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   Cocrane had to walk only about thirty perches from the place where he was robbed to O'Brien's house. He went quickly and told O'Brien his story; in a few minutes more O Brien was on the back of his swiftest horse and off to Cloone to report it to the police there. O'Brien galloped his horse the most of the way. Ryan the Blacksmith took his was across the country on foot, so fast that as O'Brien was passing Ryan's forge in the village of Cloone Ryan came to the door of the forge with a red hot horse-shoe held in his hand by a punch and shouted to O'Brien "I say Sir, your horse has lost a shoe". Though the law officers had suspicions that Ryan was at the Robbery of Cocrane that statement freed him. It was considered impossible that any man on foot could outdistance a swift horse on a journey of eleven miles from Drumsilla to Cloone so mush as to to be able to heat a horse shoe red hot. As to the money the other two men came back with it to the Cloonsam Hill, halted there for some time and from there went to the fort on Lisgillock hill nearby. It was believed afterwards that they hid the money at either

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   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr H. Kilkenny

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   61

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Miltron Glebe, Co. Leitrim