The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-10 00:00:00

PLIGHITUL MURDER IN IREL4.IID.

The following account of a shocking murder,
wbkb took place at Dangsmon on Mondey, is how the cot.
respoadeat of the Northern IVAsg :
One of the most chocking murder', aocompenied by a
fearful attempt to nitride', that it Ilse ever been my duty
to record, took place in this town on Monday. The victims I
are Satin...at Robert of the county cos.
stabolary, wheat corpse now lira in the polioe station of this
town, and William Mathews, Eel., enb-hispe:tor, who Me
tees dangerously wounded, and who Ls at the pretest
moment under trestensed in hie own house, his medical
attemissits &veins( d his recovery*. The murderer be •
mother of the comabulary foie, of Dungannon, mead
John Hoiden. Sergeant Robert ISlTl•lisad was • married
Ma. He bed a wife and two diadem, and was a 11141 TO
of Ballytner.a. He had been in charge of Dungannon police
Mika for nearly' tom year*. He was twelve years in
the swim and moistest for the had km yew. He had
essehed • shwas of merit. The am who Made seemed
with the horribis murder of Sergeant IlVielland, end with
the diabolical rums to hill Mr. Mathews the snieMerector,
Is Mounted Camable John Holden, a nave ef the musty
of Kilkeney. He al about thirty-five years deg.. He has
keen Often years in the were,. Meet a met ego he was
ref oriel by he PtlpPriOg raker, Mr. Mathews, es sweeten
of being riwried without leave. He dewed bring marred,
bet mated Mt the rem warm with whom he had formed
ea
attachment had • Mild by Wm. I have, howey r, Men
prieitivelj Mairmel that Heiden has been married for some
e i. Melia gram that be had requested the Inspector-
Gemeal of Ogessehterry le allow him libery to many the
yeaag we Mobil Is la consequenceof Holden's coatheet
teem& this mem kmals, whatever may have Om hi charac-
ter, the laspetem Ostend thought proper to reduce tiro to the
reek dwah-egastable for sin months. An order to this @Sect woe
seed le Molise by Mr. Mathews on made, on Monday
waning, and there were directions gives that he should be
sent the hillowing day to the Newtownstewart district.
Hoye Der Sergeant M'Clelland on Monday, to go with
him te she Imes of the Rev. Dr. Slane, catholic patter et
Dergerms, kw the purpose of procariag from the me. (wa-
rmer • eeettleeee to the effect that be (Holden) we net
torrid. Mtlidiand being 111, two of lei Ms having bees
hegira, at first irked to words to this muse. fie ds.
this sail to hi es, Yes do not hke to mere ma, a yea
Valid Male .Thee is as was to the tore I would term
see." esplisd MTLEssid. Mrs. M•Clalksd desired bar
husband not to go. The smesat said, "As he is dote( to
Reirtowadowart, where I have acquaintsaces, he may give
see a bed character, mid I will go.* Thia couvereition took
place re ittelielland's room, la the polies bet.
rack. Holden had on • frieze top-trout, which he had
borrowed from M'Clelland to go to Omagh, sad he promised
to return the coat by the public OW O. Monday night.
M'Clelland told Holdout to come along with him to the house
of the perish priest for the names already mentioned, sad
on setting out Holden took with him two rounds of ball
cartridge which he bed obtalami out of his pouch. This
wee ahem perm o'clock oa Monday evening, and at that
hoar Hoiden and M'Clelland set oat for the pariah primers
house. The rev. redeem wee not at hem at the tims,
being engaged In prayer in the chapel. It is believed that,
am Medias the rev. gentlunan in his hones, Hoiden le-
Mood M'Clellsad to accompany him to the flgthlDOO of
the Hee. Mr. Qcain, the protestant rector, tier the pur-
pose of tasking some representation to that me, gtesiewen
with respect to the certificate. Whsa they se is
supposed, goer up about twenty yards mate
'mane, and while they were almost in sight of the
marque gate, • shot was herd. sad immediately after
smother, following the first shot is rapid succession.
Holds, bed la hie poemeeion a Imo horse pistol, sad •
smaller weapon of the ram kind. At this point of my nar-
rative my intormation ia to the effect that Holden dechargel
two shots at li•Clellead, a ball from one of the pistols en-
tering the back of the deceased at the right side, and coming
oat through the region of the heart. The ball from the
other shot entered the Mad at the left side of the nose, sear
the eye, end taking • downward devotion emnied may some
of M'Clelland's teeth. My informatics is farther to Me
elect that Holden had a clasp MO se
with which he stabbed deceased la the matte" tihriti
kerma& There are several small este on the has
sad head of 11`Clellantre corpse, which I saw today,
!yin es • bed in the police . The body of thi
poor fellow hes, in feet, been riddled sad lasegiod. The
whole of the forehead has bees arsehed Ia gad
fractured. Of course, death mast bays bega
stantemoue. It is believed that, after Holden pert
Misted this mkt deed, he dragged the body of lib
mateartutate victim into la drain that runs through the Rev.
Mr. Qmin's lawn, where it was found between half-past 10
sad 11 O'clot-k, oe Monday night. After this Hoiden to-
tented into town. He wee observed *madam in the Morrie
square for to few minutes, and, in tome time der, he
ed lm
ed down to the gate-house of Robert Hem Req.. J.P.,
whore he inquired from the gatekeeper wham Ile. Ma-
thews, the sub.lnapectoe was dining with Mr. Ivan. or not.
He was informed that Mr. Mathews was not them and
having been put in pommion of this lakinamion, he made
his way to the house of Mr. Mathews, and skid his said-
servant whether he tMr. Mathews) was dining with Mr.
Evans or not. She mid he was not, bat that be was dirties
at the house of • lady in Northland-row, and that he was to
take tea with Mr. Evans. Accordiagly. Holden went
to the house of the lady in question sad leaving there
a amass few Mr. Mathews, to the edit' t that Mr. Evans
vented to see his immediately, be made ble way to the
moue leadtag to Mr. Evans' house, and hid himself mom
seem berms. Mr Mathews, believing that he had been sem
ke by Mr. Ivan., oar's out of the house when he had been
dished, and walked up the avenue, when he was atta-ked by
Holden, who wed armed with a bores pistol sad • dagger or
bole. This attack was made at a point stoat half way
between the gats lodge and Mr. Emma boom. Holden
▪ ked Mr. Mathews down with • blow of the pistol on the
head, fracturing hie skull. The gentleman thus wounded
was incapable of 'Awing any resistance to his eaddlsnt, who
follow( dup lb. attack by glee( hint several Mobs with
ante sharp-pointed instrument on the heed and fare.
While Holden ma attacking his grimier officer he gave
• shout This attracted the attention of two DIM who
'um pairing the pmettruse. They opened the entrance
gate, and went in the direction from whams the noise had
O'A-faded, for the pawpaw of amortitialeg the cause of
it. Holden, It is conjectured, wiser these ms PO near hen,
&elated from his mardercase mane open Mr. Mathews, ran
score an siljotalag field, got into tome peer. and Groot
himself to • pert of Ms tows callfd "Sheet 1810 Way" By
this t no, en alarm of the attack upon Mr. Karma bid
epre.d through the town, sad all the pollee la the GOMM,
with the excerket of ths barrack orderly, 11110 anausimed to
gi In isarch of the murderer. While they were actually
tame ..ut from the barrack on the pumeilt Indicated,
Holden deitterately walked up Chnreh-etreet, and entered •
the stable* adjacent to the what station. Here he saddled
Mr. 31Mbeerie h me, and na partiettlaz notice of this set
was tikes et the trees, as surgeon did not at the moment
lay the horrid mime of murder to his char . The stables
me some distaste et the rear of the barrack, and this fact,
slurwith the 'trammels°. that Hahn was sot suspected
wawa" tithe aline, revved to scree him foe • while
his. obeerwstios, sad stabled him the mere easily to "Lot
hie wrap.. He took out lb. Mathetir's bona, 'scouted sad
dried of at toil speed down Feeney's-has which leads out
fees the Nee ef the barrack. Several prise residing in the
rag is quirks saw Hoiden gallopping of, and their belief
wes, the he was going out on duty. The haireedes prevailing
be the town is that he took thorned !male( to Monachau, and
ther,os arriving Ia Mosserhea, be lee by tee la fee Dundalk,
sela he was arrested on Tuesday at halt peat one o'clock.
rbe Merest upon the body of the emitted wee hold en
Tuesday, 1,b113 • verdict el wilful tonaler" ageditt Hoiden
was warmed.
. _ .

The wounded eles.hespeeter, Mv. Matdieve, though mush
tester, is sill' cossideeed issier.

CAPTCRE itAILwAT TtlltVtel.—At the Police-
more, Birmingtreni, os Thursday. two men, neared Woolf
batten. hteeltionse lane, ph ...tuner, and Thumaa Greta, cf
Low r Tamplemtnet. back. r, were placed is the duck
owler the follemrtag rircamataucea . —Sergeant Went of the
Biel Ada. Polk., etattoned at I dimwit+, stated that
about two o'elorit that asoraime he revived into:mama that
the too prieesero ecenmpeand by a third wan, sod berm(
• lays grainy of property "rib them, were puoLng, per
mad tram, en roar, toe Birmingham. Antag with great
{narration's* the ulcer .0 one. telegraphed to Binerogban
tins Bra, arandtellratendent Olossep, walnut a moment'.
dela , dee &threat Warwick and polioreometede
X who formastely succordad Ie tang the too pri-
soners et N.W-BURIA Sloths. Asa ports of too mad trete
pompoms had got int Winne, sensei of the potter oaring
to the then office, the third MY of the rang sot on-
demos% terry lag with him a lathe pushy. of guide. In-
.pector Mantes nth ho hied his. fee same 'maths stenelly
employed by tbs Landon sad Math Waimea Hallway Com-
toay to endeavour to &trot a gem of skier thieves from
Birmieghare, who, tallith trips el some twelve err aweety
miter. end, meted by canna panne, alma metimetati rob-
bodes of goodie in emu*. of travail Irma the differeat railway
stadrem The two prianaer. to Imes sell no part of this
gag, whisk asoderso •.1 roll or Is. very elem. sod sips
dossed thieves Mottos added that at this very time the
eybosor ts the duck Woolf Be sort, memo • house et
2. 6d. per risk had a echo's in the mthersoe marts podia'
against lb. Legible gad North Waders Hallway Compsoy,
Kt nese r this sum of 1401., ths vale, cd • lot of shoe.,
which, as Barret stated, were Du , sod which hod
bees mobs how tea *mummy'. uts'i m, at Bswntt. u.ntoe
sold there WM erideere to 'bow that phloem..., oatoombey
lustalata( inessfortmed shoe*, but to tact partly wale up
of bricks sad rubbish, 11111% octal t,) rail, and byOO6lllMM*
Melva by moisten of their gong, sad the estopmy sued for
thsfr velum The goods farad that wombat in no...resist of
the pane..., eassieled of hosterkkbeettos goods broom, and
• owlet, popes Ow there woe so doubt had
less Melee. thigeast west asked for end °braised a re-
mind sstß Mosda, Is enter that 19111 All might be made as
to the swami al the wordy. Ose Isekage, then Is reams
fileppere, I the property of Enos sod Co., of Derby.
Tta TtrlttlOUT AT itocunALL—A meeting of the
mechaaice who bad tuned at &genet a redut of wages
sh. ...chi. shop of aides= Tatham was I,'d at lb.
liartgattos lu. Roth tee, as Taurean', when it war re-
ported that an mnicat‘ls armagoinent bed been credo with
Mr. Tatham, and that in rounequence It had brim snood that
aH Unhands oa strike should retail to their wort yesterday
(7406 y) moans.