Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-16
TRAITORS TO ERIN.
Why the Dynamite Plots SO Sig.
naliy Failed.
4 GLIMPSE BEHIND THE SCENES.
Plots and Counter.Plots'in New York, Can.
ada and eneand-0n the
Trail o. tie Be.
:. trayer.

New YORK. August Is Tho dynamite
Irishmen whose plans aud enissaries
came so signally to grief in England and
Ireland recently have what they claim to
be convincing proof that their plans were
betrayed to the British policS by James
McDermott, whose life was not long ago
attempted Sy man. This proof consists
OF an account given to one o'Malley, claim.
ing to belong to the dynamite school Of
McDermotts piottings in Canada. Nc
Dermott, it is alleged, learned in Decem.
ber lsst that Or. Gallaher and his brother
Bernard were about to sail for England on
their mission Of destruction, and though
no one seems to have placed any oonh'
dence in him he followed them over. pro-
yided with q
Letter From O'Dosovsa Ressa,
-satAssi,aaeu hin 'rspfsssnt the United,
Irishmen. In Dublin he met Nrs. Cody.
who was to supply food TO the hidden mur.
derers OF Frederick Cayendsh and Secreta.
~ Burke. de lavished much patriotic
talk and $40 O6O in cash on her, and in re-
turn she con iided To him the namra OF the
persons WHO were paying for the food.
Shortly afterward these persons were ar
rested.
The remainder OF the story OF Mr.. Nc.
Dermoit's counter plots is told by oMal'
lev, and relates 10 the first arrests in Ire
land Of the dynamite conspirators, fcith'
erstone, who Is said TO have been an aIent
Of Rosa, Carmody and . OHsrilhy. lie
war warned years ago, he says, that Me.
'nermott was q spy and intormer. ana
when lie was asked 10 meet him he de-
clned and reported the matter TO tho
Skirmishers. They deemed IL best TO learn
What his
Mission Was In Ireland.
and O'Maley was deput,d 10 find him out.
The two met IN the Imperial Hotel, In
Cork, and OMalley's suspicious Of his
character were confirmed, but his express
ions over the London explosion gave rise
| to doubts that he might he all right When
OMalIey expressed his admiration Tor nitro
| yIycercne. Mr.. Mott offered Ia tesch him
bow to mako H. lie desired U Malley 70
- 80 'n- I've
| make copies oI toe uIrecuons NJ. ..., ....
t'ntion OF revealing their existence to the
| police. That plan failed. for after the copies
we're made O'Malley burned them. When
| OMalley reported to the Skirniishers these
proceedings. Festherstone asserted that
the directions for making Greek fire were
sent from New York. When this informs
ton was taken 20 McDermou aud . de-
mand made for the paper he offered Q
copy. saying he had burned the original.
feAiherstose Becnmc Earaged
and determined. despite his colleagues
protests. to demand an explanation. lie
saw McDcrmOtt on March 18th aud be-
came thoroughly convinced that he was
not all right, though o'Malley had report.
ed 10 the conspirators that the original
copy OF the Greek fire formula had been
sent TO the Castle authorities in Dublin on
March 2lst. O'Malley says McDsrmott at
tended Q meeting ~ the conspiratoos,
making a speech, proposing TO personate .
Cork magistrate on the same night tho
plans Of the Liverpool explosion w.rs dc.
Cidcd on. and the next day McDsrmott
went TO London. His arrival was followed
Ey i9G ,SR ey ~ H
is,ence Of plots to destroy public build.
ing had been offered to him for $1,000
Only McDermo,t and Fea,herstons knew
that prasey had been sent/o liyerp'0 '0l
with n box. The explosive arrived be.ors
Deasey, who missed the boat and Was
Seized by the reIIc-.
Ten days latter he sailed with more nitro
2lycerine. after being warned, but McDsr-
mott intercepted him and gave him o. nots
with FeatheTstoDes name, introducing
him 10 FlannigAn, the consgnee. The
police awaited him, and at the trial the
forged letter 0f introduction went far 10
conviction. When FesthsrstOns was ar
iested he had the copy OF the directions for
making Greek ire. lie saw he was duped
by McDermott for all the men arrested
were only those McDermou met, whiIe
others doing good work, but whom he did
not know, were ubmoIcst.d. The next
heard OF McUermott was asa witnes, at
the inquiry, when the Cork conspiratOrS
were he'd for felony. As soon Nc they
were bpld. McDermoit ssiied for Paris.
where he spent money layishIy and gave
him'elf cut hs Coney hland hotel pro.
an. Britisb Detectives
ysve out they we're looking for him. Late
10 May Shen IN. conspi'ntOrs were held
or irisl. NcDermo,t obtained from the
banking hou,e OF Muuroe 4 Co. drafts on
New York for 5000 francs and sailed next
dsy for America.
The nevs Of III, doinrs abroad precedsd
him. but he declared 10 Rosa that Carmo.
dy wss the resi- traitor. lie remsined In
New York until be heard that 0'Malley
AIS coming over when he left for Csnads.
There he Vave out hc was looking for Stew
art, the Brooklyn d.fsulter but at the
same time tried 70 found dynamite socic-
lies Shortly sf,.Tsard. two sttenpts 10
kill bin failed. and Gaynor. Who tried 70
tho0t him in a Chambers street saloon,
rss arrested. According 90 u MslIsy it
vas decided 10 iinish him when he appear
ed in the Toombs Court 10 prosecute Gay.
nor. He VAS To be stabbed ~ be vent ~
the witness stand, and Elk men. armed "
the teeth were 10 cover the sssassin's re.
'trsst They feared. how.ver, 10 spill In
nocsnt blood in couri, and the scene of the
proposed assassination wss changed 10 the
brooklyn bridge. over which AcDermott
wss to cross the river. When the moment
came for shooting, tb. man d-puted 10 do
II found be could not kill heDsrmott he.
csuss he ~s rot visible. while other
NJ nnrderous plans were Matching NJ Dermott
Fed 10 Europe.