The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24

] boat was brought from Galway through
Tough Corrib, and transported thence
by road to Tough Mask and a sys-
tematic search for the bodies was or
ganized on land and water. For miles
around parties of military and con-
stabulary carefully scrutinized every
inch of land; the mountain sides were
dotted about with small encampments,
and the roads and passes held by cor
dons of sentries and patrolled in every
direction by pickets.
A reward of $1,500 was offered for
any information as to the whereabouts
of the two missing men. This led to
the police being told that the Huddys'
bodies were sunk in the deepest part of
Tough Mask. For two months the
search went on with undated vigoi
the efforts of the police being concen-
trated on the Mask, but although they
were on hot trail, nothing turned up
to- connect the suspects who were lying
in Galway gaol, with the disappear
ance of the bailiffs. Every square foot
of the Mask in the vicinity of America
village had been painsrakingly swept
by the grapnels, but all they had hith-
erto brought to the surface were mass
es of weed, and at length orders were
sent down from Dublin castle for the
troops and extra constabulary to with
draw from the district.
The day before the order was to
take effect, however, the men who were
In one of the numerous boats engaged
in dragging the Mask, felt an I'M
usually heavy strain on the end of the
graphing lines. and carefully hauling
up the obstruction, they found they
were fast into heavy sack, which on
being taken into the boat and opened
disclosed the bodies of the two Huddys
1t was emphatically a case of murder
will out. and to save their own necks
TWO OF the priSoners-one named Mo-
ran and the other a son of the old
woman shown in the picture -imme-
diately turned queens evidence and
told the story of the terrible crime
From what they said it appeared that
the visit of the bailiffs was expected
and prepared for in America village;
every person in the place was sworn
10 secrecy as to what would subse-
quently occur. AS soon as the bailiffs
entered Kerrigan's yard they were,
without the slightest warning shot
down with revolvers and the little life
that remained in them was then beaten
out of them with bludgeons.
Weighted sacks were in readiness
and in these the bodies were placed,
and were in broad daylight transported
on the shoulders of the villagers to a
boat and taken thence to the deepest
stretch of the Mask and thrown over
Dodrd. Inelf recovery by the authors
ties was made at an expenditure of
several thousand pounds.
The trial was followed by the newt
able sequel. three men expiating their
crime on the scaffold. OF the two who
turned queens evidence, Kerrigan has
since gone to the bar OF a higher
tribunal than that of the assize court
at Dublin to answer for his share in
the Mask mystery, while Moran still
lives under police protection on small
holding just outside America village
The affair at America was only the
first of many outrages.
At Ballinrobe, only few miles away,
the father of Mr.. Herne. the present
clerk of the petty sessions, was shot
at while passing through out of his
own fields. close to the railway station
and although a substantial reward was
offered for the apprehension of the Of
FENDER. no information was forthcom-
ing. AT Brownstone. Mr.. Feeruck, the
land agent to the Brownstone estate.
whilst returning from market at Bal
Hnrobe was also shot and subsequently
died. His murderer was never discov-
cred. Other murders were committed
ON the side of the Maamtraena noun
talns. and of one of these Lord Mount
morres was victim. but the assassin,
or assassins, We're never discovered.