The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-14 00:00:00

THE DOUBLE MURDER NIA! MONAGHAN.

The inquest on the bodies of James and Robert
' Shaw, the unfortunate men who were found murdered in
their house, midway between Glasslough and Monaghan, on
the morning of the 4th inst., was resumed by Charles Wad.
dell, Req., coroner, at the house of Mr. beeper, situated
close to the some of the murder. The quest had been ad-
j./reed from Saturday last to give the inquest had been ad-
jirned from Saturday Ist to give the polio. tim. to prose-
cute their search for evidence against the perpetrators of
the dreadful CAMS, and the result is that three persons are
now in custody charged with having taken part in it—
William Shaw, brother of the deceased ; Thomas M'Nieca
their nephew, who lived in the house with William Shaw;
and Richard Jackson, the only evidence as yet against
whom is that one of the witnesses believes it was his voice
he heard oalline at the door of the deceased on the night of
the 24th nit. The police have had considerable diffi-
culty is assigning a motive fora murder the like of which
has rarely been committed in this country. The murdered
men were between 40 and 50 years of . They bad
amassed considerable wealth, and hoarded it with the
greatest tare. They lived entirely alone, and though they
had three good farms—two held ander Lord Cremorne, and
the other under Colonel Leslie, M.P. on which they were
murdered, beside, horses, cows, and farm stock—they em-
ployed no servant, but performed all the work themselves,
even, it is said, to milking the cows and making the bettor.
The house in which they lived wea allowed to fall into dis-
repair, and no money that could possibly be avoided was
spent for their own personal comfort or convenience. Their
bed was a miserable one, placed ia the same room with two
hordes ; yet it appears that they were well liked by their neigh-
bours and acquaintances. One of them, Robert Shaw, was •
blacksmith, but had ceasedfor someyears to work at that trade.
He bad oouaiderable skill in the treatment of horses.
His assistance was frequently sought for by the neighbour-
ing farmers, and it is thought that, on the night when he
met his death, he came to the door, believing that some
one's tattle bad taken ill, and that he was wanted to see
them. The deceased men were in the habit of lending out
small sums of money at high rates of interest, and it was
first conjectured that, as James Shim had lately obtained
decrees against some of his debtors, his untimely end was
to be attributed to their act ; but further investigation has
led to the general belief that the murder ham been the re-
sult of • family quarrel. The evidence of Mr. Ker shows
that the deceased and two of the prisoners, their brother
and nephew, lived on the worst possible terms, and it fur-
ther appeared that the former hag stated that they apple.
headed violence from MNiece. Mr. Stuart, county in.
spector, Mr. M'Kilvey, sub-inspector, and the constabulary,
are actively conducting inquiries into this mysterious mur-
der, amid Mr. Singleton, R.M. has also arrived in the dile
trick and wee present at the inquest.—Be(fast Nees Letter.

TEE MURDER OF THREE PERSONS IN SLIGO.

Up to an advanced hour on Wednesday morning
no clue, eves by surmise, could be bad of the perpetrator
et the three murders at Ballymote, in the count of Sligo.
reported in our impression of Saturday. However, at
about ten o'clock, a.m., owing to some information com-
' tnunicatad to the constabulary, sub-inspector Henry Wil-
liams, of Ballymote division, promptly despatched a
mounted policeman to Sligo, with directions to have a
young man named Matthew Phibbe tweeted on ;owl-
cies. As soon as the message reached Sligo, county in.
LiwtJ. Stoker had instant search made, and found out
tr
an individual suspected had been arrested on the pre-
vious night at Sligo for drunkenness, but was
liberated on Wednesday morning, and had left the town
of Sligo. A mounted policeman, named Furlo was
instantly despatched to Riverstown, and arrived lust in
time, it is stated, to arrest Phibbe, with the aid of
Head-constable Bourke, of Riventown, by whom be was
brought in custody into Ballymote, at eight o'clock on
Wednesday night. It appears Furlong made the ride to
Riventown (war saves miles) in the incredibly short space
of three guiders of an hour. A great deal of the alarm
prevailing was abated when it was heard that an arrest had
been made. The prisoner is • young man apparently
about 26 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches in height,
sallow complexion, face long, and somewhat bloated, heavy
dark eyes, well-formed bead ; be wears dark whiskers, ,
seeminey thinned, and small "imperial ;" he wore • dish '
beaver lat and long light ooloured frieze coat ; plaid neck-
kerchief, and light boots ; he wore his coat partly but-
toned ; the Ant finger on big left band in much cut, as
if by some sharp instrument ; the left side of biz nose
is scratched ; it also appears that several bank note;
stained with blood have been found on him, and that •
shirt he bed on is greatly stained with blood; three razon
were also found on him. Search was made by Constable
Regan, Garland, and Holmes in the house where Pbibbs'
mother was stopping, in Ballymote, and where Phibbe him-
self lived with her, and a bedtick was found with several
spots of blood on it. It appears that a jog, drawer, and
other articles en which marks of blood were found in Cal-
laghan's hews, bad the spots on the right hand side. Three
other parties were previously arrested on suspicion, but as,
it is said thee, is no evidence against them we forbear pub-
lishing their names. The prienien were all kept under
close custody in the police barrack during Wednesday night.
Os Thu:easy morning the coroner for the district, John
H•Doeough, Esq., arrived in town, and proceeded to hold
as inquest, the proceedings at which were adjourned.—
Sipa Independent.

DARING GAROITZ RORBRRY.—WORCRSTRR, f3A-1
?CROAT. —ADRRlTeettlinaryTobbery of the abovedeNcription
took place 1. this city, tut night, the thieves succeeding
in carrying off a booty of 2301., and up to this evening they
have remained undiscovered. The victim is Mr. Fleming,
eon of a hay and corn dealer, of this city, who gives the
following amount of the transaction. He states that Le
had been to the neighbourhood of Dudley to collect ac-
counts for his father, and returned to Wormier by a train
on the West Midland' Railway, arriving hare at 8.40 p.m.
On leaving the Worcester station, which is in
the suburbs of the city, he had scarcely get
out of the station yard when he was set
upon by three men, one of whom, coming behind him un-
awares, threw hie arm round his neck, clasping him tightly,
while he placed the other hand over his mouth and nose,
almost suffocating him. One of his accomplices then ripped
i open Mr. Fleming's coat and asked for a knife, which was
hooded to him by the third man, and with which he cut off
the left hand trousers pocket of their victim, which con-
tained a purse with Beak of England notes, and gold
and silver, making up together a sum of 2201. 15e.
Mr. Fleming was then thrown violently to the ground, blood
flowing from his mouth and nostrils, sad he states that had the
men held him much longer he should have been suffocated.
He was found lying on the ground by • boy who gave the
alarm, and a cab being obtained he wascarrkel to the police-
seat-ice, and moon recovered. A sum of IL lits. 2d. was found
in the road, but the remainder of the 290 L 15e. wee carried
off by the thieves. The spot where the outrage was com-
mitted was within • stone's throw of the railway station
and of booms. Cobs and cabmen are always waiting at the
station, and at about this time there were two trains about
being dspatcand. The police have made no capture, though
it is said parties are suspected.
LONDON AND NORTH WBbTERN RAILWAY.—We
are requested to state that a paragraph takes from the
Dublin papers of the 11th inst. by the or two of the
London journals Ibut which we refrained from publishing),
profasnog to give the particulars of "an accident of a truly
terriblecharacter" having occurred to the Irish night mail
train on Thursday morning, is entirely erroneous ; no acci-
dent whatever having happened to the train in question.
Owing to the breaking of • wheel tire of one of the carriers
of the 9 p.m. passenger train to Holyhead (not the Irish
mail train) a carriage was thrown off the line, but only one
passenger suffered any injury, and that not of a serious
character.

At s special meeting of the directors of the Lon-
don and North Western Railway Company, on Saturday,
Rear-Admiral Mocreme, who has been a director of the line
from its commencement, was unanimously elected to till the
Mike of chairman, in the place of the Marquia of Chandos,
res-r
The Observer, commenting on the proceedings of
the Court of Queen's Bench in Canada, in reference to
Aodersou, the fugitive slave, who is demanded under the
extradition treaty by the government of the United States,
sap :—" We are informed that • writ of habeas
will be applied for here directly for the liberation of 38
Ander-
son, who be supposed to be entitled to the freedom accorded
to eves ass—not convicted of cessese—throughout the
to vltaeiss at Great Britain." . _

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