▁– ▁his ▁sk ull ▁was ▁be aten ▁all ▁to ▁pieces ▁with ▁stones , ▁his ▁eyes ▁knock ed ▁into ▁his ▁head , ▁and ▁his ▁face ▁altogether ▁so ▁cont used , ▁as ▁to ▁render ▁it ▁quite ▁fright ful ▁to ▁beh old . ▁The ▁body ▁was ▁drag ged ▁through ▁h ed ges ▁and ▁d itch es ▁nearly ▁half ▁a ▁mile , ▁and ▁then ▁depos ited ▁in ▁a ▁bog hole , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁next ▁day ▁nearly ▁n aked . ▁Need ham ▁was ▁ro bb ed ▁of ▁clothes ▁and ▁money , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁dep riv ed ▁of ▁life . ▁There ▁being ▁no ▁Cor on er ▁in ▁the ▁County , ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁Mag istr ates , ▁viz : ▁Sir ▁George ▁F ether ston , ▁Major ▁O ' Don og h ue , ▁Mr . ▁King ston ▁of ▁Mos st own , ▁and ▁the ▁Rev . ▁James ▁M off ett , ▁have ▁been ▁during ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁days ▁holding ▁an ▁In quest , ▁which ▁was ▁not ▁concluded ▁when ▁our ▁Cor respond ent ▁closed ▁his ▁letter . ▁Through ▁the ▁extreme ▁activity ▁of ▁the ▁Const ab ul ary , ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁persons ▁imp licated ▁in ▁this ▁at ro cious ▁affair , ▁have ▁been ▁taken ▁into ▁cust ody , ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁little ▁doubt , ▁we ▁are ▁happy ▁to ▁say , ▁but ▁that ▁the ▁guilty ▁will ▁be ▁shortly ▁brought ▁to ▁cond ign ▁pun ishment . ▁R ather ▁a ▁singular ▁circumst ance ▁is ▁concerned ▁with ▁this ▁murder ous ▁transaction ▁– ▁exactly ▁three ▁years ▁from ▁the ▁evening ▁on ▁which