Editing Burgess Gang (section)

===Maungatapu Murders===
The gang moved to Nelson, a small town only accessible by the Maungatapu track. They initially planned to rob a number of banks in town, but were forced to abandon the plan due to large police presence. Instead, they decided to rob prospectors travelling along the isolated track. 

On 10 June 1866, Philip Levy received a tip that four wealthy prospectors - Felix Mathieu, James Dudley, John Kempthorne and James du Pontius - would soon be travelling along the Maungatapu track carrying £320 worth of money and gold in three days' time. The gang set out to ambush the prospectors on 12 June. Along the way they passed a man named James Battle and, concerned that he could place them near the scene of the crime, decided to kill him. He was pulled from his horse, robbed of the £3 he was carrying, strangled to death and buried in a shallow grave. 

The following day, the Mathieu party were ambushed by the gang along their route. They immediately surrendered and were bound and moved off the track while the gang robbed them of the £320. The gang then decided to kill them. James Dudley was the first to die, strangled to death. John Kempthorne and James du Pontius were both shot, and Felix Mathieu was shot and stabbed to death. The gang then moved du Pontius's body some way off to make it look like he had killed the others and then himself. The party's packhorse was led to a nearby gully and shot.