Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-30
FOREIGN.
The Murderer Of Lieutenant
Raper to Be ExScuted.
Bitter Discussion in tho German
Reiohstag.
Burning the Houses Of Irish Rent
Payers.
Brutal Act Of q Mob in County
Kerry.
FOREIGN.

LONDON, November 29.-Arthur
LEROY, the murderer of MIR. Gold,
was hanged shortly after 8 this
morning. Only small crowd of
persons were on the outside of the
jail. They were apprised of the ex-
ecution by the hoisting of the black
flag. LEROY slept we'll last night.
He was silent on the way from the
cell to the scaftold, but his express
sion was CHASTITY. The drop was 9
feet. Death was instantaneous.
The steamer Lessing, which sailed
from Hamburg, November 10th, for
New York. has passed Lizard, put
ting back for Plymouth, with the
loss of her rudder. She was signalling
for tug.
The bark James A. Mark, from
Falmouth for Norfolk, has put back
to Plymouth with sails split and
bulwarks and stanchions gone.
The houses of two persons who
had paid rent were wilfully burned
at Knockash, near Loughrea, County
Galway, last evening. Batterfeld,
Land League organizer for Counties
Down and Armogh, was arrested to-
day at Leives.
A coronors officer has already
summoned jury which will have to
certify to the death of LEROY, who
is to be executed tomorrow for the
murder of Gold. It is still doubtful
whether Sir VIM. Harcourt, home
secretary, will alter his decision not
to interfere in the execution of the
sentence, which decision was an
nounced previous to Lefroy's confes-
sion that he murdered Lieutenant
Raper.
A strong impression exists that
the confession was merely move to
obtain delay.
LEER.-Arthur Defroy has re
tracted his confession relative to the
murder of Lieut.. Raper, and he de-
clares the confession was made
during a fit of hallucination.
At the home Office it was stated
this afternoon that the decision of
Sir VIM. Harcourt to allow the exc
cution Of Defroy to morrow to pro-
ceed is unaltered.
BERLIN, November 28.--In tho
Reichstag to day debate was CON-
menced on the project for the incor-
poIation of the Hamburg and
Sealever Railroad. Bnler, minister
Of finance, said negotiations with
Bremen for the same object would
now proceed speedily. He denied
that the government had exercised
any undue pressure on Hamburg.
Arthur Lsfroys solicitor has
written letter to Sir VIM. Harcourt,
home secretrry, stating that Lefroy
had confessed the murder of Gold
and Of Lieut.. Raper, and asking him
to grant an Immediate interview, SO
as to allow him to obtain LEROY e
statement, which convinced the sole
itor that LEROY is the victim OF
homicidal murder.
A council of the Geographical
Society has decided to appoint q
deputation to bs headed by Lord
Aberdare, to wait on Lord North
brook, first lord of the admiralty
within few days, to urge the Cow
ernment to despatch an expedition
to the Arctic Ocean for the erlief oi
Mr.. Leigh Smith.
/ A Cork correspondent of the Times
says: A party of armed men entered
the house Of a woman named Henare
near Listowal, County, Kerry, fol
the purpose of shooting her because
she had given information to the
police. The children threw them
selves on their mother in terror, and
one Of them received the charge Of 6
shot in its leg. The party then left
the house, after making the mother
swear under q threat of death not tc
divulge the occurrence. Six persons
have been arrested on suspicion o1
being concerned in the outrage.