MORE ABOUT SULLIVAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 134, 29 May 1876, Page 4

MORE ABOUT SULLIVAN.

y The Wedderburn correspondent of theJnglewood Advertiser ? writes relative to the movements of -Sullivan after he | &rn e -3 I away from the hut . occupied by his wife and the man who is - now living with.he.rT— "ln a few minutes retired, and bent, his pUps to/a' neighbpr'a ..tbuse, where \ he *adsibeeii> ■friendly ..received in by-' gone days. The barricades existed here also, ij»nd<hb admittance could be / obtamfd^He4hen returned to Highv Btreet,. and called in at tbeßpyal Hotel,/ whei-e 4 refreshed - Himself' I with 1 (a .. nobbier, and entered/into 'conversation with some persona whqhad'known him while residing in ; He complained -bitterly of the conduct of,, his ■* 'wife? anifetfterej without h'esita-tioniVohr-the.pubject of his, connection with the murders in, New Zeajand. lo J 'one * gentleman - " he '' observed^ that he intenietlato} remain Wedderburn.i|f r he had to live on ihistres. He spokV /with evident pleasure; and great empha-; bib on having ' beaten the Government,'.; After he^hadimade^ somen awkward , admissions' relating to the murderers, es pecially concern ing poor old Jem my - Battle, MrLßarwick; toldvhiui that he had beard quite enough of his villainy from^his'own mouth, and : ordered him; oulf^He -shortly^after left; -He 6\bv called and spent r some time; at More- : croft'a 'WlddeVbtirn 'Hotelj vaiid /was equfifly^c^ -At every place he was coldly received, and must have l*>eeri^impressed so^n after his arrival ! 'tiilt y this ' wasjno abiding ' plfabe for him. He zander ed abou t Hjg fastreet; and? the .neighborhood all day, and; when evening came. applied .at„th"e 7 camp for lodging.,, This was refused, and' he must l then, despite 'his^ great A, bravado^ bave^realised his -true; position ■ and 'shuddered at his utter, destitution ayd^ffiehdleishess.- Where he'J slept-*-* if it was l possible forsuch a stricken bifl^-s^ained y^|re^ch :< tp „sleep-r-is .not 7}Lnpm^wXK fc °; e , imorningX^nd ;-May|^ aboW eight o'cloctbe appeared a again,, isbmirig' into the township^ the Inglejwpo.d^ro.ad. M .He;"probably breakfagjf^^ . again&toh! -?the i i HighVstreet, ; Vy/calle^ ; at/the ; post office and inquired if there 'v.^ere^iny'i-leUerfl to his address. Aft^leWiilg'-thepoßt office he strolled-' alongttb Mr /HaH's fancy repository, having encountered one of our local J.P.'s <on uhis, course, and exchanged a few sentences on commonplace matters. At Mr Hall's -he' remained a consider* abletime, - and Mr '■ HalU thinks he was indebted to bis (Sullivan's) presence for the sale of, some pbstage stamps and/a; 'few triiSes^ ilf th^ puj:chase^,of -which -tfo" thinks was used as a ?means of ; procuring an interview. It appears that Sullivan made another 'effort -to see the female wbo.^as; his former .companion on the evening, Of the^nd of/May j and that 'he was again {Unsuccessful;!. He dectoresß that his object ' 'is obtain the address of his son. (The youngest of the. two he mentions in his affidavit is the.Qoly one entitled to hvb paternity). This the mother declines to give. Late, iri : the v afternbbri 'of Tuesday he waß seen sitting on the broken-down dilapidawd^raflitfg'tnAf surrounds : a T small allotment in-High-street, that still is hdld Vhe'name Of his son^ and where he (Sullivan) onoe resided and kept a - shanty, within the walls of which many a m&night'revelwas'heid. Here he seemed despondent, and perhaps was run^infitibg^Q^ 1 ithe ; pinjj. {Latter /on jib the day he was fortunate enough to fall iiP witbXa gentleman- "known i tb -■ h\xn\ while^residing at Wedderburn, who v in* a conve/aatibn ie'arnt that Sullivan was ulterly. destitute, pf" means, the small sum received by him from the governor of 1 t! Melbßuf he Grabl being • expendedi SulHVa'ti-Baid he had not tastedlfood since SaturdaiJ/ie v venin'g''.Bt Sandhurst, and admitted that tbe report of the converatioo at > tthe' tea table on that oocasion > was .literally correct. He waa immediately, regaled 7 with a plentiful meal, and treated with a kind consideration. This sudden exhibition of kindness was tQp 3 m WSh r for , him ,^ . he iburat .into a flood of tears, and gobbed , hysterically for nearly an hour. He (the gentleman alluded .-lot) ;headed a -Bubsoriptibn list, . which*** was !i quietly --presented / to. a^few persons till quite £4 was colfecied, then,^ addreaaing Sullivan,' he ' said to hinV r^' N^w^cast off those clothes as aoqn as you conVehiently can, Bell your waWh'and^chlain, and^ in the garb of a working-man seek for 'honest employment in some, distant .place ;-.. and so long as it pleases God to permit' you to remain ; jon earth-, pray unceasingly to him; with a "contrite heart for forgive- . nesß'.ifor/ the' great, sins you have com--7 mitt^fl.'' 4 The humiliated cuipr.it at onpe^ppuredout his gratitude through another tprrent of tears, .and promised: to acton , theadvice, adding : " I can bear any reproaches or br u tal insult, but your kindness overcomes me." He departed 1 after receiving the amount of tbe subscription, and has not since been seen." /Under date ; of 4th May, the same correspondent writes :t-"1 find that I, in- company j wish many others, was in e'r : r\r.^in^Bu'^poßJ^g : that Sullivan left -' {^f^dn/'^ueßdiiy night. It appears that he is in occupation bf a hut on the township in which a person ' named Balstpn and bis family lately resided, ||jdjl when he/may leave is pimply conjj^turaU,FHe appeared; with a buoyant air, shaking his clothes outside his temporary abode this morning, and the ! chaVitabib7feeling' which exercised a /temporary influence 'over some persons during the presentation of the subscription, list /ia Jbeing" /quickly transmuted into 60$? indignation at being'duped into afiording him a means of prolong-

ing his "stay 'amongst us. It; would apjpear from ihe above that Sullivan has not found his way to Ballarat, as was supposed to have been the case." jDr King, J:P.] informs the Ballarat Star that about fifteen years ago his brjother, residing at Korong, in the vicinity of Sullivan's shanty, was firmly impressed with the belief that Sullivan , Waeh Ihen.eDgaged in the fiendish work; of murder. This was previous to the revelations regarding the diabolical work at Maungatapu. Sullivan owned a j grog-Bhop at Korong, into which; -sever'al men with money were induced" to enter, who have never sinee been heard of. Tbe supposition then was tljat tbe men received poison in their g(og. The hypothesis, or,aß the'gentleman named regards it, [certainty; as to the disposal of the bodies is, that they were buried in "the garden. Sul--^i!van,>-.itpje r -aaiJ, was Jn the .habit of/ trjenohihg'his'iand to tbe extraordinary' depth of four feet, and this business he *i carried on at night. He also strewed 'h^s trenches with the bones of animals, ; . ; and theYview Ihefd vby^PrKihg/jhis brother and others, was, that this precaution waß taken against; thedisoovery _ ojf hftihab bones. In plain words, the njiurderer of Maurigatapu; is surmised tp have commenced his devilish work •<att KorOtagV and the .evidences are still there. ,, Nevertheless, the* efforts of those who held this belief ; to have thb garden dug? up were futile/ The police were communicated with, the matter was brought under the notice of the Government, and the Press was stirred; but all to no purpose. The obvious moral of this atory-r always rememberiing that the suspicions were entertained before '"the New Z-ialabd murders-^-is that the bones of men foully murdered lie in the soil surrounding the house whbre the fiend who unhappily is at large, once lived. Might- it not be - worth] -the while of the authorities to ) search? If they are there, we doubt not, evidenoe could be got by the : detectiyes,to f place the neck of Sullivan -, in 3 the ( nobse that should have encircled it year's since. - ' .