The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-28
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of THE HERALD.

SPECIAL hsSPJEbehee pf ihe HsHalu
The Explosion Mt CierkenwriI Prison-Its
Effect In the Creation of an Anii-lrish Feet
Ing. , -,
Tho speca, telegram wh ch forwarded you yesier
Gay has informed you OF the main facts the latest
Fanan outrage; but in this must DO re-.
rested In order to give you the full details OF
sence whch has done TO excite the English people
against tho Irish and has inflicted damage upon
Che Fenian cause than Of the other
breaks in which the members Of the l. r. B. have been
concerned.
You will remember that two men. named Burke and
Casey, ed on the streets OF London some.
sme ago. upon suspicion OF being Fenans. They were
confined in the corkenwel House OF Detcnton and
Deem frequently examined at tho Bow stree; police station
being remanded from day TO day the examination
proceeded The informcr Massey, alias Condor, aud
other witnesses have les lied against them, aud, with
out intending 10 prejudice their case 1t may fairly be
sisted that the evidence has been sufficiently sroag
Justify the government in holding them for tr,al Al
their last examination they romanded until TO-
day.
Tho CIcrkenwc House OF Detention in which Burke
and Casey wero locked up Is situated in tue aud
poorest part OF London, and forms the centre OF con-
fused network OF small, siree,s inhabited by
hboring people and roughs The neighborhood very
much resembles tho Five Points New York IA II used
vicinity of no prison by inspecting tho vicinity of Ito
Tonbs. The prison is built Of dark brick and covers
. large block Of ground. 1t is surrounded by trek
wall twenty-five feet high and Of thickness oil twentv-
ssht inches AT the bottom and fourteen inches the
top Tue inmates 4 tho prison arc mostly accused
eons aitiRg trial
On ihe norin dc of tho House Detention tlero ia
vscant space beween the main building and the wall.
and this hitherto been exercise ground
FOR the prisoners Opposite the wall on his size is
OF three stored houses ton twelve in number
pied by the iamies Of the aiiers and by small mechsn
los or every floor of these houses had ts family
all the residents poor the street, called Cor
poration aae only twenty feet wide There
uDder ,he prison all Inmoested Back OF Corp In
hne there nest OF similar narrow, poverty stricken
streets.
Burke and Casey being merely under examination
werc allowed TO tner friends, and among those "ho
VISITED t,em very freeusotiy were woman, who was
tSned M Anu Justice. aud man. name unknown, wno
presumed 10 DO the person wno healed the plot 10
hbefae III" prisoners yeterdav. III man Is described
medium height with rcd HAIR ana tut OF beard
IA American, and wearing black bat brown oyercoat
ord light trousers These persons werc put under tie
sur VIGILANCE of the police but, "a usual toe London
police compile ely oatwltied by the Fenians Tue
detectives who could hud house 10 which
CSfoncl Kelly he'd ms headquarters In London, and
Nao knew nothing of Massey's plans until 10
cdeaay arrested IN Ireland allowing The HERALD cor
Respondents excel them ia ther osn business
.i all Of Ann Justice and the Fcnian in the brown
oyeTcoal
Until yesterday the prisoners at C,erkenwel were
token out into the yard for leo from tbroe 10 laf
pasi TOUR o'cloek The pcrs ns who had resolved TO
koerate Burke Casey mad ned this tact and
s,so tLe position Of the prison yar rouuded by Corpo
ration lane and lad formed their plans accordingly
psuhahy upon tcstlon ia Boncoalits iainrus pay
called "ArFai. ma ioguc IN which 81 the inahmcn
proposes blow up the castle order release Sham
the Pot Bat, generally the ia Irish consp.
races, there vas traitor among Tho rsscuers Mr.
Ronry Po nall chairman Of the county magistrates
received hint or Thursday ailemrt at rescue
would DO made and no therefore ordered Captain C00d
cha governor Of the prison, exercise the prisoners
the morning, instead OF tho a,ernoon. and IN yard
within tho interior OF tho prison. insiead Of tho yard
fronting ON rporation lane An extra force Of acss
a
Some Of whom were 10 pain clothes was drawn around
sssa IL o ' Of s hour FOR
prevented tie escape OF the prisoners
Yesterday morning the police noticed three men and
woman hanging ABOUT the vicinity OF the prison. Tie
woman was Ann Justice, one OF ts men calls himself
Timothy Desmond; aged forty.six years, taller oy
~ occupation shoemaker: the third IL thu man With
the brown ovsr'osi, already described. When ap
preached by the police these persons would separate
Aad take different direct Gus but they always managed
" meet the prison aud in from, Of tho house.
S.loo now say Tia. ,hsy had suspeeed or ns ,"s
Esaian rendezvous, aud had determines search
% placed upon THESE statements later tho FACT" The
london policemen like the old lady In The story,
hcw IL wac" But the suspected persons were also
ncsioed ~ several parties besides the police; by
b. nan Or two. an Of whom have we given
sbetr testimony. One woman swoars that two or tho
persons cane 20 her house IN Corporation lane, and
asked % DO allowed &c the roof from which fa
vow or tue interior Of the prison yard could be OBJ
k&iue0 enc reused Inis was &ftsr thfeo O'CLOCK
~ such flgtt accidents life and death separated
HAD tho men been permitted 10 view the prison yard
sney would have that prisoners were there aud
Picture 20 yourself then the appearance OF Corporation
ne asout hapsst three O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Ths siresI formed one sdc by the prison wal aud
On the other by the tenement houses very quiet
Nobody wan loungng II the rrog shops tho corner
vnc hour was too carly for that Up and down the
hNeet children wers playing. fnsids the Louses
abe women were work. The day not
very cold aud many windows were open 10 that
mothers might watch their ittiS ones IN the street.
Tho policemen. stn haunting the ucighborhood,
passed aud rcpSzscd thor beats. Presently three
men appeared the scena. carrying what
seemed 10 20 bear barrel covered with psce Of tar
psulin ANwoman followed them. Two OF the meb
placed the Turei against the wall az the prison. and
then hurriff sTAy with tie woman, the whole party
boxing white and scared tia. thsy were arrested on
euspicion By inc afst policeman shey met Nobody
knors from whosss she barrst came Il stood against
che prison vail fos some minnlss harmlessly Some
curious women croaced over and looked a. ~ Two or
three children went end played about ~ Thea the
ehrd man-,hs man witA ths brown ovorcoat-took two
fcn1 squibs from his pockA gre enc Of them 20 little
child and stuck tho other fsso sbass heis q The bar
rel He thea 10 . match, wr'eh wpnt out hoy was
emokng paper cigar near By and .he man asked hin
for light which he applied W che squo 10 the barrel
me then waited eooy for Anne sseonds ul he ssw
warning, took 70 bis hssia pelics man. seeing msa
wss stFsmsadsus shosk Boys shildfs y And poiesmeQ
.sls hsrss % ne sroand. sa1 ihs MAJ wss had arsd
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