THE KELLY GANG.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 53, 3 July 1880, Page 2

THE KELLY GANG.

CoNTfilsf to expectation th© wounds o£ NfiD Zblly are bo(; likely to prove. £a- s tal, aud there f 'w : iSterj.^probability iphtt at :least one bf tne gang- will expiate his. misdeeds pn scaffold, for i the i desperado has reached Melbourne 1 , and- ha» been safejy lbdg^invthe gaol. T Not* .withstanding ifye?et*agi6 fS& of the w-retolied' criminal)i;' ' ti»e spirit pi lawlessness would appear to b,e still rampart in -the Ovens .distriut, for although, there was aJargeyforc* of police at hand, the Odroner was unable to hold an ofl^Peial inquiry into tHecii*cUwtahc<fs con» | nected witlitUe fate of those who pc» rished m the Grleh Rowan Hotel. .X^ cordipg to the. telegram, SifiVE Hut's brother, with fifty^armed diiml, took their jst^nd at Greta, a township about se?en miles from" Grleij IJ^wan, "th» scene of Monday's tragedy, with the intention o£ resist'iritf th# Jioldjng'lof the 'inquest on the bodiesi of Steve Haef, .Dan ZELW.and^dßriH^.' The^ greafe 1 est e^citsniet^t pref ailed throughout the district, sfcrotfg bodies of police were sent frottj 3enajla and Wangarattq, ,tq Glen^Bowan,, but they appearedi to QOnsider] that, "discretipn \yas t\ie. betttr. part of yalpp/Vand wisely refrained |p6na goin^ to 1 (irjeta^.v^^rnder- 'jtfce,.-.circ||m-_' stance*, the CbroneF'yery judic^ojjgly dispensed with thflTiecessity of an &• quißition. and-the(^(pdieß of the. outlaws having been handed oyer to their fries da, no collision. took place. It ig a matter for regret that th» eoronial inquiry 4i«i not take place, or: tfyat some evidence was not forthcoming as to the manner m whick the outlaws came by their death. ; Dogged and daring as no. doubt they; w«re, we" Very" Bm?h q4««ij4<>n if they had the fortitude to allow them.selves to be roasted alive, while they had the means of quickly giving taoh other the : r quietfisAnd l thus e&dingaprolQnge4 agony, They wm £*&s itip n^iin a trap without a ppsipility of es.eape, and as lifo was.not sodear to them that they should seek to prolong it Pnly to suffer, it Isidore: than probable that if they did not wil&tUy mcct r death at the hands of the besieger*, th^iir own weapons gave th»m a ga,ssport Scpm, life to eternity. Tb,ere. seems tob^fi a considerable fog about -Jthe .locals, of the scene of the first, outrage, Sebastopol ; and, as we stated, jt at first was' imagined that it was a town of that name close to Ballarat,' but evidently such ' could not b,e the ea^e. Seveh years ago the writer of this article was a resident for nine months m Beechworth, and certainly afc^ that time there Svas" np place m: either the: Ovens or Benalla districtg called-Sebastopol, and consequently we fail to see how it .could be. a deserted; diggings. El Dorado, close to which it is said to. fce^ i* eleven inilej fi'pm Beechworth \ Beftohwbrtu is twentyfour miles, fron* -A-lburyi with Yackan •- dandah lying between ; Wangaratta is twenty-five miles from JBeechwprth, nearer Melbourne ; and B.enalla, is twenty miles lower down again, with Glen Ho wau jii^t midway hetween tha two places. Tlie couqtry is of the most favorable nature ;for\buihrangers, and it will fie recollected tliat^ it ifas i t n the Ovens Tli^t.rict; that. Powes so successEdlly baffled tbi police for monthsj only to become their prey: at last through- the trea.cliery -of a- boy m whom he confided, L who b ? etrayed" liia lair, and gave the signal tp his captprs whi^e the' ou.tla.wi was asleep.. .-...-,:■ ' : -.•:•■