ABSTRACT
The daring assassination of Mr. Horsfall in open day spurred on the Huddersfield authorities to make still greater efforts to discover the Luddites who, they were well aware, were very numerous in the town and neighbourhood; but they found their task more difficult than ever, as the old fear of the vengeance of the dreaded fraternity had resumed its sway over the minds of the people since the murder, and many who might put the officers of the law on the scent were fain to bury their information or suspicions deep in their own hearts.
