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THE KELLY GANG
A telegram to Tuesday's Herald has the
following:— Sub-inspector O'Connor of the
Queensland Native Police force, with
twelve aboriginal troopers and ' trackers,
leaves Sydney at midnight to-night, by
special train to Wagga Wagga, en route
to the border country, where the Keilys are
supposed to be. The men are a fine body
of fellows; and. Sub-inspector O'Connor, it
seems, is a very experienced officer. He is
a distant relative of his Excellency Sir Her
cules Robinson, and is a retired lieutenant;
and receives carte blanche from the Go
vernment. His movements will be unde
fined by orders from the Government or
any Government department. Horses
necessary for the party will be supplied at
the cost of either Government. When
starting in the pursuit, the natives strip to
the waist, and they usually, subsist with
the wild tribes with whom they come in
contact. Lieut. O'Connor, however, denies
them the perquisite of eating the bodies of
the vanquished bushrangers, although most
of the natives of northern Queensland, to
which these men belong, are, cannibals to
the extent of eating enemies slain in battle.
Lieutenant O'Conner [sic] says that if the Keilys
are in the locality, he will give a good ac
count of them within a month. Nearly all
his men are splendid shots.
Sydney, Wednesday.
Lieutenant O'Connor, with his contingent,
of native troopers, left Sydney by special;
train southward early this morning. The
party is accompanied by five special white
constables, to guard the camps at night,
the aboriginals having a great dread of
darkness.
Mansfield, Wednesday.
. A party often Mansfield "residents " paid
a visit to the Wombat Ranges on _ Sunday,
to view the scene of the late murders of the
police. There appeared to be no indi
cations of any change, or of the . gang
having been to their old haunts. The trees
around present a very battered appearance
from the number of bullets fired at them,
they evidently being used as targets. The
party went to tho diggings, and were con
vinced that gold had beeen found there as
stated by Ned Kelly. A parly is to be
formed to carry on the work of digging'.
A book is -being published hero and is ex
pected to be ready in a few days, contain
ing the history of the Keilys from 'their
childhood. A great part of the information
has been furnished by Mrs Kelly during
her confinement in gaol.; . There are indi
cations here that the gang are not far from
their old haunts.
A- detachment of poliee and black-;
trackers are; engaged scouring tbe country
between Echuca and Kerang,. where some,
suspicious characters, supposed to be, the.
KeLlys, have lately been seen.
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