THE KELLYS AT JERILDERIE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 53, 28 February 1879, Page 2

THE KELLYS AT JERILDERIE.

Tho subjoined account of the conduct of the Kelly gang at Jerilderie is from the Sydney Morning Herald : — Mr Living, the teller of the bank, about 12 on Monday mornius was sitting in the bank, whon he heard footsteps approaching him from the direction of tho back door, and not iced a man approaching. 1 1 c immediately accosted the fellow, who had a revolver already levelled at him, and on asking the intruder who he was and what right he had to enter the bank by the back way, he answered fchafc he was Kelly, and ordered Mr. Living to bail up. The fellow, who afterwards turned up to be Bryne, ordered him to deliver up whafc firearms he hnd.

Living rephsd that he had none. Young Mackie, who was standing in front of the bank, then caun in, when Rryne ordered him to jump off the counter, which Liying did. He then told him to come with him to Cox's Hotel, and rem -irked that they had j all the police stuck up. They wenfc into tho hotel, where they met Ned Kelly, who asked for Mr Tarleton. and was told that he was in his ioom. Thoy went buck to the bank, but could not find the manager in his room. Ned Kelly said to Mr Living, " You had better go and flud him." Living then searched and fouud the man.tger in his bath. On finding the manager he s iid to him, " We are stuck-up, the Kelly's aro here, and the police are also stuck-up." Bryne then got Hart, and left him in charge of the manager. After he hnd got out of the bath Ned Kelly cam.* and took him i .to the bank, and asked him whafc money they had in the bank. Living replied there was between £000 -and £700, when Kelly said, " You must have £10,000 in the bank." Living then handed him tho teller's cash, amounting to aboufc £69 1 . K'jlly asked if tiiey h;id any more money, and wus answered " No." Kelly then obtained the teller's revolver, and again requested moro money. Ho then brought the manager from the Rjyal Hotel, and demanded tho key, watch w.is giren to him. and tho drawer waa opened, waen fcho sum of £1<1.50 wa* taken out by Kelly and placed in the bag. Kelly then took dowu a large deed box, and expressed his intention of burning all the books in the office. He, however, left the papers, and said that he would come back and see if there were any deeds for town allotment*. Tiie wholo party theu went into the Rjyal Hotel. In the meantime Mr R in .iv and Mr dill seeing tbo bank door open, went in an 1 were im'tnedin tely followed by Kelly, who ordered them to bail up. Bofch gentleman at odco made otf, Mr Uankin running into the Hotel and Mr Gill in some other direction. Ned Kelly ran after Rankin and caught him in the Hotel. Kelly caught hi__ by the collar and asked him why he ran away, at the same time toiling him to go into tho passage, und, thafc he intended to shoot r.irn He took Mr Rankin into the passage, and, straightening him against the wall, levelled his revolver at him. Several persons called oufc to Kelly and told him nob to lire, and he did not. He then called Hart by the name of" Revenge" and told him to shoot tho first man that attempted any resistance, and fcold Rankin that if ho attomptod it he would be the first shot. Kelly then askod for Gill, and tort Richards and.Livin< with him to look for Gill. The policeman had his revolver with him, but Kelly had previously withdrawn the cartridges. They went up to Gill's house and saw Mrs Gill. Kelly said to her, " I havo a statement here . which contains a little act of my life, aud I want it published by Mr Gill ; will you taki it ? " She refused to do so. The party then want te M'Dougald's Hotel, where Kelly took a blood mare out of the stable, anJ remarked that he would take the animal, but would return ifc in three weeks. I'he party then went to the telegraph office and tn -t Bryne, who had cut the wires. Ned Kelly then broke tho insulators with his revolver and after this he took the postmaster a.d his assistant to the Royal Hutel and lelfc the party thero. Kelly then returned to *he bank and obtained a saddle i and a pair of riding trousers belonging to Mr Tarleton, and also a gold chain and a gold watch. The saddlo was then pufc on the mare and Dm Kelly mounting it, rode away, but returned in five minutes. Dan Kelly nud Hart then both kept guard at the hotel, and Ned Kelly informed the postmaster that if he attempted to mend fche wires before next day, or offered any resistance, ho would be shot. He also told .Mr Jeiferson that he intended to take him a few miles in the bush and then liberate ym. He informed those present that he ia .ended sfcioking up the Urana ooach that night, aud would shoot anyone who attempted to give warning. Bryne atill rode iw the direction of Murray wifch the money, and in the meantime Mr Tarleton had succeeded in despatching a messenger to Urana to warn the bank manager there. The remaining part of the gang then rode in the direction of the police camp, and tho party were liberated, and Mr Living started for Deniliquin. The following additional particulars are given by the manager of the bank :— At tbe time of the ocourrenoe he (Mr Tarleton) had not long returned from a tide of forty miles, and was having a bath wheu the teller rushed into the bath room, and exclaimed t hat they were stuck up. A« soon as he came out ofthe bath, Hart pointed the pUfr)l at

him, and then searched his clotheftfP-ftr Tarleton (hon made aome inquiries an ft> the movements of tlie Kelly gang, but Hart, answering ono or two questions, replied in an angry voice, that he had better cease asking such questions. Hart then took him into tho Hotel, and as ho was going ib, be noticed Byrne strike the Chinese oook. He waa then placed with eotne others ia the bir parlor, where he was kept until taken back to the bank. Hart stood the whole of the time at the door . f the room with revolvers, and evinced a strong desire to shoot somebody occasionally, if there was a little tbo much talking in the room. During his confinement in the room he was placed in such a position that be tbiaks he could bave knocked Hart down, but on afekiog the policeman if he would back bim up, he replied that Dan Kelly had them covered with his revolver, and if he happened to mm them he would be sure t0,., jkill some of the others. Tbe gang then prepared to go, bat before doing so, Ned Kelly made a speech, with the evident intention of exciting pity.