Ok so a more or less proud come obstinate Irish catholic career thief family which was fathered by an Irish x-convict,
the sons of which (with a few friends) finally decided to take on the system of corrupt police, land owners and government.
Dishonest unlawful folk taking exception to how other dishonest unlawful folk treat them.
btw: Some reports say Ned copped 19 bullet wounds at Glenrowan, then another says 28 bullet wounds,
what is a person to believe about personal allegations levelled toward the Kellys or police, if people cant
even get that correct.
Neds Jerildrie letter apart from trying to justify his life of crime, makes out he shot the police during the Stringybark Creek
incident , in self-defence...??...but it was Ned who initiated an attack on a police bush camp with guns drawn not the other
way around. If anything the police fired in self -defence response to the raid...but Ned took exception to it and killed them.
As far as McIntyre not being killed along with the other three, I don't know why that is.
Was he possibly not found to be firing at the Kellys?..I read where McIntyre surrendered to the Kelly raid ,while Lonigan fired
his weapon and was killed as result.
McIntyre transcripts:
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?a=internetBridgingPage&Media_ID=15107
