LA MANCHA TRAGEDY.
GUILTY OF MURDER. GARDENER SENTENCED TO DEATH. LONDON. Nov. 11. After a trial extending over a period ot : six days, Henry McCabe was found guilty of murclcr .in connection with the deaths of six inmates of a mansion, known as La Mancha, close to Dublin. He was sentenced to death. The tragedy occurred at La Mancha, a substantially built country house near Malatide, a "seaside town, ton miles from Dublin. In the ruins of the house, after the lire which, totally destroyed it. were found the bodies of Joseph and Peter MeDonnel and t.h' ir sisters, Annie and Alice, and two servants, Mary McGowan and James Clarke. The McDonnell family had the reputation of being wealthy, having conducted a prosperous grocerybusiness in Ballgar. Galway. Several theories were entertained as to the perpetrator of the crime. The gardener, a man named McCabe, was detained in custody after the inquest. He declared that he had been at a wake in Malatide the night of the fire, find found the house in flames when he returned.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 November 1926, Page 7
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176LA MANCHA TRAGEDY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 November 1926, Page 7
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