The Kellys' Gang.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3117, 13 February 1879, Page 2

The Kellys' Gang.

Jerilderie, where the last bank robbery has been committed, is a small township in New South Wales, 428 miles southwest of Sydney, in the district of Deniliquin. It has five hotels, a public school, a Court-house, lock-up, police barracks, and a population of about 200 persons. It is on one of the main roads of the colony, that leading from the crossing of the Murray River at Moama . to Wagga Wag K a. From Bluroa,. tl« scene of the last exploit, to Moama. is^ about 70 miles, and from Moama to Jerilderie, about 90 miles, so that the outlaws must have travelled about 160! mites at least; What could have been the reason for their changing their quarters P There' is no evidence that; they were so closely run that they could no longer stay in the northern parts of Victoria; they must have been amply supplied with money; and, above all, they were amongst friends* * and were well acquainted with the recesses '/* of the wooded ranges about Mansfield. Can it be that they became infected with a dare-devil spirit, and, .despising the " sticking-up " of a. solitary. traveller pt ... a lonely station, have determined to "go for "a bank' in New South Wales P-^ Some short time ago, it was reported that the brigands had crossed the Murray, but the statement was afterwards " contradicted, and up to the time when the news of this second outrage was received, ,„ the police seem to have had no intimation that they had moved from their old : , auarters. They could not get back before ! le pursuit was hot upon them, and surely means will be taken to prevent r them taking refuge in the wooded ranges where they have so long mockedl the pursuit of the police. There is another remarkable feature in this aflfcir. The outlaws are now in a pastoral district, of quite a different character to where thby ; were before, and offering much less !t natural shelter.' The small selectors who , composed the residents of the Wombat ! Ranges included many men who paid , little regard to the law, and who extensively practised cattle-stealing. Amongst the families of these men the Kellys had many sympathisers, and it remains to be seen whether they will be a? fortunate in New South Wales. The police in that ; colony were said to be on the alert on the border, but they seem to have cut a worse figure than even in Victoria, the party at Jerilderie having been imprisoned and plundered of their arms, ammunition! and horses.—Herald.