THE KELLY BUSHRANGERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 297, 23 December 1878, Page 4

THE KELLY BUSHRANGERS

DETAILS OF THE EUBOA OUTRAGE. j I

Melbourne, llth December. The following telegram ta all that the Melbourne papers contain regardicg the Kelly gan^ ;— "Euroa, 4th Dfcerober. — The telegraph wires were cut yesterday about ihree miles from here, and the National Bsnk robbed. The manager, together wiih the clerks and servants, were forcibly token away. Thia occurred about half-pest four p.m. They were driven io two vehicles by the Kallyß to Yonngbuabßnd's Failbful Creek Station, and locked up with twenty others until 11 p.m., when they were liberated without injury. The B>l!y8 stuck up Eaiihful Creek Station at 2 p.m. on Monday, and have been about the vicinity since. One of them dined nt Le Boos' Hotel yesterday. They brought in a vehicle belonging to Glosier, n bawker, for the purpose of removing the occupants of tha Bink. They are supposed to have gone in the direction of Violet Town."' The Daily j Telegraph adds tbe following information : — " Euroa ia on the north-eastern line, 102 miles from Melbourne, ond about twenty miles this side of Benalla. The rfiDges from Manefiaid extend tbe j whole .way, ao that the gong would not have to go into the open country to get j to Euroa. The Faithful Creek is ou Ibe western Bide of tbe railway, extending in the direction of Violet Towd. There would probably be oniy about one policeman in Euroa, and it is just probable that he would know nothing of the presence of a gaog till the prisoners escaped at midnight. Tbe Bane paper next day pub'ißhed the following from its "Own Correspondent": — " Wabgunyab, stb December. Information reached here to-day that four men had stolen a boat from tbe puntman at Yarrowonga, thirty miles from here, and bad crossed the river. The pumman states that on bearing the noise of oars he went out from the housa at balf-paet twelve o'clock at night, and saw four men io a boaf. He challenged them, and they turned the head of tbe boat down the stream. Tbe puntman then ran inside, and, bringing out a gun ran after the men and challenged tbem again. The men in the boat then turned towards the Victoria side of tbe river, aud the puntmen fired two shots at them, after which he lost sight of the boat io the darkness of the night. He gave inforlo the police, and a search was instituted at daylight this rooming, when tracks of men landing on lhe New South Wales aiJe were found and followed by the police. The men who took the boat are supposed to be Kelly's gang. The Kelly's havo relations about Y«rrawonga who bave connived at the eecape. Whether it was the Kellys or not wbo cress d, it is certain that the boat was stolen temporarily by the four men who crossed into New South Wales without the permission of the owners, and without answering wheu fired at. A later telegram says : — The mystery attending tho abstraction of the boat from tbe puntman ot Yarrawonga on the oth instant is thus explained by a correspondent, who writes: — "Two men wanted the lad at the punt to punt tbem over from the N.S.W side of tbe river into Victoria for nothing, as tbey had no money. The lad referred them to his employer, and told them they would most likely gain a free passage if they could conviuce him they had no money, but instead of going as advised, the went down the river and camped until late. When everything was quiet, they took off tbeir boots and eucceede i io getting the boat away. Tbey had not gone far, however, when tbe noise disturbed the puntman, who ran out with a gun, and called on the men to stop, but tbo fooiish fellows only rowed the harder. Tbe puntman then fired both barrels, and one man cried out. The police at once turned out in full force, and were about during the rest of the night. Tbe two men wero captured the next morning, and were sent over to theNew South Wales side. One of them Baid tbat be had got a few shots in hie »rm, and tbat he heard the bullet from tbe second barrel whiz-zing paßt their care rather too cloße to be pleasant.