The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-03-01
THE IRISH CONSPIRACY.

park murders, last May, took the witness
box instead of the prisoners dock, Sat
urday, and made full and detailed con-
fession; rounding on. the fragmentary
statements previously made concerning
an organization for the purpose OF 're-
moving" tyrants, and confirming in par
ticular the testimony relating to the as
sasinations of Lord Frederick Cavendish
and Under-Secretary Burke. There will
be few left to doubt the truth of the
revelations made by Carey, who has so
fully implicated himself-even stating
that it was true he gave the signal for the
murder by raising his handkerchief
that be cannot expect greater leniency
than imprisonment for life. Carey said
he joined the Fenian brotherhood in
1862 and was its treasurer, but that
organization included many who surely
have had no part in the conspiracy of
assassination which seems to have sur
yived its dissolution, and to whose oper
atoms since 1881 Carey bore witness. In
the latter year an emissary from London,
the head quarters of this conspiracy,
made him one of four directors-the
others being Walsh (the emissary,) Ed
ward Mccartney and James Mullett-of
the Irish Invincibles, who were not to
exceed $50 in the whole kingdom, and
all to be bound by oath to obey orders
transmitted to them under penalty of
death. The object was to "remove" all
tyrants, and Chief Secretary Forster and
Earl Cowper. the lord lieutenant, were
doomed. In December, 1881, men were
selected for the work in Dublin, and the
work of watching the intended victims
aud preparing for successful attacks was
begun. All the prisoners except one
were members of the Irvincibles,-that
one being Patrick Whelan. The arms
came from London, being brought by
the wife of Frank Byrne, member of
the organization in that city. Carey
corroborated Kavanagh the car-man's
testimony in every particular, and added
many circumstances both concerning the
Phoenix park murders and the logging
of Forster which it ought to be possible
to verify.
1t is gratifying to be able to say that
nothing in all the evidence that has been
given touches the prominent national
leaders. 1t is true that James Carey said
that he and other members of the assassi-
nation society believed that the funds
they were spending came from the land
league, but he does not profess to have
any knowledge to that effect; and it is
more than improbable, it is incredible,
that men like Mr.. Parnell, T. M. Healy,
Justin Mccarthy, the O'Connors and
Michael Davitt should have any compli-
city with band of criminals, whose op-
erations must inevitably be more dan
gerous to Ireland's welfare than scores
of Forsters or Burkes, or of any of the
other officials whom they were pleased
to call tyrants. The men who were at
the bead of the old land league and are
now at she head of the new national
league have not shown any tendency to
those vile and self-defeating ways of at
lacking the English DOVER Three of
them now lie IN prison near where this
trial is going on, in solitary confinement
for all but two hours day, for nothing
save exercising freedom of speech that
England ought to blush to confess en-
dangers her power. 1t is by such acts
of despotism as this that England gives
the opportunity and the pretext for or
gaDized assassination,-not to Parnell
aud his like, but to such as Carey, Brady,
Kelly and Kavanagh. This society for
numbering English officials has now
reached its fitting end by treachery.-
There may be honor among thieves, but
this is not the first time that it is proved
that there is none among Irish conspira.
tors. When men of this sort are caught
and the flood of testimony hens them in
and escape is hopeless, there are always
mean spirits to give way and offer all
they know for their wretched lives. The
government has now enough evidence to
hang these murderers, and if the traitors
receive mercy for their treason, no ono
will envy them.-Sprinafeld Repu6li.
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