Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-29
THE BYRNES.


Ofthe Charges of the Informer Carey
Their Statement to a Reporter.
New YORK, March 2S.-Frank Byrne,
whom Carey, the informer, in course of
the examination in Dublin, swore was a
member Of the Assassination society or
'Invincibles' AMI whom the British gov
ernment vainly sought to extardite from
France, arrived to-day from Hare by the
steamship Amerique, accompanied by his
wife,
The latter Carey also implicated. He
testified on one occasion that she brought to
Dublin, from London, four knives, and
that she had rifle slung around her neck
under her cloak. On another occasion
Carey swore that Mrs. Byrne brought an
other consignment of arms from London,
including 1000 rounds of ammunition.
When Mrs. Byrne was taken from London
to Dublin, Carey failed to identify her and
she was released. A reporter found Byrne
and Mrs. Byrne at the residence of the
formers sister, where ne and wife are tenn
porarily stopping.
Byrne is a man of more than ordinary
Intelligence, good address and well educa-
ted. He is about five feet, ten inches tall
and of robust physique. II deny every
thing Carey swore to, as far as I and my
wife are concerned" said Byrne. Il have
not seen Carey since 1869 and then my re-
lations with him were purely social and
not in any sense political. He said I be-
longed to the Fenian brotherhood. That
is as false as everything else he swore to.
never belonged to any Sc
cret political organization. I have
devoted myself exclusively during my
time in politics to public and constitution
al agitation. The political organization
to which first attached myself when 1
went to England was Size Irish home rule
confederation. l was secretary of ths Or
ganization and subsequently secretary of
the national land league of Grsat Britain,
the national land andlabor hague of Great
Britain and Irish national league,
each of which organizations succeeded
| each other in the order L name"
'sAre you acquainted with Sheridan?''
swell, slightly. After his release from
Kilmainham, where he was imprisoned as
| suspect, I met him in Dublin while
spending vacation there. was intro
duced to him at a meeting of the land
league by Miss Anna Parnell. Ihad al
ready known of him by repute, but had
never seen him until introduced to him."
What do yon think of Carey's testimony
as it related to Sheridan?"
Il do not believe he is capable Of allow
| ing himself ITO be connected with the As
sas5ination society"
"What do you think of number one?"
Il believe if the Assassination society
existed as described, Carey was the organ
izer and the so called number one was a
! myth. When Carey was town councillor
and testified Feb. IL for the crown, he
| stated that he only concluded to become
an informer two days previously. Now,
the warrant for my arrest was dated one
day before the date Carey swore he had
made up his mind to become witness for
prosecution
Byrne intends to reside permanently in
America. Mrs. Byrne is we'll posted in
Irish politics. Her departure for Paris,
from London, after being released in Dub
lin when Carey failed to identify her, was
precipitated by report which came to
her. privately, from Dublin castle,
that she was to be rearrested. Her
departure to meet her husband IN Paris
was hastened so that she was compelled
to leave her three children behind in the
care of her sister. Byrne and wife were
called on by many friends and Byrne visit
ed Sheridan.
Two detectives, one English and the 9TH
er French,were passengers on the Amerique
and had Byrne and wife under surveillance
until their arrival here, and they are prob
ably being shadowed by them now. Byrne
does not favor the attempt to blow up the
London buildings.