And then!

With the wisdom of hindsight, the Special Constables (bounty hunters) should have seen the warning signs. Finally, they literally walked into an ambush in January 1867. After interviewing several people on rural properties they walked in from the top left of the scene in the first PiP. Several people, hiding in the trees to the right, promptly shot two of them (second PiP). The remaining two retreated down hill, but were stopped and shot in the right of the main image (also third PiP). Their deaths were discovered the following day. Given the (at best) frosty relationship between the Specials and the regular police, I find it slightly ironic that, after 150 years, the NSW police have now claimed the Special Constables as their own (fourth PiP).