Paddiana, or Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from Paddiana, or Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Vol. 2 of 2: Present and Past Apprehension Of the murderers, this woman this fiend in human form - came forward as approver, or king's evidence, against the rest. She calmly and callously denounced them all, and it almost became a question whether she had not, all along, calculated upon their de struction, and led them on to commit the mur der that she might profit by the expected reward. It was Shocking to mark the callous indiffer ence with which she gave her evidence against her former friends, and the details Of her sup plying them with food, as they lay behind banks and in ruined cottages, waiting for their prey sometimes playfully levelling their guns to cover the person of some unsuspecting traveller made your blood run cold. Another approver there also was at these assizes, connected, I be lieve, with the bringing to light Of the same conspiracy. He was lodged in an officer's quarters in the barracks for weeks before the trial and air and exercise being recommended for him, he took his walks about the town with a policeman on either side, each armed with a huge horse-pistol, for his protection. Five, if not more, were executed for this murder and conspiracy. Of the two that suffered first, one was the most muscular man that I ever saw. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.