Complex sentence: Two local lads from the Mount Macquarie area (now Neville) long-term friends Mickey Bourke and Johnny Vane attempted to steal a racehorse from the'Coombing Park' stables, stablehand German Charley tried to stop them and Bourke shot him in the mouth.
Split into simpler sentences: Two local lads from the Mount Macquarie area (now Neville), long-term friends Mickey Bourke and Johnny Vane, attempted to steal a racehorse from the'Coombing Park' stable. Stablehand German Charley tried to stop them and Bourke shot him in the mouth.