Weekly
Freeman’s Journal 3 February 1883.
Threatening to
Shoot Sir Nugent Humble
At ten
o’clock on Saturday it was reported to Head-Constable Kyne, of Dungarvan, that
two men armed with revolvers had threatened to shoot Sir Nugent Humble, Bart,
of Cloncoskeran…A man named Fitzgerald gave information of the matter to the
constabulary. He stated that he was
engaged breaking stones on the public road leading from Cappoquin to Dungarvan,
when two strange men, having the appearance of tramps, asked him if he saw Sir
Nugent Humble passing that day. Fitzgerald
said he did not, and asked them what they wanted him for. Both of them said that they wanted to shoot
him. Fitzgerald asked how they could shoot him without firearms. Both men
thereupon pulled out revolvers. He did
not question them further, and they then proceeded in the direction of
Dungarvan. Subsequently the police
arrested two men on the charge. This
afternoon a magisterial investigation was held before A.E. Redmond, R.M., and
the prisoners remanded until Monday next. When they were searched at the police barracks
no weapon of any kind was found upon them.