The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-28 00:00:00

TILE RAILWAY MURDER.

Another day bass passed, and to all outward ap-
pearances the efforts to detect the assassin have
been baffled. A statement has been telegraphed to
the provinces from Dublin, announcing that a per-
son had been arrested yesterday, and that further
arrests of persons in the employ of the company
were to take place immediately ; but the Dublin
journals of last night and this morning have no
confirmation of the intelligence. All the informa-
tion that can he gathered amounts to this—that
there is one man under surveillance, to whom the
strongest suspicion of guilt attaches, but that as
yet the amount of positive evidence is too meagre
to justify the arrest of the person suspected. The
Freeman, of this morning has the following para-
graph :
"The police, under the direction of the Crown soli-
citor and Mr. Superintendent Guy, were actively engaged
in searching every nook and cranny about the terminus
during yesterday for the clothes which were worn by
the assassin at the time the murder was committed.
The coal vaults and spaces underneath the offices on
the platform were carefully examined with the aid of
lanterns, and even the very roof of the terminus was
explored, but without success. Search was also made
for the money carried off by the murderer, which it was
rumoured was concealed on the premises, but none
was found. It is generally believed that the clothes,
which must have been dabbled over with blood, were
worn temporarily by the murderer, and not taken far
away from where the murder was committed. Anony-
mous letters from every quarter of the kingdom con-
tinue to arrive, but contain nothing calculated to aid
the investigators in their inquiries."
Here are 'some further scraps of negative news :
"A statement which appeared in a Liverpool paper,
that a man, in a fit of delirium tremens, had muttered
something to the effect that he only struck Mr. Little
twice with a hammer, but did not cut his throat,' has
attracted the notice of the authorities, who, without
attaching any undue importance to it, have nevertheless
thought it right to make inquiries respecting it. Acting
on information received from Mr. J. Tracy, resident
magistrate, Belfast, where the roan referred to had ar-
rived from Dublin, they have despatched to Liverpool
Sergeant Meares, of the G division, who has only just
returned from England, a railway employe, and, we
believe, young Cliarnl3erlain, Mr. Little's clerk, for the
purpose of identifying him, if possible, and ascertaining
whether he is the fellow who called some few weeks ago
at the terminus one evening, inquiring for Mr. Calrey.
It appears that while this man was in Belfast ho stopped
at a certain hotel, gave no name, confined himself to his
room, but told the hotelkeeper that he expected a trunk
from Dublin by railway. His manner excited suspicion
in the mind of the hotelkeeper, and he communicated
with the police, who first got possession of the trunk at
the Belfast terminus. Oa being opened it was found to
contain, among other articles, a shirt washed, but not
dried or done up. The man had also a large sum of
money with him and drank pretty freely. He was
tracked to Liverpool, where he will be kept confined till
Meares and his companions arrive, and if not able to
give a satisfactory account of himself, after his recovery,
he will *be placed under arrest. He is at present
in a lunatic asylum in Liverpool, labouring under
delirium tremens. Catherine Campbell, the servant girl,
has been removed from the building, in order to prevent
communication with any one. Her testimony is con-
sidered to be roost important in the event of a trial.
Co'onel Bro wne, Mr. Kemmis, and the other gentlemen
who are actively engaged in this investigation, were
again in attendance yesterday at the terminus prose-
eating inquiries, and it is stated that they have received
several answers favourable to the ends of justice.'