The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-01 00:00:00

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EVE AT THE WHEEL,

G. MANVILLE PENN.
4uthor of "Ship Ahoy," "Dutch, the Diver," " The
Foundry Belle," 4c., 4c.

CHAPTER Xll.—(Contisued).

Their walk was more along the skirts of the wood
than into the interior; and as this was diversified
With park-like patches, scene after scene of beauty
was reached to delight the emigrant girls, to whom
Slore than ever the stay in the island seemed a pic-
nic or pleasure trip.
All thought of human inhabitant had long passed
away from Helston's mind; but he was still strongly
Of opinion that there might be animals, small as
was the extent of the ground. If a vessel had
stayed there while exploring, the probabilities were
that the captain would leave two or three pigs, and
their presence would be a perfect godsend, now that
they were likely to know the want of food.
• "Keep a sharp look-out for serpents," said Hel-
ston, as they trudged along.
"That's what I'm doing," was Laurent's reply.
"And I say, doctor, does not that settle the ques-
tion P"
1 "How Pft
"If there are serpents here, there must be animals
for them to feed on."
"Well, there seems to be good logic in that, cer-
tainly," said Holston.
And then 'Thello drew their attention, with a
broad grin, to the feminine difficulties as regarded
Petticoats, a good deal of time being taken up by the
Women in extricating ase another from the thorns
Which caught them.
They must have tramped five or six miles from
the ship, and were quite a mile inland, their course
having been turned by a sharp, tolerably wide
stream, which seemed to abound with fish, as it
ran bubbling amongst volcanic rocks to the sea,
When suddenly there was a shriek in front, followed
1)y another, and another; and: the women came tear-
lug back—those who had found danger, and those to
Whom the fear was communicated—leaving the three
men to cover their flight.
The cause of alarm was seen directly after, for the
bushes and long grass were all in motion, and a herd
of sixty or seventy wild pigs came tearing along, led
by a sturdy- litle boar not much larger than a porker
in England.
"Now, 'Thello," cried Helston, "try and bring
one down ; " and together they fired, with the result
that three of the herd uttered diabolical squeals, and
rolled over on their sides, while their companions
stopped short, grunting, snorting, and apparently
astonished at the strange beings before them.
Before they could recover from their surprise,
Relston's second barrel brought down a fourth, and
IL shot from Laurent's revolver took effect on a fifth,
When the herd threw up their snouts, turned tail,
and dashed wildly away.
"Fresh pork for a day or two, at all events,
Thello," said Holston.
"Yes, ash; but, golly, how de women run!
brah ! iyah l" exclaimed 'Thello, throwing back his
ilead and shrieking with laughter, as:he reloaded his
piece.

"Run, you black idiot!" %id Deborah, coming
UP; "or course, when two or three weak creatures
drove the others back."
"I sorry to see'you dribben back so, ma'am," said
'Thello, with a serious countenance; "but berry glad
to 'flounce, ma'am dat dere will be roace pork an'
apple sass for dinner to-morrow."
2 "And a good supply of pork for the future in the
island," said Holston. "Will you give instructions
for the meat to be carried back ?"
"Sop a bit," said 'Thello; "I break de meat up,
and hab him ready to carry, if we hab some poles."
Saying which, the black cook turned up his
Ileeves, drew a long knife, and leaning his rifle
against a tree, proceeded to act the butcher's part in
the most methodical fashion.
"We may as well holt, and refresh here," said
ueborah. "The trees are shady."
And the women gathered round her, producing
biscuit and cold beef; the great leaves, ready for
thering, forming plates for the repast, while the
una_pid water from the stream was deliciously cool.
Holston cut down and trimmed five poles ready
for slinging the cleansed carcases, hunting-fashion;
and 'Thello was very busy with the third pig. The
Itomen were laughing and chattering in the pleasant
2lnade, confidence having been restored by the way
PI which the guns of the men had driven off the
nerd.
, There was something delightful in the very air
Tilley were breathing, and all thought of danger was
11°7" gone, when the attention of all was taken up by
all exclamation from 'Thello.
Re was about to proceed with his task of pre-
-I>lsring the fourth pig, which lay at a little distance,
Nyhere the trees were thickest, when the poor brute,
till then thought deed, uttered o. loud squeal, started
and ran ten or fifteen yards ; when, to the herreir
r all, there was a sudden movement amongst the
'wig grass, a rush, and the pig was seized by a great
snake, which immediately enveloped it in its folds,
contracting them so that, as the wounded beast
uttered a yell, its bones were heard to crack.
It had run in the direction of the group of women,
and fell dead now in an open place not twenty yards
away, the lookers-on clinging to each other, too
ranch horrified to flee, and fascinated by the spec-
tacle enacted before their eyes.
" Oh !" whispered one woman, in a tone which was
Sufficiently loud to beheard by nearly all," and there
May be thousands of such things about."
Deborah looked very white as her eyes sought
those of Holston, and her hand trembled as she
Pointed at the fold-enveloped pig.
" Why—why don't you shoot?" she gasped set
last.
"You said there were no snakes," said Holston,
that we had invented them as a tale to
!lighten the strong-minded women. Will you
are ?
Re offered her the gun, and she stretched out her
liand as if to take it; but she gave in.
"Shoot it—shoot it !" she whispered.
t In an instant the gun was raised, but the serpent's
"ad was on the other side, and Helston lowered
tile piece,: wishing to aim at a vital part.
"Golly maa'r doctor," said 'Thello, "gib him
PnYzic, or he ab me nex."
For answer, Helston walked right up to the hor-
';‘,l3le, writhing object before him, when, alarmed by
al)proach, the serpent raised its head a yard
above its victim, and held it up, quivering and
1112„enacingly. The next instant it drew it back to
rY the folds round the pig were withdrawn as if
magic, and a suppressed shriek arose from the
Welnen, many of whom covered their faces; but,
Without raising the piece to his shoulder, Holston
resented'it at the serpent, drew the trigger, and it
;_ea with its head shattered to pieces, the body writh-
ing horribly for a few minutes, and then heaving
sullenly, hardly moving more, as Helston advanced
kid seized it by the tail.
" Oh, doctor, oh ! " shrieked a dozen women; but
elston dragged the faintly writhing beast out of
the grass, with no very great ease, till it lay along
uY the gaudy bank of the little river, and he was
Pacing beside it to see its length—five long paces,
'Which did not represent all; for it was lying in a
convoluted form—when Deborah approached him,
and, in a softened voice he hardly recognized, said,
as she held out her hand—
" Thank yon, doctor. I did not know you were
Illeh a brave man."
"Pooh, nonsense," he said, smiling, and shaking
°,l* hand heartily. "That's nothing more than
hello would have done. But I should advise a
retreat, for there may be more about."
b -And as he spoke, a rustle was heard amongst the
.4,2thes, and several of the women ran shrieking
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CHAPTER MIL
DBDORAH'S WOUND
',seemed from this, as well as from the previous
taventure, that these serpents went in pairs, for
ere was evidently the mate in search of its corn-
TO assert that Helston was not alarmed would be
etediting him with a courage which he did not
tseese. Laurent, too really a brave young fellow,
er,ned white; for this was a kind of enemy new
°IS experience. He drew his revolver, and sat
l'eadY to return a shot ; but at the same time he felt
pat,. if the enemy was to be combated by run alone,
"11" chance would be but small.
dleenwhile, Helston stood firm. He felt that the
Y of the party depended on him, and, with
ger on trigger, he wasted, as the grass was seen
""n,ndulate about twenty yards to the front.
t 4" rustling continued; and though the party
°lad not see the sierpent, its course was plainly
1111.°11-gh marked, as it wound in and out amongst
"e bushes—never raising its head, though, from the
treand.
, Suddenly one of the women uttered a cry, and
;lel:1i fainting from fright; and, as if alarmed by the
8•
e) the serpent raised its head above the long
and swayed it to and fro, with the accompani-
e,et of a gentle undulatory motion.
lhat was sufficient; a tongue of flame darted from
Zeleton's fowling-piece, and the serpent lay writh-
J amongst the bushes, mortally wounded, and
"1„„nlY endeavouring to make its escape.
„f -unello completed the conquest by attacking the
'fa eature, and dividing it twice with his hatchet; the
XPent proving to be a beautifully marked reptile,
'wont twelve feet long.
%This brought the expedition to an end. But for
I,a exertions of the men, the game killed would have
?11 left behind. This was, however, slung on the
ell, and borne off; the party making for the shore,
foll'owing the line of coast, where the sand
~2gled with the rich growth of grasses, just beyond
"Vs of the waves.
thrfnesY had not gone above ' half the distance,
13u7,,,.1zgal when a fresh alarm was raised—Deborai
who was leading; uttering a short, sharp
and, when Heiden pointed to her ankle—
'&
.little, short, thick snake, a few inches long,"
excitedly. "I trod upon it, and it bit me,
escaped—l don't think it was anything to
44.
its Let me look," said lieb4ol4 lama* /down ; but
him

"How dare you!" she exclaimed, indignant virtue
resenting the doctor's advance as an affront.
"You foolish woman, sit down!" exclaimed He!-
don. "Perhaps it was a viper. Do you want to
lose your life P Sit down."
He . half forced her into a sitting posture—one of
the women supporting her, for she looked strangely
white. Then with his knife he divided the stocking,
and laid bare two tiny punctures; but the stocking
was stained with a thick yellow matter.
"Poisonous," said Helston to himself.
And, in spite of poor Deborah's resistance, a stout
band was placed tightly round the leg, so as to arrest
tlle circulation, while Helston scarified the wound
vAlth a lancet, made it bleed freely, and, without
hesitation, placed his lips to the spot, and tried to
withdraw the venom.

"Quick, give her brandy out of my flask," he
said, as he paused fola moment in his task, to again
use the lancet. "Drink freely," he said, and he
once more applied his lips to the wound. "Now
another draught of. brandy," he said, raising his
head. "Don't be afraid; it won't hurt you now."
Deborah was looking at him; and she took the
small metal cup of the flask with trembling fingers,
a deep flush gathering in her cheeks, and:her breath
coming heavily.
"Now," said Holston, "you shall try and",walk.
Lean on my arm. Now, all of you—forward; we
are close to the ship."
Deborah leaned heavily upon7Helston's arm ;but
before they had gone far she grew so faint that he
had to pass his arm round her, and half force the
cup between her teeth with more brandy.
This revived her a little; and she turned her half.
closed eyes gratefully upon him, as she once more
essayed to walk on.
"Go forward, some of you," said Heiden, "and
get the raft ready; we must not lose a moment."
And, as he helped his patient forward, he watched,
with great anxiety, the action of the poison, which
rendered it necessary for him to administer the
stimulant in large quantities about every hundred
yards.
Deborah seemed to be dying fast—her face was of
a leaden lividl hue, her pulses hardly beat; and a
strange leaden,
of awe carne upon every face as in a
hushed way,lthey hastenedron, 'Thello whisper-
ing—
" Golly, Mass' Laurent,r,who tink a little snake do
more harm than big?"
The poison was evidently of the most virulent
nature; and just as they reached the raft, the poor
woman uttered a low sigh, the words "Oh, doctor,"
and became apparently insensible. But without
losing a moment, Holston raised her in his arms,
threw her over his shoulder, and ran down over the
sands, waded a few yards, got on the raft, and was
towed across to the vessel.
'Reaching the deck, he called loudly for Mary
Dance, who came directly, with Grace Monroe,
Holston carrying his patient into the cabin, and
placing her in the captain's cot.
"Quick, brandy—keep pouring it between her
lips," said Helston.
"Her teeth are clenched," said Grace, who held
ti:cup to the insensible woman's lips.
Holston left his task of promoting a flow of blood
from the wound, and, forcing the teeth apart, brandy
was trickled between her lips almost without cessa-
tion, efforts made to restore the circulation, and the
result watched with grave anxiety.
Mary Dance looked inquiringly at the doctor,"yho
shook his head; but Grace went farther.

"Is there any danger ?" she said, softly.
"Very great, I fear," he said—" I have done all I
can. Nature must do the rest."
As he spoke, his eyes fellTpon the soft, sweet
face bent over the hard, worldly woman, and
watched Grace's earnest efforts to be of service,
thinking the while of the insults cast upon her, and
the bitterness of the woman who was now stricken
down.

"Poor thing!" said;Graoe, softly; and the tears
stood in her eyes as sheheld one of the wounded
woman's discoloured hands in hers. "It seems
hard to die like this, far away from all friends."
"Some people never make friends, Grace," said
Helston, in a low voice—" others make those who
would die for the sake of a few loving words."
Grace started, gazed at him in a frightened way,
and then lowered her eyes, blushing vividly; while
Mary Dance gazed from one to the other, looking
half pleased, half puzzled.
Helston said no more; but laid his hand upon
Deborah's forehead, and in an instant professional
pride sent a flush through his face.
" Victory ! " he exclaimed.
"Is she better ?" cried Grace, eagerly.
"Yes," said Holston. "N' ,r a little more spirit
—she'll live to make us all terribly uncomfortable;
there's a gentle perspiration coming on. I say, Mary
Dance," he said, with a droll look, "hadn't I better
let her die P"

"How can you go on so, Mr. Helston ?" said
Mary, shortly. "Poor woman, it will be no end of
a lesson to her."
Helston was right, a profuse perspiration came
on; and at the end of an hour Deborah Burrows
was sleeping heavily, with Grace Monroe watching
by hor pillow.
- Xt. w (.UWtILIS evening tnat lielston was nanamg
in the cabin. He had looked at his patient, who
was still fast asleep, and then stood by her watcher's
chair.

"Grace Monroe," he said, in a low voice, "have
I annoyed you in any way ?"
"Annoyed me, Mr. Helston she said, in a husky
whisper— Oh, no."
"But you seem so different to me now. When
our voyage began you could always meet me with a
fresh smile of welcome. Now you avoid me—turn
from me, as if my appearance pained you."
"Indeed, you are mistaken, Mr. Holston," said
Grace, turning away her head. "I am very grate-
ful for your kindness."
"But it seems," he continued, and his voice was
very low and deep—trembling, too, in its earnest-
ness---." it seems as if, while I have gone on growing
more and more distasteful to you, you have become
daily more dear to me."
"Mr. Helston !" cried Grace, pitifully.
"I must speak," he said, in an excited whisper.
"Why should Ibe silent P Grace, I tell you, as one
who never dwelt upon such things before, whose
every thought has been his profession, that I love
you dearly."
"For Heaven's sake, Mr. Holston, be silent."
" No " he said, catching her unwilling hand,
will not be silent, until I know my fate. Grace
Monroe, I love you with all a man's first strong love!
You have awakened in me a passion at whichl have
laughed in others. Day by day has it grown upon
me, till I have suffered deeply on seeing how you
avoided me, and treated me with coldness. I know
that I have not much to offer—that I am but a poor
man—"

"Mr. Helston," exclaimed Grace, desperately,
"'this is cruelty. lam here, a poor, unprotected
woman—doubly so now that this accident has be-
fallen us on our voyage. Do you forget that it is
your duty to be one of my protectors—to save me
from insult ?"
"No," he said, holding her hand with both his,
and pressing it to his throbbing heart, "I do not
forget it; and I ask you to give me the right to
protect you always—as my loved and honoured
wife."
"Is this a time to ask me?" she said, with-
drawing her hand, as the tears coursed down her
cheeks.
"Yes," he said—" why not? Am I to live on
here tortured by doubt? Ani I to see help come that
shall separate us ?—you to go to your destination,
while I am dragged back by duty to England.
Grace, cruelty cannot live in that gentle heart; un-
kindness can never gaze from those sweet eyes,
whose every look I treasure. Oh, darling, give me
;ome hope—one kind look, one kind word, that I
may live—"
:1" Mr. Holston," she', sobbed, turning from him,
"you are cruel to me."
Cruel to you—my love—my hope—you, for
whom I would die I Tell me how P"
"See how your attentions have brought persecu-
tions on me already.,"
" Grace—darling, ' he whispered, and his arm was
passed round her, m spite of her timid, maiden re-
serve—" tell me to hope, set my mind at rest, and I
will be all that you could wish. No hasty words or
looks of mine shall wound you, no action on my part
shall draw bitter remarks fronany spiteful woman
here. Only bid me hope."
"I cannot—oh, I cannot,' she? sobbed, trying to
withdraw from his embrace.
" ou are cruel to me," he said, tenderly. "I
hoped that in my love I should find joy, counsel,
tendern ss ; and you make love bitter to me—l,who
knew not what it was. But tell me, sweet, dearest
Grace, you will
_relent towards me—one kind word
of hope."
She glided from him, and stood beyond the head
of the cot, as she whispered the one:word—

" Hush !"
For, at that moment,' Deborah Burrows moved
one hand uneasily, turned slightly, so that her hard-
featured face was towards Helston, and there she
lay, with her eyes half closed, her senses returning
elowly.
Suddenly she opened them wide, gazing full at
the doctor, in a wild, half-conscious manner. A
minute after, though, recollection seemed to come
with a flash, and, as Helston advanced to the side
of the cot, she caught his hand in hers, kissed it
passionately, and held it tightly to her breast, sob-
bing hysterically the while.
Completely bewildered, Helston raised his eyes to
Grace.
She was leaving the cabinet, and Holston saw that
she did so with her head bent down.
(lb be continua.) •

An account showing the quantities of certain kinds
of agricultural produce imported into the United
Kingdom in the week ended August 25, states that
the live stock imported was es follows :—Oxen, bulls,
cows, and calves, 11,053; sheep and lambs, 29,879;
:wine, 1,629,
he fête given on Sunday in the Tuileries Gardens
L 4 the Paris Press, in aid of the sufferers from the
Is, Ma earthquake was a great success,
the receipts
amounting to upwards of 300,000 francs.

Mr. George White, of the Portsmouth Swimming
Club, swam across the Solent on Monday II orning in
2 hours 52 minutes. Mr. Evans, the well-knewn
swimmer, also tried, but failed. Captain Webb was
once unsuccessful In attempting to accomPlish this
hat,:

SINGULAR CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
TO MURDER.

On Saturday, an investigation into a most remark-
able charge of conspiracy was commenced in the
little town of Bruff, county Limerick.—We take the
following particulars of the case from 77te Times of
Monday _:— _ _

Two persons are in custody charged with the 'offence
—a doctor named William Patrick Connolly, and his
brother, Thomas Connolly. The prisoners are sons of
the proprietor of a large bakery in the town, who also
holds one or two large farms in the neighbourhood.
W. P. Connolly looks about 32 years of age, and his
brother about six years his junior. The charge against
them is that they conspired to murder one John
Carroll, who is land bailiff to the Earl of Limerick,
and Mary Ann Carroll, his sister, with the object, as
alleged, of obtaining possession of his property, which
is said to be considerable, by means of a forged will.
They were also charged with attempting to administer
poison to Mary Ann Carroll.
Captain Longbourne, R.M., presichd at the in-
quiry, and Sub-Inspector Joye, Ballinasloe, con-
ducted the case for the prosecution. Mr. Matthias
J. Bourke, barrister, defended the prisoners.

•
The first witness called was an approver named
Michael Dineen, aged 22, a resident of Bruff, who lives
in his father's house without the slightest fear of vio-
lence and without the least protection by the constabu-
lary. Dineen's evidence was as follows :--I am a
native of Bruff, and was a frequent visitor at the house
of Timothy Connolly, the father of the prisoners. I was
also very frequently in Dr. Connolly's medical hall. In
the early part of January in the present year I was in
Timothy Connolly's bakehouse one morning about nine
or ten o'clock. At first there was nobody there but
myself and the prisoner Thomas ; but shortly after
the cl.ctor came in, and Tom said with a curse, " Miok
would be the only man to do the job," referring to ma.
The doctor scratched his chin and said that I would
not, and that it would be hard to depend upon
me. Tom said "You may depend your life upon
him," and then the doctor said "Very well." Tom
then went upstairs and brought down a prayer-book.
The doctor read out the form of an oath from a piece
of paper' which I repeated. I do not distinctly re-
member the words of it, but the purport of it was that
I was to shoot Carroll, and that if I refused to do it
they would kill me. It was arranged that I should
get 250 for killing Carroll, and the doctor sad the
money would be got from "the head centre in Dublin."
John Carroll whom I had sworn to kill is a land bailiff
to the Earl of Limerick, and is also the owner of the
market and master of the tolls in Bruff, and he owns
some houses and lands in that locality. Tom Con-
nolly was usually employed by Carroll to weigh
butter in the old mill, which was used as a
butter weigh-house. On the night of the day On
which I was sworn, the doctor gave me a six cham-
bered revolver to shoot Carroll with. The prisoners
said on that and on other occasions that they belonged
to no secret society, but wanted to better themselves
In life. After the ceremony of swearing me in had
been performed, Kate, a sister of the prisoners brought
to us a half-a-pint of whsky, which we drank. We
made several arrangements for murdering Carroll,
and I was selected to fire the first shot. The pri-
soners said that, Carroll being a land baliff they would
not be suspected when he was shot, as it would he
taken as apolitical crime. There are three different
roads leading from Bruff, on each of which on several
occasions we lay in wait for Carroll to murder him.
Tom and I were to lay in wait until the doctor and
Carroll walked up to the spot. I was to fire the first
shot, Tom the second, and the doctor the third. This
was arranged in the kitchen of their father's house,
the prisoners, their sister, and I being present. In
the beginning of February Tom suggested that I
should be got into Carroll's service. T ii doctor
and I agreed to this, and through Tom's inter-
vention with Carroll, I became his servant. The
object was that I should keep an eye on Carroll, and
let the prisoners know when his movements might
make it cenvenient for them to kill him. It was once
arranged that the doctor should go to spend an even-
ing at Carroll's house; that I should watch at the
window, and on a signal from the doctor "fire a
volley" in at Carroll. I went into Mr. Carroll's
employment in the middle of last February. We fre-
quently lay in wait for Carroll in the Convent-road,
which leads to Kilmallock, in the Croom-rcad, and
also in Carroll's own fields. Sometimes the three
of us went together to one of those places, and
sometimes we went separately, according as the
night was dark or light. Each of us had a revolver
on those occasions, and it was arranged that each of
us should lodge a bullet in Carroll's body. The doctor
said that when they had done that they would be
able to fix the murder on two young men in the town.
The doctor was to lead Mr. Csrroll to a place where
he was to be murdered, and their approach was to be
signalled to me and Tom, who lay in ambush, by a
loud cough if everything was clear and the murder
might with safety be done' or by a low cough if there
were any persons around or any fear of danger, in
which case we were not to fire. One night in the begin-
ning of March we were lying in wait on the Convent-
road, the doctor and Mr. Ca-roll were walking towards
us; but before coming to the place Mr. Carroll turned
round and went home. The doctor when he came up
to us was angry, and said—" The devil could not drag
him up beyond that place below." On another night
the doctor brought Mr. Carroll up to where we were
lying in ambush. He gave a loud cough, the wrong
signal, and I was going to fire when I saw a woman
close by, and then, of course, I did not fire. On the
previous occasion when Mr. Carroll turned back from his
death the doctor told me to follow and shoot him. I
refused, utul uslied him why he did Oct rln
ntmseit when he had the chance. I wanted Tom

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to i

follow Mr. Carroll with me, but the doctor would
not let him. When I used to have my day's work
done I was in the habit of going over to Connolly's
house to read the paper. When the doctor came in
he would remark to me "God is good to-night," which
was a signal that I should go on and wait for Carroll.
Before going out on these missions I used to change
my coat and hat, leaving my own in Connolly's house.
One night in the mi idle of January I was in Con-
nolly's house while the doctor was below at Carroll's.
Kate Connolly, the prisoners' sister' then showed Me
how I could shoot Carroll through his window. She
told me that she would go into Carroll's and make a
great noise in going through the hall to the kitchen. The
doctor would understand the signal and come out of the
room, and then I could easily shoot Carroll through
the window, This plan was put in operation; but
Carroll, hearing the noise made by Miss Connoly in
the hall, come out with the doctor, and I then had not
an opportunity of shooting him. When Kate saw that
the plot had failed she ran up to me and said "Von
devil," and I ran away. To the best of my memory,
we ceased to lie in wait for Mr. Carrell from the 9th
of April. The night we concealed ourselves in Chapel.
lane about 100 yards from Carroll's house, there was a
wake over a man named James Goggin, who had died
there, and Mr. Carroll was present at it. I was con-
cealed at one end of a forge, and Tom at another. We
thought Carroll would remain at the wake until a late
hour, but he went home sho:tly after ten o'clock, and
we lost our chance of killing him that night. During
the past two years I usually spent my time in the
evening in Connolly's house card-playing or reading.
The prisoners and their sister used to take part in
the card-playing, and among the visitors who used
to be there very frequently were a farmer named
Dan M'Donnell, Patsy Sheehan and his sister, and
a Miss Ryan. One night at the end of March, after
all the visitors had gone home and there were none
together but the doctor and myself, the doctor drew
out of his rocket a document and said, " Luok at thi4,
lad." "What is that, doctor ? " said I. "That,"
said the doctor, 'is a will for Carroll's place," I then
said, "Devil a better." He then opened the document,
which was signed "John Carroll,' and I sive that my
own name was mentioned in the body of it as getting
£5O by the will. The doctor Ud me that that was a
fcrged will. He used to give me a revolver every night
when going out in wait for Carroll, and I always re-
turned it when I came back. I gave it back for good on
the 24th of June, when I told the whole of the plot to
Mr. Carroll. The doctor had six revolvers altogether,
which ha told me he had got from Birmingham. On
two occasions I brought cases containing revolvers from
the railway station at Killmallock to the doctor. On
one occasion the docaor said he would put vitriol or
chloroform—l cannot say which—on a handkerchief,
and that I should throw it round Miss Carroll's fale
while she was walking before her own house. 1 then
thought of myself and pitched him to the devil, and
told him plain and plump that I would not do it. One
day Tom Connolly, who was employed in the weigh.
house or the old mill under Mr. Carroll, sent a young
man named Tom Hayes, a stranger, from Tipperary,
with a prescription to Dr. Casey's medical-ball to get
the materials mentioned in it. That was some time in
June. When Hayes came back with the chemicals
Connolly called me aside and showed me the pre-
scription, which was signed with the name of Dr,
Timothy Downes, of Kilmallock. The name was
forged by Tom Connolly in order that Dr. Casey
might not hesitate to give the things mentioned in the
prescription. Tom gave me the mixture and told me
to put it in the teapot in Carroll's house, when it
would be lying alongside the fire, and said it would
give them a long sleep. I was all that time living in
Mr. Carroll's house, and when I got the bottle in my
hand I dashed it to pieces against the wall. A few
daY s previous to that the doctor was speaking on the
subject, and said that the days were getting so
long now that there would be no chance of
shooting Carroll, and it was decided to put a dose
of poison in a loaf of bread to be furnished to Carroll's
house. I went and told the Carrol!s next morning,
and from that day they got their bread elsewhere.
When I went into Connolly's house a few days after-
wards they tried to make me drink whisky, and I
refused. They tried to force it into my throat. I
believe that whisky to have been poisoned, for it burnt
my face and neck when it was spilled over me. They
did not succeed in making me drink it, however. Next
day I want and gave information, telling everybody
what they had done to me because 1 would not shoot
John Carroll and poison his sister,

The witness was cross•examined by Mr. Bourke
with a view to showing that the evidence he gave was
fabricated on the suggestion of Carroll to support his
defence to an action for libel brought against him by
Dr. Connolly.
The further hearing of the case was adjourned for
a week.

AN ARTISTIC AND INDUSTRIAL
EXPOSITION.

An Exposition of Arts and Industry has been opened
in the Southern States of America, at Louisville, Ken-
tucky. It is in every way successful, and the space
originally laid out for the use of exhibitors required to
be considerably enlarged. For several montbs before
the opening of the Exposition applications for space
were daily pouring in.
The Exposition is divided into five department, as
follows :—The first for the display of natural products
—mineral, vegetable, and animal; tbe second for
machinery of all kinds the third for manufactures;
the fourth for means oetransportation of goods, show-
ing four separate groups—animal, wind, steam, and
electrical power; and the fifth for music, literature,
and art.
The aim of the projectors of the enterprise has been
to bring about an exhibition of the products, manufac-
tures, and arts of the whole country, and it is stated
that this object has been completely fulfilled by the
exceptional success which has attended the undet•
, taking.

THE MURDER OF JAMES CAREY.