The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-09
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to contain only bills and securities
These were left undishirbed, Kelly eS'
Claiming that he had no wish to az
stroy property that was Of no use 70
him but d value to others.
The party consisted OF Mr.. and Mrs,
Scott, two bank clerks, Mrs. Scots
mother, seven children and two ser
wants. Kelly saw that It would be In
convenient orso many persons to ride
in the hawker's van, and requisidoned
The service OF Mr.. SCOTS buggy, but
upon being ordered TO. harness s,hs
horse, Scott, who was not In the best
OF, humor, positively refused to be or
dered about by murderer. well, /
VIII do it myself" Kelly replied in a
Submissive tone, and did SO without
more ado. Then. with the greatest po'
likeness, be handed Mrs. Scott and her
family into the buggy and requested
her to drive Il. The utmost atfability
existed between Mrs. Scott and the
outlaw, whom she afterward described
as a tall, handsome nan with q flow.
ling beard, well dressed and of kindly
speech.
Kelly then told Mr. Scott that be
would have to travel with him in the
hawker's wagon, which he consented
10 do. Before starting he proposed,
that they should all have some drinks
and the prisoner and his csptiyes
| pledged each others health in whisky
Kelly making Scott drink first for fear
the liquor might. be poisoned,
Then the procession started through
1.-THE streets Of Euroa in broad daylight
marching away In full view of the In
habitants Of the town who thought
some pleasure iaunt was In progress.
Dan Kelly led the van in the hawkers
wagon, with Mrs. Scott following In
her buggy, and Steve Hart bringing up
the rear on horseback While driving
with Mr.. Scott Ned Kelly told him all
about the shooting Of the police at
Wombat. He produced a gold watch
(which he had taken from the body Of
sergeant Kennedy; and which he con-
sidered trophy of war. On the way
one of the vehicles upset, but was
quickly righted, and finally Younghqs.
bands was reached, where the faithful
Joe Byrne was still on guard. 1t was
afterward, discovered that there were
afteen OF sixteen American axes In
the large room in which the prisoners
! were confined yet none of the In.
mates dared to make an attempt for
liberty.
When the outlaws had saddled their
horses and divided the plumber Ned
Kelly went to the door Of the room
add made a speech. Ladies and
gentlemen he warned his prisoners,
I'VE are. about to depart, but you Will
not leave this astoferoom for three
hours longer. / caution you that II
any one Of you disobeys my orders |
will shoot that man dead, and l assure
you that will keep my word. There
is one oil your number" he added,
whom Will hold responsible for the
escape Of any prisoner Then, calling
Mr.. Macauley TO the front, he added:
81 shall hold you responsible for the
escape OF any OF the prisoners before
the time have named has expired,
and II find out hereafter that you
have let any OF them go, If ever meet
you again will shoot you dead" He
then demanded a watch from one Of
his captIyes, gentleman named Nc
Dougall. who had been captured on
the second day. Without hesitating
for a moment the latter handed 1t 10
him, but remarked:
"T value this more than. 1t Is really
worth, because it is memento OF my
dead mother" IL
Kelly shIyered and, displaying much
emotion. returned: j
Nc, 1 will not take 1t from YOU" 5
The outlaws then leaped into the
saddle and set on In the direction Of
the strathbogie ranges. Not until the
three hours had expired did the cap.
tiyes dare to stir out o: their voluntary
prison.
The outage at Euroa threw The
4 whole country into q state OF intense
excitement The daring of the deed,
the successful retreat Of the depreda'
tors into their own country, where
they seemed able TO battle all attempts
to unearth them, had completely sha,
ken public confidence In the police.
Mr.. Nicholson was relieved froEl duty,
and Captain Standish and Superinten'
dent Hare took charge Of operations.
4 One OF their first steps was to enforce
the felons apprehension act by arrest.
ing a large number Of the most no.
torious Kelly sympathizers. About
twenty OF these persons were arrested,
/, but. during period Of three months
no evidence could be procured against.
them and, eventually they were dis
enlarged. Meanwhile, on February II,
1879, the bank of JerDderie had been
rifed ESQ
, One evening the four outlaws took
,iup their post on the bank of a creek
, at the rear OF the police barracks IN
this town and waited until all lights
! were extlnguished. Then Ned Kelly
rode round to the front gate while the
others stationed themselves according
, to the plan. Riding up to the sloOp,
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