Sir, — I have the honor to furnish the following report for your information of such of the proceedings of 28th ult. in relation to the capture of the Kelly gang as occurred whilst I was in command of the party of police carrying on the attack.
Category: The Police
All about the men who pursued the outlaws.
A magisterial inquiry was held this day at Powell’s Hotel, Benalla, on the body of Martin Cherry, who was shot at Glenrowan on Monday.
“Hugh Bracken, a police pensioner, who took part in the capture of the Kelly gang, shot himself dead at Wallan on Friday morning.”
“Ex-Constable Hugh Bracken, who played a prominent part in the capture of the Kelly gang of bushrangers at Glenrowan, committed suicide at his residence at Wallan on Friday morning.”
“The commission appointed to enquire into the claim made by Mrs. Jones for the destruction of her hotel at Glenrowan on the memorable occasion of the Kelly gang extermination, sat at the Court-house, Benalla, on Friday.”
“Curnow’s life is not safe a moment here. The most bitter and horrible threats are used against him, and also against Constable Bracken, who escaped from the hotel; and Dowsett, the railway guard, who is acknowledged by officers and men to have behaved most pluckily in the fight and capture of Ned Kelly.”
“I am stationed at Greta, five miles from Glenrowan. At 11 o’clock on Sunday night I was called by Edward Reynolds, I was then at the police station, which is one mile from the railway station. I had been suffering from a bilious attack and was very weak. At first I didn’t reply, but another voice called me and then I opened the door.”
“The pilot engine was stopped half a mile from Glenrowan, and we were told that the line had been pulled up by the Kellys a mile beyond Glenrowan.”
“After a disappearance of upwards of 12 months, the Kelly gang have turned up in a most extraordinary and daring manner, and have committed another murder rivalling in atrocity those with which they started their career as bushrangers.”
Testimony given by Constable Robert Alexander to the Royal Commission, with particular focus given to his presence at the murder of Aaron Sherritt.
Glenrowan 