After the inquest mounted constable Kerry packed up the skeleton in a
parcel with every small article found with it, placed it in a sack,
put it under his bed, slept over it every night, and patiently waited
for some tidings of the murderer. In those days news travelled
slowly, and the constable guarded his ghastly treasure for eighteen
months.
Nemesis was all the time on her way to Piney station, but her steps
were slow, and she did not arrive until the seventeenth anniversary
of the disapppearance of Baldy.
On that day she came under the guise of constable, who produced a
warrant, and said:
"Cornelius Naso, alias Nosey, alias Pye, I arrest you under this
warrant, charging you with having murdered a shepherd, named Thomas
Balbus, alias Baldy, at Nyalong, in the colony of Victoria, on the
28th day of February, 1854. You need not say anything unless you
like, but if you do say anything I shall take it down in writing, and
it will be used as evidence against you at your trial."
Nosey had nothing to say, except, "I deny the charge"; he had said
too much already.
He was handcuffed and taken to the police station at Albury. In one
of his pockets a letter was found purporting to be written by Julia,
and disclosing her place of residence.
Soon afterwards Nosey and his wife met in captivity after their long
separation, but their meeting was not a happy one; they had no word
of welcome for each other.
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