The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-04-23
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Lord Leitrim's Murder.

Lord Leitrim's Murder.
Details of tile Terrible Deed--The
Murdered MANS Eccentric Career /
His Insult to the Earlof Carlisle.
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Londonderry Correspondence of the Irish
sA s3as Times; April Bic ail ID
News has reached Londonderry that
Lord Leitrlm and two attendants were
shot .:dead.this morning, while near Mil
ford on His Lordship's estate. His Lord /
ship and some of hts tenantry were at |
variance. The news is authenticated.ole|
: Early Information from 4 reliable
source enabled me this forenoon to wire |
the primary facts OF this terrible occur
rence-yiz. the murder Of Earl Leitrim, /
By atgreat effort / succeeded 10 reaching
the SCENE sof the, outrage this evening.
and learned the exact facts, which are
shortly as follows: ..5.e - s,l,;,,.,;,.
The Earl Of Leitrim this morning,
about half,past eight o'clock, left his
house at Manor Vaughan, near Carigart,
EN- route for Milford, thence to 60 to
Londonderry. He drove on post-car,
accompanied by a newly appointed clerk
named Mechan, from county Leitrim.-l
A second car was occupied by the Earl 8 !
valet and country peasant. When com
ing near a plantation few miles from
Milford, the driver of the first car was
shot dead, and the Earl sn6 the clerk
we're wounded. The horse in the second
car being lame was a good distance be-.
hind, and owing to the billy nature Of
the ground the party on it we're cut of |
from view. The clerk ran back for help,
but quickly expired, and meanwhile the
Earl was shot to death. A gun, q fowl
ing piece made by Hollis & Son, London.
and pistol Of somewhat sntique pattern,
was found beside His Lordship's body,
as. also gun stock Of rude workman
ship considerably shattered. Two men
were seen crossing the neighboring bay
of Mulroy in boat. The boat is new.
|ly made one, never before seen in the To-
cality. In the boat subsequently, was
found the barrel Of gun. The police
have also got s.billy cocklhat OF a su-
perior quality to anything worn by the
tenantry. Three lives in all have been
taken--namely, the Earl OF Leitriu,, the
driver of the car and; his clerk, Meehan.
There are no arrests, and the police are
utterly without a clew. Lord Leitrim
was attacked near the late residenceiofi
widow Algeo, a respectable Presbyterian,
whom be recently evicted.a
800 The EARL's EcoENTRIc LIFR. ~ ..1fI
(from the Dublin Frsemnan's journal, April T.
In early life the Earl Of Leitrim sat in
Parliament as Lord Clement for the
county of Leitrim, and was then "a whig
and something more" In days when q
man in his position--an heir to the peer
age and colonel in the army-was
either true blue conservative or a wing
of the mildest and most colorless type,
Lord Clement made himself famous by
his fierce and persistent opposition to
coeIcive laws for Ireland, exhausted all
the arts of, obstruction in opposing the
Arms act, and, il is said, appeared ir the
House in full uniform, and declared that,
much as be valued his sword, he would
break it sooner than submit to the deg
relation of having it branded with the
government brand. Tn 1854, as we have
already said, the late Earl succeeded to
| his fathers title and very large estates
lin the counties Of Galway, Leitrim and
Donegal. They amount to. "a, 600 acres,
end are valued at f19.000 . year. Il
was, at the time hoped and believed that
be and his tenants would agree well, and
his accession was received with general
delight. Il would be an afectation to
1 pretend ignorance Of fact kno Fn to all
lIreland-namely, that the anticipaions
we're doomed to bitter disapp pointment,
and that the relations between tho late
Earl and bis tenantry were ID the last de-
gree unsatisfactory and unhappy. The
feason Of that cotditfon of things Is not
far to seek * 'te - ~, s..s
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sue "oss' poss.o s.Ss Ss ua .lshasr W. Sno raEiS
set auu oosuuCs 3, sus uaIpy ~ av
an ls uenunola,.vas " sue uyss ,s,aa
asIounG,ng ~ .pslr ,.a, ml..slnesS aau iI.s
ssyi 1us a,usns loela, :. usue. ~ay'
nas now uesslosu 'nsH INV sa' s "a ..s,sss S :.
promls'9g " 'olies' Nc icuu "''u 'isun1 n'0
tenants piazed inso open wal. s,tssts
h 10 wARfARH m TIE COURTS.
| The great battle between the earl seea.
ling to destroy and bis tenants seeking to
nroserva their tenant riJht has for seven