The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

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111.7110(11 no GLAlstaow. A murder was committed
easily on Sunday. LWevuiber in the Iligtuetriet,
Glaagow. About .ne o'clock a tight worm. to have been
tpting ti on the writ able of the street, a short distance
from the ena.s. between two men, wie named William
Clerk, ithets Neil Coyle. the name of U.e other being
Coyie woe kmeked to the ground once or
twice, • young luau, named John U-11, who doe.
not •ppes.r. Irmo 11111,t11111(we halle been able to !cam
to Lave been in company aid) either the one petty or
the other, hat merely one .4 the crowd. etepped out to
.ake Coyle'e part, saying it Wei a eluting, that he etiould
he -u need. and that he was not getting fair play. lie
then turned to I %Tie, and, puttiog In, b-end on his
-I I.ler mol claiming him, adviewl Imo to go home.
Coyle. without .nv preir.ous notice, tamed abruptly
round, and. lifting hie hand, wee gram by the byestauders
to strike Oen with considerable force a'out the belly.
Gall immediately doubled up and cried out, " I eta
shamibe.i; tor Owl's sake, go for a doctor." He then,
with his hand on the wound, ran down the street,
through the arch under the Crows stseple. and. notching
• lamp-post at the corner of the street. swurg round it
once, and then fell ffit on his face. The aid of Wt.
Chalmers and Einlayeun was promptly procured, and
them gentlemen initnedietely ordered the wounded man
to he ronortsl to the Royal Infirmary, where be ex-
pired about four u'clock on Sunday morning. It was
found that the ileceesed had received a blow with ;tome
sharp instrument in the groin, which had severed the
I rut artery, and resulted in his bleeding to death.
Immediately after dealing the fatal blow Coyle made off
down Seltniarket, followed by a number of the crowd.
lie ran up close No. 18 of that street. where his further
progrom was obstruct.' by au iron gate, which gra.
locked, and lie wee thou apprehended by two Gonda-
bier The dote was alterwar.lu searched, sod a clasped
knife. notch stained with blood, was found within •
Tani or two of the epot where Coyle Was arreeted. his
is • returned convict, and has only been at liberty some
three the, after having unilerypine %even years'
penal eervitade. his character and nature may be
.meseeil when we state that, while he Wsa undergoing
that sentence he woo the telTtlt of all hi any way brought
into contact with him, botii wardens and fellow-pri.
Amnia. Since his apprehension i 'uylo has maintained •
•liitwal silence. not dropping one word either as to hia
guilt or 10. *rile tleceastAl. wio was 23 years of
ige. was an engine-fitter liy trade. and was a quiet.
sober, inoffensive youth, and not given to interfering in
etrect brawls. Ile resided in Clyde•atreet, Auovreton,
with a widowed mother, of wlituti he wok' aliouet
sole support.
U is EXYLOMIOX.—An implosion of gal took plane at
1t,., S..uth•Weetern Railway Station. Glasgow, on W.I.
neaday week. which, although fortunately not attended
with toes of life, caused a seriutis destruction of pro-
perty. The gee had accumulated in the cellars under.
!wadi, at, I i,goitoil upon a door being opened. Doun.
ati.l riiidoal.l4sse blown out, the door of the booking
office wyflif,etl-rip and ..eitt into the btreet. Whilst a
itAn cute liCerl'A toile ii. wei4lit was all •tt.t.retl to
pieces. Of course, there were some case. of perounal
injury, and Miley narrow escapes.
Ilt:lan X or A CHILD. —After a two days'
trial, before Lord Cowan, Julin IFFat den. a young loan
of Irish origin, has I.eeti convicte.l of I, tying. in Anguet
lest, inveigled • well-dreseeil chit-1 into accompanying
hioi to tins Batik, of the Clyde. opposite Clyilersie
Work., where lie brat stripped him and then thrust
him nye the river. bolding him Mien with a stick till
lw was AMA. Festiva' tlit-to took away the chilire clothe.
with the intention of perning them. An attempt wee
null to prove him insole ; h-t the evidence of the
phymicimis who lied exaMilleil 111111 .414 ainfiieting. The
primner had been ...butt' in the Refortnetory
for eeveral years, and the opinion of tbe governor of
that estaltlistiiiient sac, that he e.g not exactly insane,
but a person of low or.mosation, being mentally,
morally, and phyeically d eared. Time verdict was ae.
composted by a recttesiMentl•tiota to mercy. lend
Cowan. in promitiocing mailroom of death. said that
ilinalnlewt the ree 66666 illellidatein ort the jury would lie
attended to. Payilen in 'attain...l a etaiwal initifference
tiouii,„;hoitt Me whole cam, which was only broken by
411 oceesiotial lit of