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== Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir ==

A more tragic accident happened on the same line of road at the place known at Martin’s Gap, between [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] and the beautifully-situated little township of Jamieson . Two teamsters were making their way to the diggings each with a cargo of explosives, when suddenly the leading dray, with all that appertained to it, was blown into space. Of the unfortunate driver, all that was left was a portion of one leg with boot still on, caught in the topmost branches of a tall tree, where I saw it still hanging many months after. The second team, though following quite close, escaped altogether. The police work, too, had for me a special interest. Like all places near the outskirts of civilization, the district furnished attractions to certain classes of people who were not to particular as to the way in which they supplied their larder, and whose instincts led them to settle down in quiet sequestered spots. The neighbourhood could boast of their Isaiah Wright, ‘Wild’ Wright as he was better known, and some others who had their special weaknesses. ‘Wild’ Wright when on his trial for some offence, gave notice to the Crown Prosecutor, Mr J T T Smith, to look out lest his favorite nag should disappear, and disappear it did. Wright was associated with Ned Kelly, who later became leader of the Kelly gang of bushrangers, but he was not deemed cautious enough to be trusted by Kelly when evil days fell upon the latter and he found himself an outlaw.