Twelve years later, Ward married Margaret Mary Aiken, a native of Benalla with whom he lived until his death in 1921.
[11] Eventually Ward devised a trap which involved considerable trickery and misdirection; Kelly later accused him of threatening to harm his family.
[12] Ward's experiences were the basis for a character in Rolph Bolderwood's romantic crime fiction work.
[13] Following the Kelly Outbreak, Ward was transferred to Melbourne[14] in 1880, where he served until his retirement, having reached the rank of Sub-Inspector, in 1905.
[15] Ward's career was distinguished not only for his role in the capture of the Kellys[16] but also many other high-profile arrests such as that of Ferozi Fathay Mahommed in 1904[17]