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
The proceedings of the three outlaws after leaving the station were
as follows. It will be remembered the bank was three miles from
Younghusband's station, and they left it at half-past three o'clock.
These banks as a rule close about this hour, and when the outlaws
reached the township the bank door was closed. It was then five minutes
to four as Ned Kelly drew up the hawker's cart in front of the bank,
sending his brother and Steve Hart to the back of the premises. Ned
then knocked at the front-door; one of the clerks asked who was there.
Kelly replied, "I have a cheque of Mr. Macauley's to change; will you
please cash it?" The clerk answered, "It is after hours; and we cannot
open the door now;" but Kelly begged so hard, saying it would be a
great inconvenience not to get the cash that night, that the clerk
opened the door and admitted him. Ned closed the door after him, and at
once presented a revolver at his head, and ordered him to "bail up."
At the same time Steve Hart, with a revolver in each hand, entered the
back-door, and they took possession of the fire-arms that were in the
bank.
Ned Kelly went in search of Mr. Scott the manager, and found him in an
office adjoining the bank. He stood at the end of the table, at the
same time covering Scott with a revolver, and said, "I am Ned Kelly;
bail up." Mr. Scott's revolver was lying at the other end of the table,
and had he picked it up, he would have been shot dead on the spot.
Scott did not at first throw up his arms, but they pretty soon made him
do so. Ned Kelly then went back to the bank, and left Hart in charge
of Scott, and ransacked the place, and took possession of all the cash
that had been in use during the day, which amounted to between £300 and
£400 in notes, gold, and silver.
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