NED KELLY'S WOUNDS.

Inangahua Times, 30 July 1880, Page 2

NED KELLY'S WOUNDS.

[mfibottexe age.] Dr Nicholson g?\ve the following discription of the chief outlaw's condition when be was captured : — When I reached the place he was in a sitting poscute on the gronnd, his helmet lying Dear him, and a most extraordinary and pitiable objecl he looked — a wild beast brought to bay, and evidently ex peoti'isr be vnusWy used, ffis face and hands were smeared wiUi blood. He was

shivering wih cold, ghastly white, and strongly of brandy. Ke complained of pnin in his left arm, whenever he tbi jolted in the effort to remove his armour. Messrs Steele and Kelly tried to unscrew the fastings of his armour, but could only undo it on one side. I then toot hold of the two plates forced them a little apart and drew them off his body Oar operations were materially hastened at this time by being fired at from the house, one ullet striking clooe to us. He was then carried over the railway fence to the s'ation. Senior^constable Kelly and rays self brought up the rear with armour. When we reached the station we laid him in the van, bnt he was shortly afterwards taken into the station-house, and placed "n a stretcher. I then made an examination of his injuries, which I fonnd to be as follows :— There were two holes in the 3 "Shy part of the under and oater side of the left forearm, apparently prodnced by a revolver bullet which had passed in and out through the openings. There was a larger bullet wound 4in above the elbow at the back of the same arm. It had apparently entered from behind, and had not passed oat, bat is lying somewhere in front of the joint. There were several slug wounds on the outer side of the right thigh and leg, which had entered from, the direction of his right sid^ ; one of them, after passing snpe fi -ially through the skin at the upper part of the thigh, had grnz n d the skin on the tower path of the abdomen, bnfc had not entered. Another bullet wound passed in a slanting direction backwards from i he unner part of the great toe of the right foot, and terminated in a long sit* like wound at the sole, near the heel. A. slug had also entered the ball of the right thumb, causing a wound, which he said was as painful as any of them, and prevented him holding his revolver. I dressed the wounds as well as circuma stnnces would permit. He complained of coldness of his fee^, and said he would never get warm ng in. Hr was being questioned all this tinn, sometimes by the general public, who wero inconveniently crow ! ing the room. He wos besieged with questions, and very seldom had le<9 than three to reply to at the same time* He was very weak, and replied in a li*t« less way to most of the inquiries. His replies, as far as I heard, were in ihe main correctly given in the various reports. He said he hid been lying in the same position nearly ait night, and was cold and cramped, afraid to move and unable to lift his revolver ap for fear of making a noisfl with his armonr, otherwise he could have shot some of the police during the night. None of the wounds were of a mortal character. He must have lost much blood during the night, as he said that the wound in his foot and the one in his arm wore received at the first volley fired by Mr Hare's parfy; As they were bullet wounds, they roust bave been caused by e ; ther Constable Phillips, Gascoigne, or M'Artbur, who were with Mr Hare when lie was shot. Mr Hare had a shot gnn, which was taken from him by Mr Rawlins. I attended to Edward Kelly during •he rest of the day. He remained in the listless, apathetic state up to the time he - was taken out of my charge.