, 1873-11-18

tho wcHt, and In IN hour afterwards thoro wns
brilliant sunshine.
REVOLVING MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.
Il N1otl,or HktlIcd by r1cr Hon~-Two
ETosars Of Il H1urdcrcr'a Worl1.-1sr,atnl
An1ifxcronco Of NeighbUrs.
Ffoa1 tho Ltrtrpool tf:ng.) Post, Nop. 9.
A murder Of bnrbarollH mud most rovoltin9
cfaraotor was porpotratod III Liverpool on Bat,ir-
doubt exista ag to hor guilt-bo,ng young man
natnod Thonlaa Corrlgan, and tho victim hIs own
mothor, May Oorrlgnn. Tho deceased woman
was "a years uf ago. and resided with hor husband
labororr, and lived with them, but hIs violent
mud idlo habits hayo sovoral times brought him
Into tho hands of tho borough police. The dotnils
OF the mur1erAppoar almost too astounding to
corrlgan, tho younger, r,ado the acquaintance
Of young woman named Martha Knight, and
against tho rononstrancos Of his parents-he
coGabited with her at hia home. EARLY on Sat-
,1rd9y afternoon they retired together to onc Of
came downntairs and aa1iod Lila mother for iffa
,sn!ppor. slio was sitting at TINT time In Tho
Kitchen, ,,, and from somo motive or another she
tpno p% h''n rnnr !. VS. in tho oyowhch was not
Hoized hcr by llcr hair and nrmn, md Knocked
hor head savngoly agatnst tho Ritchon floor
bed, lo Ind only his atochings upon his fcct. but
llo kicked his mother with considerable forco
for so1no tinae, mud tlon, not content with that,
ho placcl Ills hands on tho table and then jumped
repeatedly upon llcr head and body. Blood is-
sued from tile poor woman's oars, and she eyer-
tunlly became inscissiblc, mud lay motioncas on
the floor With blood bospattcyed on llcr face
Now comes tho most % extraordinary part OF the
lodging-hol,ao, and among tho dodgers woro an
elderly man named Jamos Canayan, and
man and hie wife, named Harrfa-ail OF whom,
II is alleged, Witnessed, at any ratio, part OF
tho IT, attack 1t upon tho deceased. Furthor than
that, tho wo'nan'a own husband was tllors DUR
ing portion OF tho Limo, and he went from tho
house, leaving hsa vito to tho tcndor morcios Of
tue prisoner. Tho cxcuso given for this is that,
knowing llis violent character. both tho father
aud the othor inmates woro nfraid to atto,npt to
protect tho deceased from lis brutal ill-trcat-
mout. 70 reBumo tho thread of tho dotas,
however, while the woman WAS lying on tho
ground her son throw aomo water over her; but
whotllor it was done for tho purposo of rowling
her Or merely for tho purpose OF washing tho
blood from her head these prosont are not ablo
to Eay. Aftor the lapse Of somo timo, Mira. Cor
rigan exhibited sigma Of life, and aho was
Whilo his mother vas there tho son
vented his rage on Martha Knight md tho
Old man Canavan. tho latter Of whom lle knocked
down tor having gently demonstrated with him
thin disturbance in tho kitchen, Mrs. Corrignn
| attem,ptod to got out OF tho way by creeping
quietly upstairs to Q bedroom, occupied by ono
waa not yet satiated.. Rushing first to tho room
to Which, she had beon first removed by tho
| women, he found A!so was not there; and thou
he proceeded to the loagor's bedroom. Tho poor
injured woma,, was then undrcEsed and lying on
tic bed; and, tearing OH hor night-dress, he
| dragged lis mother to the top Of tho stairs
while in a. nudo state, and throw hor
numerically down. at tho bottom Of the stairs
aho lay bleeding and insonsiblo for some aeo-
onds, mud the prisoner then went below, dragged
his mother into the contro Of the kitchen, aud
there jumped upon llor again; following this up
BY taking leather belt, to which was attached
heavy buckle, from his waist, mud using it with
his utmost forco upon tho prostyate woman,
Such barbnrlty call scarcely bo conceived; but II
il stated that lo agaiu. third time, resortod ta
the hendish occupation Of jumping upon tho
Moman ana tat na acts o. g!oepce wore sG
until ABOUT o'clock, whom death released hor
| from her offspring'B barbarous brutality Il
would have been supposed that tue night ot
| his dead mother would, ut any rate, haSo cainod
his rage; but, kneoling oyec hcr prostrato form,
| he is eaid to hayo takon }niro from tho tablo,
and placed it upon her throat. remarkiug, II
might aB woll DO hung for her lis anybody clse."
At this juncturo tho tenlalo lo0gcr, ars. Harris,
framed from doing it. During all thiH time NJ
| ono Heoms to hayo communicated with tho police
or to haye sought assistance from my othel
| quarter. Some ouo-tlo natno OF the person Ii
not yet known--seut. however, for tho Rev
! Father Ross, of Eldon place, who, On arriving
| at tho house, was told TINT tho deceased hae
| heen drunk, md Ind fulton down nrld in.
| jured herself. Father RoHB waa not satis1e1
with this. Flo WIS convinced from what
| ho saw TINT there Ind bccn foul play, and find.
| ing the deceased IVES dend, 10 at onco wont tc
| tho Brldewell III tho uoiglboshood, and 1nontion
| cd ho feared that tho wo1nau's death had beon
cauHed by her Hon. Tho murderer had, In the
mcautmo, considered tho probable results ot
| his acts. Having called for Ills boots, ho put
them on hastily, and with the remark that "he
| was OF now" lie left tho house. Fortunately
in the interests alike OF humanity and Justice
polico.C Constable a15 mot him as ho stepped into
tho street, and, stopping lin, romarhod. Here,
Tom, want you'll 70 thia ho replied, All
| right; know oil about it want you to
| call u doctor; my mother Inns died Hstldonly."
Tho prisoner was tlcn taken to tho Bridewcll,
and when charged with having caused tho death
OF lis mother lie said, mo, Sir, you aro wrong;
who can provo it ?" Subsequently, inspector
Nfnca,,ey Investigated the caao, anl called in DR..
Donovan, OF Fauxhn!l Dlspcnsary. The won,aI'a
body is said to present shocking sight. Two
confused wounds, about m inch long and OK
tendlng to tho bono, woro found on tho head and
back blood had boon flowing ftom her mouth
und cars about hor faco and body; soveral ribs
were broken; tho ball OF tho left eye was rlp-
tured, md thoro vera humorous confused wos,nds
about the deceasod'a body. WI.ou booked at ths
Bridowell the prisoner appeared perfectly eober.
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