THE KELLY GANG.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1318, 28 June 1880, Page 2

THE KELLY GANG.

(BY CABLE.) ANOTHER MURDER.

Melbourne, June 26.

The Kelly gang have shot a man dead at Sebastopol to-day, and kept a numbor of police prisoners for 12 hours.

FULLER PARTICULARS. Melbourne, June 28, ! The man who was murdered by the Kellys at Sebastopol on Saturday was Sherrit, a selector and a former associate of the gang. He was recently employed by the police, four of whom were secreted \ in a house near the scene of the tragedy. V Byrne and the Kellys compelled a German ' acquaintance to call Sherrit outside, when Byrne instantly killed him out of revenge. The police summoned the gang to surrender, but they refused. The Kellys then fired a volley and attempted to burn the house. They remained outside till! morning and then disappeared. The police were inactive, and their explanations are unsatisfactory. They rode to Beechworth in the morning wheu th& trackers reported that the Kellys had been seen at Murchison. ENCOUNTER WITH THE GANG. It is rumored that the pursuing party had engaged the outlaws, and that one of the pursuers is wounded. THE GANG SURROUNDED. Later. The police have surrounded the Kellys at Jones' hotel, at Glenrowan, seventy miles from the scene of the outrage at 'Sebastopol. Superintendent Hare is wounded in the arm. The gang store U p the rails near Glenrowan ahead of the special train, but unsuccessfully. TWO CHILDREN SHOT. Still Later. Ned Kelly is wounded. Two children have been shot in one of the encounters with the gang. There is intense excitement over the events. CAPTURE OF NED KELLY. Latest. Ned Kelly, the bushranger, has been captured by the police. The others of the party, since their appearance at Sebastopol, have bailed up a publichouso in the neighborhood, and their capture is expected to be made during the day.