John Gilbert And Jack O Carreville

However, after more recent research and reviewing much of the conjecture and comments made over the years by many writers of the events surrounding the murder of Cirkle and of the evidence that has assumed the culpability of John Gilbert and Jack O'Meally, and although as has been well established that O’Meally and Gilbert were indeed frequently in action in the area of the Miners Rest Inn at Spring Creek Burrangong then owned by Mr. Cirkle, consequently, on the new evidence it has become veritably apparent that O'Meally was the suspected shooter of Adolf Cirkle, but not in conjunction with John Gilbert, but another person named John Clarke. Furthermore, the article below appeared in the 'The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser'

It is more likely therefore from Clarke's initial statement to Captain Battye where he said he was waiting outside the Miners Rest Inn with another said to be Gardiner, but possibly Ben Hall?, (for if Gardiner had been involved he would not have remained outside), as Gilbert and John O'Meally reputedly conducted the robbery and as a consequence the murder implicating them took place, 'The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser' of the date above states as follows; THE MURDERER OF MR CIRKEL;- "We are indebted for the following information to a respectable storekeeper of Burrangong it appears that on the day after the murder at Stony Creek, Captain Battye, with several volunteers, left Young on the track of the bushrangers and succeed in apprehending a man named Clarke under circumstances which warranted them in believing that he was one of the murderers At the time of his apprehension he was riding a horse which had been stolen on the previous day from Spring Creek, and which his captors were able to