Ben Hall Research Paper

Ben Hall also learned that Taylor was doubly traitorous, whilst pretending to be a friend, Taylor had been encouraging the infidelity of Ben Hall's wife. Jim Taylor finally swept young Bridget away. It was in late 1861 when Bridget eloped with James Taylor, taking Ben Hall's young son Henry with her to the Fish River area at the Abercrombie, where Taylor’s sister Mary Fogg lived, Maguire wrote that Ben Hall was; "... cut up terribly, for he had been fond of his wife, and the little boy was the sunshine of his home ...". Maguire in his narrative also remarked of Ben Hall; "... he soon lost interest in his station, and started roaming about, so often that I missed him for days together...". The 'The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee