THE KELLY GANG'S DESIGNS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 670, 7 April 1879, Page 2

THE KELLY GANG'S DESIGNS.

' The M^boiirae correspbrtiftbt of the Ararita&ertpr says:— "NW Kelly jWaSM «en mf months ago by an old friendcfr*fißfne, who was then in business in Benalla. The person was out buying grain, and he chanced to fall across the* gang is they were crossing the ranges. Ned at once recognised him, and invited him to have a drop of wfoaky,of yhicjfe,: the gajjg . had an excellent braad. Kelly chatted confident(£llfy^ an4 ' w^®" asked what he thought the end would be, he put his "pistot'to nw- forehead, saying signin*cantly. "That before the gallows." !From my friend's' account, Ned is not » bad-looking young /fe^ow, -but the others ardVeedy bHlsh- larrikins/withanything^iot ejrejii ldbks to recommend them. In th< [course : of i the: conversation, Ned dropped some hints that he might escape from the colony by means of some disguise, but not, he added, * aatil I've plenty -of r money from bankj*.' /The abbve majr be relied upon, as my informant, is not the man to forge such » story.. He^ used to buy Mrs.: Kelly's wheat, >nd speaks .iwelli of the family, particularly Ned, who might have developed into a clever, ajid- sue* cessful man if not led away by horse* . thieving propensities. ; ; I belie,ye the 1 idea is correct, and that Kelly wishes to accumulate a,fW> thousands, and . theii rush to the coast and .try to get away, whil^the police are confident that they have him safe * in ' the ' Straigthboeg Ranges."