The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-01 00:00:00

TER MURDER OP A FRENCH GENTLEMAN IN

TIPPERARY.

The following account of the murder near Cashel,
which we briefly announced yesterday, appears in the
Dublin Zerning Post of Tuesday :
" We have to announce, with deep regret and mortifies-
tine, that a French gentleman, H. Gustave Thiebsith, who
recently settled in Tipperary, where he purchased an estate,
was shot dead upon the high road at five o'clock 'aster-
day afternooo, near his residence, Rockwell, about four
miles from Cashel. This day Mr. J. B. Kennedy, of
Mountjoy-square, agent of the deceased gentleman, received
a telegram requesting his attendance at Blackwell, where '
Madame Thiebault and her orphan children now remain, '
awaiting the impart. The Rockwell estate had been pur-
chased by M. Charles Thiebault, now an extensive mer- '
chant settled in Dundee. After that purchase hod been
effected, M. Gustave Thiebault came over to reside in his
brother's mansion at Rockwell, sad in order to settle per-
manently in this country, he purchased for himself the
adjoining property of Boytmaratli, in the Landed Estates
Court. Subsequently, in consequence of large arrears which
bad been due, legal proceedings were taken and an eviction
took place at Boytonr•th. It is stated that about two
months since, a threatening letter had been sent to Madame
Thietault, threatening her husband with the death of Roe,'
• former possessor of the estate of Rockwell, who had been
murdered on the high-road near his house about 15 years
ago. For that murder a man named John Lonergan was
tried Dad found guilty. He was executed is front of ChM-
moll gaol, with two brothers, Henry and Philip Cody, who
had been condemned at the same maims for the murder of
a relative of his own, • pasta named Madden. At the
execution a frightful seam took place. The elder Cody, a
very powerful young man, having unsuccessfully attempted
to throw the executioner off the scaffold, a struggle ensued
between them. The gaol officials interposed, and with dif-
ficulty saved the life of the executioner. Cody was then
taken into gaol—his hands and feet chained—and in that
condition lie was led out and executed with the other two
prisoners. The younger Cody had also resisted the execu-
tioner, but not with so much violence as his brother.
Lonergan had taken no pert whatever in the frightful scene
on the scaffold, but died with great penitence. We have
learnedthat three men were arrested last night on suspicion
of being connected with the murder of M. Thiebault. Aa
cording to the information that has reached us, the unfor-
tunate French gentleman, H. Gustave Thiebault, whose
life was sacrificed on this occasion, bad manifested the sin-
cerest anxiety to befriend industrious tenants, and his oon-
duct was uniformly kind and humane. He had intended
to come to Dublin today, on his way to France."
A telegram from Cahir states that three brothers named
Halloran have been arrested on suspicion.
The Tipperary Free Prey says:—" Mr. Thieubalt was
walking along the road from Cashel, carrying a double-
barrelled gun, when he was joined by • man who had a
thrce-proaged pitchfork. After some conversation the man
stabbed him with the pitchfork. Having fallen from the
effects of the blow, he than shot the unfortunate gentleman
dead with his own gun The fork has been identified by
a smith in the locality as having been taken out of lass
forge, but by whom he cannot tell.