The Worthington advance., 1876-08-10
A Tyr0lean Tragedy.

or the 18TH, writes as fOllOW6:
"Among the mountain hills of the
tyrol grim game of hide-and-seek is
being carried on; the seeker is a sorrow
ing relative. and that which is hidden
away is the body of a dead man. It is
scarcely 10 months since barrister of
Lincoln s inn, William Whitaker Barry,
author of "A Treatise on the Practice
of Conveyancing,' etc, All Around Ire
land on Foot, Walking Tour in Nor.
mandy etc., taking tour through the
Tyrol, reached the inn at Krimml with
the purpose of seeing the Achen water
falls. 1t was on The 28th of September
when he arrived at the inn, and he re-
manned there until the 3Oth, when he
left to pursue his way, according to
his custom, without guide, and
alone. Also, as was usual with him,
he was clad in a summer suit, with
out Overc0at, and except light KNAPP.
sack. with nothing more than would
suffice for walk over good roads in
England. The autumn Of last year was,
however, exceptional, and by the end
of September winter in the mountains
had already begun. But his powers of
endurance were very great, both as
regards hunger, thirst, and fatigue.
He had walked round Ireland from end
to end just before the outbreak of
Fenianism, and had then to suffer from
the fact that he was sometimes sus-
pected of being Fenian, and at others
Of being government spy. He had,
in consequence, often to walk far into
the night, after long days travel, be-
fore he could find food or shelter, and
once spent the night in the open air.
Ultimately he was mistaken for Fe-
ian leader, and watched, followed, and
arrested. But nothing could make him
cautious, and he was in the habit of
so constnatly exposing himself to fast.
ing and darkness in tracts Of country
with which he was asunacquainted that he
probably thought that his powers could
not be too highly taxed. In the hotel
book at Krimml he had entered his
name as leaving Krimml for Kasern.
Kasern lies at the other side of a noun
tain, 5000 feet high, by a pass, used.
as it appears, only in summer time,
the traveller left his inn as reported,
in very cold weather in continuous
snow and rain.' He is seen again at
the little inn upon the road after a
walk of four hours of steep ascent he
remains an hour here, but declines the
bedroom which is offered him, pur'
suing his journey still alone, and, as
would appear, misdirected, from
Kasern to the Kays or glacier which
lies beneath the highest ascent of the
mountain. Later in the afternoon he
is met going in this direction, and re
directed to the proper rood, and is. Sc
left by a sherherd in the coming dark
1ness and binding snow, standing
aside to let $50 sheep pass him in single
file as they follow the man who leaves
him to what he believed to be certain
death. Evidence is give that he wa
twice persuaded to take a guide, ant
that this last shepherd demonstrates
with him, but he did leave him. HI
was then red and blue with cold, will
, only two hours before sunset, and il
the midst of snow storm, to do a dis
tance requiring five hours good walk
ing. He has never been seen since
Rumors at Saltzbourg of robbery an
murder led to repeated searches at tn
time when such search was possible
} but with no result.