The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

THE FENIANS.

Tlil CLERRERWILL OUTRAGE.

Jeremiah Allen wee placed at the her of the Central
Criminal Court on Monday charged on the coroner's
inquisition with the wilful murder of the persons
killed by the Clerkenwell explosion. Mr. Poland stated
that the prisoner had been brought op several times at
the Bow-street polies-court, and that on the last
*erasion the sitting magistrate considered that he had no
other donne to pursue than to dieekarg• his,. • verdict
of not guilty was taken, and the prisoner was liberated.
Mary Elisabeth Martin, of 8, Pelteney-court, win
'barged no • warrant, at Marlboroughutreot polies
coon, with using threatening language to Martha
Enmity, a lodger in her house. From the defendant's
house the barrel of gunpowder was taken which was
used to blow down the wall of Clerkenwell Gaol. 81ses
that time the defendant appears to have made nu tile
several urinous of threats towards female witnesses
against the prisoners charged with the oakum lr
one case she was bound over to keep the peace.
On Saturday she made use of threatening
-
language against the present complainant De-
fendant pleaded that ever since the 'spinal= her
neighbours had upbraided her, charging her with being
• Fenian. Mr. Terwhitt mid that be thought the
defendant might moulder herself lorMadne In haring
erimped from • *barge meth mare serious than the
mart one, as no reasonable being soakd have any
doubt about her wall knew's, what was brought to her
homes and what wee going on. He should now order
her to enter into her own ball in eloo and to find tw o
sureties in li:50 each to keep the pesos for mix months.
In default of finding bail the defendant was locked up.

THE DETTPORD FINIEJIL

Mr. James Boutall describes himself as an " English-
American" naturalised in the United Stites, but he is
qualified by ltis former neighbours in the quiet town
where be once resided as "the greatest Bar in Bt.
Nerd's." On his uncorroborated evident* three sun,
named Lyttieton, Magmas', and Richardson, were on
Wednesday tried at the Central Criminal Court for
feloniously administering to Mr. Botta! himself " a
certain oath and engagement intending and purporting
to bind him to commit the offence of treason by
abjuring allegiance to her Majesty the Queen,
end by undertaking to take op arms in the
Fenian. cause Against the British Government."'
doeordtag to Borstal's own statement. le January lest
he met Lyttleton in a page-house at Deptford. He
bee= to La polities with him. When asked if be was
a Fennel, he retuned an evasive answer. A week
afterwards he agan saw Lyttletec In another tavern in
Deptford. Here he met the other persons who were
arraigned, and, according to his amount, be wee informed
that one was a "bead eentre"—a most absurd assertion,
u any acquaintance with the Fenian hierarehy would
show—and soother a " emporia." He was asked if he
would take the Fenian oath, a request which he again
evaded, but be said that be should like to hear it.
after Bolden had dodged a great deal about public-
homes, the Irishmen, ea he hinsesif confesses, began to
suspect that there was • "meek" ague, them, and
they charged him with being a detestive ; an aesseation
be vehemently dieted. Lythleton then produced a
small memorandum-book, in which he wrote something,
and afterwards, according to &snail. a Prayer Boar
was brought out, and the tresonahle Pesle oath,
which formed the gravamen of the Mainmast, woe
administered to him. He was told to kids the both,
which be refused to do; there was a squabble. sad be
was godly dragged by the Irishmen to the Deptford
polimotalloo, and charged hinuelf with beteg • Fenian.
Being "known to the police," however, be was at one"
enlarged and the tables were inaantly tensed on the
three Iris:lmm They were arrested by a detentes
named Ling, who said that be had formerly been •
singer in Fffy Cathedra, but bad acquitted that
harmonic employment to lissome • motsaterel. Osi
Lyttleton's perms was found • memorondum-book,
con-
taming some verses and these words written across one
of the pages: " Ism not a deteetios, and never was, by
God." In Matertby's dwelling were found woodeute of
Burkeemil Duffy, copies et the frisbees mid the Universe/
News, and • copy of the Now Testament, "whisk sp.
peered to have been recently used"--sbout the oddest
awe a polio* evidence we ever read. AU Testa-
ments should properly bear traces of having bees
" recently need," and meet people will be amazed
to hear the interpretation that the pollee may pat upon
the traces of famllis4y with morel beam 1,
against Lyttleton, amrtby, sad Risb.riese, Mem:
down through tba inherent WISiUMIII ot the testimony,
tainted from its very commeamesset by the bog that
Boutall was an ally ot Ling, the detestlee, and wan
lurkinLabota podia-bosses with him at She time
Roewhe6tall'swasevideolsc"sertisCrerwde tbger=4"by tile IVOR
of these who knew his. at M. Non% that he
was a worthiest fellow, sot to be believed on his oath.
Mr. Baros Bramwell slantesed up lucidly and Imaperately,
miaand.thdictreeeibe tb:le.dwihritlifardsmalerl:auvea:bsenaikattedonsf:
n:erred.twerteuso
more
them were abandoeed the proeecution. Lyttletoc.
pe
and it behoves them to be exceedingly eantlese for the
fatale.

AIM= MIAS OUTRAOL
Won Boum about three mils from Oerit. the
residence of the Rev. Mr. Leone, weeMNsd on
adal nit7l,by s party of ines, numbering tmesty, an
demanded admittemak whisk wee re-
tailed. Several shots mere exed es tett dim
mad the emailants, becomingalosmade a without
obtaining adinimion.

/MAN NOM
Tan inquiet on the body of Conolable . who
was shot whilst eapeed in 8P in
Mackay, was held on Monday st Conk, 'tald • verdict
of wilful murder was returned spinet Mukay sad
three other nen for aiding sad sbsttiag hisa. The
funeral of Campy took plass on Muds, sliseaoas, and
the body wee followed to the grau by may of the
Royal Irish Conalabalary, an the ProMelsall asses-
into', sad a peat sunbelt of resposiabis Ullebilsais
of Cork. The abuses of any Roma Cabala
nuilsteses In the proorskon was week conasested
upste.. ._ . . . . - .

'll/lOhnel Brier" us ireamenger's amistent, was Artd
at on Thursday night in a Dublin public heves, and is
DOW in • prstsrt.ui coodition. Hs was wounded in
the right groin. He denies say knowledge of the
persons he was 4rinking with. A waiter at the Fugue.
bona,. a stems at the proprietor, has bees arrested
and remanded. The pollee attribute the outings to
Feidaniasa. A revolver wee found in the street neer
the bum, which had ell Its barre/a loaded, and whieh
had apparently been flung away by acme person in
Sight.
At the Warwick arises oa Thersday, fru bills for
tremens46May were found spinet " Delmer Duke,
Casey, end Shaw. The prisoners win now be remora
to Ludes for trial at the Central Orintlael Court. The
trial cannot some on before the April imiselane of the
smut.

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