The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1882-12-22 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

THE PITTNLY PARR' MUEDERS. ABUIVAL OF IVESTGATE.  Westgate, the man who has confessed to Iping one of the murderers of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, whose arrival in England has been anticipated for some time past, arrived on Friday at Plymouth in the It )yal Mail Cempany's steamship Nile. She was due at Plymouth on Wednesday, but has be,n delayed by terrific weather, which she encountered on Monday, when her upper deck was clean swept and all the boats on the port quarter and all moveable articles were carried overboer.l. On the Nile being boarded W,s'g de was found in the :al on in charge of Inspecter Morrow, of the Detective Department, Dublin. With him also was Frederick Farrchild, cook and steward of the British baique Glad-tole, to whom Westgate, who was at the time paying under the name of O'Brien, made the c .nfession that he was associated with the Pine aix-park murdet s. Hs was accommodated with a fist-class passage on board, t'.e object of this on the part of the Government officials being that the prisoner should be c ,ntinually under the eye and in the presence of the detec'ive officer, this not being possible exclot at great inconvenience in any other part of the veisel. The police restrictions prevented anything in the shape of an intern iew; indeed Inspecto: Morrow had been so vigilant over his charge on the voyage home that even the pass mgers have not had an opportunity of putting many questions to the prisoner. On one or two occasions, however, some renrarks were addressed to him when the opportunity offered, and he then not only adhered to his et atement that he was correct ned in and associated with the murders, but added that he was in a postion to render mportant informatioa when brought bef )re the magistrates in his netive country. Inspector Morrow, however, utterly discredits Westgat story. He stated very frankly, in answer to questiens, that in his opinion Westgate was a perfect imbecile. He has known him for many years as an inoffensive man who had never been brought before the magistrates chareed with the slightest offence. Mr. Morrow added that it was perfectly true, as reported in the papers, that Westgate, on his arrival in Jamaica, denied all knowledge of him or Fairchild, but this only strengthened his opinion that the men did not know what he was about. West.e t if in his rigbt mind, must have known him well. Mr. Morrow was next informed that from informal ue published in the papers that morning there was reason to believe the police hid captured certain men who were associated with the murders of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke. Mr. Morrow said lie was not surprise I at receiving the information. Later on he was pressed to say whether any revelations of Westgate had led him to form such a c inclusion. Exercising the usual police cautien, he said he was not expected to state anything that he might believe, but he presently added, " You may say that not only am I not surprised at the news, but that I expected it." Westgate's removal from the Nile to the steam tender Was easily accomplished. It so happened that the late areivel of the mail boat favoured his removal to Dublin, as the Dublin boat leaves Plymouth on Fridays about 11 a.m, lie was soon on board the Avoca in charge of the inspector, and before noon he had left Plymouth for Dublin, where he will be charged, on his owe confession, with the murder.