The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

SERIOUS CASE OF ABDUCTION.

CARLOW, Doc. 23.
At the petty esesions of this town three men were
brought up charged with having carried rife youog woman
amid ClickerMe Holahan from her parents ender minor.
damn eireamstanees. TM ease excited the greatest hamlet
la the tows sad neighbourhood, as daring the lavratigatioa
dm soul was crowded to sum by peresos of both sues;
u usual, the fair se: perpoaderated. Indeed the bench
appeared to take as Ism deep interest Is the promediegs,
as eo leas thou twelve assaistrams were present. Siam tie
attempted sbdoetioa et KM Arbotheot by Mr. Cards.,
the ample of this country have not beard so systematic sad
well arranged a plus for empiag off a female, although
in the pretest ease the parties move in the humbler walks
of life. Mr. Railer. asestosal promoter, .treaded so the
part of the erowa. 'lke partite messed, who were tad.-
leaded, were Thomas Daum, James Keefe, and Jolla Ban.
Mr. Butler having stated the Ism of the ease, whisk will be
found detailed Is the evidence, sad referred to the statute
which bra oa the cam, proceeded to mil the Maness.
Catherine II 'Whoa, an latenstiag yoaag girl of acme 18
summers, was the first witness ezassised. She meted that
on Saturday morale, lasi, about 6 o'clock, she war procured-
ing to Carlow In a donkey-cart, secompanied by her mother
end grandmother. Wcea a sheet distance from this tows
her atteation was arrested by obsrving a covered oar
secreted under a railway bridge, mar whieh were throe
mac Oa amnia; am to the vehicle, the prisoner Dunne,
who was a seem; is her father's employ meat, approached
sad dragged her off the ear. la his efforts to do so, she
palled her grandmother aloag with bar. She sereaseel for
kelp, bat her primate Meg overpowered by the other ma,
they were nimble to give my mimeo.. Dense being
amble to form Mr into the ear, was misted by a person
whose same else did not ham. Whoa hang into the car,
Dame followed her, cholas this door behlad him, where-
epos Keels drove se se feat as he could, the
third perm holding beck her 'mother and 'mad-
man. She remaised laseasable until they arrived
1. Atby, distil°. of tea miles. lies clothes were meek
tors aad iajured I. the straggle. When they drove into
Stredbally, three miles from Atby, Doane sad the ear
driver, Keefe, partook of some breaklmt, bat she refused ;
Daum, on her recovering her self pomessioa, frequently
asked be. to marry him, bat she declined indignantly to
*imply with his request.
Is *sewer to the beach, the witness mid it was agelast her
will and desire that .b. was then dragged away from her
Meade end hosts.
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The prisoser Danu bele resulted that the Titans lad
agreed ow Friday sight to elope with him.
The presecutrie repudiated the stateweat.

Mary Huribu, mother of the last wits's% eorroboratod
the testimony of her daughter; is her isfortnatios she mon
that Jobe Baru was Use taird perms engaged is the attack,
but s►e believed that she was mist►kes as to ►is idestity ;
with reformat to Keels, the ear drive., she positively swore
that ha aided sad assisted Damns is forties her daughter
into the storeseduar: _

Mr. Butler said that et SHIM the prosecution against
Bars 'Mule be abeadorsed._

I;l;eilegTetreteeorditred isformetiene to be takes 'ohm'
Donee sad Keefe to steed their trial et the Mirth assizes,'
sad rotund to amid boil for their appestat's'.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—Testerday
monies as accident terminated fatally to Mr. David Corset,
aged 67 owe, .ho resided sear Otamford-etreet, Black.
friars. He wee enemies Piek•ttetreet, Strand, when the
driver of the omnibus No. 6,331 called oat to him; sad
before the driver lied Mem to poll ops the wheels of t►e
',bide passed over him. mutilating bits is • friohtfol
miasma. He wee conveyed to the respite', bat lif. wee
prommomod to be estiect.
Tat EXPLOSION AT THE MONI-ERIDOE IRON
Wor=e.—Velierde. murals, ea Impost wee held spas
the body of Edward Dirkeseon, who 'Relived is Mesday
afternoon la the Lode hammy, after *Merles mien-
Hating spay from the effects of as esplosios st the Mask.
bridge Ives Works, Leeds, the perticelare of which we
have aimed, reported. The 'midgets cmicarred is proviag
that the accident arose frees tco moth meter having been
tuned out by the deemed himself. Verdict, "Accidental
&Mk."