Captain Moonlite
He was disarmed, and rode abreast of Moonlite and myself. On reaching M'Glede's house, we entered, prisoners and all, and had brandy and milk. The police were then seen approaching, and the leader of the gang arranged his men in fighting order. The prisoners, with the exception of myself, took refuge in a gully behind the house. I stayed until I heard the advancing police sing out "Surrender in the Queen's name" Then I turned my horse, and contrived to get behind a stump close by the road. The firing commenced immediately, and was very hot. The police came down close upon the bushrangers. The little fellow who was killed came to the same stump as myself, and in firing at the police he pushed me away. I said, "There is no room here for both of us," and bounded across the road into M'Glede's garden. I crept along the fence, and bullets were whizzing around me. Getting between two logs about 15 paces from the house, I lay there safely.
I was not there more than five minutes when the youngest bushranger came close up to me, and, after a little, fell. I heard him say, "Oh, God! I am shot. I am shot." Soon afterwards I heard Constable Bowen come up in front of the house, and continue firing for some time just behind me. Suddenly I heard him fall. The next I saw was Senior sergeant Carroll firing into the kitchen, and calling out "Surrender." I saw Scott come out of the kitchen twice, aim deliberately with a gun and fire, and I saw that Carroll's gun missed fire twice when at close quarters. I then heard someone call out, "I surrender," and on coming out of my concealment found the police victorious. Moonlite asked me to get a doctor for Nesbitt, and said, "Poor fellow, he was shot in trying to save my life"
THE PRISONERS AT THE POLICE COURT
The bushrangers, Scott, Graham, Bennett, Thomas Rogan, and Thomas Williams, were brought up at the Police Court to day, before Mr William Love, police magistrate, charged with wounding Constable Bowen with intent to murder him. Superintendent Singleton conducted the case for the Crown. The prisoners were undefended. On being placed in the dock Scott requested to be supplied with writing materials. This was done. He then requested that witnesses might be ordered out of court. Superintendent Singleton objected, as most of the witnesses were police, who were required to guard the prisoners. Scott said that the Crown could get volunteers to guard them as easily as they got them to follow them from Wantabadgery. The police magistrate declined to grant the request. The evidence was then gone into. It was similar to the narratives and statements telegraphed yesterday. Scott was most insolent to the Bench, and behaved with great bravado. He cross examined the police at great length, endeavouring to show that the object of the gang was to shoot the police horses only. He declared that be did not shoot Constable Bowen, who was, he said, wounded by another policeman.
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