Glenrowan
“After we were bailed up we were taken over to Mrs. Jones’s Hotel, and were kept there until it was determined by Kelly to stick-up Constable Bracken. He permitted Curnow, Mrs. Curnow and myself to go with him in our buggy to the police station, which is about three-quarters of a mile from the railway station, and is not far from Mr. Curnow’s residence.”
“Referring today to a statement published this week that the death of Mr Michael Reardon at Bendigo, on Saturday last was believed to remove the last witness of the Kelly gang shooting at Glenrowan Inn 62 years ago, Mr D. H. Mortimer, of Somerton in the Tamworth district, said today that his father, Mr David H. Mortimer, of Leneva (Victoria), now aged 83, also witnessed the encounter.”
The whole of the members of the gang were very jolly, and Ned told us that they had come there to settle the black trackers, and that he would be on the spot when the train ran over the culvert, and would shoot all who were not killed. We knew we could do nothing, and therefore did not take any steps to warn those in the train of the danger. Every member of the gang was then sober. They showed us their armor, and seemed to think that the police could do them no harm. At half-past two on Monday morning Ned Kelly said something to the effect that he did not think the special train was coming, and I then asked him if we could go home. He said ‘Yes,’ and I thanked him.
The chief commissioner of police has received the following report from Mr. Curnow, late schoolmaster at Glenrowan, of his proceedings in connexion with the Kelly gang :—
Glenrowan 