New Hampshire Statesman

From an English Paper.
Curious discovery of Murderers.—The
men who lately committed a murder in
the county of Clare, upon a person named
Ryan, have been, through the police, apprehended, in the following manner: A party of the police, commanded by Serjeant Jamieson reached the
spot within about an hour after the
perpetration of the horrid deed,
and followed the footsteps of the murderers with the most persevering assiduity.—The men remarked, from the
impression on the ground, that one of
them wore new brogues, or strong shoes
the soles of which were thickly set
with nails; and so vigilant were they
that they observed the vacancy left by
the head of one nail being wanting in
one of them. This track they pursued
to the ruffian's house whom they took
into custody, with the identical shoes
yet wet upon his feet. They immediately measured the shoe with the impression upon the fatal spot, and found
it to answer in every respect, even to
the absent nail. The other man, they
observed, had on but one shoe. This
track they followed, and actually took
him into custody in his own house, having on a wet and dry shoe. This circumstantial evidence, we are glad to say,
has been strengthened by the identification of both the prisoners by the family
of the unfortunate victim. We cannot
but recognize a remarkable Providence
in the apprehension of these men, and
we wish it may impress upon the minds
of the evil disposed the awful warning
that the murderer will not, even upon
earth, be suffered to escape the vengeance due to his crime. Both the above
men have been committed to gaol, and
the family of Ryan has been brought into town for safety.