Editing Ned Kelly (section)

===Last stand and capture===
[[File:A strange apparition Ned Kelly's last stand.jpg|thumb|left|"A strange apparition": when Kelly appeared out of the mist-shrouded bush, clad in armour, bewildered policemen took him to be a ghost, a [[bunyip]], and "[[Satan|Old Nick]] himself".]]
Seriously wounded, Kelly lay in the bush for most of the night.{{Sfn|Dawson|2018|p=35–38}} At dawn (about 7 a.m.), clad in armour and armed with three handguns, he rose out of the bush and attacked the police from their rear. Police returned fire as Kelly moved from tree to tree towards the hotel, at times staggering from his injuries, the weight of his armour and the impact of bullets on the plate iron, which he later described as "like blows from a man's fist". Due to these factors, Kelly had difficulty aiming, firing and reloading his guns.{{sfn|Jones|1995|pp=259–62, 382}}

[[File:Ned Kelly capture.jpg|thumb|Sergeant Steele and railway guard Dowsett capture Kelly.]]
Eyewitnesses struggled to identify the figure moving in the dim misty light and, astonished as it withstood bullets, variously called it a ghost, a [[bunyip]], and the devil.{{sfn|Kieza|2017|pp=412–13}} Journalist [[Tom Carrington (illustrator)|Tom Carrington]] wrote:{{sfn|Kieza|2017|p=414}}
{{blockquote|With the steam rising from the ground, it looked for all the world like the [[ghost (Hamlet)|ghost of Hamlet's father]] with no head, only a very long thick neck ... It was the most extraordinary sight I ever saw or read of in my life, and I felt fairly spellbound with wonder, and I could not stir or speak.}}

The gun battle with Kelly lasted around 15 minutes with Dan and Hart providing covering fire from the hotel.{{Sfn|Morrissey|2015|p=137}} It ended when Steele brought down Ned with two shotgun blasts to his unprotected legs and thighs. Ned was disarmed and divested of his armour by the police while Dan and Hart continued firing on them. Dan was wounded by return fire, and Ned was carried to the railway station, where a doctor attended to him.{{Sfn|Kieza|2017|p=414–18}} He was later found to have twenty-eight wounds, including serious gunshot wounds to his left elbow and right foot, several flesh wounds caused by gunshots, and cuts and abrasions from bullets striking his armour,{{sfn|Jones|1995|p=383}}{{Sfn|Macfarlane|2012|pp=25–26}} which showed a total of 18 bullet marks, including five in the helmet.{{sfn|Cormick|2014|p=150}}

[[File:ned kelly armour library.JPG|thumb|upright|Kelly's armour on display at [[State Library Victoria]]. The helmet, breastplate, backplate and shoulder plates show 18 bullet marks. Also on display are Kelly's [[Snider Enfield]] rifle and one of his boots.]]
In the meantime, the siege continued. Around 10 a.m., a ceasefire was called and the remaining thirty hostages left the hotel. They were ordered to lie down as police checked for any outlaws among them. Two of the hostages were arrested for being known Kelly sympathisers.{{sfn|Jones|1995|p=265}}