, 1879-04-04
? DANIEL llEDDIN.

nuti hD eAPlOEcFs
DANIEL REDDIN.
Tho Funeral in Dublin Of rrnlnn con,ict..
How lilo trhA Troatcl In Prison.
corr<4pondtncs Ste rork Htraid.
DunLlr, March 17.-Yrsterday, the eva OF thu
national festival OF Vt, Patrick, was sicnaltzed
by>ono Of tllosc melancholy occurrences With
which tho streets Of Dublin have been made too
familiar during The last eleven Jcars,-n polttica
dcnonttration fl the gusso Of funeral. Ttn
object OF the display was Daniel Reddn
q convict, who bad served out til.
full porod OF bis sentence o,
live years. ncnal seryitude, md whose case
presented special circumstances which Invited
tho compassionate sympathy Of all humans
people. ReddIu was ono Of the determined
band who aided, In scptembcr, 1867, IN tho cclc.
bratcd rcscuo at Manchester Of the Fcnian
organizers. For his share in TINT transaction hs
was tried By n Special Commission and sentenced
to penal servisudc. Tho usual Dritish practice
tcrvItudo Is to Eeant a rc1enso at date
short Of the legal expiration Of the sentence.
Thus mon sentenced. say for n bad homicide OF
rseas. to twenty y ys ass os out
the cnl Of seven years, md 90 OIL proportion.
atcly for shorter terms. Theae rclnissions al
ways take place rs 1lattor OF courte, unleAs
the convict behaves very nadiy n p pFison .;a but
this uengc WIS 1nttrelT set Aaluo III the case Oh
The Irish political prisoners.
SO DAuicl hetdln llaa to servo out to tho full
his allotted timc;, nor was t',ls tor him tho
@ s ns nSs e @ FL beah all Tee b9oee oTa
utterly, but hts tailcrs seemed to haye believed
he wns ahammnE Bad food, bad lodging, cold,
md hard work beyond his powers finally reduced
him to the state OF paralytic cripple. But the
NJ hf4 nf1fnpnf ttNte1 hP f1Gf.
nonts, and tic prison authorities would not (per-
taps In sincere stupidity believe that their sys-
frame md eonslgned him to tie living death Of
paralysis. WhcD, however, Rrddln camo out o.
prison many mcu who wctu thoroughly opposed
| 10 Fcnianiam wcro shocked to hear hta story,
he truth Of when no npprejudicsd ps5sGu o.;
'itsSeeH stsheii e'5' Menry, Il P ' for '' GALWAY.
o made such h,r,o at199ug r. rep1ss'nfs. ts.
tic Government was forced to institute IN
| official inquiry. But the demand Of the Irish
members, tint some independent medical man
should bo commissioned to examine Retldtn, anl M
causes which holpcd to bring it about, was OBJ
sltl,utcly refused. Then the Irish mculbcrs
withdrew from tho case. An oitc!al report was
hrougt up e1oncratnE the prison G1lleao maas from
paralyzcd. MIR. pa1nell undo on exposure oi
this sham report, hut the Government refused
to mnku any compensation to Rcdd!n.
The unfortunate victim q the 1assrs M ltvcd ios
filusclf at all. And both for domestic purposes
and out-ot.doors locomotton he was dependent
| on tho assistance Of Others. lie had rough
chair for indoor use, a!itt still moro
do no work, and was forced to depend Tor ting
bare ncccssnrlcs Of life upon tho bcneTolencc Of
lilo Iuinapc. Thus he suffered ia every
TYSot Y.y; 81 III Fl, spPss Pnie'ss@ seademaaa 5a to s
lion, and tn tho humiliation q IL. honest pride
weh would havc preferred sclfsupport: At
last death rclease1 hin from his accumulated
tiat there was to be buried man who had
passed aomc Of tie best years OF his Hfc IN n
English prison. for the solo crime ot 4 loving Ire
Land q not wisely, but too well," wa q1'ts
was bitterly iuce1nent- cold, With incessant rain
. and Notwithstanding, the funeral WAS grca
and imprcssyc popular demonstration. Foo
l.eldin died at Kii,sstowE seven miles away; m ni
lilo tuncraI-car was accompanied from the start
i.,g polnt By a lnrgs muster Of friends, who's
: numbers were being continually augmented
, the various points along the route. a littl
outside Dublin. neas nulps o msre ten. e,s "a b.
: shuleti: Tho trades ASSOCIATIONS sent /, ren
= resentatiye dctachmcnss. There were hitcel
u.arcleu u bodies Of mcu, estimated at about 500
ali huarinE pike-han1lcs, symbolical o. niefr ~ de
+, votion to Irish freedom. The number , " e
actually walked IN procession was oetween IT. S ~
: sy1ppathy felt Tor the deceased. The whoio lia
!. OF route was throngel by spectators. The Y
8 tcrmcnt was In Otasneyln Cemetery, aloDsaid
!. tho grave Of Sergeant AlacI -.
y Moving about among tho crowds near
). mnuy altus!ons to what is now supposed to
. eoiu9 on ID Nationalist circles In Now York MI
:, :. elsewhere Ia America. am bound to Soy