The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-20 00:00:00

THE CONVICT DELAHUNT.

. Soon after Delahunt's sentence, he was attended in his
cell at Kilmaiuham prison by the Rev. Mr. Campbell,
R.C.C., who .endeavoured to administer to him the con-
solations of religion. Two other culprits were placed in
the same cell with him, one of whom, a man named Doyle,
who was charged with pig-stealing, slept with him, and he
states that his sleep was more composed than his own.
There is no restraint upon the prisoner further than being
confined in his cell, with liberty to walk about the yard.
He still entertains a hope thin he will be reprieved,
and looks forward to the Executive extending mercy to-
wards him ; but he has never asserted his innocence as
the foundation F for such a hope. Should the prisoner
be executed, his will be the only execution that has taken
place for seven
.years, the last person who underwent
the extreme penalty of the law being Robinson, • who
was found guilty of violating a female at Bray. Mrs.
Delahunt, who is still maintained and protected in, the
prison, stated that though the prisOner was a person ad-
dicted to lying, and otherwise abandoned in character,
he was particularly partial to children, and they we're
equally fond of his company. Suspicion being excited
that he was concerned in the murder of Garlibardo, the
Italian organ-player, at Rathlarnhatn, a knife on which
were marks of blood and some hair, recently found in
the Dodder, opposite the place where the murder was
committed, was shown to Mrs. Delahunt to Ascertain if it
were her property : but she denied all knowledge of it.
Several persons called at the prison yesterday to make
inquiries respecting tie prisoner and to see him, amongst
whom. were Lord Aberdour, .and other officers attached
to the staff of his Excellency Earl-de Grey.
The following additional disclosures,made by the pri-
soner sincelis conviction may not be uninteresting :
The Governor of the prison having, in a conversa•
tion with the prisoner on Saturday evening, adverted to.
the appalling circumstances in which he was placed, he
said he did not take the boy at all, and the following
colloquy ensued between them :

Governor—Do you mean to say that others were im-
plicated with you ? Delahunt—Yes; there was another
man and a woman.

Governor—lt is very strange, then, that you were
seen with the child in various parts of the city that
night, and no other persons were seen with you ? Dela-
hunt—l admit that ; the others were too cunning to be
seen with us, and they kept 50 or 100 yards before us.
Governor—What motive had you in doing it ? De-
lahunt—l did it for the purpose of being taken care
of in the Lower Castle-yard, and to be admitted as evi-
dence to prosecute some person to be charged with the
crime. It was the,woman that actually cut the child's
throat.

Governor—Where did you meet with those peo-
ple, and how . long had you been making it up ?
Delahunt I met them accidentally that evening,
a little, before the child was seduced away. They
told mo what they wore going to do, and asked
me to join them. I knew the man before, his name •is
Doyle ; but I did not know the woman, and I knew
nothing of the matter until I met them.
Governor—lf you knew nothing about what was going
to be done until you met those persons, what made you
steal the knife from your brother's house that morning?
The prisoner admitted that he did take the knife, but
could not satisfactorily account for doing so.
whether any reliance can be placed
y the prisoner, except so far as it
It is difficult to say
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BiRgINGHAMI J. Is.
(FRog A CORRESPONDENT.)
CoRoNER's INQUEST.—The important investigation
respecting the death of Bassilesa Steapenhill, who was
shot by her husband while cleaning a gun, closed this
eiv)inaincitnuglly
evening. The in which had- been continued from
day to day, occupiedaltogetoliferthtehi;triys-onnineer hsoeuemrse,dattido
twenty-four witnesses were examined.. In the course of
the inquiry, the confidence
tilh
ee
tbecametable,
le,
generally sat with his face buried in his hands, with his
have forsaken himon•
seelbioonwssneslesanoifngwhat butit depressed,le caonnd-
was going forward. He was re-
spectably dressed in black, with black kid gloves, and
generally kept his face hid in his pocket-handkerchief.
The evidence of the surgeon was very unfavourable to
the prisoner's account of the affair. 'the prisoner said,
he was cleaning a gun, which lay on a round table, by the'
side of which the deceased sat sewing. The discharge
entered her chest, making a wound of an inch and a half
in diam'eter, internally wounding and lodging a splinter
of bone in the courts of the heart, and fracturing the 3d.
4th, sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth ribs. Doctor Daetra.
.Turgeon,
of the 6th Inniskilen Dragoons, ;a ;
consequences to be
produced by
the Jury% at a gun.The.C.l;oroner summed up at great
length, and 'mar
andsa '
Zs t s7as a literal im-
possibility for such a wound
, -past nine, returned a ver-
diet of " Wilful Mimi,' er against Ezra Steapenhill." The
all-'
prisoner, on he- '
....iing the sentence,: seemed greatly dis-
tressed, ...t covered his face with his hands.

SUICIDE Dirt, A SElt-
ROIMSERY ilit) AND
vAirt..--On -Monday a man, ,--.
taken into custody ..med James Davis, was
possessio- - Crofts, 179 D, who found in, his
a bottle of wine, a loaf, and other articles,
on his being questioned as to how he came by them,
hand, he replied that "they had been given to him by his bro..
go, to prove ther, who was servant to Mr. ,Dowbiggin, of Abercarnr
apd might talk placei the prisoner was remanded to afford, tithe: for fur-
wings, as. !wed • but will not. ther.inqUiry,-and on:Tuesday discharged; ins '°
_O4 ner. It is spriaLuiTheu-11- ble4)- fl gins having informed- the Magistrate that Mr.—Dow--
e from Dr ..0,4 The tureens and vegetable digits biggin's servant had since the fast .examivatOn corn-
eal
211 e. tartle is from the CallAWl2, laitted suicide by liaising hl, e 3&

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