, 1879-03-06
A BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS.

Fight-A Startling Hlatory OF Crime.
On the 25th OF Octobor,-snys Melbourne
correspondent OF the London 7fn,ts, writing uu-
der date Of Oct. 28,-a party Of Victorian police
In acarch Of Edward Kelly and bis brother, two
horse-atealcrs, who had been for long tlne In
hiding In the Beechworth Mountains, Hcrc sur
prtsed In their camp. Three ConstableA werc
killed. and fourth escaped 10 tell how they had
been shot down by the Kellrs and two men,
since known rs Hart aud Byrne. This outrage,
unprecedented IN tho colony, caused great ex-
cttcmcut The murdercra were outlaWcd, and
9500 was offered for the body Of Rny Of them.
| dead or aliye. Policemen md volunteers secured
the country Ia pursuit., md day after day the
papers reported rumors OF the outlaws having
been seen In this place or that, and tho
unsuccessful efforts OF Tho police to find them.
People had ceased TO take an interest In these
frufitcas expeditions, when news came Of them
In an unexpected shape. On the l1th OF Dccem-
Der telegram informed ia TINT they had rob-
bed the National Bank At Euroa, a small town
ship about hundred miles from Melbourne on
the northeRstcrnli line, had "stuck up" the Faith
fulls Creek station, and made prisoners OF more
than thirty men, women, and children. When
the details came 10 hand they wcro surpsislng.
1t appeared TINT tia station lad bceu taken
merely as q base Of operations upon the bank,
about four miles dlstnnt. ud tint the affair had
been carried through with copsumrnntc GOODNESS
and address, About II In tile morning Edward
Kelly walked up to the homestead at faishtulls
Creek, mud, when f,o found TINT two servants
were the only occupants OF the house, hc catlel
up his three companions. They demanded food
for themselves and their horsGs, nn1 Terc
quickly attended to on mentioning their names.
AZ tho mcn employed on the station came iut
two or three at time, they were told to bail up,
tint Is. to throw up their hauds.-and, On
III
tached building, aud locked up there. one Of
tho bushraugerg stumbling sentry with rtGe lu
cnch llasla and belt fill Of rc7olyers. By
nlghtfaal seventeen people were shut up In tic
through with his wngon, from which Kclly's
| party supplied themselves With new suits nf
clohcs Of the most approved bush fashion. The
night passed quietly In the InornIng four VS.
| itors from Melbourne. on shooting excursion,
were aided to the inmates OF Tic store. After
breakfast tlle buahrangerB proceeded to breas
down the posts Of the telegraph 'iuc to Mel
bourne aud to Benaila: where number Of po-
then started for Euroa, two driving the hawk
cr's wagon and caFt nnd ono riding. The
fourth rctnatncl at tie atation to Elard the
prisoners. 'Illc bauk was reached about In the
afternoon. when It was closed TO the public.
Tie robbers rot is, pretending TINT they
Wished to lodge check, An1 then shut the
! door. ordered the manager n,ld his two clerks
to ball up. obtained the KEYS Of tllc safe, u1ai
Of about EJO0 aud to notes for ii, 600 Wien
this was done they determined to keep thc
township In Ignorance OF whnt had happcued by
cart!ng away all the inf''ases Of the bank. Be-
| side tue clerks uni the 1uauaGer, tlIry bud 10
dtspose Of tic Inunagcr's wilo ller mother, sevcn
children, ulli two fcmule servants. The wsge1
nnd cart would not hold them ali, so t!ey took
tic lnat.nger's horse aMl buggy from the bank
stables. then they started. Edward Kelly led
| the WY. driving the tawlicr's wagon. Quo OF
tho ladies' followed, driving the buggy; then
brought up the renr Oh horseback. The robbers
| werc armed TO tile teeth, but tl1s procession
looked so like family party on MI excursion
tamt It passed out Of lie township ar,d By the
traStIug attention. Arrived 1t Faltltiuls Creek
everything WIS qu[ct, the pr1Reners were Bafc,
and another had hecn sent TO 1Ciu them,--a li!,c
rcpairer who alad looked In for asststants
fresllinE themselves, the gung took tlrir
departure about 0 III the evening, setting free
one of The prisoners to enable him to release the
others alter they llud got Il clear staTt. Thu I'M.
| punfly with which this lmpulcnt exploit had
been accomplished ustont>1letl everybody. The
police had been completely uutwtscd. and the
ling CHOSEN tor the robbery showad thut the
kellys hatl friends IN .he district irou "nnt !s,
reward for Edward Kelly was ut oncc raised TO
II, ,0JO; additional search parties were sent o,lt
equipped for scrvirc, Ii,d, to quiet tho general
a!nrln, thu uosernUr bl!luted artf'lcrymcu from
| the GaFrIeOn corpa III such Of the up-country
banks ~ chose to apply for tAcir protection. 1t
sceu,s strange ut lrat sight that 50 many men
should l.aye timely submitted to 80 few as'
should not have risen upun their solitary Roaler
but 1t must 10 remembered that They we're un-
| armed nIll woru dealt with Two Or
| three at tinso III the ilrst instance. A rl,st
! when all were together would ilayo been
carlunly fatnl to morc than one OF them, uiIA
the ciai,co Of sharing In thc reward h,ld III the
credit Of q capturu was the ouly Iutlucemeut 10
r!sklng their lrcs. The murdercre hurt nobody.
insnlted none Of tho women, mud took nothing
from my Of the station hands, who probably
had no objection 10 spending compulsory hull
luy smoking In tlls atorcroU1l. Our police have
not distinguished themselves lately. Martin
| Wiocrg, one OF tlle men coilGcrleu III the rob-
berry u soyerri9.ls from the steamship Ayora,
for which Elstun,. the chief ollecr, IL to bc
tried III London, INDUCED the dutcetves to nr-
eotnpany him to remote part Of the country
wllcrr he promised to polnt nltt ti!e place lll
which, he had hidden most Of lEs share u[ ilse
nsunder. Tic 1otactiycs camu back without the
] money nrltl without Wibcrg, who EaYu them tic
slip iii tho BUSH uutl has not bum cuught a3atn.
JESUIrS IN NEW MEXICO.