, 1874-09-11

r., tto'" M ths Manchester tEaa) Ss~s, 4ng. 20.
r IN tho afternoon Of yesterday Mr. Herbert
came. to t1e princo's Club, OF which l,o waa q
mpmbort and asked for hlr. Alexander N1nelpap.
1t il aaid shat ho presented q vory agitatcd ap-
poafallce, aud, finding The gentleman for WHOM,
no 1naulroa nbaone, went nw1y. In tho courso OF
an hour Mr. Macean outorod tho clul7-lo,lso,
md. recording to hts wont. wrote several lottora
In tho Wriii'e-roon, 1t being Afs custom to post
| Up uls cofrespondonce thero in tho afternoon.
Maclo1n was upstairs, Proceeded tGlther, fol-
lowed by tho porter. TN meeting Mr., hlAclca1l,
IL il stated TINT Mr. Dnrgo shook Haula with lin,
at gu esonte' TINT is lho Impression Of tho Mt
though, at first thought, sucl On act sccma
soh1owhat Improbable, tho evidence or Tho point
IL cionr enough. Doth gentlemen foil into con-
yorsattop, and tle porter closed tho door. In
said 70 haye boen tho ouly other ,neiobor OF tlo
club fn tho louse at tho time, having ontored
shortly after his brother, Was disturbed in tho
ayatory, MhitIier ho bad gone, by tho report OF
sion. Accompanied by tho portor, lie ran up
ss*fra. and foulnt dir. Afacloau upon tho 1oor
between hia chair md the window. and nlr.
Barge lying eaoae to tbo door. Tho forn,or ap-
pseerod 70 ho qto doad pistol bullet having
| hrain and out at tho iaw. hir. Bargc, who was
still aliye, bud also been shot through tue
head, and subsequently, expired in tho presence
Of Deputy Chief Constable Coathupo, 1nspoct-
tors 0lsyton: shandloy, and Thompson,
and Mr. William 1kn, assistant to Mr..
Steplone, Of Bridge Htroet WHO had been called
70. Mr. barge had III h.s right hand astx-oham-
oer reyolror, tlsoa of waich lad boen die
charged. Two bullots only having been found,
1t is presumed that tho FIRST two shots wcro fired
at Mr.. Maclcau, and that the third iB lodgel In
tho head OF Air. Barge. Such aro tho shocking
details Of tragedy Hbich las deprived tho COM
morcial world Of Manchester Of two promising
mud able mon, and filed tho public mind with
sorroW aud diemuy. Nothtug was found ut,on
tho bodies by the police which III any nay cast
light upon tho nlotires by which hIr. Dargo WAS
actuatcd, aud nothing in tho domoanor Of tho
two men indicated to ordinary obsoryers lilo
Intent luminosity which probably existea on
tue dido OF tho aggrossor towards lis victim.
They wero oatensib1y on terms Of intimacy, aud
1t Is certain TINT at tho tiHo. tho best Of rela-
tious subsiBtod betwoou thcm.
Mr. Macleen WIS formerly partner In thu firm
OF Joffrics d Co., merchnnt1 mud oommieBio1
agents, of Najor streot, but OF tho timo Of Lis
death ho was engagod In busineas on his o,vn ac-
count. Tho unfortunate gontlounn wns 93 years
Of age. Mr. Barge waa bis junior by about 4
ycars, and waa a remarkably fine looking man.
LA7Esr.-1t iB statsd--and, ii true. tho state
ment suggests tint tho net wns not uupromed-
itatod-tllat yesterday morning Mr. Large made
hs will before loaying tho houso. It wa8 written
on lalf sfioct OF motto papor, and Tho aisposi-
tion made OF tho properly confirms tho idea that
the alleged murderer was aotuoted by joalouH
passion.
A correspondent rominls us thst some few
yoara ago Mr.. Dareo who has always boon Of D
passionate nature, inflicted aborsow.iipping upon
o gentleman ~ London. whom ho believed to
iainily.
Tho brother OF Dargo testified. at tho Coronor'a
Inquest. that ho had considered Barge unBoundin
mlnd for nno months previous md that lie
lowing noto from Barge, dated the day pre- rio,s
- 5T. AAfB'tAIE, MAtcllEATEf, AuR. 1t, 1S74.