THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF DETECTIVE FARRELL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1466, 16 April 1873, Page 2

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF DETECTIVE FARRELL.

LaijeDohedin papers have their columns full of evidence and correspondence connected with the trial of Ryan for shooting with intent to kill Detective Farrell, of .-AftnQtAciQ-P-olieA — JTJio w» Tri rnblfchud are those written by MrsTafi-eli foRyaBT They are"'flbiherQUB r -len^hy, and?,tof a highly gushing type. They are usually -B*gi^d^'DeliA';^^nd^reHddisaß«it^«B ! " darling Dudu^^or.her fy darling Tom " —her. "own dear pettiei;" The most gushing is the last of the lot, which reads as follows : — , : ; •>-> "My own d^rlin^ove— I cannot live much longer H^^ffeT^lt seem ag if I was mad at times.: I feel as if I co.uld.nojb do a : thing but sit down ahd'thid^trf yofil Your, image haunts me all pyerth^ hpijset I cap £cc you as plain- bel :oie r ni'e ffiiLvim were really there. I can 'see 1 uV'toth standing, both close together-^- first, in the gardens', then in some other : dreary place, with nothing to^ break? theßilen^e but i the breathings of .our own hearts. Oh, pettie, neyer.,will I forget tHernifany happy hours we spent 'together, pressed close 0 tbyb'Ur 1 loving bebvb/tif Tilsit >iay little head resting on ybui' ttanly^brfealff How. happy we both have been,, when we liave' , had a H loverstoJeri hour t|oi |eil|each. Other; what we ' intended ;to lAo. „(&,< vim darliug, will the.t'me,conie : when;TK'e I j^& be. free to love each other, as, is purfW.aipu Sometimes 1 can see a brightf ature^— thea all seems blankapd withbutiafra'y of hopes I wish at times 'we Vereiboth-rbeneafchiffclre sod, where we could both restundisturbed. Oh, my darling love, you" will' ne'Ve'r'felfifi mj3,oand:g9cwbere I^ouldino* be with you ? If you do, I will d!ie in your arms. I :-,willj f ollowi you, and . then die happy with my heart upon your breaat./ i.Tha* Will be; all I want. Oh, then, pettie, you can tell the' woria I died -for -yb'n— that I could not live without you, and end my life. Oh, how hard the. world is ; how cruel fate is ; my destiny, has been a sai one. If you could trace back with me the ISst r seven yeara, the many lonely l faJiirl I spent iriApangg of /the [greatest; misely that a human being ;eyejr suffered. Oh, Dudu, mine has beep a^d life,, andj do not s x ee a chance of it being any brighter. I'ofWrf" think that life is ndt^wortt^livimg for. Then comes my lover, beautiful — my dwri-pettie— likfe an aft^el/ to birigiitfen my sad misery, and then life seems bright again. If I corild kiss any darlia§ ifilow I would be happyi ' ] ©h/'pettie, never again hurt my feelings by telling me that I forget you for any other; — No,- noy-there is riot'a'man in this wiirldiwhb^oildffeile a tender feeling in- my heart, only yo%. One pressure of thdt i geal?le t hand of thine, is worth a lifetime with others. One kiss from those soft -lips— one r l6qk frrinHHose soft eyes that speak from the-'Boul-wn moment pressedj to that manly, breast is worth years of devotion from others. Oh, yes, my. love,; ; heaveh will aid-us"; heaven will free me some time to be thine for ever. Oh, darling^ pray With nici that jwe may be fre'Stoldte; each other. Oh, whit a heayen it would ;be, pettier Mjay God grant it he so, is the prayer of your own. - Delia."" :: ,£''&*. f * James Farrell,r^th.e^. f proseQtitor, recounted the evidence. taK(?u,at"iiiejfiAyor's Court, and stated that after he was wounded he m6yeß> WfrWdk Mb residence, and, oh arriving; knocked at the door. Mrs Farrell came to .the door in~ller night-dress; Her sister, ' -Annie^Megley, also carn^ in .her night-dress. Both,. were together insidewheri the door was 6pen|d. He was positive that the, prisoner' was the man who shot at him. ' He : h!ad been on friendiy termk, with the pri^nlif .[fbtiYfL long time, but through a ifertain cauWJfie prohibited . prisoner • from visKii^g . at^ j>his house in I^ayj %BtO. , Th>.ca,usej f t?«s'j^at on one occasion he came, h^ome and found his...wife !; . absent, and on making inquiry Joiindjhat she had been away during the "whole of the afternoon. He wenl to an hotel and learned that she. was there, but failed for the moment to discover who -was with her.. He looked; through,: the keyhole of a door; and sawsher standing.t!eside the prisoner. He ,then opened, the door and went .inside,rwtienVcoh^eWation took place. , ! He left the hotel, leaving his wife behind, ; and 1 J after'' a while .returned and again looked through .the key-liole, when he observed his wissitiin.g on the knee of prisoner. He immediately entered the room and said to .prisoner, : " Is {his the commission you have' to yisit my house 1 Is this the way y/>a, try.'Jlo disgrace ; me 1 ? Leave this r^bmr ' J ' Tne prisoner left, and 6n the following day he ordered prisoner by letter to cease visiting at. his, housed From that, tinierprisorier did , not. vis^t his house wit^V his au thofity. The prisoner : visited there, however, frequently. . On one! he.iaw prisoner at the -back.. door/and ■heard his wife say : "Come backagaiif tomorrow evening." On; the- following evening he planted himself unde^thVgum trees, 1 arid about 10.30 saw 'prfabnW enter the house, leaving the ; 'd66r- tp'a*rtially open. After' some, conversation inside between his wife, sister-in-law, and prisoner, he heard his wife. say, "^He'l} .a.ppn be ; in j'' whereupon witness,, talked inside and said to prisoner., *',Stari4 there ; I want to talk to you." "Witness had a four-barrelled revolver-in his hand, at the timer;_fle remarked " This is the way you try to disgrace me,. jTAtn, a t sfcrong-minded man ; otherwise'l would bTow your brains o.ut. Leave my house, and, never entep.it againi" £(c did not see prisoner i»~vis house af^.that dat», ; bu,t saw, him in fee neighborhood.'. The letter produced, dated February 14, 1872, was in prisoner's hand^ writing. : In consequence of sbmethihglhe had heard he went to the Post Office and got the letter. He then opened and read it, and afterwards went hotofe, 1 ! g6d finding „only his sister-in.-}aw.. ift pbe house, -called his wife in. When she appeared he read _the ; letter to r both ... of ;them, romarkmg, II That is a pretty correspondence' y^Jre carrying on." The letter produced wasin his wife's handwriting'! slt^commenced: — "My dear Tom— l called at the Post Office < and^got your • letter, JiVhat fioa T sessed you to write f ; the letters pror ddced were in his wife's handwriting. l! In Febrriary, 1872, prisoner was" stationed <at Hampdeny and in the following month he was transferred to Invercargill. jn June 'following' hhre r was : dishiissed : the ' Be ! rviße, and came to Dunedin. The: iprisdneVs name is Thomas Ryan, but he signed hini. self Dudu. ,i .-. o j .j A o^V

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