Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1879-04-19 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

OUTITA-OES BY 1M GANG OF BUSBRANG E, „J; The Melbourne .4rsirus gives the following details of more outrages by biohrangers: The four outlawed murderers, Edward Kelly, Dan Kellys.litepheit Hart, and 411 Th Byrne, are still playing at-gieir desperate game, had dAfying Nne police forces df Victoria and New South Wales to capture them. They have followed up the atrocious murders of a sergeant and two constables of police in the Wombat ranges in October last, and the ow rage and bunk robbery at Euroa in December, by crossing the River Murray, sticking up the township of derilderie, in New South. Wales, some forty miles from the border, and robbing Use local branch of the New South Wales Bank of over £2OOO. In this tatter; as in their former exploits, Ned Kelly, their leader, has displayed a great amount of generalship and cunning. About midnight ..on Satorday. the Bth of February, they rode to Jerilderie and roused two conetables, Richards and Devine, who were stationed in the local police barracks, by pretending to „ask ,for assistance to put, down a public.house row. 'Theypolice wereunsuspicious andiron easily captured, and the gang remaina iii Undisturbed possession of the barracks until Monday evening, one of the imprisoned police being compelled to walk about the township and no inquiries being made about them. On Sunday the gang did nothing, but two of them, dressed to police uniform, loitered about the premises, and the raid on tte • township was deferred until Monday month*. The court - house, an adjoining building had to be prepared by Mrs. Devine, wife of one of the constables, for mass. Kelly ordered her to do so, and remained With her hi the -convt-house until she had• completed the work. He then escorted her back to barrack, closed the doors, and drew the 'blinds down. On Monday morning Byrne took their horses to be shod, and the blacksmith at the time thought there,wassoncetlung strange in the manner of the man, so be took the brands of the horses. Hart alsb went down to the township and bought provisions. ,9.1c00t 10 a.m. Edward Kelly and Dan Kelly, in comhany' with 'Constable Richards, wen frolic the bar, racks, .closely faloived on horseback by Hart and Byrne: They walked to the Royal Hotel and saw Mr. Cox, the landlord. Richard introduced Mr. Cox to Kelly, who said he wanted the rooms in the Royal, god that he intended to rob the bank, but wowld not do anybody any harm. The other bushrangers were then placed by Ned Kelly at the front part .of the hotel, and as the people went in for a drink they were seized and placed in a room, where Dan Kelly noted as sentinel. The bank was then entered at the rear of the Premises by Ned Kelly, who, with two revolvers in his hands, announced who he was. Resistance was, of course, useless, and the manager and bank clerks..all surrendergti.--14t.1P .this time no one had the slighest idea that the Kellys were so jerilderie. About one o'clock three gentlemen entered the bank in the usual way, not thinking anything was the matter, when Ned Kelly rushed in from another room with two revolvers. When the men saw him they ran out, but eventually be brought them back, and threatened to shoot one of them, but better counsels prevailed. The outlaws stole Over £2OOO in notes and coin from the bank coffers, and destroyed some of the books. They then disported themselves about the township, drinking at the warious hotels, and treating every one with comparative civility.. They also stuck up the telegraph. office, destroyed the wires, and compelled a number of the residents to cut down several telegraph poles. At about seven p.m, they left, taking two splendid police horses with them. The outrage was of the most daring character, for, after crossing the Murray, the gang had to travel through level country; and had the Victorian police been aware of the movement, it would have been easy to cut the gang off from their old retreats, and to have brought them to bay. The New South Wales force an the border has been, largely increased and a lively hope is entertained that this, which in many respects is the most irritating of the Kelly outrages, will be the last. The New South Wales Government offer £3OOO, and the banks of that colony £lOOO for the capture of the bushrangers, and the reward offered by the Victorian Government has been increased from .£2500 to £4OOO, so that there is now a total reward of £Bvoo offered for the gang, or .£2OOO a head. •