The police were not simply out of uniform, they were posing as miner. They also carried pretty well as many guns as they could, one patrol even took a shotgun off another group en route. The police were also heard to say they were going to take the flashness out of them. Remember, there were only 2 people as far as the police new.
Still nobody wants to acknowledge that the Kelly's and the police would never have been there 8f Fitzpatrick hadnt lied, and if the evidence pointing to his lies was listened to.
