, 1876-06-17

Arrlvnl in Now York Of al E1-Fenlan Prison.
er---NcWa to tho 10th OF fJanuAry---prcpa-
rHtIonn for tho EscMpe.

AErlvhl in Now York Of al E1-Fenlan Prison.
er---Nowa to tho 10th Of JanuAry---rrcpa-
ratons for tho Escape.
1Yer York Herald, June u.
On Nonouy morning William Foley, one OF
the Fentan prisoners recently couiined In Vest
csn Aust tralia, arrived LII this city from Queens-
town OH tile steamship Wisconsin. When the
news Of the escape Of the prisoners reached
l.ra few days ago It was thought tllat Foley
his sentence expired last Jannary, aud he sailed
from Perth, Western Australia, on the 18th o{
that month for Lolk!on. FEon London liz pro-
veedcd to Dublin, and after spending fort
night there went " lis hou,c i. Tlppcrary, but
finding nons VI his frienls thcrc except oue
u1nlc, a very old lnant III went 10 Cork,
walcrc lie remained but ten days. wllcn he
started for New York. On arriving 10 this city
}e went to O'DunoyaI,-ls -lsuss4's llotel and asked
whose crlcra he was placed when III Ireland,
could bc found, aud would give lo information
to any ono else His whole conslucs was u
striking, though rather amusing, illustration Of
the Iirni hold wllich tue old Fenun discipline u
esrrtcd out aulong the Irish soldiers uI tho Brit
tsll Army, still bus on the lnlnds Of t1lusr who
wore onc: under fts sway. On oelug introduced
to O'Donovas'-lsossa, Ttolnas !. Hourkc,. and
jened 10 liz present when hc arrived, the former
uskcd hin several questions rs IL whrto he
ca.nc froIl, aud what he wanted with tho ex-
organizer, but he would glyc absolutely 10 fn-
AHflHALkuu III klE lU Ultl EllIEl 8Hu
received Instructions ~hut to d. and wl,at per
Sous wcro safe to spcnk To. His name, his
sun.browned face, Ills peculiar hat, and
uany circumstances about Ills appeaz.
auee and uaaucF convinced tl,vse pfeseus
that be was Que of tho Fcnlun prisoners, unl
lusny eager Inquiries were made concerning the
Escape: but a4 Fuley had not beard tho news TIL
Informed Of It BY O'Donoyau.ltossa aud hls
friends, his inyxftulle answer waa t1at lie would
be ysty glud II J. WV trus, bas that that he did rot
SUNG Aul,ra' waiting the llAn hr suught VIVA
founll and brought 10 whrFc the e1.hritish sol
dies aiA political pFlso1lcr wla standing tll tllu
1ulst OF IN eager crowd. After sen years. sep
aIatson each Recognized the other Instantly,
though the dasll!ng dragoon WAS kmlly changed
for tlie worsc, and hcurty greeting followed.
lis wa& taken away frun the crowd u soon Us
possible, uutl then tllu tongue which had nfuseh
faets LII CONNECTION With the pIcpafntons for tho
rescue were nude known. The missing link
was found, and moTu intelligent idea nt tile
whole affair can thus bo formed. Tbs following
Is the substance of Fuivy's story, given to i
Herald Eeportcr by the gentleman WHO received
Toward the end Of last November two geutle-
men ursiyett IN Western Australia and knowing
the llralls, Ut ul1et placed themselves In cull-
mun1catiun with thy prisoncrs aud commenced
to thoroughly survey thu ground OIL Whtel! they
were tn work. Foley, being on ticket-oi-'eaye
ut tls time, and having Just got out Of hosptta],
where ht ilAu btGu suffering IFolu AeA1t'nlseasel
was Introduced to ono Vi tleui by u friend, anl
On tbs stranger giving him certain information
which showed hltI what Ills mission was, aa uu-
tlerslanding was arrived ut a great deal Ut
tlun taken to avoid attracting tho attention Of
the authorities, but up to thu iast molAcnt Ut
Foey's stay tn The r.'lony not tho lcast suspicion
WAS aroused. The two agonts sael, followed H
il golng to make their AoIne in Western Aus
trs1ia, u bent solely pu making lasting business