The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-05-27 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

DREADFUL MURDER NEAR CORK.  At an early hour on Sunday morning, terrific screams were heard issuing from the corner house, on the Beach of Cove, occupied by a family named Grannell; but it does not seem that those who heard the screams made any attempt to ascertain the cause of them. At seven o'clock, Dr. Coppinger was hastily summoned to the house; and knowing that Willi am Grannell was in delicate health, produced from a variety of causes, including delirium tremens and frequent constipation, the doctor supposed that his services were required for this man, and he accordingly attended. When he entered the house, he saw a younger brother of William Grannell, who, with every appearance of terror and distraction of mind, informed him that it was to see Mrs. Grannell (the wife of William) that he was called ; for it was feared that William had wounded her. The doctor quickly proceeded to the room—a small bed-room in the first floor, immediately opening into a kind of drawing-room looking out in the harbour; and the first indication of violence that met his sight was an immense pool of blood, a stream from which was slowly oozing under the door' which was partly open. On entering the narrow chamber, he saw a female figure, clad in a night-gown, lying on the ground, the legs towards the door' and the head towards the bed— the hair wildly disheveled, and bloody stains on the dress and arms. The woman lay on her side, a portion of the sheet being half wound round the lower part of the body, as if it had been dragged off the bed during a violent struggle. On raising the head, the doctor found that life had long departed; and on examining further, the dreadful cause of death was found in the shape of ragged, ghastly wounds in the throat, completely dividing the main artery, and severing the -windpipe. A search being instituted, a table knife, or more properly a bread knife, somewhat resembling that used by a shoemaker, was found in the room, all covered with blood; from which circumstance, as well as the nature of the wounds, no doubt could be entertained that the murder was effected with it. A white handkerchief, it is said, was tied round the feet of the deceased, as if to prevent an effective resistance to the design of the murderer; but it is equally ascertained that Mrs. Grannell was in the habit of bandaging her legs, in consequence of some affection peculiar to that part of the body. But that a desperate struggle had taken place, there can be no doubt, as the arms bore evident marks of violence, being livid in several places. The inmates of the house declared that they had not heard any noise (luring the night; and that the first intimation they received of mischief having occurred, was the announcemen t by alittlelm in the house, that he saw blood coming from under the door itrivhich Mrs. Grannell slept. This unconsciousness is difficult to be accounted for, when it is considered that screams were heard by persons in the street—and that the room occupied by the younger Grannell and his wife is almost immediately over that occupied by the deceased. However, this matter will, it is supposed, be cleared up on the inquest, which was to have taken place to-day. William Grannell was arrested shortly after the discovery of the murder, and held in custody. From several statements made by gentlemen to whom this man was known, it wouldappear that he has not been for some time in a right state of mind,and that the deed was committed by him while labouring under a fit of insanity. It is stated that he and his wife, though living in the same house, were entirely separated. She was considerably his seiaior. The body was examined by Dr. John Cromin and Dr. Coppingen—Cork Examiner.