The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-11-24 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE DUBLIN MURDER  ARREST OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER IN LIVERPOOL.  EXTRAORDINARY DELITSION.—The frightful murder which took place in Dublin a few days ago, and which has created so much public excitement, has caused the police, in all parts of the United Kingdom, to be on the alert, for any clue that might lead to the arrest of the perpetrator of this diabolical crime, and on Saturday night some of onr vigilant detectives, for a short time, imagined that they had not only got a clue, but that they had succeeded in getting the individual who actually committed the horrid deed. The facts are these :—A day or two since, a person arrived from Ireland, and took up his residence.at an hotel in Dale-street. He had no luggage, but seemed to be pretty flush in money. His conduct was strange, so much so, that he attracted the attention of the people belonging to the hotel, and an eye was kept on his movements. He lived freely, and drank copiously. His manner and conversation were extremely strange, when compared with other parties, and strong suspicions were entertained that all was not right. Th:s opinion was fortified by the fact that he called the " boots" of the house, and gave him a sum of over £6O, telling him to take care of it for him. Still a watch was kept on him, and whatever suspicions were attached to him were much strengthened by some expressions which he used. After some muttei ing to himself, he started up and shouted out in a wild manner, " I did not kill him, I did not kill hint ; I only gave him two blows of a hammer in the hack of the head. I did not cut his throat." lie repeated these expressions several times, with frantic energy. This caused a communication to be made to the police, and some of the intelligent officers were at once despatched to the hotel. The man was interrogated, and he persisted in saying that he did not murder Mr. Little, that be only struck him two blows on the back of the head with a hammer, but did not cut his throat, and that he had been hunted from Athlone by the police, but that he had• managed to escape them. One of the officers, after putting some questions to the man, suspected that he was labouring under delirium tremens, and this turned out to be correct. It did appear that the man—we forbear giving his name—bad come from Athlone, and that for several days before he left, he was under the influence of the disease alluded to, and that he left home in that state. He had been reading in the newspapers the details of the frightful murder, and his imaginatien got excited to such a degree that he fancied he was the actual murderer. The real facts having been ascertained in a satisfactory manner, the unfortunate man was properly attended to, and will be restored to his friends. Not the least curious portion of the ease remains to be told. The " boots," who had the £6O, when he found the police had, as he supposed, arrested a murderer, absconded with the money, no doubt, thinking it was " all right," and like other great men, he might make a " haul," but the police on hearing of affair, soon " hauled him " up, and got all the money on his person. We understand he will not be prosecuted. So ends this strange eventful history.