Originally Posted by Aussiesteve

1-Why were the police out of uniform in the Wombat rangers,
2-why did 8 men in 2 parties search for what they thought were only 2 people?
3-Why did the Mansfield boot maker make up a heap of long leather straps to carry out the bodies?
4-Why didn't the police carry the warrants on them like they were legally obliged to?.


1- plain clothes police existed in those days, at the later Glenrowan siege, there were numerous
plain clothes police involved. It would make sound sense not to be spotted in the bush with police
uniforms when searching for the Kellys or other outlaws/bushrangers.

There are supposedly some p/c police among those standing on Glenrowan train Station here:

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This one supposedly shows men from the Benalla contingent, including constable Braken(second left)
and possibly more unidentified p/c police.

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Typical p/c police bush patrol with black trackers that would search for outlaws:

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2- police had two groups in an attempt to capture both Kellys in a supposed pincer movement tactic.

3- because leathers might be needed to secure outlaws bodies that might well prefer to die rather than be captured.
Im confident they brought irons as well?..or did they not?...The leathers would have also been used by police to
secure any dead police as well ,yes/no? ...Kellys could have potentially killed a number of the 8 police and then got
killed themselves....how many cords did it take to properly secure one body?..and How many leather cords did the
police have with them?..If police had more leather, more ammunition, more guns and more men than needed, is that
really such a strange thing for police on a manhunt to do?,.. or such a big deal?

4- police rashness-incompetence maybe...what advantage is there in purposely not taking warrants
with them, if they in fact have valid warrants?

-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.