Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-25
FRANK BYRSE,
One of the suspects, is What the French
Term an HORne symPathetfque.
A Pen Portrait OF the Supposed "So. IL
Of the Irish Asaassins.

The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Tribune writes that the unfortunate secretary
of the three Ls i. VII al the French term an
honanle sl7nsatii7ue. Ga the fret blush ne
produces = good impression. He is a fine
% az, and has az intelligent physiognomy. l
studied him some d2yEsgo al an Irish restsu-
rant, where he was breakfastiag with his vile,
and was greatly preposSesssd in his favor. His
voice has ! melodious tlHbTe and, although
the man himself does not impress one as
transparency frank, ne hiss an opsn man
ner. His bearing toward his wife was chiy-
airously tender. He watched her all the
tirse hey were At breakfast, aud when she
was i'll at cage be quickly LAID dswn his
knife aud fork and attenpte 10 rouse her
up by forced gayety. byrne's features are
plain but well-preportioBsd, aad anything
but ugly. He Aas a solid head, the devel-
| opet frontal sinus Of the tTue-born Calf, and
| fair hair and sandy beard and nustache.
| His figure is gracefully erect and not that OF
I man who hss for eleven years suffered
| from rheumatism.
| Is he mo. l?' l think not. But there
| is something that is net all square 10 his
position, which he himself admitted in my
| hearing was "Heculiar." II he w1s 8 direct
parry to a murder nj. pbysiognomy is a con-
summste SeceiVer. His speech is that OF an
intelligent but net highly cultivated man.
| The pitch of his vsics is Irish. 4 word
here aBd there il pronounced with Dublin
accent. | beard Byrne talk with some Of hil
country-folk about the heads Of the Land
| League, with which ne has no connection
He said nothing 10 th.ir disadvantage, but
could sac that he and they were not on the
best terHs.
Mira. Byrne is a nonentity. She is WON AM
to the point of helPlsssnesi, and one OF thu
Dost frsgiie.lookirg beings that ever sA"
Her age 10 about ak -aad-twenty. The bloom
OF youth has faded froa her cheeks, and ha
not pee. superseded by nitronal plunpness
As Dean Swift wrote of Lady AchesoU, an
is snip and lesp. Nevertheless, she inspire
interest. Her crushing misfortuues are sup
ported patiently. If Byrne is in fault sn
she Knows it, she harbors no resentment
Her eyes, which are glsz.d with fever, whe
she looks at him express only the teHdsres
J love and most entire confidence. 1t is sad /
think that were anything to happen te biz
four children would depend for bread o
, this hollow-chested, consumpLive woman
, Mrs. Byrns is refined, and, indeed, lady Ik'
She was ssfsrs her marriage a teacher in
, girls school. Byrne sis he'd profoundly eac
time their children were mentioned. The
are at present under the care OF maiden sun
! The Fresch poles have net been as civ
: to the Irish agtalor as the agents OF See
land Yard were 10 his wife. The fret w
days and nights he passed at the depot OF tn
T prefecture OF police were spent in the con
psuy OF Two thieves. His bed was full {
vermin. Unkempt "a alefactors had probabl
occupied it. Ia appearing before the subit
tute of the precurator he was handeutts'
/ Detective Williamson had warned the poiiC
! that the secretary to the Land aad l. lbC
| Iaague WE strong ard daring.