The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-14
THE LAND LEAGUE FUNDS.

League, arrived to-day. When asked
the name of the vessel on which he
arrived and the port from which he
sailed, he asked to be excused an
sWering, as to do so, would direct to
private matters. Egan says the
publications respecting bis escape
from Dublin are entirely without
/ foundation. Egan, in answering tu
a question, said: The chief purpose
of my visit is commercial. | have
been long wanting to visit Chicago,
st. Louis, st. Paul and other large
flour exporting centers, in cUnnec
ton with the business of my firm in
Dublin, as we deal largely
in American flour, and my
desire to come here was
hastened by tue urgent requesy of
Sheridan, as l could give evidence
IN the extradition proceedings PEN
ding, and also by strong lett r
from Sweeney, resident leader of the
American league, and other friends
ho pressed me TO come to America
80 give the leader Of the move
ment such Information as was III
my power regal ding the situation at
home. Although all the movements
of the national cause are surrounded
by some difficulty, the prospect
is entirely hopeful. l have always
held, with John Mitchell, that the
more England is obliged to cOerce
US, the more tightly she is obliged
to put on the screws till we attain
our Independence. The brutality
practlced the past couple Of years
by the liberals, or as O'Conell truly
called them, ''the base, bloody and
brutal Whigs," has Widened the
gulf between England and Ireland
a hundred fold. l am firmly con-
WINGED the present state of things
must result, before long, IN attain
ment by the Irish people of some
measure of national self govern
ment. AS a matter of course the
government would be wanting IN
its duty if it did not do everything
possible to break up the assasSina-
ton conspiracy and convict its
members, provided it acted sqHarely
and fairly; but the whole course
adopted towards the men now IN
der arrest, has been. to my mind,
simply atrOclous. They arrested
number of men whom they believed
to belong to the Fenian organize
tiOn, and marched them ia a castle
yard before window, behind wnlcu
were a number of wretched people
who were thus able to arrange their
| Identification and their stories. The
prisoners have been kept in close
confinement, without an oppor-
tunity Of communicating with their
families, or arranging defence, and
every means has been used to spread
terror. The result is the defence
has been mere scramble, provided
in some cases by private subscrip-
tiOns, and in others by money
iscraped together by their unfortun-
ate relatives. 1t is currently
rumored IN Dublin that a certain
magistrate, who took an active part
in the Investigations, will receive
100000 and governOrship colony, If
his labors secure ten convictions.
Not d penny of The Land League
money was ever supplied for the
purpose of conspiracy. On the con.
trary, money has been expended in
preventing Outrages by sending men
to localities where there was
danger Of attempts against land
lords. Among those who owe
their preservation TO the Land
, League are Lord ATdilaun, formerly
Sir Arthur Gaines. But for its prOtec
ton he would b We fallen victim
to his harshly treated tenants. The
game of the castle officials is to con
meet the Land League with the out
: RACES and thus damage the national
party. | am informed leading cas-
tie officials SAID they would spend
100000 to hang Eagan. Eagan says
in capital cases the prisoner has
twenty challenges and the crown
: the unlimited right of challenge
The prisoner soon eXhausts his
twenty and as each Catholic, Lib
eral, Presbyterian, Methodist, OF
Quaker is called, the crown orders
him to stand aside, and by this pro
c-Ss selects q jury Of twelve tories
. With a jury of this this kind, Z
prosecuting judge and well coached
battalion of trained witnesses, tht
castle can, if they So desire, convict
, with perfect certainty Cardinal Nc.
Cabe or Bishop McEvilly.
1t is now admitted at the Castle
one Of the off ials made the admls
I sion to mySelf-that Hynes wa!
hanged in the wrong, and that they
] lnOw know the real murderer, DOu
laghy; but that, having hanged
Hynes for it, they do not want Il
open up the case again. Beyond ;
E doubt, four others, Walsh. Myle
Joyce, Poff and b rrett, were InnO
cent of the crimes for which the!
suffered
The charges against Sheridan ar
: absolutely ride lous. Foster re
peated in the Commons that Sheri
!, dan was constantly going back Az
forth from me in Paris TO the out
rage mongerS in the west Of Ire
: land. AS a matter of fact
S Sheridan left Ireland for Pari
in October, 1881, and has returned
d once since that visit was made, IL
{ December, 1881, when he was o
/ course disguised. as warrant TO
I his arrest has been issued. HI
i object then was to investigate ant
armonise certain alleged difficultie
in connection with the Ladies Lane