COUNTY TYRONE A coroner's inquest was held on Monday last, on the body of William Wallace, who was shot by his master, Mr. John Hamilton, under the following circumstances :--The deceased was a servant of Mr. John Hamilton (of Drumads, near Coagh, a most respectable and influential farmer,) for upwards of twenty years, and his master and he left Coagh fair together, on Friday, the 13th. When they had returned home, Mr. Hamilton took down a blunderbuss, to which was attached a spring bayonet, and proceeded to the fields. The servant persuaded him to return it, and took it into his own hand, but, on putting it down to adjust the harness on a horse close by, it was seized by his master, who discharged it at him. He survived only a few hours. He then espied another man, of the name of M'Keown, and cried out, "You saw me, and, as you may betray me, I¹ll kill you, too," stabbing the man at the same time, who is now lying in a dangerous state. A sudden outbreak of insanity can only account for this. Mr. Hamilton has been sent to Omagh gaol. Seldom has our quiet port of the North had a tale of so awful a nature to tell.

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