SULLIVAN AGAIN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 324, 2 December 1880, Page 2

SULLIVAN AGAIN.

Writing of the recent Sullivan scare at the Bormagui rush, the special reporter of the Sydney Daily Telegraph says :— s The report about Sullivan being on . the field bus occasioned a great deal n of fear and n.t a little amusement L\ke the, tale of the ' three black crows,' it originated in almost nothing, and eventually reached a pitch of exaggeration which was simply 'ridiculous. A man said that he had seen someone who greatly resembled Sullivan. individuals, timid miners, came forward and said they h»d met a man walking in a mysterious way in the bush. The terror thus expressed b came infectious. Storekeepers looked white and wore long faces as the shadows of evening began to deepen ; strong men and old miners slept uneasily in their separate tents ; dogs wore at a premium, and the natives became so frightened that they took their boat in the evening and went away to th<? island in Wallaga L»ke, t'.ey baing afraid to remain on the mainland The terror spread to Cobargo, and the residetitsof that quiet township became 'suddenly aware''that the fastenings of their houses were insecure, and barricaded t ieir doors and windows with the furniture. In fact the whole place whs, so to spea'', in a state of funk.' The finality, however, was reachead when a poor unfortunate man, miserably clad, siarved-iooking and w*ak, appeared at a hotel at Cobargo and, asked for a free bed, as he had been chased away because someone said he was like Sullivan. The man's looks were certainly him but it was a iibfcl upon the hideout New Zealand ruffin to say that this decrepid being was like him. The unfprtunate being who is supposed to have been like him did not appear equal to slaughtering an inoffensive Kitten, let alone strong and active men. 1 did not hear whether the poor wretch r;ot accommodation, but this shows how numbers of the reports concerning this affair have got propagated'."