It  was  also  in  evidence  that  Tirrell  had  called  in
haste,  very  early  on  that  Monday  morning,  at  a  livery-
stable  near  Bowdoin  Square,  saying  that  "  he  had  got
into  trouble;  that  somebody  had  come  into  his  room
and  tried  to  murder  him,"  and  he  wanted  a  vehicle
and  driver  to  take  him  out  of  town.  These  were  fur-
nished, and  he  was  driven  to  Weymouth.  He  also  had
called  between  four  and  five  o'clock  at  tlie  house  of  one
Head,  in  Alden  Court,  not  far  from  the  livery-stable,
and  asked  for  some  clotlies  which  he  had  left  there,
saying  that  he  was  going  to  Weymouth.  The  ofGcers
who  went  in  search  of  him  on  the  same  day  did  not
succeed  in  finding  him ;  but  some  months  afterwards
he  was  arrested  in  New  Orleans,  and  brought  to  Bos-
ton for  trial.  The  public  were  exasperated  by  the
atrocity  of  the  deed,  were  generally  convinced  of  his
guilt,  and  confident  that  he  would  be  convicted.  The
crime  could  be  charged  upon  no  one  else ;  and  the
evidence  connected  him  with  it  so  closely  that  there
seemed  to  be  no  chance  of  escape.
