[Letter to C. Hutchinson from Patrick Donnelly]

Biddulph April 25, 1881

James Feeheley told me when sleeping with him in his house that [...] he did not like to tell but he said if he could give an oath to and then leave the country he would hang every one of them he also told me about his uncle being sent to him by Pat Ryder to try and get him to sware [swear] for Carroll he said he was often offered money to sware [swear] for them and Pat Ryder said to him one day we did murder them but can they prove it.

(signed) Patrick Donnelly

Source: J.J. Talman Regional Collection, University of Western Ontario Archives, Donnelly Family Papers, B4878, File 4, Patrick Donnelly, Letter to C. Hutchinson from Patrick Donnelly, April 25, 1881.

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