The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-03-06 00:00:00

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ARREST OF WALSH AT HAVRE.
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SUPPOSED CLUE TO "NO. 1."

Doaus, Friday.
Information has reached Dublin that John Walsh haa
been arrested at flung Tbe identity and whereabouts
of the mla,eirious "No. 1," named by Carey, the iuformer,
aa the chief of the Irish Invincible.. bare also at last been
disoovered, and in all probability he will be in • very
.hort time arrested. The authorities are confident of the
&courser of the information in their poss-ssion, and at the
present moment the Dublin polio* hold in their hands
conclusive proof of the right direction taken by their
suspicione tor the last week or two. lodged. their
inveetigations have resulted so successfully that not toy
do they believe that they hays drawn the not tightly
round "No. 1," but that Roe/ hare already in their custody
another ruling spirit of the *erect society. The mart
Important portion of this evidence was obtained a few days
ago in the town of Rociviele, in toe neighbourhood of
which the police had been quietly pushing their inquiries
for some time past. The nature of the discovery made
cannot bathe ragerded as of the most stert/ing importance,
when it is stated that lists of the names of the chief seem'
berg of the ages-sitar on and other kindred secret
societies, and documents disclosing the manner and
extent of the organisation thereof, now lie in Dublin
Guile, and form but • portion of the " find "
that hits rewarded the exertions of the authoritlea
Si complete hoe tr,en tbe evidence of guilt obtained that
it is now claimed that the whole muter, and ramifi-
cations of the murderous aasocigtion that decreed the
assassination of Mr. Fordo. and Mr. Burke have been laid
bare. As b,4ore stated, the discovery was made in England,
where it is believed *estuaries of th. murder conspiracy
have been for some months engaged in inveigling young
Irishmen into lb. ir ranks. In consequence of the dis-
ci suites toad. by Carey and other., communication was
made from Dublin to the &sib& police, and an Irish
4, teciive was went over to the neighbourhood of Rochdale
t i watch the movement, of a maa named John Walsh,
who was on Friday arrested in France, and concerning
whom ereng suspicion wen entertained. This man had
been in the nab t if paying periodical visits to Rochdale,
and during the few days that be rema,ned on each ocuion
he need to sup at a quiet Tecuperanos Hotel. How-
ever, the leat time that he cares to It ,codale he changed
his quarter., and put up at a small publich-nae in a poor
locality. In purenit of evidence bearing upon the member-
ship and organisation of the Amueination 8 ably, the
Irish detective Murphy arrived in Rochdale • few dare
ago, and In consequence of information which he pro-
cured visited the lodgings occupied by Walsh. In the
0301421Vbi11l however, Walsh had suddenly left the town,
l,.singhl.luggsgeandotberrffect. behind. The puce
entered hi, rooms and there seised a number of doco-
manta, comprising lists of the names of members of a
secret society, papers relating to the extent and
character of the organisatido, and cirrespondenos
showing that Walsh had been, for ereret Societe
pursues., the organiser of Bolton, It chdale, and
tie North of England district. and had in that
capacity received Luis amounts of money in the way
of subscriptiou In the same room was also found a
correepoodence. on the subj.ct of the organisation, with
Mr. Frank Byrne, whose name has been so prominently
before the public for the hut week or so, and a number of
letter. showing the leading part taken in the movement
t y Walsh. Bat chief sting the discoveries made was
that of a photograph of "No. 1." which has Clearly estab-
lished the identity of that individual Immediately that
the important character of the gesizare woe known • tele-
gram was e.nt to the Irish Criminal Investigation Depart-
ment, and, an • consequence of the communication, Deter-
ties Officer Edmmonde was at once given • warrant for
the apprehension of Walsh, and despatched to France,
whither it was known Walsh had gone. The arrest wee
made in Havre at the Hotel D'Albion. to the meantime
the documents and photograph were examined by the
chiefs of the Crimintl laver 'station Department in Z :-
land, and then lent to Dublin in the charde of Cnirl
Constable Wilkhuon and Inspector Marshall. of Rochdale.
They arrived on Saturday morning. It is understood that
"Ni. 1" is in Ireland, but, as might naturally be expected,
ths police are very reticent upon the subject.

The prim niers charred with the Miami' Park Murders
will be tried by sperial juries at the ordinary Consmissina
of °VOW and Terminer. commencing on April 9th. The
same junior Cooneel .111 be retained I ir the Melones. but
of cows. Dr. Webb. Q.O will be assisted by other Queen's
C iuniel. The Vials will be very protracted. uit is taken
I r granted that the prism'', will not j win in their
chollemer.
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Mr. Field. whq was nearly stah'sed to death in North
Feeds iek-ptiee'. bits no fiir recovered from the wound. be
received that be wu able the ult. day to go to tLe poi-
line booths end record his vote for 0 lone' King-Harman.
He sill be examined C s witness at the eipproubing trial
of the twenty-one alleged conspiratore. He Pass that he
will not be stile to identify hls umilents, owing to the
euddennue and violence of the attack. sad the fact that
his •••11•AiDlIt1011 WIN attempted la the dusk of the even-
ing. He, however, Wake that the form of the prisoner
Jaeeph Brady strongly resemble' that of ose of the men
who stabbed him in the street. The search for the knives
used upon the occasion is still continued in the Rinpend
Canal Boon, wher, they are said by tb• informer Haven.
agh to have been thrown by the fugitive assassins, but
soccer hes not rewarded the exertions of the Doling
The informers. who for eafety are kept in Kilmainhas
On 1, maintain their churl ulneu. The food is supplied
from a neighbouring publichouss, the same pl.ce from
which the food of the suspects was supplied. and is care-
fully guarded loot mease might be found by certain persons
to gain access to the &slue and introduce poison into the
food
It is • remarkable fact that since the errors of the
'l.vindles," assaults on the polue in Dublin bare
entirely ceased. The explassidie given of this is not that
the men who have been arrested were in the habit of cam-
min tins such amanita. but the language need and the senti-
ments given utterance to by them in the publichouses
which they were in the habit of frequenting demoralised
the roughs and rowdies who constituted their audience.

THE EXTRADITION Or MR. P. J. SHERIDAN.
Nsw Yong, Friday.—The British authorities base made
no apoliostion yet fur the arrest of Mr. P. J. Sheridan.
The belief la reinlog ground that the purpose Is &ben.
cloned.
Th. mai World says that General Scoiernin Butler
and General Pryor hays been entered by He editor to
&bind Hr. P J. Sheridan. It requests aubecriptions for
a Sheridan delence fund.