The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-15
Late Irish News

Late Irish News.
[From Late Dublin and Cork Exchangcs1
Burglary BY Soldier-At the Belfast
Assizes, few days ago. Robert Green, pri-
vate in the 9lst Highlanders, pleaded guilty
to having broken into the regimental store
room in Belfast and stolen certain articles
Mr. Justice Lawson said he was bound to
deal very severely with case of that kind,
committed by a man who disgraced the
uniform which he wore. At the same time
he found that the prisoner had only been
very short time in her Majesty's service,
and he was bound to say that, judging from
the daring manner in which the robbery
was affected, he could not but think this
was not his first essay in proceedings of this
kind. The sentence of the Court was that
the prisoner should be kept in penal servi-
tude for five years.
of neglect of a child, on the part of both
father and mother was the subject of an
inquest on Tuesday at the Morgle, by the
Dublin Coroner The body on which the
inquest was held was that of child five
years of age, named George Slevin, lately
living at Bride-street with hismother, Anne
Slevin. 1t was proved that the deceased
and two other children, all illegitimate,
were frequently left by their mother locked
up in their room with scanty food. The de-
ceased was in consumption. Recently the
mother remained away for three days, the
children having bacon and some other
coarse food, when the door was broken open
in answer to the children's cries The de-
ceased was dead. The mother was proved
to be the paramour of gentleman named
John Stirling Butler, well known i'll art cir
cles The jury returned verdict finding
him and Annie Slevin guilty of accelerating
| the childs DEATH The case has caused great
excitement.
Charge of Murder-A trial of a murder
case of unusual interest commenced at Gal
way on Monday before Lord Justice Deasey
A Young woman named Mullarkey, only
seventeen years of age, was indicted tor the
murder of her husband, Thomas Mullarkcy,
by poison. 1t appeared that the prisoner
married the deceased who was Il shopkeeper
in Dunmore, County Galway, in November
last The marriage was not in accordance
with her own wish, but was entered into
under the pressure of her friends. Her
married life was not happy, and during the
two months which it covered she frequently
gave expressions to strong feelings of dis
| like toward her husband. On Wednesday,
the 23d of January, she obtained from one
of the assistants in her husbands shop a
jar of rat poison. The jar was after
wards found empty in bag belonging to
the prisoner. On Tuesday, the 18th OF Jan
uary, her husband, who was thirty-two
years of age and in good health, was at
tackled by sudden and violent pains and
vomiting He became gradually worse, and
Oh the following Sunday he died. A post
mortem examination was made, and the
evidence was to the effect that death was
caused by an irritant poison such as phos-
phorus. In addition to the jar of phospho-
ric paste which had been obtained from the
shop assistant, two other similar jars empty
were found in bag belonging to the pris-
oner. When she was being taken to the
police barracks the shop assistant, who had
was the matter. She made no answer at
first, but the question having been repeated,
she said, 81 put poison in his cup" Subse-
queutly, when being taken from Dunlnore
to Tuam by the police on car, she wrote
on an envelope a message to nephew OF
the deceased III the following words: 'Dar,
ling loving John, love you still. Forgive
the temptation which overcame me. will
love you to the last"
Lord Leitrim's Death-The following are
details of the assassination OF the Earl OF Lei
trim Lord Leitrim left his residence, Manor
Vaughan, at Milford, shortly before o. clock
in the morning, accompanied by clerk
named Meckins, and was driving on an out
side to Derry to meet his Solicitor, DR.
Mckay, by appointment He always car
ried arms. 1t is supposed that the assas
, sins concealed themselves in the plantation
and that having first shot His Lordshir
they shot the clerk and the driver Of the
, car, named Buchanan, so that there might
be no witnesses against them. His Lord
ships valet was driving about mile behino
in tax cart and on coming up found hi
} master and the clerk lying dead in the road
, Lord Leitrm's head was bruised from fall
ing off the car Life was still in the driver