Southern Telegraph

Mysterious Affair.—The district of Broadford, county Clare, has been thrown into excitement by informations given by the post-boy who lately conveyed the mail from Limerick to Tulla. He was discharged by the contractor with the post-office, named Burns, a miller and farmer on the line, and in revenge has charged the contractor with burying an old man in his employment alive! His story is, that the old man, being in a feeble state, was sent on a car to his friends in the county Tipperary. They refused to receive him, and sent him back when Burns, assisted by his son and the informant, buried him alive, in his clothes! Burns and his son have been arrested, and admit that the old man was buried in his clothes, but deny that he was alive. The coroner and magistrates have been for some days searching for the body, which was interred in an old church-yard, but, although assisted by the informer and the accused, they had not been able to discover it when our informant wrote. The post-boy has sworn that he heard the old man groan, as they threw the dirt on him in his grave.—Irish paper.