The Murderer Sallivan in England

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 16, 22 October 1874, Page 3

The Murderer Sallivan in England

y.' By. the. *3anf-Francisdo,. mail, -full*iand| < accural^ information ?has ( -b.eenrrecei*y.ed l <r Sgarding* j jth'dV .passage, home, .and I the j .dpihg in LoniddW, ofvthe~noWi<m£*Sul-; •livan of Maungatapu cesj.ebrityi!} . The' .circumstanced •.rattehdant.^on • Suliiuan i leaving -tbesei shores vyill. he afresh in the : .minds.of'our readers, and we now. giye ; information; as, to -bis: subsequent* travels taken *from>letter by a passenger in the ! •Bin.dostan from ; Auckland to London". publishing, what transpired pn thevpyageiwe also give, what vfasspebi.- ' ally gathered for us in LondWßy a passengeiv who .received, . from; 4* -ifeliablQ .source, -information of every md^&hent pfiSullivan subsequent to his; landing../ .Sullivan left, Auckland in the Hindo.,stari,, fpr, -Lpndon, under the assumed name of Clarke. Me.word a flaxen wig apd m p.ustache, ibu fi n.o.twi thsitaiidiiQ^;- his' *lisguise> jhe-was ; recognised.- , -On < the second da3';..:i.aftftr:his,; departure 'frjojtfr/ ;Auckland, jSullivan- was trecdgnised by one ■.of; the; passengers, i a. -medical; genV' tlemrtn;,and also .by a.ladyipassfenger. :r : be la.dy had! a photograph pfithe M.aurir , ga.tapu. murderers- -Sullivan, Le\«y,Burgess, and Kelly*--and: was. confident, that the -man on. board .was , no*.o '*. other, than Sullivan. -The disguise:bf tlieflaxen wig and moustache - wes perceived,: and . its detection confirmed the belief of those who .recognised ihirn;. -.When it became •known .that- Sullivan was on .board, a feeling; .of -feai; .and- insecurity prevailed, f and there .was great excitement. The ■passengers strongly urged* the captain* fo : incarcerate him; for the voyage;;. "VYhbrr charged by the captain with, being Sullivan the murderer, he -ber came ;qui.tb : indignant, denied that be was,, and -threatened to.bring/an -action' pn his landing in England. for, defamation,Qf; character against the parties .who < had.m^defree with: what he was pleased tpterm his "gopd- name." a The pas-, sengers; were. net satisfied iwith. tbose : prptes.tatipns,,; regardin g. them as a -piece of -bounce, ,and* reiterated their* request to , the •, captain ( ! to •' have Sullivan jm* ; prisoned. '.. Wedo-hpt.know-iftJie-capj- , tain. actually promised to- take hirb into ; custody,^but he; proceeded tp.take Steps : for, imprisoning him. On this becoming known, to Sullivan, . he boldly went up to . the i Captain :and i told him that ; if vh e arrested biffiibe;did;so at his own; peril, denied that. he /was- the man the passi-n'-gers -represented -him to he, -and that if he arrested him, he (Sullivan)', should' bring <a charge .! against himoriihis l,arrival in Lohdbri.for doing so.' .S.ullitan' wasialso recognised ;hy a sailor .onboard, but this eirctimstarice was not known ; till! -at ;the", close of the voyage' .This ! sailor Jiafd .been imprisoned .in Ifunedin Gaol for some weeks for deserting his ship;at*Port* Chalmers; . iOn account of, •eitbfer .threats . orpr'o'mises front** Sulli : vah ; ' he, said nothing about the identification till after,, Sullivan had. landed iniLohdori. ; Several titties.', during ;,thb':v:byage; the passen'^arsf £ndjqre)v were almost .in -,-a state, of nttrtiny :.at Sullivari : being at large, they,, having' -no doubt :on the point : that E« was the' NglVoh, murderer. Sulliv,an ? s denials did not' shake their belief -on,, this point, and opininns not very complimentary were expressed as to timidity and .„ vacillation, in not taking; him into Custody, . Thoughinot | placed under arrest, a rigid suiweilancie wa.3 - kept over hini*, and' the. captain seems to have done, all ; hie .could eon* sistently. with not exposing*, himself to' an action at law. On avrnkhsit Peri--zance,,* Cornwall, where : the;, pilot boat intercepts homeward .bound- vessels^ a number, of. passengers^ left for: London, staying in that city till the ari-jyabof the Hindostan in the docks '. with their luggage. . Sullivan wanted: io*-b:e; landed at P6nza.nceilsa3dng.that he should be allowed,tO'do..as the other passengers had doiie. The captain ..refused. Sui?* j livan; demanded; as a fight.to. be. landed, saying that lie was -a free .subject, and threatened the-, captaih with prosecution foriillegally detuning him. The captain, •no; doubt stung* by the way in. which He had been talked to bythe.passenge.rs.on the Voyage, was -determined not to - let Sullivan land'., till- the detectives, had' seen him; .* :,*. Accordingly:; be ! told {him that ; his (Sullivan's); r destination -was London;^riot7Penzancei; -and. that, be r could leave, the ship; when she, arrived at his destination, and not-i before! -, . ,A telegram wais. sent; from; Pen'saance: tp Lbndbn. /. The,, result Lof ; the telegrant) was: that lon * the -arrival iof the . ive§s^ at Gravesen-d several persons* knp.wni to be:detp.ctives froni :Scbtland Xard AWe?e in attendance;- ? j and; on ; [arrival < . in ; the East- ! J ndia; i Docks , .other Iftetefitiivs appeared: *,pn: the i^cene.: ;-tvas wary^ and; *.wpuld not rgive the: pplice- ajt excuse for. arrpsting! binv^atndvs^ms^to have .landed; .with' isome* mpney ; ; jft bis • pocket; -^ So muchifpr , the jvpya^e; ;aAs to ihis doings after; landing,: ithe; *^0,116wj» ing.'iaci^- larel from a ; (sourcse ;' is strictlyreliable ;— rThe [detectives^, knojcing the;;man. :; theyi had.tondeattwijb; deputed-acfemalelspy spWafly>ttigJjw*atch himliD SVispiciPus. J as.)an;;old .gablTbiiid ,'* like this ; spems ;torFhaV-3throkni!liimL' pffijhis }' | guar^^^he^rnaleji^g^djhifo^fal^r: I i Kes:hactsMfi*/t^ r vossel,;aia^[wiasl pasfeing; \ '. thrpuw.fe-*th&<|d6ckg^ j tio*Sl.tfesultedfmf h^ | hiniy.-tp lod^ngsj'i-she ara'marking/thM "• pbserving. bim to be a strahgeun she! 1 > *jvpulpl,4i^p^ih*in%;in ;^ | ; $eqep,ted £^i : pS§k'}i!M.i^ &§> yssskt I ihe/i^evn]^,^ j ; w^nt-ot^t-tf^y.i^V; th^^^^

J)Q JQQk jothf.r lodging, but thf(*^^B shiffed^DWtdVan&iis the police; on'him^^Pf-idr lpffbe«^San mail levying, he wasdodging in als£|H h 9»§ e J^M±y a^ female^ d l e?;iiMW formed members of the DetectivelfelfW that.he i n tended^hiar r vi n'g a n d, seflllHi do wii. vTfi at life had somei siicl?inl|n^H| •}V;as tab^ se^fro-ji.theifacttbattiS^Bl f !% (PropriQtre^ *, of^thj-, ,fipft^f bf|H whenever v they f took'ith^ir fp Iks abrP„B^H Vfe-lial$l« seep^ with^ 11^ :^# j^iWß .•aie.^ritishi.M^e^-niyVAild^ e SjPf ParUamenttp^^ $--^<?-»£^ P^Sy.^^^^^be. ?emal^ >ef§rr t ed $Qj A m^™ pf tiie |taljs ■ afc'np Jess: a place^.tban" .tM Italian Opera. Tbe' passenger^jw^^BJ saw hun fnfpEmepl. the' ■" t wh'P f tllH KW wa9,'iapd;^badrbis*: mind .sa'tisfieM Py ;)S**.nijifa r that .-.Sulbv^n (^ag^^q^H watched; at,fthg .time. • ; ■ Sulli vnivb-ia py!*H pressed -his . injtftn tion.j to leayer fo^fM Ju,nite(l, States, : . uhoomj for table under, jtb'e rigid; f SurveillancQw the liun ? don^ n.etective^qrcp. • f ßviden^| N : osii?| s i.-Eng-iund; ;tqo's hoi ; ;for^T|yM We beli^yie, we,vyill bejin r a :r ,ppsitio^fS i^^pi.pu'^r^ men.ts, .^'nles's.jie. .^cpippjisbe.% : th^|fl likely feat of Je^vii3i^^art^emb^S;|OT Bcotland; .Yard W^r^Vißjfl whereabouts.: >. 1^ wlll^-o factory to the; .pepple ;of '-t^j Gpjpii^^H know, thatthis human /( itio-eiSri«.Vlo§el^