American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-21
Volume V.

inference from her story Of he transaction was, that
the time and Manner oil executing their deadly pur
poses was hnaiy determined upon during their sb-
se'c from the public house al Carrie kaioyles
Yet the hrst thing they do is to inform her. without
any kind OF necessity for the communcat that
they want to get rid of that girl'-a declaration
consistent enough with the subsequent account OF
her disappearance, but almost incredible if consid.
cred as gratuiious disclosure by persons mediiang
the perpetratlon of an atrocious crime. They
next permit the person (as if deter mined that
she should be future witness against them) to see
them bearing away their victim to the very scene Of
execution; and finally they appear the next day in
the town ot Glyn, and publicly exhibit themselves
and the evidences of their crime to the very person
from whose scrutiny and observation upon the sup
position OF their guilt, they must have known they
had so much to apprehend These conflicting views
did no. escape the attention Of the magistrates " no
had undertaken the investigation OF this affair.
They saw that the case would continue involved in
mystery, unless ii could be unequiyocay made to
appear that the young woman seen by Ellen w alshs
and the murdered person were the same. For ihis
purpose, before they allowed the body to be dlsn
TERED tor the inspection OF the Jury. they used the
precaution OF 'e-interroeating Ellen Walsh. tG
every the minutest particular she could re' al re-
spectiDg the pei sonal appear Of Mrs. s..
The witness stated that she extremely young.
not more, she imagined, than fifteen sixieens
and that her figure short and slight So tar,
her description corresponded with That Of the Fl h
ermen, who were also IN atieDdanre- but this would
nave been too feeble aid eene al evidence Oi lden.
THY for court OF criminal inqu,ry to act upon with
safety The witness fui her stated that Mrs. $
was remarkably handsome and gave the Coroner's
Jury minute descrip ion oi her lace ; but no COM
psrlson of feature, could now be availing In the
remains over which the investigation holdings
every natural lineament OF the countenapce must
long since have heen utterly efeced by death, and
| by the equally disigurng operation OF the element
10 which they had been exposed. Al length, how.
ever, the witness distinctly recalled TO her recollec-
lion peculiarity about Mrs. SIS face, which
if she and the dec eased were the same migh ht still
be visible The teeth we're not pei fectly regular
Two Of the upper row Zone each side) projected
considerably This important clue having been Oh,
tanned, the remains we're disnterred. and found In
the condition which the fishermen had described -
| The mouth of course the FIRST and chief object
of minute inspection. The teeth Of the upper
Jaw had all dopped out ; but upon careful exam
lnation OF the sockets, two Of the side ones were
ound to be Of such particular formation, as sat,s-
fied the jury hat the teeth belonging them, must
OF necessity have projected the witness had te-
presented Upon this fact, coupled with the other
particulars OF her testimony they returned yer-
dict finding that the deceased had been wully
murdered by John s.. and Stephen Sulivan.---
Warrants were immediately issued for the appre-
|
| and this was not an imma erial citcumstsnce) had
been seen in public sins tbr finding of The remaInS
on shore. The servant sucoe eeded in copcealIng
himself. The master was t aced TO a particular
farm house, in the county OF Limerick and follow
ed thither by the officers OF justice, accompanied
by party OF dragons. They searched the place
intellectually, and were retiring a. from fruitlesa
pursuit when one OF the dragons, as he was riding
away, stuck his sabre, more in sport than other-
wise. into heap of straw that lay the house,
The sword met with no resistance, and the dragoon
had already passed on, when figure burst from
beneath the straw, and called out for mercy. It
was Mr.. S----.
| From some passages in the statement OF Ellen
Walsh, it was sufficiently obvious that the deceased
could not have been the wife of Mr.. $, and
who she had heen remained 20 be discovered. Be-
fore the lapse of many days this point was ascer-
tanned. There was an humble man named John
Conroy, who had followed the trade OF shoenskers
in one OF the small towns OF the county OF Llmcs
rick This person had humanely protected an or
phan niece, (naned Ellen Hanlon) and brought her
up from her infancy in his house as one OF his own
children, till she attained her 10th year She was
uns ommonly handsome, and as he imagined, equal
y modest and srust worthy Her Uncle who it
appeared was an honest industrious man, was in
the habit of obtaining credit 10 considerable amount
ior articles in the way of his trade from the whole
sale dealers in Cork, which he regularly visited
year Tor the purpose OF discharging his engage.
ments for the preceding, and obainine ires hsup-
ply for the ensuing year. few weeks before the
circumstances above detailed Conroy about 10
proceed to Cork according 20 his annual custom.
He had in his house one hundred pounds IN notes,and
twelve guineas in gold On the Sunday preceding
his intended departure. while he was a, mass Ellen
Hanlon disappeared, and along with her the whole
of his money. He never heard of her after, neih
had he any knowledge of Mr.. s., butt
des~~ rr;v nf he xuhN
had been with him on the Shannon, and more par.
ticularly from the coincidence of the peculiarity