Royal Commission report day 1 page 6
The Royal Commission evidence for 23/3/1881
(see also introduction to day 1 ) Captain Standish giving evidence
28 Was that on the evening of the 10th?- Yes, on the evening of the bank robbery. Mr. Nicolson and Mr. Sadleir were then starting on some strange evidence; they had heard from a friend of the outlaws that the outlaws were going to cross the Murray, and Mr. Wyatt at once informed Mr. Nicolson of what he had seen of the smashing up of the telegraph line and told him that there was no doubt that the outlaws must have been about there.
29 Where?- At Faithfull's Creek, or Euroa, or somewhere in that vicinity. Mr. Nicolson pooh-poohed this information.
30 Are you giving this as your information, or what he told you?- What he told me; and I hope the Board will examine him. Mr Wyatt informed me he pooh poohed this information. and not only started away himself, but took Mr. Sadleir with him. On their arrival at Albury Mr. Nicolson received information which, I believe, was my telegram-but I am not quite certain on that-that the Euroa bank had been robbed.
3l Will you fix the dates?- That is on the 12th.
32 You said the bank was robbed on the 10th?- Yes.
33 You have given evidence that you were at a dinner party that night?- Yes.
34 And after that you received a message to say the bank was robbed, and you went up on the 12th?- Yes.
35 You are now giving evidence that Mr. Nicolson received a telegram at Albury-I ask you to fix the date; did you telegraph that night or on the 12th?- I was in the telegraph office all that night.
36 Was it on that occasion you telegraphed to Mr. Nicolson?- Yes, it was on that night, the night of the 10th I telegraphed to Mr. Nicolson; and the information was also sent to Benalla by this round-about way, because of the break in the wires, and a party of men immediately started.
37 Sent by you?- Yes and I arrived there some time during the night.
38 Whom was that party in charge of?- There was no officer there. I think Senior Constable Johnson was in charge. They arrived there some time during the night, and they received a telegram from Mr. Nicolson, telling them not to leave Euroa until he got there.
39 That would be on the 11th?- Yes, the morning Mr. Nicolson reached Euroa. On the morning of Tuesday; and after some hours delay he started off with a party of police and returned the next day without any result.
40 You were not there yourself?- This statement can be confirmed by Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Sadleir, and Constable Johnson.
41 Between the Saturday night that Mr. Wyatt gave you the information and the time of your seeing Mr. Nicolson, this information was supplied by some one else?- By Mr. Wyatt. I am given to understand that, though Mr. Nicolson was aware that it was intended to stick up the bank, he never gave information to the local bankers that such a thing was meditated. It seems to me that it would have been very advisable if Mr. Nicolson when in charge, had instructed the telegraph masters to give notice where the lines were intercepted, whereby a splendid chance of capturing the outlaws at Faithfull's Creek was lost.
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