ATTEMPT TO LYNCH A MURDERER IN ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5335, 21 December 1878, Page 7

ATTEMPT TO LYNCH A MURDERER IN ENGLAND.

The Bristol Times and Mirror says :—"A large crowd were awaiting the departure for Usk of the condemned man Garc a, the perpetrator of the Llangibby murders, from the Gloucester Railway-station. A strong body of police were provided, but it required their utmost exertion to convey the murderer through the crush. Refuge was, eventually, taken in the refreshment-room, and, by the time the police had got in there Garcia was exhausted with fear, the crowd having made most determined attempts to get at him, apparently to lynch him. Here the departure of the train was awaited, and a double line of police was formed from the refreshment-room to the train. Tho prisoner was conveyed through the opening, surrounded by constables and gentlemen who volunteered to assist the escort. At this time the execrations were deafening, and the attempts to get at the prisoner were re-doubled, but owing to the strenuous exertions of the police, he escaped unhurt, though hundreds of heavy blows aimed at him fell on the backs of his escort. After he was seated in the carriage, the police had to form a cordon round, to prevent the windows being smashed, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the railway officials kept the crowd clear of the train as it moved from the platform."