The Express. — 1862-05-01 (London, England)

TER MURDER OP A FRENCH GENTLEMAN IN  TIPPERARY.  The following account of the murder near Cashel, which we briefly announced yesterday, appears in the Dublin Zerning Post of Tuesday : " We have to announce, with deep regret and mortifiestine, that a French gentleman, H. Gustave Thiebsith, who recently settled in Tipperary, where he purchased an estate, was shot dead upon the high road at five o'clock 'asterday afternooo, near his residence, Rockwell, about four miles from Cashel. This day Mr. J. B. Kennedy, of Mountjoy-square, agent of the deceased gentleman, received a telegram requesting his attendance at Blackwell, where ' Madame Thiebault and her orphan children now remain, ' awaiting the impart. The Rockwell estate had been purchased by M. Charles Thiebault, now an extensive mer- ' chant settled in Dundee. After that purchase hod been effected, M. Gustave Thiebault came over to reside in his brother's mansion at Rockwell, sad in order to settle permanently in this country, he purchased for himself the adjoining property of Boytmaratli, in the Landed Estates Court. Subsequently, in consequence of large arrears which bad been due, legal proceedings were taken and an eviction took place at Boytonr•th. It is stated that about two months since, a threatening letter had been sent to Madame Thietault, threatening her husband with the death of Roe,' • former possessor of the estate of Rockwell, who had been murdered on the high-road near his house about 15 years ago. For that murder a man named John Lonergan was tried Dad found guilty. He was executed is front of ChMmoll gaol, with two brothers, Henry and Philip Cody, who had been condemned at the same maims for the murder of a relative of his own, • pasta named Madden. At the execution a frightful seam took place. The elder Cody, a very powerful young man, having unsuccessfully attempted to throw the executioner off the scaffold, a struggle ensued between them. The gaol officials interposed, and with difficulty saved the life of the executioner. Cody was then taken into gaol—his hands and feet chained—and in that condition lie was led out and executed with the other two prisoners. The younger Cody had also resisted the executioner, but not with so much violence as his brother. Lonergan had taken no pert whatever in the frightful scene on the scaffold, but died with great penitence. We have learnedthat three men were arrested last night on suspicion of being connected with the murder of M. Thiebault. Aa cording to the information that has reached us, the unfortunate French gentleman, H. Gustave Thiebault, whose life was sacrificed on this occasion, bad manifested the sincerest anxiety to befriend industrious tenants, and his oonduct was uniformly kind and humane. He had intended to come to Dublin today, on his way to France." A telegram from Cahir states that three brothers named Halloran have been arrested on suspicion. The Tipperary Free Prey says:—" Mr. Thieubalt was walking along the road from Cashel, carrying a doublebarrelled gun, when he was joined by • man who had a thrce-proaged pitchfork. After some conversation the man stabbed him with the pitchfork. Having fallen from the effects of the blow, he than shot the unfortunate gentleman dead with his own gun The fork has been identified by a smith in the locality as having been taken out of lass forge, but by whom he cannot tell.