Star.
London, England, 1817-09-26 00:00:00

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FROM TIM DUBLIN JOURNAL OF TITMDAY.
BARBAROUS MURDER.—It s with feelings of hors?
we find ourselv..s called upon to furnish the following
I details of a most inhuman murder mom tred in the
barony of Tyreragh, in the couNty of Sligo, on the
night of the 16th, or morning ot th 17th instant.
It appears from the evidence eiven before Matteorret
Tuossesow, Esq. Coroner, and a respectabie Jury.
that the unfortunate victim of this brutal outrage was
a stranger, notwithstanding the declaration 0. James
Dolan, and of his daughter, the widow Kilteaghill,
to the contrary. What stamps this dreadful event
with a deeper dye of human wickedness is the cir-
cumstance, that Ann Kilreaghill (in whose house the
murder appears to have been committed). only.. few
weeks ago witnessed the execution fair own hus-
band for a burglary and robbery in the lam:- quarter.
The following is as correct an outline of the proceed-
ings .at the inquest as time will permit us to enter into.
James Connor, of Belville, in the c,olity of Sligo,
landholder, sworn.—Says, that early on the morning
of Wednesday, the 17th instant, he was returning
from the sea shore. with a load 01 wreck; passing by
a field of corn of his, he perceived a path ma le into
it—he was somewhat surprised, and fol wed the
path, if possible to discover the cause; he had not
Kane far when he perceived a sack, in which was the
' dead body of a man, with a hay rope about his neck
and head, and the feet tied also by a rope s.f the same
description. Deponent i ornediately spread the alarm,
and sent !oe the Rev. William Grove, a Magistrate,
in order that hT might toe the body.
Mr. John Borne, sworn.—Says he practices stir.
Eery—saw deceased, and thinks he came by his death
in consequence of heavy blows from some blunt wea.
pon, as well as by strangulation, a black circle being
about the neck of the deceased, caused by the pres-
sure of the• bay rope—and the shoulder of the de-
ceased was dislocated, as he thinks by a violent blow
from some heavy instrument.
The Rev William •Grove, a Magistrate of the
county Sligo, sworn: In consequence of information
received irons John }loan, of a murder having been
committed on the lands ot Belville, on the night of
the 16,11 instant. he proceeded with a constable, a
setjeatit, and a few of the Templeboy Yeomanry, to
the spot, for the purpose ct enquiring into the circum-
ranee. In searchi-g the house of the w idnw of the
late James Kilreaghill (who was executed here soore
weeks ago for burglary) near which decesced was
found. he discovered some hay therein, which on
being comp rrea with that of which the rope mund
the dead body was made, ex .rtly corresponded—in
co4sequence, this-deponent became more minute in his
esaniniation in and about the house if said widow—Le
traced the line of mad from the house to where the
b.idy was foetid in the corn-fied, anti discovered se-
veral chops ot blond on the way —he also discovered
the traces ot bare feet, which, to the best of his opi-
nion. corresponded exactly with the foot of the widow.
Deponent returned to the widow's house, and having
procured a candle, made a minute search there.-tie
entered a room .n which he perceived a parcel of hay,
apparently ,n:ended for a bed—this room was lately
washed and scrubbed with a broom; some blood
was discovered at the back of the door leading out of
the house; the tl ,or was covered with ashes, for the
purpose, as he tvlieves, of concealing the blood on
being questioned as to these appearances, the widow
answered. that the blo seen was that of herrings.
On ex inaaralion. however, of the blood, it did not
Appear to be such as she described. There was a
hatchet found in this house with recent marks of
blood upon it, and a stool also spotted with b100d...a.'
The deponent basing examined this woman as to
several circumstances—she said that her brothers-
had not been at her house since last spring, and that
her sister had not been there for some days before.
Deponent then questioned one Michael Fenaghty,
who said, that he had seen the widow's sister at her
(the widow's) house on the preceding day, upon
which the widow admitted this declaration of Fe.
nighty, and added, that the deceased was her bro-
ther ; and that her father and timber (James and
Mary Dolan) lived% the house with her and that
they both slept there the night of the murder.
James Dolan swore that she deceased was his ion.
The yeomanry serjeaut swore to the finding of the
hatchet in the widow's house.

On the evidence of Michael Fenaghty, it appeared
that on the night of the murder, Catherine Dalatl,
the widow's sister, was at the wick's's house; hut
that the said Catherine -has since absconded. The
hatcbet was identified by this deponent as his pro-
petty he swears the widow borrowed it of him oi
Monday, the 15th instant—when he lent the hatchet
it had no marks of blood upon it.
Margaret Connor, of Belville, swore that she gave
the widow Kilreaghill two salted herrings on Tuesday
the 16111 instant.

John Fenton, of Dromore, Esq. deposed, that tt.e
rootsteps, as already stated to have been obstreed
near the widow's house, corresponded accurately wi►h
the widow's foot ; he saw marks of blood near the
footsteps.
Mary and Jane Kilreaghill, of Belville, oo seeing
the dead body, severally swore that they knew the
two brothers of the widow Kilreaghill (Thomas and
William Dolan), and that it wa: not the body of
' either of these men. They also swore that the saki
in which the body was found was the property of the
widow Kilreaghill.
John Kslre.►ghi►l swore that the body then on flew
was not that of either of the widow's brothers.
After some deliheratiol, the Jury found the ftl..
lowing verdict :—That the deceased was murdered
in the house of the widow Kilreaghill, with her know.:
ledge, and with the knowledge of James Dolan and
his wife ; and that of Catherine Dolan, who absconded
on the night of said murder, or following morning.
The Ittv. Was. Grove, whose activity as a Magi,.
trate merits the highest praise, lost no time in arrest-
ing James Wail, Mary Dolan hi► wife, and. Ann
Kilreaghill, widow, their daughter ; they were trans.
witted to Sligo gaol on Saturday.
The deponents at the Inquest have been bound
over to give evidence at the ►►est Assizes to be held
fur the County of Sligo.

A number of new cases of fever have lately takes
place at Deny. On Monday se'nuight, • Imo Cu.
NINGIIAM, Esq. tell a victim to its malignity, atter
an illness of only tire days.