William Woods

Meet the people of the KellyGang story

Importance of William Woods

I was arrested as a sympathizer.

Links to the KellyGang , Early Years , Teenage years , First run in with the law , Fitzpatrick Incident , Gold Mining , Murders at Stringy Bark Creek , 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 ,

Family

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Links to the KellyGang

Mass arrest of the sympathizers

On 2/1/1879 Commissioner Standish ordered the arrest of about 20 sympathizers including me. He took that action under the Felons Apprehension Act. Most of the sympathizers were held in Beechworth goal.

I was arrested near Wangaratta by ...
I was remanded by the court in Wangaratta. It was alledged that I used the name William Strickland. (OMA9/1/1879)

We were held without ever being given a chance to defend them selves. We were remanded in custody for periods of 7 days. Only one of the sympathizers was represented by a lawyer. The magistrates repeated the remands each week for over 3 months before the sympathizers were finally released

At the start, the arrests had public support in Melbourne but that turned into general contempt for the police. The mass arrests resulted in fewer people being prepared to assist the police or to supply information about the KellyGang

Eventually they dropped the charges against me. (Argus20/1/79)

Glenrowan Siege 28/6/1880

Was I at the Glenrowan siege?

After the Siege and later

What happened to William Woods' family

Please enjoy the story of the KellyGang, but also remember that at least 10 people died and many more had their lives changed in ways that may still be painful to some people.

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