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CONTENTS:—
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I THE MIRFIELD MURDERS,
REID'S CONFESSION.
YORK, DEC. 23.—Immediately after the trial of
Patrick Reid and Michael M‘Cabe, and after sentence
of death had been passed upon them, Mr. Robert
Dale, the attorney of Reid, communicated to Mr.
Matthews (M'Cabe's Counsel) a confession made to
him by the prisoner Reid previous to his trial. Mr.
Matthews thereupon communicated with Mr. Justice
Patteson the purport of that confession, which, we un-
derstand, is to the following effect :—That on the
12th of May,e'R.eid`tvenp' to Mr. Wraith's house, about
twenty-five, minutes; to one o'clock ; that he conversed
with the servant girl, Caroline Ellis, about five
minutes; that he then took out the soldering-iron he
had that day borrowed of Kilty and had concealed in
his- basket, and struck Caroline Ellis a severe blow on
the back or the head. She shrieked out and staggered
to the back door, when he struck her again and felled
her to the ground, and Mr. Wraith coming at that
moment from the cellar into the passage which con-
nects the kitchen with the two front parlours,
with a silver pint, containing beer, in his hand,
he (Reid) struck him a violent blow on the head
with the iron, in doing which the iron flew from
the handle, and Mr. Wraith staggered into the
parlour. • Reid then returned and got the kitchen
poker and ran to the parlour, and met Mrs. Wraith
running out to the front door. He then struck her
two or three blows on the head, and felled her to the
ground. He went into the parlour, and Mr. Wraith
was then lying bleeding on the floor, insensible. He
rifled his pockets, took his keys out, and opened the
drawers with them. He then heard a knock at the
kitchen door, which he thought was Caroline Ellis
getting up. He went to the kitchen, and found her
perfectly still, and again returned. He then got
some money out of the drawers—took the watch from
Mr. Wraith, and the ring from Mrs. Wraith's finger,
and heard another knock at the door. He thereupon
went to the kitchen door, and slightly opened it,
when he saw the other prisoner, M'Cabe, who in-
quired if they wanted anything in his line, and he
(Reid) replied, " No, Sir;" and, thinkin; M'Cabe
was a stranger, and would not recognise him, he shut
and bolted the door. He then returned and ran-
sacked the drawers, and found in them a razor case.
containing two razors. He took one and cut the
throats of all the three parties, and then washed his
hands and wiped them upon the towel. lie then
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hdeo owr ,e
nearlalnd threwthe
back door, and then hurried towards his own home.
house, locked
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Mr. Seymour, the counsel of Reid, who was also
aware of Reid's confession previous to his trial, has
communicated the same to Mr. Justice Patteson, and
proper representations will be made by the parties to
Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State, and active
measures will be taken to procure M`Cabe's liberation.
Soon after the prisoners had entered the condemned
cell, M'Cabe addressed the prisoner Reid, and en-
treated him to say whether he (M'Cabe) knew
anything of the murder or not. Reid, in reply, said,
"No, you did not; if I had thought you had known
anything about it, I should have murdered you too."
Reid then told M'Cabe that he had brought upon
himself his own condemnation by the false state-
ments which he had made about the affair. M'Cabe
admitted this, but said he did it for the best. Whilst
in conversation, the storm of thunder which occurred
at the time of the murder, was referred to, when Reid
said, " I thought when I heard it that it was God
Almighty speaking to me ; and I never have had that
impression out of my mind." This conversation took
place in the presence of the prison authorities. Reid
had previously been visited by the Rev. Dr. Quigley
(the Roman Catholic priest), the prisoners being both
of them members of that persuasion, and it is under-
stood that Reid then corroborated the statement he
made to Mr. Dale. It is not correct that the chap-
lain of the Castle (the Rev. T. Sutton) was present
at this interview.
Reid evincea.great calmness and resignation to his
fate. M'Cabe appears greatly affected by his position,
and unable to bear up.
Of course nothing can yet be known as to the ulti-
mate fate of M'Cabe. The case will doubtless un-
dergo further investigation, and it is not improbable
that his life will be spared, and that he will be dealt
with as an accessory after the fact, and subjected to a
term of transportation. The verdict of the jury was
clearly justified by the evidence; and it will remain
for the Secretary of State to determine whether the
confession by Reid can be relied upon. The evidence
of Mary Hellas brings the two prisoners together, in
close conversation, after the murder must have been '
committed; and there are other important portions of
evidence irreconcileable with the entire innocence of
M'Cabe, especially that given by Benjamin Morton,
who swears to seeing both the prisoners within 60,
yards of each other, proceeding in a direction towards
Wraith's house.
To-day (Thursday) the prisoner Reid was visitedi
by his father, and, as may be supposed, the interviews
was most affecting.

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