Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 – 1954), Wednesday 18 August 1880, page 2
MARTIN CHERRY’S DEATH. — One of all the persons who was confined in Jones’ Hotel, Glenrowan, on the memorable morning the police stormed the building, has sent an account to the Benalla Standard, describing how Martin Cherry met his death. He says Cherry was lying flat on the floor, whilst he was lying amongst some sacks of wheat. He could hear occasional bullets ripping into the bags about him. Cherry at last pitifully sang out that he was shot. Like a brave hearted tallow, the other man came out from his retreat, and though every instant he was in danger of being killed him-self, hastily bandaged up poor Cherry’s wound. It was in the groin, and he was rapidly bleeding to death. Then for protection he covered up the old man with a mattress, and again retreated amongst the wheat bags till 10 o’clock in the day, when the police allowed the prisoners to come out of the hotel. The narrative, of which the above is the substance, is told with such an air of truth that after this few persons will believe that Ned Kelly was the direct cause of Cherry’s death, murdering him because he would not hold a window blind aside whilst the outlaw took a good aim at the police outside. All the evidence plainly indicates that Kelly was not in the place at the time Cherry was sacrificed by what we may call the excessive zeal of the police.
Glenrowan 