The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-26 00:00:00

wondered at a man talking so lightly after acknow-
ledging the dead man to be his brother. He was
smoking a pipe. It was the policeman that told wit-
lleSi the man acknowledged the deceased to be, his
brother. It was after that acknowledgment he asked
to play cards, and appeared quite unconcerned. He
was not drunk, but appeared as if he had drank some-
thing. That man had on a eap, and a velveteen
shooting jacket. He came with a policeman and went
away with one. About three-quarters of an hour
after a policeman said he would give his oath he was
one of the persons he met in Blackberry-lane on Sun-
day morning. Constable Doohv was the man who
said
.that witness identified Mr. Joseph Lynch as the
person that was at his house en Tuesday night.
Constable Doohv was called in and sworn. That
man is one of those that I saw in Blackberry-lane, on
Sunday morning, about half-past three o'clock. He
was going towards Dublin, and near the Bloody
Fields. He was in co:npany with two others. The
person wore the collar of his.coat up, as if to disgruse
his face. All of the three wore hats. That person
wore a cloth frock coat and darkish trousers. lie had
nothing in his hands. He passed within a foot of me,
and I looked very sharp at him, and so did he at me,
and I thought he had something wild in his appear-
ance. Before they approached me, I put my hand
behind on my staff, and kept my eye on him, deter-
mined, if they attacked me, to knock him down first,
and deal with the other two afterwards. I stated in
my last examination that one of the three men had
large whiskers, but that neither of the other two had
whiskers. I have an opinion that the middle man was
the deceased.

A Juror—Have you any doubt that the man who
was in the room just now is the same you met on
Sunday morning ? Witness—l have no doubt what.
ever that he is the man. The moon was shining
brightly at the time.
Constable Daniel Molloy (E 127) examined-4 ae
companied a stranger from Rathmines to the lime-
kiln. I saw him at the station-house speaking to the
sergeant, who desired me to go with him to the kiln.
The man objected to my going in plain clothes, and
without my staff, and I. went and put on my uniform.
When I got outside the door he said he was afraid the
deceased was his brother, and that he was a " ram"
sort of fellow ; that he was fond of smoking and
throwing stones. That he was just the sort of man
that would tie up his clothes and fling them into a
river.. I thought his conduct very extraordinary
under the circumstances. He told me there was a
lime-kiln at the back of his house, and that the de-
ceased said at one time, " If a man threw himself
into the kiln nothing would ever be heard of him."
He also stated that the deceased burned his papers in
the kitchen, and that his razor was missing. He told
me the deceased went to bed at nine o'clock on
Saturday night, and that he might have got up early
without being missed. He further said the de-
ceased took a dress body coat and a frock coat out
with him ; that he was after receiving a quarter's or
month's salary, out of which he gave his father 3/. His
father (he said) asked him where Alfred was, when
he told him the office hours were changed, and that he
would be kept out. After he saw the body, he ap-
peared very much confused; he laid 11;s hands upon
it, and examined the head, and then said, " It is Al-
fred, my brother." In speaking to me afterwards, I
asked him did he not speak of a razor, when he replied
that he was confused. He said he would tell the family
at home that it was a tailor that was killed. He said
he would say this not to make his family uneasy.
Witness identified Mr. Joseph Lynch as the person of
whom he spake..

Hugh Isonagher (one of the constabulary)—l saw
Mr. Joseph Lynch on Tuesday night, at Mr. Bren-
nan's dairy-house, near the lime-kiln. He came with
me to see the body, and on entering the place he said
he knew him to be his brother Alfred. He said he
killed himself. He knew he did. I asked him why
he said so ? when he replied that he heard him say
that if a man threw himself on a lime-kiln it never
would be known. I was a long time in his company,
and took him from this to Rathfarnham station-houee,
He said he was further pleased at his brother's acting
as he did than enlisting in the army.
Examination resumed—Mr. Lynch said his brother
had been " surly and sulky," for some time previous
to his death. He was not at all moved by the appear-
ance of the body. After we came out of the place
where the body was, I took off my cap to make memo-
randums in my book, when he saw my pipe. He asked
it from me, and taking it he began to smoke. I had
suspicions I did not mention, but I felt it my duty to
tell the city police to detain him in custody.
Henry Bailie, Esq., sub-inspector of constabulary,deposed that Joseph Lynch was brought before him
by the last witness, between twelve and one o'clock
yesterday morning. He said, " Oh, this is a bad
business !" In the course of conversation, which was
like that stated by the constables, he said his broth
asked him, " 'Were all the murderers taken (or ae-
tected) ?" lie replied, "No; he did not think they
were." If he (deceased) took a razor and. cut his
throat, and threw himself on a lime-kiln pear the
house, he would be consumed, and never recognised_
Mr. Joseph Lynch appeared much affected at times;
he cried, and put his bawl to his head, and at others
he appeared quite indifferent.

Other witnesses were examinedo—The inquest has
been adjourned.

HORRID MURDER, near ILKLEY.
On Saturday morning last, the inhabitants of Ilk-
ley, Addingham, and the neighbourhood, were hor-
rified by the finding of the murdered body of a man,
aged about 50 years, in a field in the township of
Nesfield, through which the public highway from
Ilkley to Beamsley and Bolton Bridge passes, about
a mile distant from Middleton Lodge, the residence
of W. Middleton, Esq., and less than a mile distant
from the village of Ilkley.
The gamekeepers and watchers of Mr. Middleton
(six in number) found the body about two o'clock on
Saturday morning. Life was not then quite extinct.
The deceased was laid on his right side, and his hat
over his face. On the keepers attempting to raise him
up, and on removing his hat, they discovered that his
head was broken to pieces, and his hat nearly filled
with blood. He expired immediately on being moved.
A short walking-stick with a most formidable head
was found by the body, covered with blood. The
body was then moved to Ilkley, by the constable,
whom the keepers at once applied to, and the body
was identified as that of Wm. Hustwick, of Beamsley,
a labourer, who, it was ascertained, had left Ilkley
about half-past ten o'clock the night before, in com-
pany with his cousin, Joseph Hey, of Beamsley, a
carpenter.
On the body being undressed, a most frightful spec-
tacle was presented. Although the face was not much
difigured, the head was literally smashed to pieces,
and almost the entire body lino. limbs were covered
with bruises. Hey was immediately inquired after,
and taken into custody, to await the result of the Coro-
ner's inquest, which was held on Monday before
Thomas Brown, Esq., of Skipton, and a respectable
Jury chosen from the townships of Nesfield,
and Addingharn ; G. 0. Green, Esq., of Woodhouse*
was foreman. E. C. L. Kaye, Esq., of Farfield
tlie nearest resident Magistrate, was also in the jury*
room, with several neighbouring gentlemen, and a
crowd of other spectators,
There was great excitement exhibited during the
examination of the witnesses, which occupied about
seven hours ; but the material facts deposed to may
be more briefly stated.
John Lister, of Ilkley, innkeeper, proved that the
deceased and Joseph Hey, both of whom he well
knew, came together into his house on Friday even-
ing, and that they left in company together.
Thomas Hardwick, the house watcher at Middleton
Lodge, said—At ten minutes or a quarter-past 12 he
heard a distant noise from the direction of the river
where the body was found (distance a mile). The
night was windy. It was a man's voice. He went
to the front of the house to hear more distinctly, and
walked backward and forward for an hour, during all
which time lie heard repeated sounds from the same
quarter, as of blows, or as if stones were thrown into
the river, and occasionally from the same voice he
thought he heard words like " Help me up," or
" Let me get up," but could not be certain. About
one o'clock the sounds ceased. About half-past one
the keepers came to him at the lodge. He mentioned
what he had heard, and set off to lead the keepers to
about the place where the sounds came from. He led
them almost direct to the place.
After all the evidence had been heard, Joseph
Hey said,—" After going a short way, deceased began
to stagger, I took hold of his arm. We went gently
on. lie would sic down. We got too near the lime-
kiln. lie then lay down and said lie would stop, I
said, say, come on. He said, I'll lie down a bit and
then follow thee. I then left him. He went on to
state how he had proceeded homewards, sitting down
in different places, hearing a clock strike twelve, and
getting home at two.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder,"
against some person or persons unknown. The
mur-
dered man was not married. Hey, after the verdict,
was set at liberty, and attended the funeralis of the de-
ceased next day by invitation of h friends.—Leeds
Mercury of Saturday.

BANQUET TO COLONEL XYNTE.-011 Friday, the
16th instant, a splendid banquet was given by the
officers of the West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry,
to their gallant and esteemed commandant, Colonel
Tynte, at Pattison's Hotel, Taunton. The Earl of
Carnp.rvon presided on this occasion. Among the
guests assembled were the Right Hon. Earl of Zs:-
na-tvon, , Colonel Tynte, Lord Dorchester, and the
lion. R. Neville, M.P. for Windsor.. The splendid
vase and salver presented to Colonel Tynte, the f°rl3l6r
by the officers, and the latter by the non-commisiona
officers and privates, ornamented the room; as slur
the candelabrum and salver, given to. Captain Maher
by his military colleagues. Upwards. of sixty officers
were present on the occasion, and the toasts and
speeches were numerous and excellent.