The Holbrook news., 1912-06-28
P1sZTc ZZBRARY NaEZ4oORzHE

 His son Ned-the terror" of the ganA was a handsome young fellow, who' with his brothers, found 1t much easier to live upon the produce of other peo pie than to work honestly for his own living. He became a professional cat tle-stealer, was caught and impr1s oned.
 Released from goal, he threw oil all restraint and took to the bush as robber. Bushrangers had been com mon for many years, but at last the race was beginning to thin out. The .Kellys determined to revive the gory glory of the ancient times.
 The country around Beechworth a1- forded them excellent cover, while the towns and scattered houses and sta lions offered them as much plunder as they desired. A murder was the signal for departing from civilization and taking to the adventures Of the bush. Despite the fact that the coun try-side was alarmed, and that the police were securing the country ID Hsearch of the outlaws, these last con tinued their robbing profession witn almost unbelievable coolness. One day they entered the National hank at Euroa at a time when many of the inhabitants of the town were at a funeral. They were well dressed, with no suggestion of the outlaw about them. Covering the clerks with tneii revolvers, they demanded all the casn l the bank contained. the sum, amount ing to nearly s10,000.
 They Stopped Nothing. Then. gathering the entire stan oi the bank together, they 'bade the manager harness a horse and prepare
 A carriage. And there issued from the bank premises buggy containing
 the manager with his wife and chil
 dren. together with cart containing
 the robbers and the plunder. All were
 driven to Faithfull's Creek, where the
 nrisoners were entertained by the thieves until such time as the latter thought fit to leave them, which they : did at nightfan.
 The manager of the bank and nla family found their way back to the
 town as best they could. Meanwhile the Kellys were safely hidden in one } of their favorite places of conceal ment. For cool daring this exploit has not been surpassed.
 They stopped at nothing. When after another murder, the police start ed fin a special train to a place where kthe Kellys were known to be, the rob
 bers raced across the country tc f where the train had to pass They I commanded the sattion-master anc : afterwards some platelayers to de r stroy the railway, and so to wrect s the coming train. Luckily, however 8 the disaster was averted.
 D One of the outlaws prisoners man d aged to escape and possess himsel s of a candle, a red scarf, and matches
 With these fer danger signals, h' a reached the railway as the train wal l. approaching, and lighting the candl' i held the red scarf in front of 1t. Th' l. device was successful. The strang' v red light was seen, and the trail n drew up few yards away from tn 2 place of danger.
 d Meanwhile. the robbers had achieve d the daring business of imprisoning Il # a large hotel a number of citizen
 who might have made trouble ha' d they been at liberty. Driven in t a the number of sixty-two, they wer q held at bay by four outlaws. who, b. q force of arms and reputation, wer @ masters of the situation. The robber l. were by this time clad in armor mad IT from stolen plowshares by @ locs D. blacksmith.
 r. Head, chest, back and sides wer = protected by this clumsy meta d Strangely enough, the robbers had nc y thought of covering their legs, and
 was in that vulnerable spot that tn d chief of the gang was hit
 St Despite the rife fire the outlaw .n did not yield. One of them, indeed E. the leader-managed to escape in th st darkness. But reappearing, he ws
 shot in the legs, and his nghtin ,s career was over The other three T ,e matned in the house stubbornly refu a ing to surrender. Then at last th ,e poiice decided to set fire to the houl ,d and either burn out or burn up the x- enemies.
 n- When the fire gubsided, the charre
 ranatns of two of the robbers vel ,h discovered amidst the ruins of tf an building. How they died will never ho known.
 th With the passing of the KeI 2" bushranging practically ceased