Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-30

State of Minnesota county of Stevens-ss.
Henry Hutchins, of the county and State
aforesaid, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
l was introduced to Dillon O'Brien on the
evening he arrived at Morris, and after little
friendly conversation in regard to the Come
mara people, 1 asked him to allow me to ac-
colony, from which I had Just returned
He said no, you had better wait and go with
Mr.. Hodges, as l shall go Immediately to
Graceville before going to the colony. He
(O'Brien) said there is no use in it, they are a
teacherous lying people, and must judge en-
tirely by my own observations eyes, sir, but
we have helped them since l first saw them,
and if / am with you they will acknowledge that
nearly everything of any value in sustaining
life now in their shanties they obtained from
the Morris people through me-" Again he re-
fused, and premptorily.
lSlgned] III. HUTCHINs.
Subscribed and sworn to before me at Nor
ris, Mimi, this oath day of Dec 1880.
lSeal.] GEO. A. OvERTON,
Notary Public, MINI.
The undersigned, being duly sworn, say that
the above affidavit of Mr.. Hutchins is true of
their own knowledge, and that they were
present at the time of the interview above Civ
en- and heard it, and that the above is correct
and full statement of the same.
(Signed) j. ID. GOOD, Merchant.
JOHN LANDBERG, Sheriff
W. l.. CoLYER, Dep. Sheriff.
c. A. SPRANDEL,
J. NJ. THOMPSON
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this
oath day of December, 1880
NEzEKIAH BRAGG,
Judge of Probate of Stevens county, MINI.
AS to the remaining charge of bad faith.
| leave that with the public to determine.
L am as well known to that tribunal as
a M Nd Oh. dot I, J:,+
whatever it may be. If failure to &C
company O'Brien to Gracevillc when no
suffering existed, and at once close N.Y.
self, as O'Brien did, with the Priest Ryan
for two hours, then call a meeting of the
Irish Catholics in Graceville to appoint a
committee selected by him and the priest,
and if failing to act with a committee so
organized in the interest of the guilty, to
deny and conceal facts in the case, is bad
faith, then make the most of it.
An esteemed friend asks me why |
did not report the facts to Bishop Ireland
on my retnrn to st. Paul. My answer is
this: Knowing Of my own knowledge
that the Connemaras were in pressing
need of help and not having been posted
by Bishop Ireland of the preliminary
monkeying to be done in Graceville be-
fore the investigation commenced and not
being polite enough to ask an introduce
ton to drowning man before pitching
in and drawing him out, / lost no time in
commencing work, and during my visits
to these much abused and suffering Deo-
pie, at the sight of the suffering and mis-
cry-patent to all-uncovered, its awful
hideousncss in plain sight, not having
eyes that see not, my blood boiled, and
it hadn't stopped boiling any when at the
close OF my Investigations and on my ar
rival at Morris | was handed the follow
ing telegram:
ST. PAUL, MINI, Dec Is.
l.. b. Hodges: Telegraph Pioneer
Press two ~ or three hundred 1900
words, giving substance of your observa-
lions Of the condition of the COnnemara
colony. ]. A. WHEELoCK.
In spirit of ''broad and cheerful ac-
commodatiOn" [ wrote the telegram in
answer to the above, and although it is
boiled down tolcrably strong, it is never
theless true, and | propose to stand by it,
1t was published in the Pioneer Press
Saturday mOrning-samc evening | ar
rived in st. Paul, too tired and too mad
at the men who, for over a month, had
not only permitted such hui
man misery to continue and exist,
but had all the time periistently denied it;
too mad, say, to talk to anyone until the
holy Sabbath had a chance at me- | had
fully intended to call on Bishop Ireland
and give him the ugly facts on the fol-
lowing Monday morning; but when |
picked up the Pioneer Press on Sunday
and found the bishop had gone back on
me, and had placed me in false position
before the public-denouncing my tele-
gram as sensational" and that it's ami
mus was furnished by the bad company
had fallen in with at Morris-said bad
men having actually been guilty of feed
ing his hungry and clothing his naked
flock, [ was naturally indignant and con-
cluded to terminate our ''diplomatic re-
iations,' aud when Mr. O'Connor called
on me Sunday afternoon and asked me to
come down that evening and see the
bishop, it need not be considered
strange if told him the bishop had gone
too far, that [ would NOT see him that
evening, neither at his house or mine
and that if the bishop wanted the facts
he could be quite likely to get them at
the chamber of commerce the next morn
ing. He got them, and if he did
not want them covered up and hid,
what's all the racket about The public
were entitled to the facts equally with
Bishop Ireland went to Connemara in
the interest of humanity
Yours truly. l.. b. HODGES.