LA MANCHA TRAGEDY
McCABE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER London, November 14. After a trial extending ever a period of six days, Henry McCabe was found guilty of murder in connection with the deaths of six inmates of a mansion, known as La Mancha, close to Dubini, in March last. He was sentenced to death [The tragedy occurred in La Mancha, a substantially built country house near Malatide, a seaside town, ten miles from Dublin. Tn the mins of the house, after the fire which totally destroyed it. were found the bodies of Joseph and Peter McDonnell and their sisters, Annie and Alice, .-nd two servants, Marv McGowan and James Clarke. The McDonnell family had the reputation of being wealthy, having conducted a prosperous grocery business in Ballvgar, Galway. Several theories were’ entertained rs to the perpetrator of the crime. The gardener, a man named McCabe, was detained in custody after the inquest. He declared that he had been at a wake in Malatide that night of the fire, and found the house in flames when he returned.]
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 44, 16 November 1926, Page 9
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177LA MANCHA TRAGEDY Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 44, 16 November 1926, Page 9
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