Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-01
OLD IRISH MURDERS.
Two Famous Gases Recalled by the
Confession Of a Participant.
AWAITING THE PRESIDENTS ACTION.
Arrival Of the German Emperor at
the Isle Of Wight.
CHEERS GIVEN FOR COLUMBUS
AWAITING THE PRESIDENTS ACTION.
CHEERS GIVEN FOR COLUMBUS
CONFESSED TO TWO MURDERS.

| A Man Who Was Implicated in Noted
Axrarian Crimes in Ireland.
LONDON, Aug. IA man confined in prison
in Glasgow has confessed to the authorities that
he was implicated in the murder Of Lord Lei
trim, who was shot and killed on April, 2, 1878,
while driving near his lordship's residence
in county Derry, Ireland. The prisoner
also stated that he was concerned in the killing
| Of Lord Mountmorres at Rusheen, County
Mayo, Ireland, September 25, $780, He further
| says he was hired to assist the man who killed
| the informer James Carey, who was shot and
killed on board the steamer Melrose at Port
Elizabeth, South Africa. by "a passenger named
O'Donnell
The prison commissioners are carefully in
vestigating the story of the man, whom they
have subjected to q most searching examina-
ton, and are endeavoring to secure proof Of
his statements. They refuse to divulge the
regarding him.
None OF the persons concerned in the muir
ders of Lord Leitrim and Lord Mountmor-
res were ever caught.
LORD LKITRIM's MURDER.
The first Of the crimes to which the prisoner
confesses to have been a party was committed
April 2, 1878. On that day Lord Leitrim while
driving near Milford on the shore Of
Mulroy Bay, was shot by persons lying
Al oAuuueu. lie CdT uElNeT was AlsO klueu,
being struck in the face with q ball
and his chest and heart being riddled with shot,
and his clerk, who was also with him and was
killed, received two wounds in the head. A
postmortem examination showed that Lord
Leitrim's skull was fractured and that the
left side Of his head contained many
shot and was much battered. His lordship's
left arm was also fractured in two places. His
revolver had been taken from him and it was
believed had been used against him. 1t was
empty when found. A servant Of his lordship
named kincaid testified before the coroner at
Milford that after the first shots were fred Lord
Leitrim stepped down from the car. He (Kin-
caid) saw his master struggle with his murderers
from q distance Of 251 yards. Two shots were
fred on the road after Lord Leitrim left the car
II could see" the witness said, ''his white
hair as he stood on the road. I could not
whether he had lost hold Of the reins before
getting off the car. After heard the last shots
fired saw a man taking up q weapon to his
lordship: There were then two men on the
| road with him behind the car"
He added: ut might be ten minutes before I
got up, during which the struggle lasted. The
car driver was lying on the road dead when I
got up to where Lord Leitrim was. When l
reached Lord Leitrim he was lying partly on
his side with his head in the water. He was
dead. ! saw two men rowing boat across
Mulroy bay"
These, he stated, wore black coats; but he
had previously seen two men in gray coats,
which created the suspicion that there were
four assailants. The jury found verdict of
w1llful murder against some persons unknown.
TIE MoUSrMoRREs MURDER.
The other murder in which, according to his
confession, the prisoner was implicated was
that Of Lord Mountmorres. This occurred at
Rusheen near Ballinro, County Mayo, Septem-
Der 25, 1880. Lord Mountmorres had been in
ClOnbur to make some purchases and left that
town to return to his residence Ebor-
hall, about s o'clock in the evening At 9 o'clock
he was found lying in the road with six bullet
wounds, any one Of which would have proved
fatal. He was carried to the house Of one
Hugh Flanagan, which was two or three
hundred yards from the spot; but
Flanagan, although he was told that
it was possible the man might still be alive re-
fused to grant his admission. Lord Mount
morres was poor man, living on and by his
estate, which was by no means extensive, and
had become unpopular owing to his unwilling
ness or inability to reduce rents. He was also
supposed to be about to issue eject
ment processes. To these causes he undoubtedly
owed his death. II any doubt on that head
could have existed the behavior of the peasantrv
to Lord Mountmorres' unoffending widow and
children would effectually have set it at rest.
So strictly were they ''boycotted' that
it was not long before they had to leave
Eborhall and take refuge in England. her
majesty the queen having placed apartments in
Hampton court palace at Lady Mountmorres'
disposal. At the inquest verdict of willful
murder was returned against some person or
persons unknown. Notwithstanding the fact
that some arrests were made and that
the lord lieutenant Of Ireland offered
reward Of $1,000 to any person
who should within six months give information
leading to the conviction of the murderers or
any Of them and free pardon to any person
concerned in the crime other than the actual
murderer in case Of his giving such informa-
ton would lead to conviction the perpe-
traitors Of the murder remained undiscovered.