The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

DIST_RESI NGt 000 UR KE.ZVCA

On Tuesday morning early the -town of- Paisley
was the scene of a most distressing occur-
rence, which has crect«l much excitement in
the district. The facts of this:ease, so far as we
can ascerraiu them, would appelr to be these :
About half punt 11 o'clock Mr. Wm. Wylie, a geu-
t,!eman of s.me 35 yi-ars of age, nephew of the
late Mr. Wylie, procurAtor-fiscal for the county,
and one of the partners of the firm of M,ssrs.
Rodger', Mimes, and Wylie, called at the In-
firmary in a very excited state, and in his efforts
to obtain adinissicei m ide a great noise, ringing the
bells violently and knocking at the door Mr. Mor-
rison, the house surgeon, disturbed by the noise,
came from his own room into the dispensary,
which adjoins the cour--, and hearing from the voice
that it wi,s-Mr. Wylie remain"d inside, expecting
him t 9 go away, as ho hid previously made similar
efforts to obtain admission. While waiting, how-
ever, it would lippe,r that three men who were
passing along the street at tha time were also at-
tracted by she not-e which Mr.:Wylie was u3aki...g,
and one of them steppi-•d in' o the courtyard to see
what was the c Luse. Wuat passed between Mr.
Wylie and this person is not pteciaely known, but
scarcely a minute had elapsed before a pierciLg cry
was heard, and Mr. Mori ison, on opening the dis-
pensary was just in time to see Mr. Wylie
making off, and a man lying in the courtyard. Mr.
Wylie was pursued by the doctor, and also by the
man's companion?, but he tau so qu ckly that they
could not overtake him. On returning to the yard

they proceeded to rouse the man, never dreaMing
for a moment that he was seriously burr. What
was their astonishment and horror to find, how-
ever, that he was dead, and on a light being prc-
cured it was fount that he was stabbed to the heart.
The poor fellow never spoke a word ; indeed, iz is
thought he was dead before he was touched. The
wound was an inch below the left nipple, just over
the heart, and was inflicted by a dagger-p.ointed
clasp-knife, which was aft swards furred ru the
street. The blade was about four inches in length.
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A few minu es afterwards Mr. Merrison ar-
rived at the office with Mr. Wthe's ha', which he
el
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sht
bad left behind him, at id Mr. Wylie was placed in
who has t' t•utidenly
colifinem-nt. The wan
n tit p:ived of life was a weaver, named Robert
Otr, and resided it, Silk-s lee;'. He was a quii:t,
steady, induzitrious mac, 30 years of age, and his
left a .vife and four young children. Mr. Wylie is
connected with a family long known and hiehly
respected in this county, and one universal feeble
of commiseration is felt in the community for his
relatives and friends. Although nominally a mem-
ber of the legal profession, he never attende I much
to business, and since the death of an aunt three or
four years ago, to whom he was much attached, his
' mind has been unhinged, and for
several months,
welearn, he has been an object of cons'd rable
anxiety to his friends. Af er consulting the best
medical advice for such cases in Scotland, he was
taken to London, and was treated for a short time
under the advice of Dr. Winslow. He recovered
so far that Vie doctor sent him down at the end of
June. On Monday he was seen in various parts of
the town in a very excited state, as if he had been
partaking too freely of liquor. His relations,
against whom he was irritated in consequence of
the treatment to which they had already subjected
him, were advised io le him alone, ant his friends
in tewn 11 id no reason to apprehend any danger
till yesterday, though they must have been satisfied
that he was not recovering. We are informed that
in the afternoon, and again in the evening, he was
taken home and advised to go to bed. His disease
apparently was of that nature that at times he was
calm and rational, but when interfered with he
became wild, excited, and passionate. We believe
that no blame is attributable to any one for this
tragic and melancholy affair. We understand that
Mr. Wylie asserts that the three met, were about
to garotte him ; and it is probable that a delusion
of ;his kind, acting upon his diseued mind, led to
the committal of this dreadful act. On Tuesday
Mr:Wyli, was brought before Mr. Sheriff Glasgow'
for examination, but he was so excited and out:.
rageoue that it could not proceed.