The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-28
LEITRIM'S FUNERAL.
RIOT0Us AND DIsORDERLY CONDUCT
OF THE MOB.
Popular Protest Against Interr1nE the
Earl Beside the Martyrs Of Ninety.
Eight.
IN. Y. Herald.

Earl Beside the Martyrs Ol NAhetys
Eight.
IN. Y Herald
DUBLIN, April II The terrible tragedy OF
Lord Letrirn may be considered to nave
closed, at least in one sense, yesterday, by
the interment of his murdered body In the
family vault at st. Michan 8 Church, in this
city The last act was very different indeed
formed some ten days before on the lonely
shore of Mulroy Bay, amid the wilds OF
Donegal. Yesterday a yelling, hooting, half
frantic mob surrounded the colin, nobility
and gentry were there, as IL to throwa pau
over the murdered mobiles misdeeds; repre-
sentatives of the government were present as
q protest against the crime which removed
him from this life. To crown all, the police
were there in force, indicating by the mere
fact of their presence that the career OF the
murdered man had alienated from him all
public sympathy and invited popular ven
geance With the worst taste and most re-
prehensible folly the persons having charge
of the funeral had advertisements ANNOUNCE
ing the hour and place published In the tory
newspapers a thing quite out OF consonance
with Irish habits They selected for the hour
of its performance the most idle time OF the
whole day, when loafers and roughs OF all
sorts would be sure to be about. st. MICban 8
Church, where the bodies of the brothers
Sheares are laid is situated in one OF the
poorest and most densely .peopled parts OF
Dublin where the elements OF riot are
always TO De Ual IOT JIle HShilp. DuJ ~
notice would probably have been taken OF the
funeral but for the following fact: Soon after
noon q strong force OF police was marched
into the churchyard and the gates were os-
tentatiousiy closed. Curiosity was at once
excited. Some cautious inquiries discovered
that these preparations were for Lord Lei
trims funeral The news spread in all direc-
tions, and In q short time the long Church
street, which leads from Arran quay TO ST.
Michan's and all the neighboring thorough
| T,-,, tnI n l.
IDENTIFY bent on mischief.
| FEARFUL SCENE.
The body had been conveyed to Killadoon,
a residence which he owned, near Ceibrldgc
county Kildare, about nine miles from Dub
/ lin The funeral left Celbridge at Il O'Clock.
At twenty minutes past 2 q sort OF heRdlSh
veil announced that the hearse had reached
! the corner of Church street. There was an
evident tension holding the dense mass. AS
the funeral procession approached the church-
ward the mob closed in around the hearSe,
and perfect chorus OF yells, groans, Kisses
mourning coaches were lostied about ana
with difficulty obtained an entrance within
the gates. The police tried to form q line
around the hearse, but they were swept away way,
with reference to the dead man was truly
horrible A reinforcement OF police came on
the scene. Fresh efforts to remove the BODY
| led to fresh and more violent scenes. Sure,
|
police superintendent, Il only want to
dance on the oud ru1an's earcase,
and thin I'll be content" But the po-
lice could not help him to his moderate
wish At last the coffin was got into the
cemetery, and 50 to the church, which was
| filled by very large and mixed congregation,
who showed Enthusiastically by their manner
that they were present out OF sheer curiosity.
! The full service was read, but very little at
| tention paid to it. At the conclusion the COT
fin was borne out toward the vaults. At once
q furious rush was made through the church
after the coffin, and for some time the confu-
sion and indecOrum We're as great Wlthln as
without the church. The moment the mob
outside caught sight of the bare-headed
mourners, a terrible howl OF execration went
up, and amidst Kisses, cheers, groans and
rfbald mprecations the body of the murdered
man, guarded by double lines OF police, was
with the Irish history of the present century
will be strongly reminded by all this OF the
| far more fearful demonstrations which took
place around the coffin of the first Lord Clare,
| the arrogant John Fitz Gibbon, and that other
equally detested Irshman, Lord Castlereagh
THE EARL's DOMESTIC SERVICE"
! Reference has been made to the murdered
EarI's merciless enforcement of his legal
rights with respect to his tenantry In Eng
land the belief is universal that the murder.
was agrarian. Not 50 insUlster, where, OF
course, the man and everything connected
There it Is set down to private vengeance.
| The Earl was convinced that he was absolute
lord of all his tenants belongings, free to dis
pose of them at his will. No Turkish pasha
was more profoundly self-satisfed Of his
right to do what he pleased with the Giaur
rayahs Of his pashaIik and, if report does
not calumnate him very much, the visits OF
Turkish pasta were never more dreaded by
his subject Christian rayahs than were those
of Lord Leitrim by his terrified tenantry
/ Woe for the household where his keen eye de-
tected comliness. He insisted on his right to
choose out of his tenants families whomso-
ever he pleased for domestic service" The
popular opinion gave a terrible Interpretation
| to the phrase. Should the chosen one prove
coy and troublesome vengeance fell upon the
family which refused to minister to the pleas
ures of the lord, worse and more inexorable
than upon a mere defaulting tenant. 1t Is
openly stated now in Ulster that Lord Lett
rim met his death from causes Of this kind
The Irish peasant is 1proverbially tender
about domestic honor. Can we be surprised
! if some one outraged in this point so sought tc
revenge the ''unutterable wrong" OF daughter
sister, sweetheart-nay, perhaps one dearer
still?
| 1t is stated that $50 women recently went
from New York to San Francisco to engage
| III oy,I how oil