BUSHRANGING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Colonist, Volume X, Issue X, 12 February 1867, Page 3

BUSHRANGING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

THE LATE MUEDEES BY BUSHEANGEES,

FRESH CASES OF " STICKING-UP' BY THE

MUKDEBEKS,

{Front the Sydney Morning Herald)

The murder of Carroll's party by Clarke's gang has caused great excitement in Sydney. Carroll's remains were mutilated. It is said they had information of the bushrangers being at a station two miles from their camp, and were led into an ambuscade, and shot down. The perpetrators are supposed to be the two Clarkes, Southgate, and Cummings, who recently escaped from Berrima Gaol, and a desperado, known as the "Long tailor." The Sydney Government Offers a reward of £5000 for the apprehension and conviotion of the murderers of Carroll's party.

A public meeting was held at Braidwood on the 9th of January, to express sympathy with the bereaved families of the four constables (Carroll and party) who were brutally murdered by Clarke and gang, at Jinden, near Braidwood. It was discussed at the meeting what steps could be taken, in conjunction with the Government, to check crime in that neighborhood.

The funeral of the constables took place at Braidwood on Thursday, January 17. There were numerous followers, and all the houses were closed. The bodies were afterwards re-interred in the Catholic cemetery, at Sydney. Two men, named Michael N. O'Connell and Daniel Guinea, have been apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the murders. They were brought up at the Braidwood Police Court on the 15th January, and were remanded till the 24th. It is rumored that other arrests will shortly be made.

A telegram dated January 14, states that "another attempt was made this morning to stick-up the Little River Escort, in charge of Constables Thompson and Gilder, by Clarke and his gang, five in number. The constables fired on them, and the bushrangers retreated into the bush. The escort arrived safely. Several townspeople wore stuck-up previous to the attempt on the escort."—Another telegram, dated Araluen, January 17, informs ua that "Thomas Clarke, John Clarke, and William Scott stuck-up the Araluen ooach »t Reldsdale, on Tuesday morning, §t