The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-05-05
COLLAPSE OF THE FENIAN BUBBLE,
DOWNFALL OF HEAD CENTRE o.
MAHONY:
O'MAHONY ARRESTED AND DEPOSED
By FENIANS.
Violent Fury Of the Fenian Victims,
From the n. Y. World, May /

L. h.
The O'Mahony bubble has burst at last
The gross frauds perpetrated upon the mass
es of the fenian brotherhood for the last tour
last come to q close.
In consequence Of the smssh.up of the
Eastport invasion and its fatal results TO the
organization, a meeting of the department Of
Manhattan, which has hitherto fought tooth
and nail for O'Mahony, was called by Dis
trics Centre Patrick Daily, on Sunday after.
room at 2 o'clock, at the hall of the depart
ment, S14 Broadway.
The meeting was strictly private one and
no one was allowed to be present but the CEN
tire, the secretary and the chairman of the
committee of safety of each circle represent
ing the 20 circles of the department, and
numbering 500 delegates in all. The salar-
led officials of Union Square, who applied for
admitance to support the falling fortunes OF
their beloved chief, were ignominiously ex-
PEELED as soon as they made their appearance.
The men were all picked, comprising the best
educated and most intelligent of the broth
erhood in the department.; and they met with
the firm purpose of sitting every wrong and
outrage to the bottom.
The meeting having been organized, and
Mr.. Daily appointed chairman, a committee
was appointed to wait upon John o. Mahony
and inform him that the convention was In
session for the purpose of examining his &C.
counts and hearing explanations in regard to
the shameful escapade ct Passport. O'Ma-
hony, it is said, demurTed ut first TO appear
before the convention but the conven ton
was determined that he should no longer
humbug them with plausible speeches and
smooth words, and, finding that the feniau
brotherhood was master a last, he consented
perforcs to appear before the convention.
When O'Mahony appeared before the con
vention the greatest excitement prevailed and
it was almost impossible for the once power
full chiefsain who had defed the entire cathu
lie hierarchy of the United States to make
himself heard. Cries of Inn beetle !" "Spir
itualist," '.Killian's dupe = Where is the
invasion of Ireland now ?" and other discord
ant sounds were heard from all parts of ths
hall. The partisans of O'Mahony made 6
strong effort to obtain silence for their chief
and succeeded.
OMahony was then placed upon the stand
and was subjected for nearly two hours &c
the most rigid and sorutinizIng cross-exam.
inasion by the delegates, Individually and
collectively. He was Questioned and cross
questioned repeatedly as to how the money
of the brotherhood had been expended, and
several members denounced him in the most
violent terms. O. Mahony fought for the mas
terry like lion, but did not succeed in i'm
pressing the delegates in his favor. The
scenes at times equalled anything ever sesn
in the council of five hundred during the
French revolution and, at times, 1t seemed
as if O'Mahony was about to give away un
Der the terrible cross examination which he
had to undergo At times he would rise.
throw his long hair back from bis forehead
and repel the accusations hurled at him, only
to have them flung back in his face. His
face was pale as death throughout, and, tho
he was terribly badgered, he made splen.
did fight for domination. At one time
when questioned as to how he came to send
Killian on the wild-goose chase TO Eastport
and not being able to answer the question, he
looked around in a supplicating manner and
asked of the convention sAm / to be de.
stroyed for this, the one great mistake of my
life 2" But he was met with the answers
from several delegates who jumped ON their
feet: sit is not your first mistake" "You
are q servant of the fenian brotherhood mot
the master any longer" And, 1--WE have
made you, and we will unmake you :" and
several other equally determined answers -
Capt. McMahon denounced OMahony in I'M
,naaeured terms as an "imbeci,e - IT, mos
,,ronoseo to depose him at once nv savaraI
faIarates. when O'Mahony, fndiny b;usa,s
S.;usn 10 the last ditch. produced a iss,ar
..n,rort;ns TO be from james Stephens IN
ph;ph thst gentleman stated that he would
WV, VIM. Havre for the United States on the 2sth
"a &c arr;i and expected to arrived here on the
9th Of May. ..oa and
a s. LIZ snnointed to take charge OF the onior
Hls..s h.s anuarters, and the books, papers ane
squ n,s thereip until james Stephens al!lvea, 10