, 1876-10-07
Arriya! Of One Of the Escaped Fe.
mans from Australia in
This City.
His Connection with the Movement to
Mberate ireland from Brit
ish nule.
The Schemes to Capture Dublin and thu
On1cials Frustrated by q Coun.
tryman.

csthpeu lFoln fEecIuantlcs AHattAll9, by tne
American wl,aleship Catalpa last April, TntD.
uHR reporter felt 1t his duty to hunt tho gentle.
| man up yesterday aud learn something from
him In regard to his life before he was sent Ia
Austral!a,aln suntlry other matters Of interest.
Mr.. Hogan was found with Iii. W. G. Mcclure,
| Of this city, with Whom he ss staying for few
days. Upon his arrival In Chicago MIR. Hogan
was welcomed by tho members of the Clan-na.
| Gacl Society aud many other prominent Irish
men IN the city, who claim hin for
their own. The reporter made known h!s OBJ
jcct, and met With hearty welcome. After
converafng for some timo upon tho circum-
stances connected With tie escape, with which
tho public are already familiar, tho reporter
asked MIR. Hogan To give . history Of tho
Fentan organization In ireland, and moro c..
pcclally Of the Incidents connected with his own
fortunes. To this he aasenscd, aud related tho
following somewhat "strange, eventful his
toryh:
Joined tho Fcn!an organization In 1868.
In tla next year I became acquainted with a
gentleman named John D. Devy, who was tho
organizer Of tic Fcnlan military forces in tho
British army. He had been q French
army officer. was appointed by
him Head. Centre Of tho Fifth Dragon
Guards. Tho Order then numbered cioeo on to
200 men, all sworn to tho overthrow of Her
Matcsty's Government. had many interviews
With Dcvy before went to London, and was
authorized to 80 into the Thirteenth, tho scy-
cnteonsh, and the sevcnty.thirl Regiments to
organize them. NYc were completely euCcees-
full. Out Of the British army In Englnnd, Irc-
land, aud Scotland, we had Il, GOO mon, all OF
thotn sworn Fcnfans under the command OF
was on the iusidu / wins then Private Orderly
to Gen. Gordon. We were removed from tho
County Of Dublin. to tho city, and out Of
l,No men nna in the r. si5ty.ifst Regiment
turc Pigeon House, one Of tle forts In Dublia,
% Wcll as the Royal Barracks. and Bakcr's
Bush. At e. tug IN samo time 'Ee were to receive IN
Of tho British forces In lreIand,, anu the Lord
Lieutenant. Tho expedition was ordered and
organized antlz by DeVy, IN connection With the cen
trc Fenlan organization. Including leserters
there werc at this time about
FIFTY THOUSAND rENIANs
oil told Ii Dublin. They we're to make tho at-
tack on certain Nigh: to bc appointed by
said Alr. Hogan With some energy, not to SAY
partial disgust, refused to give tho orders.
Thors was another man Iii this plot with
stephens.-Col. Kelly. liz WIS NO lighting
organizer, but lie wanted time. On thc nth II
january, 1855, there was mcctlng Of tho Fifth
pragooh Gunrds-seyelitcen OF us-with two
American officers and ono private purity, who Is
we'll known throughout tho history uf this
movement. They. formed plot to seize tho
Communicating -Clicf and tho Lord Lle,iten-
ant at u o'clock at night. We were
expecting TO get news from America In about
out thc plot. A rascal named Foley, however,
informed on us Just seventeen days before tho
plot was TO be put into execution. We did nut
know that Folcy Was spy, nc had been pres
t5S sn s aa9thsr setn bsng sGdsr II If
he showed bis colorn and became traitor, deny
Ing bis wife, his country, aud Ills God.
Air. Hogan paused at tho remembrance OF
this piece Of treachery. During the narrative
bygonc years, and, Us le came to. tic crisis Of
hts story, II was with feeling OF strong inllg-
natlon md SONG sadness thai lte roEerred to tile
baseless Of this cownrdly member. :
WE'LL" resumed thu narrator after this
pause. 1--WE were arrested and convicted. bIx
Of Us, among the number, wert, sentenced to
bo hung, and the ~other four got, short sen
es.-attsen !l or twenty years. The sentences
committed to Imprisonment }ur ltfc."
:, Whom laye you to thank FIR that7" asked
the reporter. -
"Wcll, It was done at the Quccu's orders
but tho reason for 1t Was that, owing to tho
high tldo ot public excitement lii Dublin, the
british Wcre MfraIl to execute Us. We wcr0
taken to Mount Joy Prison, near Dublin. Wu
were transfcrFed from tllero, to pintclvtle,
then to Milbanlt, and tlIen to Chatham. At uli
these stations VIC WGsc searched three times
lay,--at night by thu light of d lnnteru, wheu
our clothes were talscu from us. We remained
stubborn to tho lust, although may say We
Kept our good gflalALters, and our captUra could
tinl NJ cxtlise for publishing US. Three months
passed a1d VIC werc borlle to tho
PENAL COLONY IN AUSTRALIA,
making the voyage on the ship Hugcmont. IN
january, 1858. Wa wcro divided among parties
Of British conYlcts,-one OF III In cael, purity
anl set to work. Wercsnonstratcd against this,
and refused to work. We were then thrown
my part Of tile country, and some In .anotller.
Afterwards wc wcse all sent Oh road-partiea,
and To did manags to set little time to conf
Mun!!atc With our fficnls.h
aucnt. .cvents.-how your iricnds managed to get
word from YOU and nelped you t0 escaped"
~ will say thls MUCH. / sent letter to
Deyy, who WIS IN New York, putting ILLS letter
s2eo 9asst e ssapSs ss2 Ss sa s stf .%f i ssvea ss
An auswcr from Dgvy, telling mo to wait SIX
1nutths. Meanwhile, preparations wero going
OIL Tor our liberation. still, no remained two
years aud more before help caile aud We wero
''perhaps can tell you. something about the
preparations made In this countEy,h sutd Mr..
,.!ubL II nat Want,' 6atd tNc reporter.
ITO bcgItI, then: Iollll Deyy was the father
q ., thy novetasnt In America lie, projected
thG sc'sclne. Over u year a(,1 1e callesl com.
m1ttec ot prominent 1rlslnlen together. They
met tn boston, aud laI tile hon6r to represent
the West. There Deyy revealed the scElelne-
Which wa4 thc rcsc..u u these men. The plan
mt With ths .tt'a.l'a,uns a.,psayal Of this Cna-
placel IN tho llanls u Dsyy and
otllcs, prominent 1rlshmen. They Ana!ly
rolnpletea all their arrangements, bought
the Catalpa, selected thu eraw, aud sent them
cue OF all tho men except Kelly, nn informcr,
who Was sentenced uioug Will, tie otilcrs, but
WIlotN thoY lift buhind Iii Australia whrn they
escaped Resides that Wc have tlle ship CAtalpa,
mud aEe SOME SO, ,0tN ahead"
Hogan Is Il tall, broad-ahnuered, stout, sum
hurne lrisl,Inan OF perhaps IS or 10, WIN looks
~ though ile hal passcl through many trying
adventures. liz will remain iii Chicago a few
days, and ,nay conclude to settle down In Amer
lea, THIS, however, 10 not certain.
THE ROOT 4 SONS MUSIC COMPANY
offer special Inducements to buyess a. wholesale
and retail Of shees-music, music. books yiolinY,
uuftArs and all LINDA nf .ruhfrN1 Iuat rrr,nn{.