LINK WITH BUSHRANGING DAYS.
(Inspector Jambs Stephenson, formerly of the New South Wales police force, re- : cently died in Sydney at the age of 77. || ■ He was one of the old school of officers whose influence in the stirring days when the gold fever and were at' j their height in the Slate was of the utmost value. Entering the service an 1855, Mr. Stephenson made rapid progress, and v in 1890 attained the rank of inspector. This position he held for abotxfc a year, and then retired. Inspector Stcphenaoa had a narrow escape from death when pursuing the Law»s gang of bushrangers. An encounter between the police and the gang. -was of a particularly fierce character. The deceased officer on that otmsien was shot' • in the thumb, and two other bullet* passed through his coat. The leader ol the - gang, Fred rick Lawes, was shot by -Ste- f - phenson, and at the subsequent inquest the officer was warmly commended for the pertinacity with which he had h anted the i criminal, and on his personal bravery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 5
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