The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-21 00:00:00

ANOTHER PRISONER EXAMINED AT ROW.STRRET,

In London, on Monday morning, at the Bow-street Police-
court, before Sir James Ingham, Bernard Gallagher, who was
recently arrested at Glasgow on a charge of being concerned
In the explosions which took place in that city in February
last, was brought up in custody of Chief Superintendent
Williamson and Inspector Langrish, of Scotland-yard, and
charged with being concerned with the six men now in cus-
tody who are accused of having explosives in their posses-
sion for the purpose of committing a felony.

Mr, It. •S. Wright, who appeared on behalf of the Trea-
sury, said all he would have to do on this occasion would
be simply to ask for a remand until Thursday next, when
the other prisoners will be further charged. He would
be able to establish that the prisoner was the brother
of Thomas Gallagher, or Dr. Gallagher, as he was
called, now under remand, and that telegrams and
letters had passed between them. Money had also
been sent from Dr. Gallagher to the prisoner; and it would
be also proved that Dr. Gallagher and the prisoner Curtin
were frequent visitors to the prisoner now before the court.
He had been brought from Scotland late last night or early
this morning, and it would be impossible to proceed with
the case to ay.

John Langrish, inspector, of Scotland-yard, said that at
half-past five o'clock last night he arrested the prisoner at
Glasgow, and told him that he would be charged with con-
spiring with others in custody to destroy public buildings by
means of explosives. He said, "I am very much pleased I
am going to London on the matter. I know I shall be able to
clear myself of this.'
Sir James Ingham: Would you like to put any question to
this witness?
he is saying what I said to him.
The prisoner Nnero; was then remanded till Thursday.

It is said that special orders have been issued from the
Home Office by Sir William Harcourt to the effect that no
one is to be allowed to communicate with any of the pri-
soners except in the presence of a warder or some other
prison official. No exception is. to be made to the rule, and
the prisoners' solicitors, in calling upon them to take their
instructions for their defence, are obliged to converse with
them in the presence of a prison official.

THE SEIZURE OF EXPLOSIVES AT•BLRILINGHAIL
At a meeting of the Bircalugham lows Connell, held oh

Tuesday, Mr. W. H. Hart, in moving the adoption of the
Watch Committee's report respecting the seizure of explo-
sives in Ledsam-street, Ladywood, said that the entire credit
of the discovery was due to Serjeant Richard Price, who,
with an astuteness and shrewdness which deserved the
highest praise, received priv§te information from a source
which it was not desirable to make public,. He for a
time watched the place himself, made inquiries, and then
reported to the Chief Constable his suspicions in the
matter. Mr. Ferndale then very properly gave instructions
that the place should be carefully watched; that it should
not be lost sight of day or night; and that anyone leaving
the premises with anything should be tracked to their
destination. They all knew what the result had been—
anl he thought it was desirable that credit should be given
in the case where credit was due. On Monday Mr. Fern-
dale was asked to go to London to have an interview with
the Home Secretary, who spoke in terms of the highest
praise of the Birmingham police. The Home Secretary said
those services would not be forgotten, and that every credit
would be given them for what they had done.