The Argus
12/ 2/1879
... part of the KellyGang story
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DENILIQUIN, TUESDAY
Two of the police were sent last night with information to Tocumwal, where Sergeant Johnston is in charge. Superintendent Brown is absent at Hay, and no responsible officer is in charge here.
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ECHUCA, TUESDAY
There is no apprehension of any of the Kelly gang visiting Moama, but the Moama police have resumed patrol duty along the Murray, in the vicinity of Barunah.
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INTERVIEW WITH MESSRS TARLETON AND LIVING
The above gentlemen having reached Melbourne yesterday afternoon, have kindly supplied us with the following information: -Mr Living, the teller of the bank, states that about 10 minutes past 12 on Monday afternoon he was sitting at his desk in the bank when he heard footsteps approaching him from the direction of the back door. He at first took no notice, thinking it was the manager, Mr Tarleton. The footsteps continued approaching him, when he turned round on his office-stool, and noticed a man approaching from the back door. He immediately accosted the fellow who had his revolver already levelled at him, and on asking the intruder who he was, and what right he had to enter the bank by the back way, he answered that he was Kelly, and ordered Mr Living to bail up.
The man who afterwards turned out to be Byrne, ordered him to deliver up what firearms he had. Living replied that he had none. Young Mackie, who was standing in front of the bank, then came in, when Byrne ordered him (Living) to jump over the counter, which he did. He then told him to come with him into Cox's Hotel, and remarked that they had all the police stuck up. They went into the hotel, where they met Ned Kelly, who asked for Mr Tarleton, when he was told that he was in his room. They went back to the bank, but could not find the manager in his room. Ned Kelly said to Mr Living, "You had better go and find him." Living then searched, and found the manager in his bath. Mr Living was at first a little alarmed at not finding the manager in his room, and at first thought he had got some clue that the bushrangers were in the place, and had cleared out. On finding the manager in his bath he said to him, "We are stuck-up; the Kellys are here, and the police are also stuck-up." Byrne then brought Hart, and left him in charge of the manager. After Living had got out of the bathroom Ned Kelly came and took him into the bank, and asked him what money they had in the bank. Living replied there was between £600 and £700, when Kelly said, "You must have £10,000 in the bank." Living then handed him the teller's cash amounting to about £691.
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