Re: Excerpts from Irish newspapers

[Dennis Ahern]

From The Cork Examiner, 15 October 1861 -

AN attempt at murder was made on Saturday evening by a man
named Hallisey. About eight o'clock he entered the house of
Thomas Barry, in Hospital-lane, and attacked him with a razor,
cutting his throat across. He also attacked the wife of Barry,
but happily not with the razor, and she suffered more from
terror than from any bodily injury. Hallisey then left the house.
Soon after the constabulary at the Bandon-road station were
informed of the outrage and they went to the house in which
Hallisey resided, for the purpose of arresting him. On knocking,
Hallisey opened the door for them. He held a lighted candle in
his hand at the time and appeared quite unexcited, allowing
himself to be taken into custody without offering any resistance.
Brien [sic] was removed to the South Infirmary, where it was
found that the wound which he received was not dangerous.
The prisoner appeared to be, and we believe is, mentally
deranged.

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