CAPTURE OF POWER THE BUSHRANGER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 194, 2 July 1870, Page 2

CAPTURE OF POWER THE BUSHRANGER.

.-*" (From the Melbourne Arg us). --On^o^pFfche^^^ perintendeQta["Ni.colaopr;and |Tare met Sergeant MQntford at an appointed place in iihe'^aogsrfftta-poliee-sub-distrrct.'-'-They were engagfi&ihrs^rjghinrgC 5 th r el ranges till the afternoon of~Ssturday, the~4th instr, taking every .precaß.tiftn-iagainst betraying their v, On that day, afferdark; wasjnadg |pr. At particular range at the head .of King Ri vermin -which;- it* L was suspected Power, had a hiding-place. night was pitch dark, the ' rain' was faliihg heavily , and the ver being their only guide,, they bad to keep clese along ithe 'Bank, fhrpug'h ' swamps, creeks,! and Jagpona., : Turning at 'last from the river, they had to crpss a, creek tc reach the foot of teeTangy/ahd : here 1 they;' had -tp pass through the enemy's camp, in ; the, shape »of a bridge and stockyard within 20 yardso'f & tfoti-tfwbere a knowledge -of^their : :^ra r aence.. would have, proved t -. fatal, tp illheir plans. They then" spread themselves oyer ; th& range, and searched the gullies' leading frcm it systematically, cne by one, signs' of Power'- camp-fire. J This was ne? pessarilyslow work, and to their disgust 'tbey saw daybreak whilst still in sight of the house, and without a ' trace of Power. At last; when their hopes pf iaccess fct: that day 1 were .nearly ; extinguised / tl&ey came across' a hbllbw ''tree!.' \wUh ; grass In the bbttbiii, and very haturalrlopking hples cut for observations in the trunk, which- they recognised as one of the oftdescribed citadels of Power. This tree being on- -Over- side" of the range^ they at once faced for the top, and almost immediately, Dprial^^ to smoke' barely perceptible in their front. This determined their ;co_rse, and proceeding quichiy and quietly in that direction, .they came, to a small dry gully, the. entrance to which was screened by wattle and cherry scrub.. Entering this; guilty; which was r * r fbU!..df' granite boulders, at half-past 7. a.m^tfiey saw a small fire biirnirig, in .front of a.mass of foliage which they^foundjipnicoming within 20 yards of it, concealed a bark gunyab, the entrance to which faced ; at a right , angle , f frpm theh* ; lines, '^his -they rushed, and feiind lying pn his , back partly dressed, a man who, seeing himself cpvered by three revolvers,, sat ;'_iip with a .great., yell.., ..He was 7imraediateiy dragged but and handcuffed, iand then stood up pale and igasping; •: On;:^ecoV_ring himself, he waute'd'; tb '___$;!&.& We! gunyah for his boots,' hut .^jißsa.. w^ire handed tp..him.v- In reply toi a remark tha. he was Power, and- had given them a lot pfrtepublei,: he j said, V;Yes,!'and:if l::Ba<_ heard you coming, I would hatfe',drbpi>eol o^tfdf ybft^^ riangingfrpm ihe 'riilge clpse to his hand a double-barrelled gunj capped and loaded, and' : on the ' bed - : alongsido -■ of him' $ six*» chamfbered" Colt's revolve^ navy l _izie, "also loaded, in the case,"with r the, belt, attached. The gunyah wa.s elaborate, the : ie_ being raised from the gro^'dand. supplied wAtfe plenty of clean: .straw.^ ■He had clethes/ blankets, a good stock of meat; 'pqmfoes, tea, sugar, and oveh^baked : breaw-i : and £15 4s. 6d. in moneyV.Tlaving.been without food fpr 24ho.nrs, jihe ; jvere glad^to ; _?b wers- hpsp]taiity ln/th^rshape of a hearty breakfast, which he seasoned with a ireeital "of; h is r ; e'xplbiri. r - A{ ter ; . ; wh ich. the^sr'arted by Whitefipld .fpV which they reached been! ?7 hours, in the saddle or on foot, and lodged their prisoner (who had been chaffing everybody en the r road) in^Wangariatta lock-up. ' ' , ',; t _">:,•)

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