Meet the people of the KellyGang story
A sympathizer and hawker who helped the KellyGang at Faithfull's Creek Station. Came from Longwood.
Links to the KellyGang below , Early Years , Teenage years , First run in with the law , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , Murders at Wombat Rangers , Escape North , Euroa Robbery , Mass arrest of sympathizers , Jerilderie Robbery , Later in 1879 , Early in 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission., Family.,
On the evening of the 9th Mr Gloster and I arrived at Faithfull's Creek Station and met the KellyGang.
Ned Kelly took me with him into Euroa for the robery. He paid me £2 and me the silver watch taken from the body of Constable Lonigan. I gave it to the police.(Argus13/11/78)
On 9/8/1880 I was
called upon to give evidence at Ned Kelly's committal hearing in Beechworth
about a conversation I had with him about the murders at Stringy Bark Creek.
(Age10/8/1880) (Argus10/8/80)
(Argus12/8/80)
On 29/10/1880 I gave
evidence at Ned Kelly's trial (Age30/10/80)
(Argus30/10/80) (JJK)
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I was married at Milawa on 5
Nov 1889.
I joined the police in March 1886 as a Mounted Constable..
I was stationed at Nathalia for some years during my service in the police
and was also at Wunghn
After I retired from the police as a result of "Bodily Infirmity" 31.1.1904
I bought the Cumberland Hotel,
Wunghnu
I died at Nine Mile Creek, Victoria, on 3 December 1904 and I am buried together with my wife Christina
in the Wunghnu Cemetry. She died in 3/10/1947