Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1880-11-06 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

CONFESSION OF MURDER.  Joseph Waller wan charged before the Bromley (Kent) magistrate, on Monday with the wilful murder of Edward Ell]. and Elizabeth, his wife by shoot. ing them with • revolvers, St. Pours Cray Common, on Saturday night. The evidence ot the police who found the bodies and apprehended the prisoner having been given lie was remanded lot • week. The Pres. Association is informed that the accused. Joseph Waller, haii made a full confession of the murder of Mr and Mrs Ellie. lie states he hal no animosity tovrtirds the deceased, who had befriended him and given him employment. After wandenng about aeveral hours after leaving the Five Bells publichouse at midnight, and having a loaded revolver In Ins pocket, he was tempted by an uncontrollable impulse, he says, to do some desperate deed. He fired oh a shot in the wood and called Ellis out, saying he had seen poachers. Ellis came out with his truncheon, and lantern, and secon.panied Waller about a quarter of a mile, when the latter allot the old man in the head and finished the murder with Ellis' truncheon. Waller then went beck with the lantern and roused Mrs. Ellis telhng her tier husband wanted her as he was wounded by the poachers. Mrs. Ellis came down, and he led her in a direction away front where her husband's body lay. When they had proceeded 200 yards he shot her also and beat her to death. The awned was formerly in the Metropolitan police force.  IRISH AGITATORS COMMITTED for TRIAL, The hearing of the charge against Measly. Healy and Walsh for intimidating a farmer named Manning was opened at Bantry on Monday. Messrs. Blake and Galway, sessions prosecutors, appeared for the Attorney•U'eneral, and Al.r. Julian, of Cork, defended the prisoners Hugh Noble, Government shorthand writer, proved the accuracy of his notes of the speeches delivered by Messrs. Healy and Walsh at a Land League meeting in Bantry on the 17th October. Mr. Healy in that speech said they intended paying Manning a visit, and that they would see that lie should give up a farm on the Earl of Renmare's estate which he took after a man named al•Grath had given it up on account of an incream of rent. Mr. Walsh endorsed Mr. Healy's speech. Manning examined, stated the prisoners visited him the day after the meeting, and asked him to give up the farm. They stated if he did not give it up no person would buy his produce, and his corn and potatoes would be left to rot in the ground. They asked him whether he would like to hare policemen guarding him. In reply to Mr. Julian, Manning stated that he attended the land meeting on Monday and nobody molested him. The resident magistrate and police officer had not visited him, and got him to do it. Sub-Inspector Kennedy proved that when they visited Manning he told them be was afraid, and that be eapected to be shot. From this evidence Mr. Blake asked that defendants should be returned for that. Mr. Julian characterised the case as most trivial and trumped up. However, he knew the decision was pee-arranged. The whole case was unworthy of the Government, if they wished to put an end to the agitation. De. fendants were returned for trial, bail being allowed, theinselvee in .2100, and two sureties of ASO each.  Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Robert.