The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly GangHare, Francis Augustus
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The Last of the Bushrangers: An Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang
Hare, Francis Augustus
Brigands and robbers -- Australia; Kelly, Ned, 1855-1880
Inspector Sadleir here remarked, "You wanted then to kill the people
in the train?" Kelly replied, "Yes; of course I did. God help them,
they would have got shot all the same. Would they not have tried to
kill me?" Every kindness was shown to Kelly by the police, and his two
sisters were permitted to remain with him during the afternoon. He
was also seen by Father Tierney, to whom it is understood he made a
confession, but the reverend gentleman courteously declined to state
the nature of it.
At various times during the morning more police arrived, but the
bushrangers could not be dislodged; and what was more perplexing still,
the prisoners inside could not be persuaded to leave, although the
police repeatedly called upon them to come out. At twelve o'clock,
however, the people inside, consisting of about thirty men and youths,
suddenly rushed out of the front door, carrying their hands aloft. The
police told them to advance towards where they were located, but many
of the unfortunate people were so terror-stricken that they ran hither
and thither screaming for mercy. They then approached the police and
threw themselves upon their faces.
One by one they were called on, and having been minutely searched, were
despatched to the station. When the turn of two youths named M'Auliffe
came. Superintendent Sadleir directed Constable Bracken to arrest them
as Kelly sympathizers. They were accordingly handcuffed, and taken with
the others to the railway-station. Young Reardon, who with his father
had been confined in the hotel, was severely wounded in the shoulder
by a bullet fired from a rifle in the hands of one of the police. The
unfortunate youth was at once attended to by the doctors already named.
Although the wound was a serious one, it was not considered such as
would prove fatal.
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