The police here were of course ignorant as to what had become of him from the time he disappeared; but the fellow made no secret of what he had been doing, and boasted of having shot the officer.
"The regiment was communicated with, and by a comparison of the date of enlistment and the personal description there was no doubt that the man who had enlisted as Mark Kelly was Dan Egan.

Of course every effort was made to capture him, but in vain.

I believe the peasants would have informed against him, for he was hated for his violence and overbearing way, but he soon established a sort of terror in the district.

He was joined by three or four of the greatest ruffians in County Galway, and unless the whole of these had been captured at one swoop, vengeance would be sure to fall upon whoever had betrayed him.
"He has killed four or five police officers at various times, and I should say twice as many peasants who have ventured to offend him.

He and his band levied a sort of blackmail in the district, and woe betide the small farmer who refused to send in a sheep or a bag of meal once a month.