The Sun. — 1846-03-14 (London, England)

FRIGHTFUL BIURDERS IN TIPPERARY. DUBLIN, Match 11.—Accounts have been received. this Northern morning Riding o f N s Tt isphoecrkairnyg. murdersoiief perpetrated i eitrastetdhuisnt ttrdescribed by the Tipperary Vindicator :—" We regret to have to record the barbarous murder of an industrious man named James Keane. who resided at Gurtmore, within a few vanes of Neaagh. It appears that on the night of the sth inst., as the unfortunate man was proceeding in the direction of his home, he was 'met on the road, at Tullaheady, by three infuriated demons, who, with savage vengeance, rushed. on their victim, felled him.to the ground, and inflicted a fatal wound on the left side of the head. The heartless miscreants decamped, leaving him almost a lifeless corpse on the road side. The unfortunate man endeavoured to make the best of his way home, where he languished under the most excruciating pains from the effect of the wound until Sunday, the Bth inst., when death put an end to his torture. No cause has been assigned for the perpetration of this horrible deed. An inquest was held on Sunday, on view of the body, by Michael Carroll, Esq., coroner, when a verdict of wilful murder was returned against some person or persons unknown." The Armagh Guardian says—" Deceased held 24 acres of land, under Mr. Tuthill, and has left a wife and six children, the eldest of whom is only twelve years old. We understand that he was a relative of the Rev. Mr. Magrath, P.P., of the Silvermines. A man named William Fogarty, whom deceased named as one of the party who attacked him, has been taken into custody." The Tipperary Vindicator gives the following account of the second murder :—" On Sunday night a party of men, consisting of six in number, one armed with a pistol, entered the house of a man named Meara, of Gurtavalla, within half a mile of Cloghjordan. They first knocked Meara down with a stone, inflicting a deadly wound. They then, with savage ferocity, struck him on his head until his brains were dashed out. The yard was full of turf mould, and from the appearance of his body it is supposed that they trampled on him. A finger and thumb on his right hand were broken ; there was a large fracture on the 'back of his head, one on his crown, where the brains protruded, four on his face, and his forehead presented a shocking appearance. Two sons and two daughters were in the house at the time: This foul deed was committed between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, and within a few yards of another house; but though the shrieks of the inmates were heard, no one came to their assistance. Meara's family consisted of his wife, two sans (one of them a grown man, the other a boy), and two daughters, who were in thekitchen at the time the party:were beating the father. The son attempted to get to the father's assistance, but was held by the mother. He, however, succeeded in getting away from her, but when he did they were going away. The number of Meara's assailants were six. Meara is father to the man that killed Kennedy on last Patrick's day, on his return from the fair at Borrisokane. Seven men have been arrested for this murder."