Glasgow Courier. — 1848-11-23 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

CRUEL AND BARBAROUS MURDER NEAR DUNBLANE.  APPREHENSION OF THE SUSPECTED MURDERER IN GLASGOW.  On Sunday lam, a widow woman named Janet Anderson. who kept a little hunter's shop at Buttergask, in the parish of Dunbiotic, Perthshire, was murdered in her own house, about four o'clock in the afternoon, and afterwards plundered of about Alb, mostly in silver money. The party suspected of the crime is an Irish labourer named John Kelloehats who has since absconded —there Man offer of reward for his apprehension, and in all likelihood he will ere long be in the hands of the officers ofjustice. The murderappears to have been perpetrated in the mostdeliberate and brutal manner—an axe having been used by the villain for the purpose, with which he struck deceased on the head, and literally clove the one side of her head into two parts. When discovered by the neighbours, deceased was lying on her own floor in life, hut speechless, arid covered over with blood. Kellochar, the person suspected of the murder, used to be a lodger with Mrs. Anderson, or the "'cackle wife of Buttergask," as she was familiarly styled in the village ; and during the time he was employed as a worker on the Scottish Central Railway made hinnielfi familiar with the circumstances of the old woman and the persons residing In the locality. Widow Anderson was upwards of sixty years of age, but, notwithstanding her frailty, was accustomed to attend church regularly. The Sunday in question we. the period for the administration of the sacrament in the parish of Blackford, which is about three miles from BMtergask, and it is supposed that the murderer had made up his mind to find the deceased at church when he entered the house, with the view of stealing her little property, but finding her at home, and disposed to oppose his wishes, he seized upon the axe which was lying at hand with which he committed the foul deed. Kellochar was observed on Sunday afternoon by a little boy shortly after he had left the house, who quaintly remarked', "What'. Jock Kellochar doing here the day 2" and very little time elapsed afterwarda until the poor widow was found steeped In her gore. She lingered for some hours after the deed wes committed, and died in the evening. Deceased was perfectly Inuits Albin from the time of being found on the floor until her death.— On Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, Mr. Macfarlane, of the Clyde Police Establishment, succeeded In apprehending a man answering the description of Kellochar, In a private lodging house, situated in Washington Street, Anderston. This person's appearance we understand, exactly corresponds with that of the supposed murderer. Marks of blood were observed upon his clothe, when taken Into custody, and a considerable sum of silver money was found in the house where he had taken up his qua,r,ters. His Intention was to have sailed yesterday morning troll the Broornielaw, in one of the steamers for Belfast. When taken into custody he denied all acquaintance with the locality where the murder was perpetrated, and gave another name aud different account°, himself from that contained In the information inn which he was d. Notice of his apprehension was 'Woody despatched same evening to the authorities in Perthshire, and yesterday forenoon an officer from the scene of the murder, who knew Kellochar, arrived here, and at once identified hint as the suspected murderer. He was sent off by au afternoon train to Perth, under a rong escort, and heavily loaded with irons. Kellochar as  Ire of are, about...six I I has by 110 means a dives of an ordinary  round-fed, fair col appearance. lie was