Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), Saturday 14 May 1881, page 17
THE PEERYBINGLE PAPERS.
So Mrs. Ann Jones, the supposed Kelly sympathiser, has got off. And serve her right will be the verdict of everyone, I think. Why on earth the bobbies should go for a Jones to worry the life out of, when there were two or three Kellys and some Skillians to be got at, beats me. Now, for the life of me, I can’t see why Ann Jones was spotted, unless it was because her name was Jones. I know everybody has a down on a Jones, and I suppose the feeling extends to peelers. Joneses are in everything. Joneses have been everything, from the town, crier up to Prime Minister, and I suppose the police determined there should be one less Jones in the world, and they went for “poor Mary Ann” at Glenrowan. But, joking aside, why wasn’t Kate Kelly arrested, or her brother Jem? They went to the Apollo-hall the very night Ned was elevated in society and publicly sympathised, but no attempt was made to stop them. They were followed by large crowds in the streets of Melbourne, and treasonable speeches made, but they got off scot free. Then there was Willie Gaunson; surely to goodness he was a sympathiser, for he addressed crowded meetings in Kelly’s favour, but the police carefully let him alone, and went for the viddy. Well, she has been let off, and I fancy it will give general satisfaction.
Glenrowan 