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In July 1878 a change was effected in the police arrangements of the country districts. Beechworth and Mansfield and a portion of Kilmore were combined, forming the North-Eastern district, and Superintendent Sadleir placed in charge, with his head quarters in Benalla.
The Royal Commission made the following conclusions about the problems that
confronted the police at the time of the murders;
"The constables were found armed with revolvers that, under the circumstances,
were comparatively useless. A few rifles were scattered throughout the district,
but such was the inadequacy of the armament available that, upon the departure
of Kennedy on his fatal expedition,
the station at Mansfield was
almost completely denuded of weapons. The parties who went out to search for
the bodies of the murdered men were wretchedly equipped, and, before starting,
the whole township had to be searched in order to obtain arms.
The majority of the police were unacquainted with the use of the more modern
description of rifle, and were, in many instances, notoriously had bushmen,
and ignorant of the country in which they had to search for the outlaws. Some
also were indifferent horsemen. "(RC2ndreportyV)
The Berry Government acted quickly to turn the situation around
After the Stringy Bark Creek murders Ass Com Nicolson was appointed to head the hunt for the KellyGang. After the Euroa robber he was replaced by Com Standish and Sup Hare. In June 1879 Ass Com Nicolson resumed command until early June 1880 when Sup Hare took charge again.
The operation was comtrolled from Benalla.
Meehan Thos, p mc
Meagor CF p mc
Mills. p sc
Milne J, p fc
Monkey Brown p t
Montford, p Sgt
Montfort William B, p
Insp
Montiford, p c
Montgomery, p c
Montifort J, p mc
Moore, p c
Moors Henry,
Moses, p t
Mullane P, p sc
Neville pc
Nicolas, p Sup
Nicolson, Ass Comm
O'Connor, p Insp
O'Dwyer, p c
Orr, pc
Pewtress, p Insp
Philips William, p mc
Potter pc
Purcell, p Sup
Redding, p mc
Reilly T, p fc
Richards H, p c
Richards J pc
Richardson pc
Robinson, pc
Ryan C, p mc
Sadlier, Sup
Sambo, pt
Scanlan, p mc
Secretan, p det
Shoebridge, p sc
Singleton, p Sup (NSW)
Smyth R, p sc
Spider, p t
Standish, Commissioner
Steele, Sgt
Stephens G, p c
Stillard JL. p mc
Stone pc
Stow JH, pc
Strahan, p sc
Thom H. p mc
Tommy, p t
Twomey Michael, p fc
Toohey J Insp
Waldron pc
Wallace WJR, p mc
Walsh Patrick, p fc
Ward M, p det
Welsh, p fc
Whelan James, p sgt
Wickam Richard, pc
Williamson D, pc f
Wilson PP, p mc
Winch, p Sup
Gannon pc (Argus28/8/79)
Gascoigne P, p mc
Gilfedder, p sc
Glenny R, pc
Gobbin Sconst
Graham R, p mc
Graves p c
Green, p Insp
Gribbin p sc
Criffin pc
Hagger N, p mc
Hall, p sc
Hare, p Sup
Harry p c
Hayes, p c
Hays JJ p mc
Healey P, p mc
Hedberg pc
Hero, p t
Hewitt JM, p fc
Hodgson p c
Horwood p c
Irvine R, p sc
Jackey, p t
James, p sc
Jimmy, p t
Johnny, p t
Johnson C, p sc
Johnston J, p sc
Kabat p Sup
Keene p c
Keating p c
Kelly John, p sc
Kelly P, p fc
Kennedy, M sgt
Kennedy. p det
Kenny, p c
King, Tom p sc
Kirkham TH, p mc
Larner J p Sub Insp
Lawless, p c
Lewis John, p Insp
Lonigan T, p c
Love pc
Lynch, James, p Sgt
McCall, p c
McCulloch p Sup
McDonald P, p fc
McDonnell p c
McGuirk p c
McHenry, p c
McHugh Robert, p fc
McIntrye, p c
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