THE QUEENSLAND MURDERS.
THE KENNIFFS CAPTURED.
By Tehgraph—Press Association—Copyright
Brisbane, June 29. A telegram from Mitchell announces the capture of the Kenniffs.
HOW THE ARRESTS WERE EFFECTED.
By. Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright.
BRISBANE, June 23. The Kennifls stole a bag of wheat from a selector near MitchelL * A party of four police and a couple of trackers, traced them to the sorub. They went in their bare feet and surprised the Kenniffs in camp before sunrise. They- shot two out of four ol .the’Kenniffs’ horses.... Pat Kennilf was unarmed.
Jimmy had two loaded rifles. The men bolted, and the police firing at them, Pat fell. He had not been hit, but was captured. Jimmy escaped to the scrub, but as the police were returning with their prisoner, Jimmy was again seen. The police* keeping up a running fire, ran him to bay, and then ordered him to surrender. He agreed to do so if Pat had not been shot, and added, “ I am tired of this life.”
Being assured that Pat was all right, 'Jimmy quietly gave up his rifles and surrendered.
The Kenniffs had their camp well stocked with ammunition and food^
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 453, 24 June 1902, Page 3
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191THE QUEENSLAND MURDERS. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 453, 24 June 1902, Page 3
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