The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-08 00:00:00

THE DUBLIN OUTRAGE.

It is reported in the Hall of the Four Courta at
Dublin that the convict cabman has confessed himself to be
the author of the Milltown outrage, to which he was incited
by the delusive belief that hi fAre was not a proper cha-
racter. He founded this false notion upon the circum-
stances of Mr. Jolly having kissed his sister and given her
money when be put her into the cab • the time, plum of
hiring, and destination of the young 1;cly having also con-
tributed to confirm him in his unfortunate delusion. He
alleges that if Miss Jolly bad returned with him to the cab
after the first assault he would have driven her home safely,
without further molesting her.

The Freeman's Journal of yesterday says :
"It has been stated that Curran, who is now undergoing
imprisonment for the assault on Miss Jolly, was some time
since convicted at the Kildare assizes on a charge of abduc-
tion. This, we understand, is • mistake, no doubt arising
from the fret that a person named Thomas Curran was
found guilty of such a crime at Nw a few years ago, and
was sentenced to two years imprisonment. We, however,
have learned, on reliable*nthority, that so long ago as six
or seven years John COMM. the DOW notorious cabman,
filled the situation of groom in a respectable family in the
North, and having committed some outrage, the precise
nature of which we need not state, on one of the
family, he absconded, leaving his trunk, &c, behind.
This trunk was soon opened, and in it was found a 'ticket
of leave,' thus clearly establishing the fact that he bad
at some previous period been convicted of some offence
which was attended with heavy punishment. This unex-
pected discovery gave rise to inquiry, the result of which,
we are informed, was, that it was ascertained that he had
been a groom in London, perpetrated some crime, was tried,
convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour,
and after having 'put in some time' obtained • ticket-
of-leave, and was enlarged ; after which he obtained em-
ployment as groom with the family in the North to which
we have alluded. It now appears that the steward of the
gentleman in whose family Curran was groom, remembering
the name of the absconding groom, end reconciling the de-
scription given in the papers of the perpetrator of the Mill-
town-road outrage with that of the person who had so sud-
denly and under such peculiar circumstances run away,
came up to Dublin during the receut trial, and fully recog-
nised Curran as the man.”

The /rtsk ruses, writing in reference to a testimonial to
Miss Jolly, says :—" All who value woman's virtue, and
abhor the crime for which Curran has been ea:evicted,
should mark their sense of the fortitude and heroism of
Miss Jolly and the brutality of the culprit, on the incle-
ment night of the 27th September, 1861, by contributing
more or less for a testimonial in honour of woman's virtue.
This tribute to Miss Jolly will at once test the mind of
both sexes in the kingdom on the subject of female virtue,
and commemorate the triumph of an innocent, unprotected
woman over savage ferocity. Every father, mother,
brother, and sister in oar entire population should have,
and may have, a part in this virtuous work, which will
teach a more salutary lesson than one huni,^ed thousand
sermons from the pulpit."