BUSHRANGING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5396, 4 March 1879, Page 2

BUSHRANGING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

THE EXPLOITS OF THE GANG. [PER THE ' WAKATIPff,' AT WELLINGTON-.] SiDXEV, February 2S A gang of four men, named 'lhomasVorman, Charles Jones, William Kay, l Wil liam Hornsbo stuck-up the Hatfield store and public-house, sixty mile 3 from Bilranald on the night of the 21st. They were armed wi>h four revolvers, a revolving ride, and a Tj" n They ordered the people to "bail up," s , av ' ing they were the Kellys. They t jok i;oods to the cash value of £50, two horse 3, ealdlea and bridles, from the District Court bailiff' fired twice at a storeman named Day, who escaped ; they kept all the rest prisoners for four hours, and then left tliem, saying they would servo Balranald the same as Jerifderie Early on Satur.iaythey stuck up Friedman a hawker, near Till Till, took £50 from him, two rings off bis fingers, and other jewellery and goods from his waggon. They stuek-up the Till Till station, took arms, rations, siddles, and Bix fresh horses belonging to the station. They refused the station hands horses. They marched all hands, numbering twenty-five, to the manager's house, where they kept all bailed-up. They stuck-up Wiltshire's tank, Tinker's Camo, at Till Till. They w<?re last heard of going in the direction of Woolpigarie. The police are in hot pursuit. The townspeople of Bilranald are in great excitement. There are only tw» regular policemen and one special constable left. The gang is well-mounted, but all are novices, and very young, except Gorman who is the leader. [These men have eine'e been captured.]