Connecticut western news., 1876-07-07
THE FENIAN ESCAPE.
Bold and sueesssfal Plotslas--Alls sas Or ftlra Eeninn flanvicf q 6 ef-ssHfnlY AWav

Bold and Successful Plotsing--All, hut One
 of tfe Fenian Cenvicis Gersafeiy Away.
 The Dublin correspondent Of the Lon don Daily Nsscs telegraphed as follows: The text of John O 'Reill s Ietter. eiv. ing particulars of the escapa of the Fe. nian prisoners from weskern Australia, is published. Father 0,Reilly writes : You are aware bafore now that western Australia is a convict colony. Hither were sent, some seven or eight years ago, Q number of the prisoners sen tenced to penal Bervitude on the ooca- sion of the Fenian disturbance. These were gradually released, and at the be- ginning of the present month only eight remained in confinement in western Australia. All the eight had been sol diers. The prisoners of the establish ment work in gangs throughout the town, and the FenianS were distributed atdiferent points with the rest. Amongst the prisoners some are chosen to fill of fees of trust in connection with the pris- on arrangements, and are called consta- bles. One of the Fenians was consta- ble, and by delivering pretended orders to the warders in charge of the working parties he was enabled to get six of the Fenians together when occasion re- quired. The occasion came. At nine o'clock by means of this man the six convicts got just outside of Freemantle. Here two men were in readiness with horses. The convicts mounted these animals and made of. It appears that toward the end of last year a gentleman, represented as from one of the neigh boring colonies, arrived here. He put up at the best hotel in the port, and has since mixed with the best society. He went by the name of Collins. His bus. mess here was always an enigma to the residents, but 1t was supposed by some that he had come here with the view o1 seeing his way to the opening up ol some business. Another person lately arrived here too, named Jones, 8 Yankee, but as he worked at trade no one no
 ticed him. Now, it appesrs these two persons were the chief actors in the plot
 They arranged the details of the flight
 and awaited the fugitives with the car
 riages at the place of rendezvous. The parties drove to spot about sixteer miles or so from Freemantle, where they were seen to enter boat evidently be
 longing to whaler in the ofing. The port and metropolis were in 8 state ot intense excitement. The government
 chartered our only steamers peaceful
 mail boat-put on board guard of pen
 sioners and police (we have no soldiert in the colony), and sent it in pursuit A little before the steamer, an open boat
 manned with water police, had started on the trail of the runaways. The steamer returned. A crowd had assem
 bled on the jetty to see her come in. was amongst the number. She did no
 bring back the prisoners. She reported being alongside the whaler. The cap tain and one boats crew were absent Tine authorities in the steamer request ed to go on board, but were refused per mission. As. the vessel lay in neutra waters they could not use force to attail their desires. The water police boat i
 still in chase of the missing ships boat but doubt if they will come up witl her under cover of the darkness of tn, night, and it threatens to be dark in deed., The absent crew, with the fugi tives, will make the ship, and if evel the police crew. found them, and ther
 was fight, as there would be brett, sure to be if a forced capture were at tempted, it is very doubtful who woult be the victors. Against the fifteen wate police there would be the six prisoners their two accomplices and the boat crew. The whistle is sounding it's warn ing and my letter must hurry to the post