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From: "Mary Heaphy" <>
Subject: [IRL-TIP] A Compendium of Crime contd.
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:38:00 -0000

A Compendium of Crime in the County of Tipperary, as recorded in the "Nenagh
Guardian" from the 1st publication of that journal, the 21st July 1838 to
the 13th. of March 1839, comprising a period of nearly 8 months. Continued.



Dec. 1st.

A threatening notice bearing the Nenagh Postmark, was send to Lord
Bloomfield, at Laughton House. The Government offered £50 for information,
as to the writer.

The following is a verbatim copy of the notice;

Mr Lord, I write this to inform your Lordship, not to be out late on the
roads, and to acquant your Lordship, the death of Tobin is not
forgotten-revenge is still burning, day or night it will not be
forgotten-let Dr. Kane beware, and I warn to tell the doctor, for his blood
be at your door if you do not.

A Friend.



A few nights ago an armed party visited the house of Hodgins, of Tyone, near
this town, Mr. Stephen Hill's care-taker, and after making an ineffectual
attempt to force their entrance, they fired two shots, and put a threatening
notice under the door. The contents of the notice, were death to Hodgins, if
he did not quit-one of the balls perforated the door.



Violent Assault.

A respectable lad named Mossop was met on the road near Borrisokane, on
Sunday evening last, by two ruffians, who laid violent hands on him, asked
him if he was not a bloody Brunswicker, they struck him and injured him in
the neck and head.



Burning.

Between the hours of 9 and 10 O'Clock on the night of Friday last, one or
more ruffians set fire to and consumed a large range of outoffices
consisting of a cider-house, a cow-house, and extensive coach house, and a
turf-house, in which were contained quantity of hay, turf and other
articles, situate in the stable yard of Mount-Rivers, the residence of
Richard Philips, Esq. This is the second outrage on Mr. Philips, during the
present year, and the only reason that can be assigned for this hostility
towards him appears to be, that his son is an active magistrate, and that he
lately took a farm adjacent to Mount-Rivers, on which the old tenants were
suffered to remain.



Robbery of arms.

Dec. 12th 4 Armed men entered the house of a care-taker of Mr. Prendergasts,
at Fortmoy, within four miles of Borrisokane, and took a gun therefrom.



On Friday evening last, a party of men went to the house of Mr.
Bruce-(Brewer to Mr. Kennedy)-demanded admittance, stating they were police
in search of a murderer. On being admitted, the ransacked the house for
fire-arms, but being unsuccessful, the held a consultation and departed. On
the following night they came again, armed to the throat, took the same
house by surprise, and searched for fire-arms, having got a gun, they
departed.-They then returned, and presented a gun at Bruce, and swore they
would blow his brains out unless he gave up a pistol which they said he had
concealed. Bruce's reckless desperation saved his life, for he desired them
to fire away, that he had no pistol or arms, but what they had got.



On Monday evening between 6 and 7 O'Clock, Robert Dudley and Malachy Carty
were assailed by a party of men at Newbridge, near Borrisokane. They were
violently beated, and a pistol taken from Carty, after which they made an
attempt to throw their victims over the bridge into the river, but for the
fortunate approach of two horsemen.



Abduction.

Monday night week a body of men, well armed, came from the Tipperary side of
the Shannon, landed near Douras, within two miles of Woodfort, whence they
repaired to the house of the widow Lyons, at Cloncoose, which they broke
open, and forcibly carried away her daughter, a girl of 16, for the purpose
of being married to man named Tuohy.



15th. About 5 O'Clock on the morning of Thursday 13th. a gross outrage was
perpetrated near Moneygall, by a party of five men and a woman, on a poor
man and his wife named Whelan (Dealers). It appears they were attacked by
the coward gang, the husband knocked down and beaten violently, and robbed
of £7.10. His wife was dragged to the side of the road and robbed of three
shawls, and a purse containing a promissory note for a large amount. Mrs
Whelan immediately proceeded to the barrack at Moneygall, and reported the
outrage to Constable Moore, who with his party, proceeded to Nenagh and
arrested four of the fellows concerned in this disgraceful scene, and lodged
them safe in the Bridewell. Their names are Thomas, Dan, and Pat Fogarty,
brothers from Spout Road, and Tim Baker.



19th. On Friday night as a young gentleman residing in this neighbourhood,
was returning home, he observed an armed party of about 25 men, near
Ballymackey,;, In a short time afterwards, five men (it is supposed of the
same party) entered the home of a protestant named Hodgins, and presenting
their firearms at him, made him submit, while they searched his house and
succeeded in carrying off a gun. This is the way "the fighting men" whom Dan
(Daniel O'Connell) may call on when it serves his purpose, possess
themselves of the weapons with which so many scenes od blood and outrages
are committed.



To be contd.

Mary

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