The Express. — 1856-11-17 (London, England)

HORRIBLE MURDER OF A RAILWAY  CASHMR.  DUBLIN, SATIMIDAY. A Mad painful sensation with created bore pester. day afternoon by the diseovery of a vet, horrible and =Wade's eireumateme at the temoinee of the Midland Great Western (Ireland) Railway, the body of Mr. George Little, the cashier, having been found in his office with the throat eat in • frightful manner, and ell the appearances whit& led the public to suppose that the unfortunate dammed bad committed miriade. It appeared that is the early pert of the morning the abeam of the diseased was •ot noticed, sad that hie °Mee door remained doted without attraetieg attention until 11 o'clock, when • young lady, his lister, arrived at the tesiniaus, to inquire about his alsesse, stating that h• had not returned home daring the hat eight. Inquiries were thin made, and one of the porters observing boa for the filet time that the gas was still lighted, • good deal of alarm was felt. A ladder was procured, end • boy entered the room through • window, when he discovered the body of the unfortunate cashier lying oa bie faits 'a the midst of • pool of blood. The pollee were then seat for, the door was broken open, and several remise eanseetird with the railway entered. The body woe enamlaed and found to be quite cold, and the throat was ant from ear to ear M such a msaaer ea to leave the head almost banging from the body. Bash • dieeovery at the present moment, when melee minds are filled with reports of the defalcations of railway and other officials, immediately coasted the impremice that the utherennate deceased ►ad bests guilty of mate sash breech of tryst, and had sought to weeps from the esimeqwences by suicide; although the dieuresteem of • large sum of mosey being found in his desk, mad the statement ale• made that he had cleared up his snouts in a satisfactory manner this week, were eels elated to alter that supposition. Mr. Ilyadazaa, one of the city comers, was called in sad aa Inquiet commenced late is this afternoon; bat only • very imperfect doe of the dreamste•cu having lathe's made, the coroner thought it right to adjourn the proceedings to this day, and la the meantime caused the detective police to make a rigid marsh ea the premises.  The isciaest was sensed shortly situ 12 o'clock to-day, and the oiroamat•aeu which bad tamed op fa the mesa time left ao doubt whatever that the deceased had bent the visible of • most heated murder. The instrument with which his throat had has eat had disappeared, nothing with • •hmp edge kiting bees Naiad is the room except • pea-kaife, which wet claim elem. The key of the door had also vaslabesi, the murderer having evidently locked the door sad take• the key with him. ♦ towel wet found severed with narks of bkood sad some eats, se if the knife with which the deed wile dote had bees wiped I. it in • homy rammer. Bat whim the body was ea•mlaed by mo &eel sea, so farther ',idiom was melted that • senior had been perpetrated. Teo throat w►s mangled le • &hooking manner, the lobe of ass of the ears was eat off, and one side of the skill nearly bsttend in with ammo bloat lestmment, • dreamsteam which was farther explained by some clotted blood and hair fogad au the poker. Boras of the 'mysterious eiteumateacee of the ease remain, however, still tanplatted. Thus, the large cam of mossy, amolating to several huadred pounds N gold sad Oct.., which still laid on the table, would not indicate that • robbery had been ammaitted, although it is stated that a kip sum besides that thus nadisturbed is missing. The secretary of the eospny was examined, end showed that the deceased had made up his amounts in • satisfactory manner up to Wednesday last, sad t►at no circumstance could be diemmired to lapeash his character in the elightcst degree. After hearing some other general evidence, as well as that of the medical vitiation who had examined the body, the jury, jest at post hoar, retuned • verdict of " Wilfal murder" against some person or prams unknown.