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CHAPTER XXII

THE SCHEDULES

Distribution of £8,000 Reward

After the capture of Ned Kelly and the destruction of his three mates at Glenrowan on June 28, 1880, the Victorian Government then gave some consideration to the paying of the reward of £8,000 offered in equal parts by the Victorian and New South Wales Governments for the capture or destruction of the Kelly Gang.

It was finally decided to appoint Mr C McMahon, Mr Jas MacBain, and Mr Robert Murray Smith as a Board to take evidence on the services rendered by the various claimants, and allocate the reward as they (the Board) thought fit. The Board examined only five witnesses, viz.:

The Hon Robert Ramsay, MLA, late Chief Secretary; Mr Joseph Delgarno Melvin, an “Argus” reporter; Mr George Vasey Allen, a reporter for the “Daily Telegraph”; Mr John McWhirter, a reporter for the “Age”; Mr Charles C Rawlings, a farmer near Glenrowan.

After taking the evidence of these witnesses as to what took place at Glenrowan, the Board allotted the reward as follows: -

'Index to documents News papers The KellyGang's letters Government & other documents '

Books written at the time

Hare Sadleir Chomley Cookson Modern authors Name

Sup Hare

Thomas Curnow

SConst Kelly

Sgt Steele

Const Bracken

Sup Sadleir

Jesse Dowsett

Sgt Whelan

Const Canny

Const Gascoigne

Const Phillips

Const Barry

Const Arthur

C C Rawlins

Const Kirkham

SConst Smyth

Const P Kelly

Const Dixon

Const Dwyer

Const Wilson

Const Milne

Const Stillard

Const Ryan

Const Reilly

Const Graham

Const Hewitt

Const Wallace

Const Walsh

Const Montifort

Const Cawsey

Const Healey

Const Moore

Amount

£800 00 00

550 00 00

377 11 08

290 13 09

275 13 09

237 15 00

175 13 09

165 13 09

137 11 08

137 11 08

137 11 08

137 11 08

137 11 08

137 11 08

137 11 08

137 11 08

137 11 08

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

115 13 09

Name

McPhee

Alder

Burch

Det Ward

SConst Johnston

Bowman

Hallows

Bell

Coleman

Stewart

SConst Mullane

Sherritt John

Const Glenny

Const McColl

Const Magor

Const Armstrong

Const Dowling

Const Duross

Const Alexander

Const McHugh

Const Wickham

John Sherritt

Const Dwyer

Const Stone

Const McDonald

Hero

Johnny

Jimmy

Jacky

Barney

Moses

Spider

Mr Cheshire

Mr Osborne

Amount

£104 04 06

104 04 06

104 04 06

100 00 00

97 15 09

84 04 06

84 04 06

84 04 06

68 03 04

68 03 04

47 15 09

47 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

42 15 09

50 00 00

50 00 00

50 00 00

50 00 00

50 00 00

50 00 00

50 00 00

25 00 00

25 00 00

The following claims (24) for the reward were refused:—

Schedule “A.” – Anton Weekes, Richard Rule, George Stephens, Anne Sherritt, Ellen Sherritt, Senior-Constable Patrick Walsh, Constable John Coghlan,, Constable Robert Griffin, Constable Robert Bunker, Constable Thomas Walsh, ex-Constable Perkins, Constable JW Brown, Constable W Parker, Constable J Burton, Senior-Constable Shanahan, Constable Hugh Stewart, Constable Skehan, Lawrence Kirwin (police spy), BC Williams (police spy), Constable Faulkiner, Constable McIntyre, Mr Laing, SM, Wangaratta; Mr Saxe, PM, Benalla; Mr Stephen, SM, Benalla.

The last five-mentioned claimants, although refused any part of the reward by the Board, were, under Schedule “C,” recommended as worthy of special recognition for services rendered during the period of the search for the outlaws.

The Reward Board stated in its report:—”Some rewards have also been recommended for the individual service of certain claimants whose names will be found in Schedule “D”; but beyond these the Board have not thought in within their province to distinguish further between members of a force, all of whom appear to have done their duty.”

Schedule “D” Special Rewards

Thomas Curnow, schoolmaster; Senior constable Kelly; Constable Bracken; Sergeant Steele; Mr Jesse Dowsett, railway guard; and Senior constable Johnston (who set fire to Mrs Jones’ hotel, where Martin Cherry was lying mortally wounded).

It was not until the publication of the finding of the Royal Commission, which was subsequently appointed to inquire into the management and conduct of the police force during the search for the Kelly Gang of bushrangers, and also the best means of preventing another outbreak, that the nature of the scandal perpetrated by the Reward Board was fully realised.

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