The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-01
MURDER OF A NUN.
A STRANGE CASE OF SUPPOSED OUTRAGE N
IRELAND.

A STRANGE CASE OF SUPPOSED OUTRAGE N
DUBLIN, March 10, 1877.
Tho Asszc Court for tho county OF kildare waa
recently engaged the investigation Of
charge wholly unprecedented in ireland. and
which. II true, must IN tho special cir.
cumstances the country. be considered invested
with most singular atrocity. young man, named
Eagney, from Moatc, in Wcsmcath, belonging 10 a
spectacle family OF the farming class. charged with
having caused the death OF in tho OF the
Presentation Order, ut marlborough, on June Z last
year. On that morning, Eaancy, who seemed TO be
poor man, rang at the convent gate, admitted to
the hail, and said he wanted to about some
rosary beads. The superorcss happening to pass
through tho hall struck by tho mans appearance,
and ordered that he should have some break
fast. She went on 10 the parlor, where
tho Catholic Bishop, Dr. Lynch. who had
just said mass, was brcakfasting. In about
live minutes time the Bishop, supcrorcss and several
other persons heard prolonged scream, ''lrom q
person suffering acute pam" They ran In different
directions through the convent to the
Meantime, servant going to little parlor the
gate with tho breakfast ordered by tho
pcrloress ''ior the poor man." found nun on the
noor her head leaning against the wall, her body SO
close tho door OF the that 1t difficult 10
push II open. she partly supported by the stran-
ger, who looked terrified She seemed to be quite I'M
CONSCIOUS. Her head was quito bare; tho headd
must have been pulled of IL was proved that II could
not have laiien oil. She never rallied. In less than
len mnutcs from The she was rst discovered sno
was corpse. Her throat was swollen; purple marks
were visible, exactly such as would have boon made ny
person sezIng her and throtlling her. There wore
scratches her Gun, ana small streak OF blood on
her CAMP wnitc ncad.dress. The whole ALTAR
was hnsled up; inc doctor pronounced shc mad died
OF sudden spasn OF the heart. Shc was buried wiin
rilg POLICE IxrgnrERg.
II was not until days aitcrward that the police
came to know about ''ino poor man. who WAS
strangely n.iAci UP with tho affair They suspected
he was tramp. Gradually horrible theory was de-
vooped--that The fellow, While speak ing 10 this poor
nun, mad attempted some indccency, perhaps tho
grosscst; that shc terrified That She screamed
out, cIuched by the villain by the throat and 40
aled partly by of the her modcsty and
the nl-usage she was delicate woman, about nifty
the body was cxhumcd; decomposition far ad-
vanccd. The surgeons wbo examined the body found
no marks vi indecent violence; tho throat and chin
were family taccaoe, being merged Ia the gen.
WANTED TO LYNCH HIM
These ali Tue lacts. Meantime the prisoner had
been arrested, aud ~ Was with the utmost difficulty
large body OF ponce were abo TO protect him from tho
Jury oil tue moo who wanted To IyEch tho that
had attempted 10 offer violence 10 nun. The APP
pcarancc OF the Court House exactly what would
nave presented during "A Ecnian traI; a most ornid.
aYie array OF consau.s, with res liked bay.
oDets Inning the court aud surrounding tho prisoner.
The unfortunate wretch was haegard ana looked
wocbeaone IN the extreme II traspircd that no had
formerly been IN iunalc asylum; that he suuccL
10 dcIusions, iancying himself under tho alternating
indictments oil good aud evil spirits: and tnat ON
forncr OCCASION hc had behaved violently at another
convent, lahcylnS picture was speaking to MIN. Tho
greatest mad doctor IA Ireland gave his belief
that Eascy was Insane NJ Tie ic OF the occurrence,
but mas been ol iaio Improving Inc jury acquitted
Inn ION inc ground OF lnsanityn ana he "ordercd
10 bc detained during Her MJcsty's plcasuretnat -
Tor NO. IL Is oniy right 10 add that, wnie the Bishop
and other witnesses though. u not ut all ipl obab'o
that Tor some unuccou able reason he had used
violence 10 the nun, they did not 10 cncrain the
possibility OF ms having been guilty OF any ndccency
But the popuacc seemed he quite disappointed that
he was not condemned. The hIicd with .
ycing, tumuituous crowd, and heavy guard, armed
70 Tho teeth, has been mounted tho county goal
where for the present he 10 cVnnneL