Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 2)

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1. The Fatal Day (continued)

   

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   walked down the drive leading from his home on his way to the Court House - a shot rang out and Young fell.

   

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2. The Demented Widow

   

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   Young's wife hearing the shot ran down the drive, her husband died in her arms not having spoken.
   There was consternation in the town of Castlerea when it became publicly known that Y___ was fatally shot.
   The men and women who had attended the market were anxious to clear out of the town and get home.
   There was much sympathy for the bereaved Widow and Orphans.
   Later in the day, Saturday, a Court was held in the Court-house, Castlerea, when the young man who was confined in the Lock-up during the previous night was taken before another Magistrate and was given a

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script