Daily Republican., 1883-04-20
FIT TIL EDITION,
PLOTTERs AGAINST ENGLAr n
Norman, from New York, Turns In.
former.

charges Of being concerned in dyua
mite conspiracy, were again broughtuu
in the Bow Street Police Court this
morning. 1t was noticed an a signh
cant fact that Norman vas conveyed
TO the Court room by detective sepa.
rately from the other prisoners, White,
head, who was brought here from Br.
mingham for trial, protested against
handouts being placed on his wrists
He declared that the entrance to thu
Court room was the "gates of hell. -
On the prisoners being arraigned in
Court it was announced that Norman
had turned intormer The rest OF the
prisoners, including Bernard Gallagher
, and Whitehead, were formerly charged
with trcasOn-ielOhy.
Norman, on being called to the stand
testified that his real name was William
Joseph Lynch, and that he was born Of
!, Irish parents in the State of New York
Lynch testified that in October last.
} white he was working at Il coach build.
ei's in Brooklyn, shOpmate, DancI
O'C"nnor, induced him to join s"crN
sorirty. which WAS II branch Of al
t'enian organization, the divisions of
which were called Emerald Clubs.
O'Connor took him to Odd Fellows
Hall, in New York and in an interim tod
him the object Of the society was to free
Ireland by force alone. Lynch ON join.
ing the society took an oath to stand by
its watchword, to obey his superior
officers and to observe the laws Of the
brothcrhood The members were known
by numbers and not by their names
The name of the presiding officer was
thonaS Burns.
The peraons who managed the clubs
were known as uistrlct m'lntrrN
lTL.irnames were not known 10 cach|
other. When II member was wanted toI
90 ON "A mission the President read ont
his humber, aud told him to send hm
the prc,idcnt) his address. When he
took the letter given by Burns to DI
Gallagher The latter read it and said
"Nou are wanted to 60 to London. You
will know what for when yol grtI
there" The following day he U.yncMI
quilted work without giving his EN-
ploycr notice, and saw Gallagher, who
gave him 500 and told him to buy
ste-ragr ticket by the steamer SPAIN
under he name OF Norman. After h
had done so he showed the ticket 10
Burns, " ho said 1.-THE old man vii
see You rghtsd for that"
Gallagher subsequently gave him :Io
and told him to 80 10 London and
. inquire ~ the American Exchange ot
a letter addressed to him. lie eu
Ieayorcd to excuse himself from under
taking the London mission, saying hd
had Il mother and sister 10 maintain
b>,t Gallagher replied "lou vii. onl
be absent Two months, and your mothet
win he seen to in the meantime" Gal
lagher gave him u small box to take t.
England.
Lynch saw Gallagher ON the 18th oT
/, 2sth Of March, and walked with hint
: past the scene of the recent cXpIo,or
. in the Government offices at WcstmiN
. ster. He asked
=, "ls that what we are going to 10
/. Gallagher replied g Yes : and
$ won't be child's play, either"
They passed half way over West
: minister bridge, when Gallagher, whd
had been viewing the Houses of Pan
: lament remarked
l "They will make a great crash wleI
;. they come down.
Gallagher here jumped to his i',
II and shouted You infamous llaI
= The witness continued: Returning
n they passed Scotland yard, and GalI'
. cher said: "That is the headuuartcd
of detectives. 1t will come down t"o
II Gallagher said that he was staying
the Charing Cross Hotel, and gave wiz
ness q, saying "Don't run ShoF
the Old man will provide for us.
On April . Gallagher told witne1
that hc wanted him TO 20 to Ledsha1
i street, Birmingham, and inquire
t Whitehead, and tell him that
), Lynch) had been sent for mal"Fa
q lie had never heard of Whitehead
!. fore he went to birmingham tIi
e morning Before going Gallagher "a
h him 81, with which to buy rrspl
. able trunk to put the stuff ln'
+ went to Whitehcad's factory, WHERE
n saw Whit head and a boy.
81 The boy WAS here put in Il? wines
!. box and Identified Soy Lynch.
4 Lynch said Whitehead put him ini
way Of procuring india-rubber bags
II which to carry the nitro-gl ycerinc
J. witness confirmed all the evldrnG
b given at the hearing last Thursday
% Gallagher having called for him, II
,, d r. the name of Fletcher. Nitn
q q said that " hen Whitehead was load
n ntro-glycerine into the rubber bags
I told him that "A man that same morn
e had taken sixty pounds of the lllul
He asked Whitehead what the llql
was, and was informed that he won
soon know.
Whitehead here shouted from Il
dock :" Yon lie, you traitor!'
, The witness said Gallagher met u
in London when he returned from y
mingham with his nitro-glycerin",
had never seen any of the prisoners
fore, except Gallagher and Whitehci
Both Of those men had spoken
sending another man to London,
they did not mention any name.
The examination was djourned IN
Tomorrow.
Lynch spoke in weak and Ind
tinct voice, and at one point of MS
dencc he appeared a, if he was about
faint. AT the conclusion of his yes
mony, while the depositions were
ing read, he did faint and had to be
moved from the Court room. Some
the reports of his testimony give
name Of the coach builder for whom
worked IN Brooklyn us Merritt, ~
some as Bennett.
. Bernard Gallagher has made Il S'a
y mcnt to the effect that he is n native
Scotland, and returned there fT
America to work as an iron mould
His brother (Gallagher's) paid his ?
sage, but he was ignorant Of he.do''
+ l., sinoss. Bernard says he is n"1
Frnan or u member of any see
society. He declares that he was
/ Sing Sing, n. Y, at the time of the
lplr>ion III Glasgow, with causing ""
II" is charged.