MR. AHCHDALE (Fermanagh, W.)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland whether any particulars are to hand as to the murder last week in Fermanagh of a man named Hugh Thompson; and whether Gilmartin, the man whose hay had been burned and on whose behalf Thompson was to give evidence, had been denounced at meetings in Belcoo of the United Irish League for taking an evicted farm.
§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)Is the United Irish League to be made responsible for every crime committed in Ireland?
§ MR. ATKINSONA man named Gilmartin, in May last, took a farm from which the previous tenant had been evicted. A meeting was held in June, 744 under the auspices of the United Irish League, close to the evicted farm, at which Gilmartin was denounced by reference, though not by name, and it was suggested by several of the speakers that he should be boycotted. He was subsequently rigorously boycotted. His hay having been burnt in October, he claimed compensation for malicious injury. This claim was to have been heard at the assizes at Enniskillen. Thompson, the murdered man, was a friend of Gilmartin, and, although of a different religion, supported him, and aided him in resisting the boycott, and was about to be examined as a witness to sustain Gilmartin's claim. Three men have been arrested charged with the crime, the motive and cause of which will be investigated at the trial. At this stage I do not think it proper to express any opinion on the subject.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANCan the Attorney General say why Irish transgressions are so eagerly advertised by Ulster Members?
§ [No answer was given.]