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== The Royal Commission evidence for 12/4/1881 ==
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(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 12/4/1881|day 11]])
[[../../people/peU_Z/wyattMag.htm|'''Alfred Wyatt, P.M.,''']] '''sworn and examined'''
<span id="rc2128">[[#rc2128|2128]]</span> Had the train stopped?— No, it had never stopped. I said, “Cannot I help you?” He said, “No, I cannot repair this, line like this,” and I said, “All right then, I will give in your message.” The train never stopped but merely slowed, and my question was put to him with the object of getting down when it did stop, as I then expected it would. The fireman was watching him to see whether he would jump off the foot-plate. At the moment I had some misgivings about letting the man get down there, because I did not know there was any place near. I did not know then of the [[Faithfull's Creek (2)|Faithfull's Creek]] station there or any other place, and did not like to let the man down “nowhere” and not know where he was to get assistance, but instantly afterwards I saw the Faithfull's Creek station.
<span id="rc2129">[[#rc2129|2129]]</span> What was the Faithfull's Creek station?— Faithfull's Creek station is an out station of Mr. Younghusband's of Faithfull's Creek run, three miles and three-quarters from Euroa, and about 250 yards from the line at right angles to the road running to it. I, looking obliquely across, this being opposite; saw the station there, and saw it for the first time. I said, “Oh, it is all right, you can go, and I will take your message.” He telegraphed to the fireman, jumped off, and went down to the line. I found since that this was all inspected by the [[KellyGang|Kellys]], from the place where they had the people stuck up at the time, and it appears that Watt a few minutes after that was walked up to the station in Mr. [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne's]] custody, and that was the end of him for the day.
<span id="rc2130">[[#rc2130|2130]]</span> Mr. Joe Byrne, do you mean one of the outlaws?— Yes, he was one of the outlaws. I went on to [[Euroa|Euroa]] and held my licensing meeting. I should state here for the information of the Commission that all Euroa was that day attendant on my licensing meeting and a funeral. Those things occupied the whole community, so there were few persons about, they were all gone to those two occasions.
<span id="rc2131">[[#rc2131|2131]]</span> What position is the court house, where you held your sitting?— The court house is from the station about half-a-mile. The bank that was robbed was about 200 yards from and in sight of the railway station. The court house was not in sight of the railway station.
<span id="rc2132">[[#rc2132|2132]]</span> You said just now this man jumped out and he was taken charge of by Byrne, the outlaw; was that fact known to you the time?— No. It will come in and meet another part of my statement by and-by.
<span id="rc2133">[[#rc2133|2133]]</span> In reading your evidence at this point, any one would imagine you were a witness of the transaction, and might wonder whether you fled from the outlaws?— I see, but I have now made it clear; I think. Well, in going to the licensing meeting I passed under the windows of the bank while the Kellys were there, as I imagine from what I heard after.
<span id="rc2134">[[#rc2134|2134]]</span> Just specify hours as closely as you can, what time was- the licensing meeting?— The meeting was so short, I was not a quarter of an hour at the meeting in the court, the licenses were all granted unopposed.
<span id="rc2135">[[#rc2135|2135]]</span> Was it between four and five?— I should imagine it was just about five. I then started back to the railway station, and when I had got twenty yards on my journey, I began to reflect upon the telegraph wire being down, and I came to the conclusion that it was doubtful whether it was due to whirlwind as I at first thought—and as I heard two other passengers say they thought when they landed first at the station—or whether it was not some other cause that should be inquired into. I resolved to hire a buggy and go and see for myself. I went to the only hotel, Mr. Hart's, who was then, recently, a purchaser of [[Charles De Boos' Seven Creeks hotel|De Boos's]] hotel, and asked for a buggy and horse.
<span id="rc2136">[[#rc2136|2136]]</span> How far is De Boos's from the bank?— A good long distance, about a mile I should think.
<span id="rc2137">[[#rc2137|2137]]</span> Are there two [[De Boos' (Junior) hotel|De Boos]]'s?— Yes. The hotel to where I went for the horse was a mile distant from the station and the bank, and on the old Sydney road. It was thee only thing I could do to get a horse and trap. I asked Mr. [[Hare|Hart]] for a buggy and horse. Mr. Hart said to me, “I have got no horse, our horse is turned out in the paddock and could not be got. I have no horse at all.” He then said; “Well, there is an old sort of cart horse that takes the goods out.” “Put him in,” I said, and they did. I started with this buggy and horse, but soon found that I could not get the old horse into a continuous trot.
<span id="rc2138">[[#rc2138|2138]]</span> What direction were you going?— I went first down, expecting to find a lane parallel with the railway and in sight of it, but came to a house—a farm of the elder Mr. De Boos's abutting upon the railway, and found that there was no access that way.
<span id="rc2139">[[#rc2139|2139]]</span> No thoroughfare?— No thoroughfare. I remember some people were building a chimney there, and they told me there was no way excepting by the old Sydney road. I started for the road, but in going about half-a-mile discovered a lane running parallel with the line at the back of Mr. De Boos's premises.
<span id="rc2140">[[#rc2140|2140]]</span> And in the direction of the Faithfull's Creek station?— And in the direction of the Faithfull's Creek station. I went along there till at last it struck me to look at my watch. I took my watch out, and pulled up, and came to the conclusion that, with the horse I had got, it would be absolutely impossible for me to go and come back, and catch the train, and keep an appointment the next day at [[Avenel|Avenel]], which was essential to be kept. If I had not kept it, all the licenses would have been lost at that place......
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=== full text ===
(see also introduction to [[Royal Commission report 12/4/1881|day 11]])
[[../../people/peU_Z/wyattMag.htm|'''Alfred Wyatt, P.M.,''']] '''sworn and examined'''
<span id="rc2128">[[#rc2128|2128]]</span> Had the train stopped?— No, it had never stopped. I said, “Cannot I help you?” He said, “No, I cannot repair this, line like this,” and I said, “All right then, I will give in your message.” The train never stopped but merely slowed, and my question was put to him with the object of getting down when it did stop, as I then expected it would. The fireman was watching him to see whether he would jump off the foot-plate. At the moment I had some misgivings about letting the man get down there, because I did not know there was any place near. I did not know then of the [[Faithfull's Creek (2)|Faithfull's Creek]] station there or any other place, and did not like to let the man down “nowhere” and not know where he was to get assistance, but instantly afterwards I saw the Faithfull's Creek station.
<span id="rc2129">[[#rc2129|2129]]</span> What was the Faithfull's Creek station?— Faithfull's Creek station is an out station of Mr. Younghusband's of Faithfull's Creek run, three miles and three-quarters from Euroa, and about 250 yards from the line at right angles to the road running to it. I, looking obliquely across, this being opposite; saw the station there, and saw it for the first time. I said, “Oh, it is all right, you can go, and I will take your message.” He telegraphed to the fireman, jumped off, and went down to the line. I found since that this was all inspected by the [[KellyGang|Kellys]], from the place where they had the people stuck up at the time, and it appears that Watt a few minutes after that was walked up to the station in Mr. [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne's]] custody, and that was the end of him for the day.
<span id="rc2130">[[#rc2130|2130]]</span> Mr. Joe Byrne, do you mean one of the outlaws?— Yes, he was one of the outlaws. I went on to [[Euroa|Euroa]] and held my licensing meeting. I should state here for the information of the Commission that all Euroa was that day attendant on my licensing meeting and a funeral. Those things occupied the whole community, so there were few persons about, they were all gone to those two occasions.
<span id="rc2131">[[#rc2131|2131]]</span> What position is the court house, where you held your sitting?— The court house is from the station about half-a-mile. The bank that was robbed was about 200 yards from and in sight of the railway station. The court house was not in sight of the railway station.
<span id="rc2132">[[#rc2132|2132]]</span> You said just now this man jumped out and he was taken charge of by Byrne, the outlaw; was that fact known to you the time?— No. It will come in and meet another part of my statement by and-by.
<span id="rc2133">[[#rc2133|2133]]</span> In reading your evidence at this point, any one would imagine you were a witness of the transaction, and might wonder whether you fled from the outlaws?— I see, but I have now made it clear; I think. Well, in going to the licensing meeting I passed under the windows of the bank while the Kellys were there, as I imagine from what I heard after.
<span id="rc2134">[[#rc2134|2134]]</span> Just specify hours as closely as you can, what time was- the licensing meeting?— The meeting was so short, I was not a quarter of an hour at the meeting in the court, the licenses were all granted unopposed.
<span id="rc2135">[[#rc2135|2135]]</span> Was it between four and five?— I should imagine it was just about five. I then started back to the railway station, and when I had got twenty yards on my journey, I began to reflect upon the telegraph wire being down, and I came to the conclusion that it was doubtful whether it was due to whirlwind as I at first thought—and as I heard two other passengers say they thought when they landed first at the station—or whether it was not some other cause that should be inquired into. I resolved to hire a buggy and go and see for myself. I went to the only hotel, Mr. Hart's, who was then, recently, a purchaser of [[Charles De Boos' Seven Creeks hotel|De Boos's]] hotel, and asked for a buggy and horse.
<span id="rc2136">[[#rc2136|2136]]</span> How far is De Boos's from the bank?— A good long distance, about a mile I should think.
<span id="rc2137">[[#rc2137|2137]]</span> Are there two [[De Boos' (Junior) hotel|De Boos]]'s?— Yes. The hotel to where I went for the horse was a mile distant from the station and the bank, and on the old Sydney road. It was thee only thing I could do to get a horse and trap. I asked Mr. [[Hare|Hart]] for a buggy and horse. Mr. Hart said to me, “I have got no horse, our horse is turned out in the paddock and could not be got. I have no horse at all.” He then said; “Well, there is an old sort of cart horse that takes the goods out.” “Put him in,” I said, and they did. I started with this buggy and horse, but soon found that I could not get the old horse into a continuous trot.
<span id="rc2138">[[#rc2138|2138]]</span> What direction were you going?— I went first down, expecting to find a lane parallel with the railway and in sight of it, but came to a house—a farm of the elder Mr. De Boos's abutting upon the railway, and found that there was no access that way.
<span id="rc2139">[[#rc2139|2139]]</span> No thoroughfare?— No thoroughfare. I remember some people were building a chimney there, and they told me there was no way excepting by the old Sydney road. I started for the road, but in going about half-a-mile discovered a lane running parallel with the line at the back of Mr. De Boos's premises.
<span id="rc2140">[[#rc2140|2140]]</span> And in the direction of the Faithfull's Creek station?— And in the direction of the Faithfull's Creek station. I went along there till at last it struck me to look at my watch. I took my watch out, and pulled up, and came to the conclusion that, with the horse I had got, it would be absolutely impossible for me to go and come back, and catch the train, and keep an appointment the next day at [[Avenel|Avenel]], which was essential to be kept. If I had not kept it, all the licenses would have been lost at that place......
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