, 1879-01-28
TWO LOVES AND A LIFE.

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Oon1's' oa"' o'@.' ~acs,, uae w.,
paFooncd Henry kls"an. whose tslat 'of INC
murder OF Ills w!fc Masia, GWcnty-bt1 ycafs ngo
crcatcd an Interest almost worldwide. Few,
nrrba,s. ~ tbr nyrsont. rene.at,tv, of nevanar
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pNr.seaueIe' ous'iJ u" II "ae Aept lase W." ''''
strI'cs ot crime Al nome, VIII scsa' tise eitenm-
stances of traaeay which convulsed Dublin SO.
pr,.nr- reor Currn.t,wu, With The shadow ag q
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"a'los a'oaho t'' nsck. nut "'e s.o.' 70 w.
worth q second telling.
Ktrwan was nm artist of rising fame, man of
vca,,h h,r,,x e.trc,ne1 IN n,h,ir xor}c,r g. nw1
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prominent I'll 'le escenaasonss oi taat e'y' ~
was supposed tint biz 1omcetic sclations wcFe
OF the plcn4anteet kind, AMI II only became
knnvn nf.er The death of the 1ifc. whom It was
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efal years teaflnr tac expense of another
esthnllsafnent at ting Ena, on tne ontskIte oi
nablin, when va pfesiacn ever " a seeona Ma
yrs. hifTa1' aiso hamea Ntar!a'IMaf1a teresa
children, EReh wtte waa 1gnorant ~ inc e1aht-
encc OF tl.c oslef: bnt ny murdered Wofnah IN
Apfll, l992 accidentally discovered itis fifctlia-
stnnccs. These e9fnotlea.sons % serve. 10 IT,. IT,,
three elencnta which III at murder cases must
be considered, motive. II mo1aVo io 1nstaEate
ma OPPORTUNITY 70 nceonfpl;th can oe proven
,he pnysea 1a.x r. Di 'nnIaeF anu
Ila ortitt wtth nss HGhilnl wue-lhe one witn
wl'oso murder he was eargcd-"crc Il, thr f.as,it
OF spending iortsun u tl'rir summers At iiowih.
very pognlar 9ensc 1Gsott @ about ,,' scvrr mllss
tl'cy we're established. aust .t'ilu 1r9m loWtn
Is small 'sla1d known as lrcln1u's Eye, "hlch
IN tlosc days, Us at tic rrehcnt tinie was given
over TO d ftw untamas!e cnAta nnH TUG itstms-
Gk0l1c ruins or Hn4& MIN once 4 r3Qnn6EGfy+ 10
the acn IL hfGscnts rugged ffonto1 pcrpcHotcu-
iar rocks itto wilch 1lle waves nave eaten lucee
little nooks nlf cares; II WAS the haDit o tile
ustlst lrcaucnty to visit this lonely place, whose
p1ctures9ucncsi an1 commanding position fur
wan, It was sald, often accom mpanie1 hsf bus,
bantis mud while tic "arkcd f!ie ainnsc1 hcrse!l
by batbinE i'll some 9no OF tIle llttlc po9a
NJ made by ths stneu!a. honcyeomDed aca,waii. !.
l11e water 10 none o. them was dccp, out II vas
pccnllaf!Y !lnptd qHl nGasant 10 pathe ~. " ~!
the 0th OF September, lsta ihc attlst an1 iile
wife wero rowcd osos 70 thls is!anl ~
boatmen who were tnatfactcd 70 return ios then,
carly 10 tl'c evening. rAt the time ap9oiiltcd
they did return mi wefc met a. thn ococtl ~
hilwa ~9 ~ moru. to'a at ia 1la1 tn,n s Wiz Wiz
had stranpc' dfsappeArea' ana baae ll'e1n pul!
fttn back to tlowth. li'e ooattf1Gh, awnfc illnt
thero was no waf oY "nteh t!e tauY Sol!a nave
left tue saa'l1, urged lutthcr search i1t hert
terwasls were allowed to test!fy-coassntcd. M
| Exploring ono BY one tic many caves oI INC
coast, they at last CANA upon tue unfortunate
woman lying tn hgf nathi1'Q.atess III ttso rocky
water. Upon her faeo and 6oay Tera *upcr,, p,
| iIcinl cuts anu bruises, md blood had Issued
from her nots aud cars. Tho body wns sakonto
tho mainland, where, toronefs Ivy hHghR
| returned q. verdict OF "atcldenta' DEATH. u
was buried 70 the cemetery. inc gFoanu OF Mii!en
| was 80 wet that rAp!d decomposition VIVA Iouhu
to s,aYc rendered u 'neapah'e q iurntsItng ahy
proof when M nt last ss1sptcon e. o toal paaY va
aRH
| of shrcwd detective. who. noticing g. the
| funeral an unknown Tomat, was la'rcliea py
TINT stranEe tate w!'lrh satlas 70 go 'ian,t III
" WIZ rS ehnl, s ss,rct 70 to'G " Krwsns douns
lifc.
| Here was the needed motive; ne rcst Tas
easily aa1cts. Klrwan was i0tltstod i9r m mafuer
OH Of dc ctsulug December. 1870.
Upon the trial yactinE tarty wcre iotnu VINO
slans1 "n the evening ot tllc tth Of September
si sara as to- !" aoy sesrs tor bis vie a1 al.o !e
ugly circumstance of the laay's slotlIes havlns:
| hecn found in q epot previously searched unst
after Kiswan had been short tlsua away from
tho searcl,crs.. It ives also shown that tho
| knowledge Of her hllshaiHs's Teluts0ns win mo
woman at l!lna's End l'ad on,y come 10 tln lazy
proved that tho artst went to the Island With q
svord stick 10 lts irlrt. These fac!s, s,with some
Others Ut similar Import, wcre ninbe shuttiea
trial la.ted two days n,l vas ably conducted.
Some pn5slcians lor the dcfcnsc 1ena'tlea TIM,
shu might hive lira of cpilepsy. ~!
that wealth could do was done for Tile ACCUSED
t>u tue nth Of December, however, he wa
found guilty and tentenrcl by Mr.. Justice
Crampton 70 death. THIS result wns unex expectrsl
BY either ti,e accused OF Ills friends. gie latter
were nlero.s wealthy nm! tnauuat.l; !l l. rcn !sp
Ijriisin. and was ones tlo rasp II, Now TURK, nc
cuscd persons wcro prohibited from giving tea
timony. Hts own. story, however, wa. COM
,nunIrateu 10 the fIoule scerctnry, who In Thu
yrar was Lord palMclatnil, nn1 II waa &c
straightforward an ono TINT, whilo the Mtnitlc'
did not fee1 justltlcd tn Recommending Iuf
pardon to the Crown. he did sanction 4 colmu
tutiuu to imprisonment for HE. ktrsan''
story substantially WA that, altl.oupl ts wife
lad nou,t,.aIly forgiven hin, Ml for tlle sakc d
society appearances had tnadc neither famll,
nor I public complaint, eho was Jealous. Whti'
she ind himself Here IN The .rlaeo .
| .1l.u IN. sSi,fT1I IS III