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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 850, 6 January 1879, Page 2

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The following is taken from tl tralasian:— ■,

. The means by which th« following was. obtained I'am compelled in h keep secret, but I; place every.reliaii the source .from whence, it can)& ( tion of-the sad narrative! is domjfirm the fact that when- the remtfhar of $ Kenned jrwere discovered, there wet near' him • some 'sheets 'Of writia fastened together with a small paper with three leaves torn from it, and u missing leaves it is supposed the lei written to his wife. It has since been that this paper was bought in Man* the late Sergeant Kennedy previous t ing on the fatal expedition. . The pai given below were related, by Kelly personally to a confederate some tit the murders were committed, whose cannot reveal. The following is the referred to :

M'lntyre's evidence, as given in tU field Guardian, is, in the main, prettyj Upon seeing M'lntyre gallop away, Kl continued to fire at us without effeju sheltered ourselves. We let him fi3 five shots from his revolver, he m nearly in the one position, and' stj A shot was fired by one of my matd which he started to run, followed] brother and myself. After running I quarter of a mile, and apparently J chance of escape, as we were makiJ him with our weapons, Kennedy got U tree, and as I came within pistolj fired his last remaining charge. M him levelling fair at my head, I til fell on my knees, and as I did so] the bullet whiz just over my head, j fired at Kennedy, who-fell wound® foot of the tree where his wards found. The other two ins and Byrne, who were coming upj seeing that the sergeant was g turned and went in pursuit of had escaped on Kennedy's horse. 9 geant never moved from the spot ju fell, but complained of the pain hew the bullet wound. I should say 4 with him nearly two hours trying what information we could out of hi always endeavored to turn the com in the direction of his domestic aft home, his wife and family, and v quently of the little one he had buried in the Mansfield Cemetery, t he seemed very much attached, t knowing he would soon be by its could not help feeling very much to his pitiable condition, and after « said, ' " Well, Kennedy, I am son shot you. Here, take my gun and si Kennedy replied,. " No, I forgive may God forgive you too." wrote as much on some slips in hisi as his fast-failing strength would a After he had written .what he a his pencil, he handed the paper fc asked if I would give it to his wift, the paper, and promised that wha safe opportunity I would dp so. geant then appeared to be suffei much, and in great agony. I couM upon him so, and did not wish to alone to linger out in such pain, denly, -without letting him see * tended, put the muzzle of my gun I a few inches of Kennedy's breast, saw that I was going to shoot him I of me to leave him alive, .saying,' alone to live, if I can, for the sal poor wife and family.- You sun shed blood enough." I fired, nod instantly, without, another groan, took his cloak and covered it overl and left-him to be.buried by fl might find him. . I did not cut offl reported ; it must have been eaten