THE CASTLE ROCHE TRAGEDY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1872, 23 December 1884, Page 2

THE CASTLE ROCHE TRAGEDY.

ARRFST .OF THE ALLEGED /MURDERER/ : :---■. Jfe , Auckland, Di>cembeW2. ■ -Wjljiam'She'ehan was arrested to-dqy at Waikomitq liy u^eri^te^deHt Thoni T * son nnlDetectives-yf alker on. the charge of mnrdpring his mother, Mrs Sheehan, his ~brp.t|ie>j./":Thomas Sheehan, and his sister, in Castletown, Roche,/ Ireland, in October, 187.7. He ; and was living with his wife, ffnd'ifamily on a farm at Waikomito. He was recognised by a finished.description. He appeared unconcerned.- 'K, i will be remembered the tnurder.appearfld.. in th'o „. ina'i|s a fey weeks ago, ahti'a' receiiit : 'Rpl}ts'a cfftlß stated that, a warrant hud .been issued and that Sli(iehan%a^";aitfji , 0'se!l;to ba •in-New Zealand. ; •'".■■

■ '"'/"."?/.. . Latbr, Sheeban Dorie on Auckland. He had bean '^r%g,;,at^tbo ; -pay of Islaidsruntit ibY'lf when heretUrnisd had bought, a- i artfl; : a|* W&%ssffidK' wwk,'ten'miles;from "and bears the reputation^f &jiom. hard.working roan, flfe JB|r!eipuslyl main, tainßhiß-innocence, : bnt-a']|niit's..thathe is in the newspaper ac'cointß* of$&; alleged raurdeva,':. He '(Ware* Jur missing mojfoer/brotber, and*. sister to.Aroe>ioa; and he "or heard of the newfipape^rej&rt^or cablegrams, not being a r'eadiSg, man. .O&X6 Sheehan refuses to give any as'to jier know l%|>Qf but were! 1 gathered > -She •" tc-irSheehan"'. in j Castletown a%M;*f month prior to the 'relatives, and lived ohOa! farmsr.sout five years, ■ Afterwards■theyvlehtoJ,a farm of about sixty acres, of their landlady : pressing '' $J* rent, they concluded to- emigrate to New Zealand and arrived- -18; montbi ago. The family consisted of b'usbajid, wife and two children. ■ MrsSbijjtaa is a woman of 30 years of afff.of robust habit, and, although upset, is self controlled and' resolutely? refuses to answer any Tne children are girls six ahy-fo'iiij.years.respectively, Since their- arrival m anotherchild .has'beeH is .about .55"' to 40 years of age,ynedium height, well-builtr,' fioitfd dark hair,' respectable looking and comfortably dressed.-: is the description recently sent Tou't -by the Irish police'to theauthoritieaV-fa Wellington, a|d corresponds fairly. The officer, who will bring a warrant and certified copiesofdepwi* ( tions at. the. inquest,.. .Many: minrnt . go to complete the chajaw evidence have been ascertained and the theory of the police as to; the murder is thaUWilliani ''\ Sheeban.deeoyed Jiia brot^Tifo^

into an out offico and strangled Mm there with the assistance of the other wan, and that both returning quickly .. - to the dwelling, surprised tun mother and daughter, and strangled them or ;■-:••; r.;^P atc h tuem by some other expedi- '" tibus tneanv- Neither Dn'ane nor the ; - ',':;;"Wtyant. girDheard any noise. The \£d*Jp4rd : .titae3S,w:h6,.has come, forward v'T.ijfill give evidence as to the removal of '•";''; ,; 'tlie "bodies at night,' and he, it is "',*''"parties engaged in the ghastly work..