THE KELLY BUSHRANGERS.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1512, 20 December 1878, Page 3

THE KELLY BUSHRANGERS.

| By Telegraph.]

[PROM THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE PRESS.] Invercargill, December 17. The following telegrams are alt the Melbourne papers contain regarding the Kelly gang. Euboa, December 4. The telegraph wires wore cut yesterday about three miles from here, and the National Bank robbed. The manager, together with the clerks and servants, were forcibly taken away. This occurred about half-past 4 p m. They were driven in two vehicles by the Kellys to Youngluisband’s, Faithful Greek station, locked up with about twenty others until 11 p.m., when they were liberated without injury. The Kellys stuck up the Faithful Creek station at 2 p.m. on Monday, and have been about the vicinity since. One of them dined at Deßoos’ Hotel yesterday. They brought in a vehicle belonging to Glo«ter, a hawker, for the purpose of re-

moving tho occupants of tho Bank. They ni’o hiij p sed to have gone in the direction of Violet Town.

The “ Daily Telegraph ” adds the following information :—Euroa is on the north-eastern line, 102 miles from Melbourne and about 20 nnhs on tins side of Benalla. The ranges from Mansfield extend the whole way, so that the gang would not have to go into open count ry to get to Euroa. the Faithful Creek Station is on the western side of the railway, extending in the direction of Violet Town. There would probably bo only about one policeman in Euroa, and it is just probable he would know nothing of tho presence of the gang till tiie prisoners escaped at midnight. The tame paper next day publishes the following from its own correspondent:— Wahounyaji, December 5, Information reached here to-day that four men had stolon a boat from the puntman at Yarrawonga, thirty miles from here, and crossed the river. The puntman states that on hearing tho noise of oars lie went out from his house at half-past twelve o’clock at night, and saw four men in a boat. He challenged them, and they t urned tho head of tho boat down stream. The puntman then ran inside, and bringing out a gun, run after tho men and challenged them again. The men in the boat then turned towards tho Victorian side of the river, and tho puntman fired two shots at them, a n which he lost sight of tho boat in (h darkness. He gave information to tho police, and search was instituted at daylight this morning. Tho tracks of men who had landed on the New South Wales side were found, and followed by five police. Tho men who took the boat are supposed to be the Kelly gang. The Kellys have relations about Yarrawonga, who have connived at their escape. Whether it was tho Kellys or not who crossed, it is certain that the boat was stolen temporarily, and that four men crossed into Now South Wales without permission of the owner, and without answering when fired at.

Tho following also appears in a “ Daily Telegraph ” : Bknalla, December 9.

Considerable excitement and alarm were manifested by the inhabitants of Violet Town and vicinity in consequence of information received that the bushrangers had been seen during the last few days in tho bush near the township. The gang have many friends in the district aud the information is considered reliable, but was very reluctantly given. The police are now scouring tho country in the direction indicated, but no nows is expected for a few days. It is feared the gang may stick up Violet Town, where only one constable is stationed

The mystery attending the abstraction of the boat from the puntman at Yarrawonga on the sth inst, is thus explained by a correspondent, who writes that two men wanted the lad at the punt to put them over from the Now South Wales side of the river into Victoria for nothing. They had no money, and the lad referred them to his employer, and told them they would most likely gain his consent to a free passage if they could convince him that they had no money. Instead of going as advised, they went down the river and camped until late, and when everything was quiet took off their boots and succeeded in getting tho boat away. They had not gone far, however, when the noise of their oars disturbed the puntman, who ran out with a gun and called on tho men to stop, but tho foolish fellows only rowed harder away. The puntman then fired both barrels. One man cried out. The police at once turned out in full force and were about during the rest of the night. Tho two men were captured next morning and sent over to the New South Wales side. One of them said he had got a few sho's in (he arm, and that they heard the bullets from the second barrel whizzing past heir cars rather too close to bo pleasant.