The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-13 00:00:00

_EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT A 7

ABDUCTION.

On Saturday morning the village of Kinlough, con nty
Limerick, was thrown into a state of great excitement, in
consequence of a number of young men (ten in all) being
escorted, handcuffed, on cars into thelvillage, and conducted
to the barrack by two parties of police from Kinlough and
Tawley police-stations, on two distinct charges of at-
tempted abduction and burglary on the preceding night.
It appears that on Friday night (All Hallow Eve), a party
of ten young men assembled at the house of Mr. Robert
Likely, the celebrated old sportsman of Gurteen, Ballin-
trillick, and after being plentifully supplied with good cheer,
all preliminaries for the abduction of a certain young
woman were twanged. The entire party, consisting of
James Likely, the" would-be bridegroom, his brother
Henry, and the boy Roger, together with the accomplices,
all beings well armed, set off on cars at about eight
o'clock p.m., and never halted until they arrived at the
village of Boiney, situated on the north-western side of
Lough Melvin, and about four miles from Kinlough, in
the county Leitrim. On their arrival at this village (at
about ten p.m.) all the party alighted, left the horses and
cars to the care of a few of their number, while the rest
proceeded in the direction :of the residence of Mr.
John Coulter ; but on their way thither three or four
of the party, who were strangers in that locality,t went into
a house, occupied by Mr. Coulter's herd, for he purpose
of lighting their pipes, where they observed aknotfof young
girls seated round the fire burning nuts, one whomofn thatwas
no less a personage than the very
Likely and his gang were in searchhoof;yabuunt,gfortunately for
party. Some of the
her, she was not recognised by
whatt purpose they were to
young women, on learning
rallied them on their
be found in that part of thefiocroutnatnryd,
proceeded directly to
gallantry, upon which they
veifng,
easily gained admittance,
Mr. Coulter's house, and,
haake fast the doors, placing some
they first commencezt
of their party on guartdasmwhile the rest searched the house,
knocking everything about that came
me iinsstchoeuirltwerayw, but alt
to no purpose.
It was eviden
r were any of the family, except Mr. Coult-
in the house, no
ter himself, who was in bed at th 3 time—so tho party were
obliged
to decamp without finding the object of their pur-
whilst they were engaged in their search, a young
suit.
lad,
named john Coulter, son of Mr. Coulter, with one
ofind theov se
ed
boys, got out of the house by a back
down to the shore, took a boat and
whraysatennt
away to the opposite side of the
rowed lake,
proceeded to the barrack at Kinlough, and
gave
information to Constable Menson, who despatched two of
his men (the others being out on patrol) with young Coul-
ter to the police barrack at Tawley, and acquainted the
place, when that officer, with
constabhere of what too
three of le
hits party, went in k
pursuit, and
far when they encountered the wholepartayclefulatdPyr.oheuenedteerds
much
in their retreat, all apparently
thelo tvedorsaendfobralyiqonuoetrs.
They were ordered to halt, with
guns ad
fixed, upon which all the party of
13 (except three who were
on foot, who got clear off) were captured, manacled, and
brought to the police barrack at Tawley. Here they were
in all
overtaken by a man running
haste, with a tongs in
y
his hand, and only partially dressed, , who gave information
to the police that the
same party were after breaking the
door and windows of his house, and threatening to beat
him, for no other reason than his
refusing to allow them to
light their pipes and divide the whisky they had in a jar
amongst their party. Next morning the whole party were
brought into Kinlough, when informations were sworn
against them, and they were bound to stand their trial at the
Ilezt quarter seimions Mtuorhamilton,—/S/ip ineependent.