THE KELLY TRAGEDY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 98, 3 August 1880, Page 3

THE KELLY TRAGEDY.

♦ HOW THE SPECIAL TRAIN WAS STOPPED. The man who stopped the train turns out to be Mr Thomas Curnow, the local schoolmaster. Mr and Mrs Curnow were stuck up at about 11 o'clock on Sunday morning by Ned Kelly and Byrne at the railway gates, as they were driving towards Greta. Their horse and buggy were put at Jones' hotel, and they themselves were lodged in the stationitfjftster's house. When bailing them upEelly said, "lam sorry, but I qfest detain you." They were detainfed until about 10 o'clock at night, when Kelly and Byrne took them to the hotel, requested them to get into tßeir buggy, and then accompanied ihfim to the police-station, where Kelly told them to go home and get into bed, and to remain quiet, otherwise he would shoot Mr Curnow. How Mr Curnow heard of the rails having been pulled up has not yet been explained, and it seemed strange, seeing that he had been set at liberty lefore the deed was done. He, however, did come by the informaiion, and took the risk of earning C the hatred of the Kelly gang by doing it in the interests of humanity. His home stands quite close to the railway line, and he was therefore able to Bear tfie pilot engine approaching. Upon hearing it approaching be ua<

mediately ran out with a red handker chief, which he held up, with c lighted match behind it. By .this aotion the special train was secured, and the locah of the gang discovered