The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-22
SYMPATHY FOR THE EXILES.
CONLON and MULLEDY TELL THEIR
STORY ~ COOPER UNION,
before nm Audience In which were Some OF
Those who had Iabored 10 Free Them
Blows and shackIes In English Prison.

Before nm Audience In which were Some OF
Those who had Iaborcd 20 Free Them
Biows and shachies In nm Eneiish Prison.
Nearly thousand persons, mostly Irish
American citizens. gathered in tho groat hall
OF the Cooper Union last evening to formally
congratulate the Irish exilcs. Condor and Null
lcdy, on their release from British prison
Over tho platform the legend. in the
Irish language. " God savc Ireland % and on
either side OF it was an Irish and
American flag. An entrance foe was
asked at tho door. for the benefit OF
the cx- prisoners. who have boon utterly ruined
in business by their long confinement Mullcdy
is u coachmakcr. AMI will probably start in
business in this city. while Capt Condor is q
builder. and n Cincinnatian. Mayor Ely WIS to
have presided. but he sent n letter saying that
he could not be in tho city In the evening. and
| thnt the Hon. Augustus Schcll would preside.
| That gentleman was received with olnp
| ping Of hands and no said that he had
consented to preside at tho request Of tho
| Committee. Nationality. he added. should be
laid aside; politics are out of place In such n
meeting. All havo heard Of tho injustice done
| Condor and Muedy. Sympathy is asked for
! them. Y,t We must remember that although
we nro not ut librry to prepare armed cNpedi-
tions to 90 to other shores. yet va can extend.
as we always do extend. our sympathy to tho
| oppressed. lApplausrl
Then Capt. Eiwnrd o Mcnra Condor of slight
| build and undcmonstrativc w in manner, was in
troduced and grc,ted with . roar oi hand-clap-
nriycd Of ,hn Liberty oi speech. he began. and
| he asked the lenloney OF his hearers Tor his i'm
perfcc; rptasnr on q plnlf9tm: H,s Ten min,
fight for their own liberty As 70 the Natonpl
organization in Ireland IL WIS strong IN
TO frro ireland, hut II had no war material.
some Of his conrndcs had been arrested. and
| he tried 10 deliver them. lApplausel bomedid
escnpr. and hu believed that the English Gov
| crnmcnt determined, in revenge. TO punish
o on% man T%H only goS So"d hnv g rcd ii the " sGe a
! killed Sergeant Brett bu, n were tried for it,
Two werr executed. The murdercrs were those
| in tho Jury und witness boxes. Capt Condon
said that he had not yet recovered from his i'm
prisonment. and was not strong enough to
Then his comrado. Mullciy. of n moro san
guinc. cven fiery tcmi~r9ment with hair
grown white he said. since his imprisonment
| which was begun eleven years ngo spoke tor
an hour in minute description Of his history
before and ntter his arrest nnd through his i'm
prsonmcnL 1t wns strange. he said. TO
honr hss own voice in public. lArp!auAcl
wsp % Maassr fsGn fnsand van he ws was
IN his own room. Shortly. .attrrwari he went 10
Inndon To- work for, Bedford; coachn,nker;
llis cnlniprer was Willlnm Grnham. who found
thrt MuAedy was In Manchcrter nj tho timo oi
the riot md Graham procured his, arrest on the
in a dark c"ll. brought ou' - he identified Ivy
witnesses who -pw him and whom be- a'v on his
way To- fNf FflF pre- N NIiifl NIflf 70 TOW Ut Rt-
lice oin,rr,, in civilians drr-e stood. with whom
he wa- t. Uing de rho eniiN women tbut hu
1 had first seen picked hiu out eimlnr, ,"N-
p.rirnc'. Only more ussrNvt"i. Wn7 ma IN
Manchester. where hc wis taken ~ trial Oht
of thirty Wltn' ssr- onlN on, i.l'niir hiw. ana
h" had good rcas"nS lor thhklng lhw iuM one
was bought The ofirisl- at ilr-t insisted on
nis heinE suol~trd to idc,t'iical,on wiih
That cont lad been d scrib,l all through
the British press, and h. ounld be- picked Out
by II Anywhere. So he refused 10 wcar IL At tho
trlNl gf lIt Mt cation. 80 twenty -ItuN uuk OF
Inspector strickland snw him smiie IN his
place among the police officer, IN civilians
dr.cs. and seemed Ia be irri,ited.
You'd ec't,r ne. imshI he exclaimed !;
Az IN - w'ii>p'roi 20 mo lnsnc'ior. and
won't out the witnesses room Flrn II Wit
mrnp. r and pi,a 4 o1i Mui@iy IL WA o." oniv
one WHO did IT, A. ~" trlRl. P"rr, swor, unt
the riot. Enma iloln1ay said thrt she saw
him hgve n revolver IN ons hand ana
a imon cont Another sworo tnat ne
worr long dark cont and 'Ho con-iahi' that
he had "a Il m'X,d shoot, e ihrh.l ba' nc ,Tns
b,nh for nine mouths. G.s burnei iu hi- room
al night double iocrk was ~ his l>,r o,'.. u,
crrs were beipre and O9lin" ..lm going 70 and
returning from meals. IHan he was taken 10
PortinnL tlugv with n nrwsplprr ia his
hand, he suffered tw ,nty-eight days' dit on
breed aud water. FIR calling out "Icevc
the man alone. YOU brutcs." 10 two mon brating
prisoner he eulir RCD Ike sentence. once
attendant down. A. once dozen guards ran
In fnli on him H. s'isrd ones s,s Url as n
hung In its aaabhn ri at tha officials sida and
drawing II every ono sprang hgck and lef, "A
path for him. Kni.inE tho sword he was about L!
lungo forward with IT toward the ncarrs, guard
when he saw his dead fathers facc appear
whrningly. He dropped the weapon and the
men louped on him and cublod him until they
wcretred. For tlis. hc had q days on bread
and water and months with iron anklcts nl-
tarhcd with heavy chains to an iron girdle
about his waist
70 crown all. he had not the satisfaction Of
having done that for which he suffered. lAp-
plnuscl His hair was white with their cruelty (;
mis- friends wanted BIN To- ,ayc i. but he
TSH}%' "s lRs Ir- 'dEeH' dE% pops no . sec FTSs vsE
inG from Dublin Castle" Tho injustice of
his Imprisonment WAS and always should gnHw
at his me- And lscorniuliyl this Is u pardon
not commit" L Tear II upl" Burn itl"i
:, Then ihe HS $. $. Coy read rcs9lutions that
ini6 rrms me- Hc ,"d b1.y he pr ' h" I"
| in Oidnining the prs lncrs' rrlcase. Tho Hon
VIM. r. Robinson Of brooklyn Also doiiArr u
spet-'h, giving the history of Secretary VIM. II.
Srwarls early ut!riupiS tl rescue tac men who
were executed and Condor too.
thanks to Minister Iohn Welsh, s $ Cox, ito-.-
nanIo Wood. Lnuders. NJ. M-Cooh. mi other
Condor and Mullody. last, Anrhm =. Hevit
sn,d thm, he knew thYt c"nd2G Is In
iIr WINS in England nt the umc Of
the trial. Nnd (ondon'S lawyer. JAulrT, threw
down his hriri h"cnusr the oaso Wa tried IN do
A dcimohmonl OF no strong Of the Sixty-nlnth
Regiment n. Il. S. \. Y. Uurrhcd inio tho hnll
and istrnrd Ia the rociLls Of COndJne and
Mu \ y's PRISON history.
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