The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-06 00:00:00

TILE MURDER AT ICIRKIIII.2II.

Since the coroner's inquest on Monday, in refer-
ence to the murder of Mr. Henry ltawcliffe, the
landlord of the Swan Inn, Kirkham, near Preston,
who was killed on Sunday night by a poker having
been thrown at him, entering his right eye, and
penetrating the brain, the police have succeeded in
apprehending a man named Michael Kilbarn as an
accessory to the murder. Yesterday he was
brought before the Kirkham magistrates, with
the other prisoners already in custody. The
charges were—Against James Cain and Margaret
Cain, attempts to rescue Martin Garatty from
custody, and assaulting the police whilst in the
execution of their duty ; against Patrick Cain, for
the wilful murder of Henry Raweliffe ; and against
Michael Kilbarn, as an accessory to the murder.
The court was densely crowded during the inquiry.
Patrick Cain was first placed in the dock.
Mr. Leary, superintendent of police, after re-
minding the Bench that the prisoner had been re-
manded from Monday on a charge of murder, said
that since then he had been making inquiries into
the case. He had some evidence to place before the
Bench; but at the same time he must tell the
magistrates that the case against the prisoner
Patrick Cain was not quite complete, and some
other evidence might be obtained. He therefore
asked for a remand. _ _ _

Evidence corroborative of the facts already pub-
lished, as to the prisoners taking part in the assault
on the police, and also as to Rawcliffe having been
struck by the poker, having been adduced,
Two or three persons, who witnessed the affray
between the prisoners and the police, deposed that,
after the crowd had left the front of Rawcliffe's
house to follow Garratty, the man whom the police
officers were conveying o the polic e-station, they
saw three men come down the street. Two of the
men turned off into a street a short distance from
Rawcliffe's house. Before doing so, however, the
third man, who was in his shirt sleeves, and who
had a poker in his hand, struck a lamp-post with
the poker, and swore he would " put the contents of
the poker" through Sergeant Lofthouse. When he
had said that he left the other man, went past
Rawcliff's house, and was then seen to turn back,
peep round the corder of Rawcliffe's house, and then
hurl the poker through the club-room window. He
then ran rapidly away, and the neighbour s,
alarmed by the screams of itawcliffe's daughter,
went into the house, and found Raweliffe in the
state already described, namely, with a poker pro-
jecting from his light eye. The man who threw
the poker was positively sworn to as the prisoner
Patrick Cain.

The prisoner was remanded until Monday. Jas.
Cain was committed to the sessions for trial for the
assault on the police. His wife was discharged
with a caution.—Blanchester Examiner.

A man named Treville has just committed suicide
by hanging himself at Doudelainville (Somme), after having
attempted to mui der a young woman named Lefevre, by
stabbing her in the throat. It appears that he had long
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church, as she was found on the roadside, near the village,
lying in a POof of blood, Hopes are entertained of her
recovery.