengthy epistle Kelly say a that he h
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 18/12/1878 (2)|see previous]] ...or the purpose of joining in this pursuit; and let me urge that volunteers may be sworn in as members of the police force for three months, or until the b
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  • ...ontained very serious allegations against members of the police force that may require some inves tigation, it was handed over to the Attorney General for ...hey cannot be distinguished from civilians and renders it possible that he may shoot civilians by mistake. If justice is not done to his friends he will &
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  • 19/12/1878 ...lexion, light brown hair, and blue eyes. He was convicted at Beechworth in May, 1876, for having meat unlawfully in his possession, and got a sentence of
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 20/12/1878|see previous]] ...long the line, while a great many of the railway employés carry arms, and may be seen utilising their spare time by practicing pistol shooting at the mar
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  • ...a and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 21/12/1878|see previous]]) ...a contemporary has goaded the chief commissioner on to this. Be that as it may, I fear the people of Mansfield will show their indignation in no measured
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  • ...aws are captured or shot will have the reward distributed amongst them. It may also be said that in the event of any civilian giving info rmation of the w [[The Argus at KellyGang 21/12/1878 (2)|continued]]
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 21/12/1878|see previous]] ...sons in Mansfield who are well acquainted with the doings of the Kellys, I may mention that a day or two since two women passed up the street, and one was
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  • 23/12/1878 ...th aiding and abetting the Kelly gang under the Felons Apprehension Act of 1878, was, on the application of Detective Ward, remanded for one week.
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 2712/1878|see previous]] ...sed the Habeus Corpus Act will have to be suspended, so that their friends may be arrested and detained for a time. The leader of the gang has written a v
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  • [[The Argus at KellyGang 31/12/1878|see previous]] ...he Kellys, I may mention some particulars which have reached me, and which may, perhaps, be interesting to your readers. It will be remembered that some a
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  • ...d bite. This harrowing not only induces the growth of all weed seeds which may be lying on the surface, but it loosens the top soil, and, by preventing th ...but to employ hand labour in the paddock, and, although at first the cost may make a grower hesitate, still, from what I know of certain paddocks, and th
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  • ...taken to organise a force of armed special constables in each hamlet that may be in danger, and when once it is known that help is near, that the, sound [[The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1878 (4)|continued]]
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  • ...more was seen of the gang after they left at 4pm, but it is supposed they may return. They were drinking, and were reckless. They locked the station mast ...eron Express]] [[Category:Newspaper]] [[Category:press report]] [[Category:1878]] [[Category:Jerilderie robbery]] [[Category:history]] [[Category:New South
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  • Whatever may be the result of this new step, it must be allowed that we are greatly inde ...ernment Gazette issued last night cancels the notice of the 13th December, 1878, offering a reward of £2,500 for the capture of the Kelly gang and increas
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  • ...the most comic incidents in the affair, we are not sure if this character may not be disputed by another. We allude, of course, to the statement attribut ...eron Express]] [[Category:Newspaper]] [[Category:press report]] [[Category:1878]] [[Category:Jerilderie robbery]] [[Category:history]] [[Category:New South
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  • ...Victorian engineer in chief minutes the papers as follows on 31st August, 1878 -' I was at Echuca on Thursday, 20th, and found the new bridge quite fit fo
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  • ...years. In some cases no rent has been paid by the selector since January, 1878. ...n below were collected within the last few days. Here and there an opinion may be found expressed as to the probable results of selection in the '''Benall
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  • ...e gram in many cases therefore, would be 13s per bag. Further calculations may be   deferred for the present, these figures being given for the purpose o ...re got under cultivation last year and a fair harvest gathered in 1880. In 1878-9 the proprietor saw the rust coming, and cut his crop for hay, thereby mak
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  • ...he interest. The capital that a selector ought to have in hand at starting may be roughly indicated by means of a few figures. The cost of building a dwel ...nce of £2 5s 4d per acre. A selector now preparing 70 acres for next year may look forward to making a net profit of about £160. Out of this, supposing
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  • ...ared to deal with licensees in arrears desirous of coming under the act of 1878 are being anxiously looked for, but the subject is one on which Parliament ...were murdered by the Kelly gang in the Wombat Ranges on the 26th October, 1878. The hon. gentleman was accompanied by Messrs D Gaunson, E L Zox, J H Grave
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  • ...t to the victims of the [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] murders, in October, 1878, may be a graceful tribute to the memory of the men whose lives were sacrificed ...erence to the facts connected, with the fate of Kennedy and his companions may not be out of place. In the vicinity of Greta, which is some miles beyond M
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  • ...pture them, were in the power of the police. The township of Glenrowan; it may be mentioned, is an insignificant collection of buildings, and is about fiv
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  • ...peaking of deceased, refer as softly as possible to any faults of which he may have been guilty during his life. ...ed between him and [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] (as he was familiarly known) we may mention that after the latter’s father died, many years ago, they were in
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  • ...information of the sort, and the rumour cannot be traced to its source. It may therefore be regarded as untruthful. ...her son. It may be here explained that Ellen Kelly, on the 9th of October, 1878, was sentenced, at the Beechworth Circuit Court, why Mr Justice [[Redmond B
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  • ...awaits his trial and sentence, the tragic events of Sunday and Monday last may be said to have brought to a close the long and remarkable career of the no ...sault on a woman in the place thus broken into. In the early part of April 1878, warrants were issued for the arrest of Daniel Kelly and John Lloyd on six
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  • ...ded all attempts to capture them. In [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|October 1878]], Sergeant [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]] and Constable [[Scanlon|Scanlan]], [[Mc ...n the part of the Kellys that he was assisting in the plans. Be this as it may, it is now matter of history how that murder led indirectly to the capture
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  • ...her scene—to the mournful tragedy which was enacted on the 26th October, 1878 , at Stringybark Creek. As poor Kennedy, on the last-named occasion, lay wo ...HASTINGS, may well be surprised at their own moderation. In conclusion, we may presume that Sergeant STEELE will receive a well-deserved promotion. He has
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  • ...he past twelve months was that they thought the trackers would go away. We may here remark, in reference to the latter statement, that Mr W H [[Foster|Fos ...o go home, received a reply from Ned Kelly to this affect: “Oh, yes; you may go home and have a sleep; but mind you don’t dream too loud!” When he h
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  • ...cted in the Beechworth telegraph office on Sunday afternoon and Monday, we may here mention that no fewer than three hundred [[Telegraph|telegrams]]—six ...the party who went out in search of the outlaws from Mansfield in October, 1878. On the 25th of the same month they encountered the Kellys and Hart and Byr
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  • ...prised a party of police, camped in the ranges near Mansfield, in October, 1878; his police number having been that above mentioned. At about half-past thr ...ne would have been laid by them had other circumstances not intervened. We may also mention yet another circumstance that occurred on the day in question,
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  • ...liam Williamson]], were, on the [[ev78-10--4Mansfield Murders|12th October 1878]] at the Beechworth assizes, by Sir Redmond [[Redmond Barry|Barry]], senten ...[Reward|reward]]. That, I believe, had then been increased to ₤200. They may have intended to apprehend us, but I firmly believe they only wanted the sl
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  • ...vourably regard the prayer of this meeting―that the life of the prisoner may be spared.” ...trial of Kelly’s mother and her fellow-prisoners took place in October, 1878, and that they were convicted on the sole testimony of Fitzpatrick. 
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  • ...f the gang, was executed in the Melbourne Gaol.  However weary the public may be of the Kelly affair, it seems proper that, before relating the particula ...t―who were known to the police as notorious cattle-stealers.  In April, 1878, an attempt was made by Constable Fitzpatrick to arrest Daniel Kelly, for h
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  • ...allarat and Sandhurst have been presented to the Assembly, praying that he may be superseded as chairman, and a motion has been tabled in the Assembly for ...tions with her at her hotel at Glenrowan about the Kellys between October, 1878, and June, 1879.  Asked her if she could give me any information as to whe
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  • ...of a legal representative. In this inquiry the presence of legal advisers may well be dispensed with, because police officers are accustomed to conduct c Sir,- Ever since the publication, in October, 1878, of what is known as the Mansfield murders, remarks have been made in the p
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  • ...nistration in the North-East district since the Kelly outbreak in October, 1878, and particularly into the circumstances of my recent withdrawal from that ...ould not allow us to proceed with, but instantly ordered our return. About May, 1879, the chief commissioner began to show a degree of jealousy and dislik
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  • ...m Victoria as they have disappeared from Tasmania. There were l8 births in 1878-9, and 20 deaths, in 1879-80, l8 births and I6 deaths. The most frequent ca .... Fences are regularly pulled down, no matter how often the boundary rider may do his rounds, strange cattle come in, and the station cows and bullocks wa
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  • ...vent them receiving any material assistance from anybody. On 6th November, 1878, I proceeded to Benalla to confer with Mr Nicolson, arriving there about 8p
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  • ...ued his evidence. He put in a private letter dated Benalla, 19th November, 1878, written by himself in which the following passage occurred:- ...11,371. From July 8, 1879, when I again took charge of the district until May 31, 1880, when I was again relieved, the amount was £6,772. In the second
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  • ...ter had been their companions before they took to bushranging. In October, 1878, the gang surprised a party of four police sent to capture them, and murder ...the North- eastern district. The gang robbed a bank at Euroa, in December, 1878. Captain Standish then took charge of the operations, relieving Mr Nicolson
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  • The CHAIRMAN read a document dated 28th November, 1878, sent to Mr Nicolson and Mr Sadleir with regard to a probable raid on the b The committee adjourned until May 3.
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  • TUESDAY, MAY 3 ...e the courts for offences. Was appointed a detective in 1876. On April 25, 1878 , in consequence of the shooting of Constable Fitzpatrick, I was directed t
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  • TUESDAY, MAY 31 ...rest of the Kellys. Witness made several attempts to arrest them In April, 1878, received report of the shooting of Constable Fitzpatrick. Mr Nicolson was
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  • ...The murder of the police by the Kelly gang was known on the 29th October, 1878 , and police parties were at once organised to proceed to various parts of ..." unjust to lay down as a general principle that an inferior officer may be " punished for the laches of his supeirior, but the circumstances o
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  • ...believing it probable that the “false statement of facts," &c., may charitably be traced to these references. If this be so, there are surely s ...nd as indicating the extent to which discipline prevailed in the force, it may be mentioned that not a single witness could positively state which of the
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