COM mm HIS WIFE insisted that ho he was roasting it a witch I 1 I 1 I 1 f CONVICTED OF manslaughter Clont nel witch tragedy the most remarkable case in Ir elands history nichael michael cleary poured par alfino alfine over his wife and burned her to death in the presence ot of iler her relatives trial ended dublin july I 1 michael cleary ot of achaa near was convicted of today to day in ili causing the death of his big wife bridget cleary nt it maich lith last by burning arid an ot otherwise berwise ill treating her on the ground that she was bewitched the so called clonmel witch tragedy la Is ova oue of the most remarkable in tile the annals of crime in ireland michael Mici lael cirr husband of tile the decea deceased sed patrick boland her fail father ivr william patrick michael ail chael and janics kennedy cou cousins tins mary lZ kennedy ennedy aunt and patrick rati ick dunne william ahearn and denis cancy tile latter known as the doctor wore were jointly arrestor arro arr etcil estol and tha harked ha rEed rued with bur and ill treating sirs mrs cleary clear until leath death relieved her fro from m further the evidence showed that bile NT was s puttering from nervousness and bron ci caiti challa iti and that her husband believing her toi to be bewitched bevi lichod lich cd forced a nauseous dc decoction town down her throat for the purpose or exorcising the evil spirit after afton r tilts this tho the unfortunate woman W was s held over a fire and dreadfully burned until she declared in ili the name of god cod that slip site was not cleays clea ys wife this torture waa was repeated and in the end her husband knocked her down I 1 ri trIpped off her clothing pol poured irel par afline aeline over her body lighted it and the woman burned to death in the presence of her relatives cleary claim claimed ed that lie he was riot not burning his wife but a witch tile the prisoners narrowly escaped lynching lunching lyn ching at tl the I 1 e hands of the crowd in and about tho the courtroom when they were v ere examined and they had to be taken to the jail under a strong guard euard