Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-06
SEPTEMBER g.. 1885,, 9oo5. .,ss.
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11rom tho New York Tribune. Sept. !
IN CITY EENIANISM.

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aIrhIy Inn mpOrtantJ Letter from the
Warder of RichmOnd BrideweII
-EHe Accounts for she Escape Of
stephens, and IndOFses his State-
ment-Hlr. Stephens BetuTn TO New
York and Departure for the West
Meeting of the Irish Avengers. ta w
Fenian affairs daily increase in interest,
as regards the Stephens wing of the moves
ment. Developments constantly transplre
In substantiation of Mr., Stephens, and the
Impression on the public mind Is that ire
land may, after all, be ripe for aFebelliOn of
no mean magnitude. The letter appended
will be read with interest by altwh0 have
interested themselves in Ireland and Irish
y Mr.. Byrnes, from whom II itemanated, was
the Warder of Rriehnond Bridewell, and
claims ohaVe released Mr.. Stephens. If
his statement Is correct, and there seems no
reason TO doubt It, then the charges affect
ing Stephenss' patriotism fall to the ground.
Mr.. Byrnes ism New York, having arriy-
ed from ireland this week. For obvious
reasons it will be seen that Mr.. Stephens
could not give an explanation of his es-
cape before. The letter also explains why
no attempt was made to rescue any Of the
OLner 0Cate prlSOnersa L....Ii r'frfG Hu,
James Stephens, c. O!I.RJ r.fi-,., ...,. q.
RESPECTED SIR Before leaving Ireland
heard with pain and horror that the ru-
NOR was started and kept afloat very in
dustriously inithis country that you were
set at large by the conniyance of the, Brit,
ish Government. Now, Sir, l was Warder
in Richmond Bridewell at the time of your
escape, aided init to the fullest of my pow
ar nd ohiIffU a nd 6annnnaas oil tlnh ar faf
ments as willful and malicious falsehoOds.
was arrested, as you know, on the morn
ing of your escape, tried at the sitting of
the Special Commission, where the jury,
packed as it was, were unable to find evil
dence to convict me. l was remanded.
Finally, nothing turning up either here or
in Ireland. to give the least proof of my
completely, to the credit be 1t spoken Of
those engaged in it, was allowed out, on
bail, last April. T latluagi -,frf..r t-. ,i.
4. This statement, as far as it goes to exon
crate you, can no doubt be fully corrObor-
ated by your respected Deputy, Col. Kelly,
who it was for more than week met me
every day or night under the shadow of
the prison walls, and perfected the plans
which worked so admirably.
rI 1t will always be source of delight to me
to think over that long ,dreary, hOwling, wet
iWllOll SO ilcdl " fuCsb1
in the manly bosoms outside the walls, for
the preconcerted signal to welcome you to
the outer world where you have done so
much to establish your right to the liberty:
you gained on that memorable night. 1t has
often raised my gorge to hear that other
miserable charge that you were too selfish
TO think of getting out any others OF your
fellOw-prisOners. .n'I r'aut ...f
ID. This reminds me of the criticism of the
brave men who stayed at home on the con-
duct of the General in the fight, and who
can always well show how he might do
better. But one man could possibly have
been taken out that night, if we had had
the time, and that was poor Charles j..
Kickham, whose infirnitieS-he being al
most entirely deaf and very Dear-sighGed-
would have seriously jeoparded the ar
rangements for your escape. When 1t Is
remembered that you were not imprisoned
two weeks altogether, it is truly afnarvel
how the arrangements could have been
made for even your escape. The making
of the skeleton keys alone was a,wonder,
and will always be tribute Of merit to the
locksmith, Mr.. ----, who did the work so
perfectly. have heard 1t stated that the
thOusandtho part of an inch, would have
made the affair failure. claim one credit
to myself in the entire matter, and Mr..
Marques, the lachrymosee Governor, will
readily accord it tome, and that was the
energy with which, stuck the pitchfork
into cabbage beds and rubbish straw in the
garden, as If to, give you the finishing
touch In the morning after it was disdover-
ed his cherished bird had flown. Those of
my countrymen in this country who served
with me in the Papal Brigade wilt readily
recognize my name as well from the pub
lished account Of my arrest and tFial.eD 9,
In conclusion, i pledge you that, 1 am
ready once more to take up arms when
ever you call upon me. When you do re-
turn, as you have promised to do this year,
youw meet with men as ready and more
determined 20 do or die than ever before.
/ have the honor to subscribe myself as
ever, yours, devotedly and fraternally, 'A
p -"n '"Nh ''2l'I t1' DANIEL BYRNE, -i
Late Warder, Richmond Bridewell, Dub
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