The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1878-09-06 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.  On Sunday afternoon a small boat, containing six young men set out froro Climby for a pleasure excursion. They took another friend on board at Maryport, and on passing th. South Pier the boat suddenly capsized. They were seen struggling in the water by hundreds of spectators, but only one was saved.  _ A REIGN OF TERROR IN WALES, A correspondent writes to a Liverpool paper :—Ever since the Llangibby tragedy, when bye persona were murdered by a tramp, there h a exis ed in south Wales a complete reign of terror. 'I ramps ha e tyrannised overtly' inmates of I arms at d lonely houses, commi ting obberiel and thette fill at last they have gro n into " full-blown" Nilla.ns of the first m g itude 1 hei catalogue ofcrimea inc udeb assaults with the most atrocious iolence. Thia week a gentleman was riding on the highway from Cow. bridge, on horheba- , and when at North Manor he found himself conf, onted by five t amps of the most rascally type. they made the usual pretence co. begging, and he a. empted to push on. 'I hey at once pulled him off his horse, robb d him beat him severely, .nd left lurk Tramps pow! about the country in gangs, extorting food and money by violence, until timid people dare hardly stir out of their house& Some extraordinary measures are required to rid the count y of these aecial pests, who ara stnking terror in the hearts of the a- ricult ,ralp,,pektion.  DOUBLE MURDER AT NORTHAMPTON About half-past one on Monday afternoon the town of Northampton was thrown into a state of great excitement by tbe report that Patrick Byrne, a native of Dublin, the quarter-master of the Northamptonshire and Rutland militia, had murdered two brother noncommissioned officers—Paymaster-sergeant Griffiths and Quartermaster-sergeant Brooks. The report proved to be true. Byrne, who had hell office on the stsff of the militia for three years, and who previously belonged to the 19th and 58th Regiments, had been severely censured for negligence in the performance of his duties, and had suffered the indignity of having his colour-sergeancy taken from him, and been ordered to leave the bara,cks. That building has living accommodation for 20 staff sergeants. As Colour-sergeant Byrne resided at the barracks, Saturday was fixed foe him to leave, but from some cause or other he did not get his furnituie away till Mond ,y morning. In the early part of that day he was absent from mess, but was present soon after noon. At about one o'clock most of the serzemits cleared out. Brooks, it is said, complained of Byrne that his quarters were dirty, and that he had left a glass of beer that he was drinking. The latter went out, muttering "111 go and see if they are dirty." Shortly after half past one reports of rifle discharges were heard by people in b4rracks and houses in the neighbourhood, which caused some alarm. Several made their way to the front of the barracks, from whick the sounds proceeded. A horrible sight then mei their view. Both Brooks and Griffiths lay a few yard. from the steps of the main entrance, each in a pool of blood. Brooks was immediately opposite the door two or three yards from the steps, and examination showed he had sustained a severe rifle wound in the region of the heart. He was carried into the reading room, and medical a,sistance of Dr. O'Farrell, 48th Depot, and Staff-Surgeon Spurgeon called, but death ensued in about 10 minutes. Griffiths was dead when first seen. He lay half-a-dozen yards to the right of Brooks. A portion of his skull was blown away, and his brains scattered all around on the ground, the window, and wall of the barracks. A third shot was heard from the North-east side of the building. 'l'here Byrne was found by Quartermaster-sergeant Hill, who took possession of the breach loading rifle (such as sergeants are one and all provided with and keep themselves), which had been discharged at Charles Hill, aged 18, a pupil teacher at :t. Sepulchre's Schools, whom Byrne had met on going round the building. Hill had, however, avoided the bullet by stooping his head. Byrne was soon secured by Hill and other sergeants, his rifle was taken from him, and he was conducted to the police-station, where three cartridges fitting the rifle were found upon him.  —Ever  were rales a ver the Theriel AOVI/X" Crimez nig found iseally tid be Ai ilia g food ly stir 8 am boa?. ation.