The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

THE TIPPERARY OUTRAGE.

I .Details are now to hand of the inquest on the policemen,
shot during the agrarian outrage in Tipperary. As we
have already announced, an open verdict was returned.
Among other evidence given was the following :
Constable Cleary, in the course of his depositions,
stated : There were about 100 people, men, women, and
children, near us when we reached Dwyer's house. They
were shouting and calling out " Scully, the bastard !"
and one man in particular in the crowd cried out, " We
might as well be dead as 'alive." Before we came to
Dwyer's the mob became more determined in their
efforts to get at Mr. Scully, and I said to them, " For
God's sake keep back, as we will have to use
violence, for protect this man I :will." I went to Mr
Scully, and said to him that it would be advisable to leave.
i‘ Is that your opinion ?" said he. " Yes," said I. "
said he, "now for the junction." We were then about
three fields from Dwyer's house. Dwyer's house was not,
I think, in our direct way to the railway junction,
but he led the way, and we followed him. He
went by the back of Dwyer's, and turned short
into the yard towards the door of the dwelling-house:
Gorman, Maher, and Morrough were with him, and
remained where he turned in, keeping the crowd back. I
stopped the people at the corner, and while performing
that duty I heard two shots. I saw Mr. Scully run across
the yard wounded. He got in shelter of a pier, and ho
shouted to me, " Come on." I went into the middle of,„
the yard, and commenced to fire at where I saw the
smoke coming from. He was firing at the same time from
behind the pier. He said, " Will anyone enter the house
with me ?" " I will," said I ; " come on;" and we
rushed to the house. It was then I saw Gorman lying
apparently dead at the threshold. We got into the house,
and I turned to the men and called on them to follow me;
They did so at once. I did not bee any person in the
house. I fired from the centre of the yard at the,
porthole. Mr. Scully said there were people in the loft,
" Very well," said I; "I will go there." I jumped
on the table, and then perceived a hole in the thatch,
quite large enough for persons to escape through.
Just then Sub-constable Colleton said, "My God, Con-
stable Cleary, lam shot." We went out into the yard, and
Mr. Scully and I forced open the door of the outhouse in
which the porthole was ; he caught one side of the door
and I the other. The door was barricaded with a lot of
sticks. We found the back door open. Near the porthole
was a blunderbuss, which appeared to have burst. I;
looked out into the garden which the back door led to,
and found a large number of footsteps there. I then
returned to the yard, and saw Morrough for the first time.
He was then dead. After tearing open the door of the
house there were no shots fired, but there were a number
fired after Colleton said he was shot. Morrough was
lying near the porthole. From the beginning I should
think there were seventeen or eighteen shots fired by what
I may call the " opposite party." I did not see a single man_
of those who fired.

After the inquest on Murrough and Gorman, an inquiry
into the circumstances was held by the magistrates. Five
of the prisoners were discharged, and the other four
remanded. It would seem from the evidence at the,
inquest that none of the persons who fired the shots can be
identified.

Proclamations are posted in Tipperary offering a reward
by the Lord-Lieutenant of £5OO for the arrest of any of
the party who fired on Mr. Scully and the police, and also
a reward of £3OO for information which may lead to their
arrest,