ESCAPED.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 4 June 1923, Page 8

ESCAPED.

Roy Governor Again. CAREER OF GRIME, ii V CABLE—I'RESS ASSN.—COPYRIGH T (Received 5.5 p.m., June 3.) SYDNEY, Sunday. The police tracked Roy Governor to liis lair in dense scrub and called on liini to surrender. He refused and invited the police to come on and have a go, holdingIds rifle at the ready. _ While the police were endeavouring to surround him, lie escaped. all bushrangers The Notorious Governor Gang

Kirns persons were murdered dui in x ,ho busuruugiug outbreak ot the b - vernor brokers m IbOU (says the bjdney Bun"). The alarm aroused in the lUendoorna district by tiie doings of the lialt-caste Roy Governor, stated to be a near relative ot Jimmy and Joe Governor, can therefore easily be understood. Every effort is being made by the police and civilians to effect the capture of hoy Governor, .who is believed to be a son of-Jimmy Governor, though it is sometimes stated that lie is •, brother. His doings are a painful reminder of the murders committed in ] 9OO, when Jimmy Governor, with others, broke out on a bushrangmg expedition. Nine persons were killed and others injured. In the, end Jimmy Governor was captured at Bobbin Greek, S the New England country and was hanged in 1901 for the Breelong murders Joe, his brother, wasshot dead. Earlier in the chase Jack Underwood, one of the gang, was arrested and convicted. Jimmy Governors i\ife, who was a white woman, and her son were secured by the police. • . Five years ago Detective Sergeant Lynch and the country police arrested ltoy Governor and charged him with stealing. He was convicted and sent to gaol. A few months ago he was liberated. The attack on the Mawbey family at Breelong on July 20, 1900, was a frightful affair. Jimmy Governor und others, resenting what they considered an insulting reference to Mrs Jimmy Governor, decided on murder. Mawbey had two houses on the selection, one having been finished a few weeks before the murders. He and Reggie, and one of his sons occupied the old house for the time being, while his wife and children and friends took up residence in the new building. About 10 on the night of the murders, Mr Mawbey and Reggie and one of, his sons were awakened by Jimmy Governor and his mates. Mawbey answered their call and promised to accede to their request to send them some flour next day 7. About half-an-hour later his son Bertie, aged 9, hammered at the door and called out to his father “Jimmy Governor is killing everyone at the house.” Mawbey and bis son put on a few clothes, and grabbing rifles dashed along to the house. On the way they fell over the dead body of Hilda Mawbey (aged 10J), who, getting away from the attackers, ran to a tree a short distance from the house. Here she was caught and battered to death. The body of'Miss Kerz, a school teacher living with the Mawbevs, was found not far from where Hilda’s body was found.

The bloodthirsty gang disappeared, and were next beard of a few days later near Gulgong, where at Sportsman’s Hollow they murdered Alexander McKay, a settler, and seriously wounded his wife.

Travelling on to Poggy, 18 miles from Merriwa, they shot and killed Mrs O’Brien, wife of a settler, and her son. Mrs Bennett, a nurse, was also shot, but recovered.

At VVolar, they murdered Kerin Fitzpatrick, aged 60, a settler.