Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wednesday 4 September 1861, page 5


THE MURDERER "HARRY."

W BiTiho on the 29th ultimo, the Gunnedah coi respondent of the Maitland Ita airy sajg -After being safelj doposited m the lock up here, Hnrry vv as he iv llj leg ironed in addition to tho handcufls he had on, nnd though at first ho appeircd cast down, jet these laBt two dajs he has frequently joked and laughed, not only with I riEoncrs in the adjoimng cells, but also those persons ?who, led by curiosity, went to look nt him no was brought up before this bench on Tuesday lhere were present, Messrs C W Ilojd, lobn Johnstone, and Thomas Parnell, JP'« The chief constable of C-i«silis (Mr Vi llliam John Weston) pre-ferred tho elim gc ngnmst the prisoner, of being tho murilercrof Mrs Mni-j Mills, at Gundebri, in the district of Merrl-va, on 16th July last-this being the principal, out of numcious charges to be

pieferred against him

Mr Johnllumphiics, squatter, of Borah, deposed to the ap-prehension of the prisoner ne ir Borch, on tho morning of the 25th, on the charge of hnvmgrmurdered Mrs Mary Mills

Mr Constable Gibson, of Coonahambran, deposed to having been the first police officer to come up nftcr the pnsonor s uppre hciiBion, nnd to his having escorted him in company vvith Mr Hiimplirie1- to the lock up here Tho swag which the prisoner had with him when apprehended was proluced, together with other articles picked up on Ins tracks On being asked ia the usual waj, after being dul> cautioned, if ho had auj thing to say in ans«cr to the charge, ho replied, "1 have nothing to say

A warrant wns hereupon given to Chief Constable W cstou to con-vey the prisoner to Merrina, in the neighbourhood of which the

horrid clime was committed.

J'nsoncr'b ilcmennour was of seemingly jannty indifferent dis

position, he rcplvmg with inrch levity when asked concoimng tho little girl of Mrs Mills whom he took uwnj aftei the murder ofler mother "Harn, nins ' bippj," is a nativeof tho M'lnlyro Uiver tribe of nhoiigmals, is about 5 feet / inches high, "not very bael looking , has a scai of un old incised wound nearly nu inch in length under light eve, and another on forehead abnut half an incn long, extending tow -into the nose , his linir was eui!) and long but he say s he cut it with a pair of shears, with a view of disfiguring himself, and avoid tlotectiou W hen brought to the lock up he bed on a pilot cloth jacket, red night cap, pair of coarse cordurov trousers, a white shirt, Scotch twill shut and n Cnmcnn cheel sim t, no boots His swng consisted of n double bimi pistol, powder, caps, bullet«, and shot, tvveed coal, pair ucw moleskin trousers, a grcv guernsey, two ia/ors, looking gln°s comb, n hammer, pur blankets, two hiiidkciclucts, pod et-1 nifc, a saddle strap, and EOino silv cr These were fountl on him when ciughl, besides which a e'oul lc-barrcl gun was found bj Mr "Weston somo w eeles back, ut a fetation he (Harry) bud called at, near Warrnu, callednum-Ws station, and which he left there also other tilings dioppcd here and there on his passage through the countrj

In proof ol tho systematic manner in v luch the v lllain eluded the vigilance of hu, pursuers, though dihgentlv and untiringly fenrcbing for him, it may lie stated that ho would sometimes follow on tho heels, as it wc o of his pursuers-then, to avoid Icing tracked, he would lake off lus boots, and tie grass or lcav C3 to his feet, so as to leav c no vestido of ins advance, at other times lew ould vcir his booti, and step away from his tricks for some distance, placing his blanket under his feet the while, at other times he w ould drop «omo portions of his sjv og h-ro nnd t'tei c, to as to make lu« pursuers believe the} were cloeo at his heels, nt the same time he would bound on twenty miles or more At one time he would usctlid the top of a mountain, nnd espy thoi-e in chase of lum on the plains, at others he would got up a tree and allow his pursues, to pass hy Sinco he has been in tho lockup he recógn «eel Mr Chief Constable Murray, and Mr Alexander Thomson, and then blackfellow, \nrri, who weio

tracking lum n,. Borah, mid said thej passed closed to hint when , m n tice In like mnnnci did he perceive others of his pti suers

He has voluntinlj confcs'cd to the mureler of Mrs Mills nnd saj s that ho a«kcd her for n drink, when she refused to gil o it to lum, and threw hot water about him , he then attacked her with the tomahawk He also confesses to tho assiult on the bay, nnd the abduction of ti o little gul, but adds that he did not kill her, hut that sha got away fron him w hen he was asleep on \\ ¡urah llldges, about four miles from n sheep station He also acknow-ledge« huv nig committed tho rape on the person of the girl at Murray's station, near Kickerblll, and lastly tho abduction of tho half caste girl, from Borah station Ho appears quite indifferent to his fate, arid say s "I suppoeo they'll hang me.*' He says that he was three years in gaol, two of which were in Sydney, about foin years ago. He is intelligent looking, and speaks good Eng

lish

Ho started to day in custodv of chief constable Weston and con-stable Petts, who will escott lum to Mcinw-i, distant 100 nita from hcic A large numbci of persons collected to ecc bim before leaving the lock up

THE Oi HU -Tcstci-dnv evening 'Lurline was repented for the fifth lime before n lirgc audience, aud seems to mercase m popU laritj It is to bo repeated this evening, and to morrow Verdi's Tmviatn is announced for performance, being a "command"

ni], lit.

'.CTjoor OP Ar-rs -Yesterday evcntnga lecture on "Oratory" was delivered nt the School of Arts, bv Mr C Cleveland It waa i¿recably diversil ed by a numbci of recitations from popular authors, and appeared to giv e satisfaction to a rather thin auditory

I iw m PITT aiaKfT-At about nineo clo->k last night a fire broke out m on upper room of Mr C A. W îlsou's w urchouse and elwell ng house, situate in Pitt-street l\oith Fortunately, white tbc fire was confined to the one room, it was elucovcreel by a pei

sou i a-rçinj, nt the time, who immediately gai o the nlnnn to tho , family, anel assisted to re nove the children By means of timely issistunco, and a plentiful supply of buckets of water, the

flames were subtlucd ero they had spiead beyond the room ia I which the fire originated The circumstanco of a fire having broken out was speedily reported nt the fire engine office«, and in a few minutes two arrived on the spot, but happily they were not reqim ed to bo got to work W ith regard to tho origin of tho fire, it is stated that tho children, in running with a lighted caudle nftcr a kitten, accidentally set fire to a dress hanging up in the room (which was used as a nursery), and then ran down stairs without saying anything of the acculent

ConoM,ns IMICCST-Mr J. S Parker, coroner for the city, commenced, at the City Arms Inn, comer of Crown and Stanley strict», Woolloomooloo, Jcsterdnj, aninquest on tho body of a woman named Lli/a Cullin» (previously understood to bo Graj), who was found dead on last Monday morning Tho inquest vv as atljourncd to to dav, for the purpose of giving two meehcal mon time to make a post mortem examination of the body

Cnuncri OF LNOCAMI SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE-The second of aseries oflcctuies on the "History of tho I arty Christian Church " WOB delivered bv thn Bei G H Moretoi, in connection with the abov e named Institute, in tho Church Society's House, Phillip street, j cstcrdaj cv ening The audience was unusually large The Dean of Sv dncy occupleel the chair The first lceturo on the subject was delivered some months age), and brought tho history down to tho persecution of the Church under Iv ero, the Komnn Emperor At that point, therefore, Mr More-ton resumed tlie subject, and nftcr dwelling nt somo length on the tembló persecution to which the Christians of that day woro subjected bv the cruel Nero, he ptocceded to speak of Taul's ex-perience liiHomc-of his impribonrocnt, his epistle to lunothv, his trial, &c Peter's v isit to Home, and its results-his impri-sonment and crucifixion, wero also touched upon ihc rov

lecturer then referred to some incidents in tho life of Christ, in connection with lils predictions of tho overthrew of Jerusalem and the razing of the Temple, pre-paratory to his ("Mr Moleton s) description, which he then pro-ceeded with, ot the exasperation of tho Jows by tho Roman Governors, and their sub'cqnent insurrections in Ciosareaand Jcrut-nlcm After alluding to the temporary calm which suc-ceeded tho temporary tnumph of the Jews, Mi Moreton detailed tho particulars of tbo i ecnll of "V cspasian from exile, and his ap-pointment to tl_o head of a Roman army bv tho Emperor Nero, alco to the appointment ol Vesp-isian's son Titus lo a suboidlnate command, of the departuic of tho two armies ono undei the command of Acspnstin, and tho other under Titus from Borne, and of their meeting, lio-n different points, in Palestine, of the death of hero, tho succession of \ cspasian nnd his return to Itomo, of the siego of Jerusalem, tho terrible slaughter and famine among the Jews which accompanied it, the destruction of tho Temple, tho selling of largo numbers of Jews into sluveiy (in fulfilment of prophecy), and tho return of litus to the Imperial City with numb"rs more as trophies of his victory The remaining portion of the lecture consisted principally of tho detail of somo interesting par-ticulars of the life of St. John, accompanied by concluding re-marks on the wonderful extension of Christianity, afunst all obstacles, to all parts of the then known woild in so shoit u epaco of time Iho lcctuie, which was deeply interesting, «as listened to with marked attention throughout, and at its termination Mr Moie on received the coielial thanks of the audience Tho pro

cccdings tummated with the doxology and benediction soon after

runo o clock

LLOISI-ATIVK ASSIMBIA -WniT or ELKoriou -A writ has been issuetl, and tho following arrangements mado for tho elec-tion of a member to seno in the present Legislative Assembly of r. ew South W ales, for the electoral district of the Tumut, m room of Charles Cowper, jun, Esq, resigned Placo of nomination, Tumut, date ot writ, 2nd September, 1SB1, date of nomination. Ililli beptcmber, 1S01, polling day, Jiitk September. 1861. return of writ, 10th October, 18G1

Lnoisr,ATivK Couvert»- The Oovernorhas, with tho advleo of the Executive Council, in her Majesty's name Butnmoncd tho following gentlemen to the Legislative Council of how South ?Wales, bj w rits of summons under tho great seal of the colony, vi/ , 1 dwnrd Buller, and Samuel Deane Gordon, Esqs

DiSTnuerrivp Fini, AT AUCKI AM> -Wo aro informed by a pas-senger who arrived j csterday, that the Belfast notol, kopt bj Mr A Boonoy, situated in Treeman s Bay, was totally destroyed by flic on the morning of tho 27 til ultimo Lvery exertion was mado to reach tho burning clement, b it without succcs, as heav v rain had set in for somodaja previous, rendering tho roads almost impasible, which impeded tho approach of tho engines Tho conflagration lusted but a very shoi t time, tho building being completely burnt to tho ground, happily the wind, whioh was blowing picttj frcsh.was in tho opposite way of tbo othei houses, or tho damne, c might hav e been much moro acnous

OLFN QUINN, August 27- Our correspondent writes -Tho weather is now fino and settled, and the roaels fast drying up Drays will soon bo able to cross tho hamoi. The country is assuming KB usual appearance, nnd the prospect of an early spring will buoj up tho drooping spirus of stock owners after as severo a winter as wo hav o upon record

luiujcAMä* LicïhSKs- The qunrtcrlj mcetuig of justices for transaction of btiBincRS under the I icensmg Act, wns commenced Wotcrdaj, before tho Police Magistrate, with Messrs G Hill and b Cohen Tlifttj^four-api^ctiUongfoit^ijinsfeia-of Jlccn«cs woro granted, two were postponed, and ono was withdrawn The mcctint, then adjourned until noon on Iriday, when tho justices will be prepared to take the lccogni/anccs of tho'o persons to

whom licenses have been transferred.

HCCK1I.0 DKATII - On Sundi) last, as ?» stcpBon of Mr John M'Donaia s was nding near the Fight milo Crossing-place, on Tilbuster Creek, he discovered the îcmains of tho bnd) of a man, and subsequently eme information to tho police On Monday îrorningMi Jackos coroner, and a jury of five, proceeded to the trot, and inspected tho boety A charred log to ne eighteen inches m diameter and fourteen feet in length lay across the legs, which weic fractured, denuded of flesh, and partly calcined Hie head and neck appeared also to ha\ o been partlj routed Deceased had worn ti ousers of thiel. Lnghsli tv, ecd, v> ith i dark stripe in the pattern, a tight Utting woollen guernsc) next tho bod), covered by a Scotch bull shirt, anil over that a blue serge shirt. The woollen clothing hid pio tcctcd the trunk from being so much burnt as the legs and head About the body were some »ctuchcd remnants of a blue blanket. A pair of boots were) also found by the side of a log near a gunyah a few yards off-the gun) ah ha\ mg been put up recently bj one of Mr Keele s rond pin tie« It is supposed that deceased camped in the gun) ah, but, Indinga too cold, made a fire at the foot of the old tree, and that whilst ho was asleep the log fell, breaking his legs and setting fire to his clothing An open ro/oi, rustctl, lu) by the side of the bod), but whether deceased used it to shorten his suffeilugs is uncertain No money was found on or about the body, nor ohio as to deceased's name It is surmised that elcccnscd lost his life not moro than about three weeks ago-ns a few days bo) ond that tune the gumlah was inhabited fora night by a party whose hoi sea had knocked up In accordance with the circumstances, the jurvreturned a verdict that they supposed death had been caused b) tho falling of a burning tree -Al mídale Express

ACC1DH.T inoMiiiE FnvBH, AND NAMIOW EscAr-K- A\or) melancholy accident occun ed at Hillsborough crossing-place, on hist lucsda) afternoon, b) which u -very valuablo team of buUocks belonging to Mr Francis O'Ncil were drowned, and his two sons narrowl) escaped with their liv cs, at the spot where Mr Steele, sheriff's baili«, ii as drowned labt summer Mr O Neil's sons, John and lrank started with ten bullocks and two drays, one stimig behind the other, to cross at the usual crossing-place, which, from the lhcr bemg in fresh, was a hundred yards wide, ard altcicd m places b) the recent floods Frank on horseback, and John standing m one of tho di-ajs, driving the himicr bullocks, they ciosscd all right until tho leading bullocks reached the opposite bank, when the hinder diav got fast on a log, the bullo as being swimming had no power to pull, and were swept down At that moment the other dra) wits capsi/ed John leapt out and swam for the bank, and h rank, being washed off his horse, had to do the same , being good swimmers they carno ashore, but the dra), still fast on the log, kept the bullocks floating in the middle of the flood On reaching tho b-uik UiC)Oiingmen stripped, and plunged again into the nv cr to try and extricate tho bullocks, and tried all in their power, but could not sa\ e them , they w ero so much latiguod when thov came ashore, fiom cold and evhaustion, they could not stand î«inc out of ten bullocks perished, one being siv ed by a boat after swimming two hours bov ero! men w ere present, but could render no assistance whotcv cr Die dravwere roco ored next

day, and the bullocks pulled out b) means of long ropes Mr O Neil could havo got £100 for the team when ali\ e -Maitland Maali y

In» LxniniTioN -Tho Mattland Mci airy of yesterdt) says

'W c leam that since our last notice, Mr G \ indiu has fora urued to the Commissioners in S}ilucv, Mr Lev ion's case of geological specimens from the Becky Riv er, a box and keg of tobacco ex-hibited by Mr Church , a splendid sample of wheat (Brodie s prolific) sent by Mr Loder , and the following ni tides as his own und Mr H ^ indiii's exhibits, vii', the case of colonial products, and tw o buc,s of maire flour and vv heat flour Hie plum bob and mallet used in the la)ing of the comer stone of St Mar) s Church, and made bj Mr Hornblowcr from colonial wood, lias also been sent. Somo colonial wine from Mr Ireland h is been received, and will bo forwarded shortl), as will bo tho following aitieles which aro expected to bo received within a fen da)s -Mr Now-land'» cotton, a specimen of cochineal from Mr \V Child, who also promises some dried peaches and cheese, and samples of potato flour and arrowroot b) Mr I ilmoi lhc Mcssis Aindin piopose exhibiting samples of their well known bacon, and a small pig, stuffed, and com ci ted into bacon whole It may be mentioned that exhibitors have evinced a liberal spirit, and a dis-position to forwaid the object in view, even though some incon-venience and expense may be involved

MR. THOMAS PATTISON.- In our issue of the 22nd ultimo we mentioned that Mr. Thomas Pattison, the conductor of the Deaf and Dumb Institute, Sydney, having failed to return from an expedition up the country some time after he was expected, it was feared that he had been lost. We are happy to hear from his brother, Captain Pattison, that letters recently received state that he has gone on to Queensland, and is successful in collecting subscriptions for the institute -Maitland Mercury.