The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-04-27
TURNED IkFORMER.
One of the Prisoners Implicated in the
Dynamite Conspiracy Betrays
His Comrades.
Norman Testifles that His Right Name
Is Lynch He Makes Some
Startling Disclosures.

Normaa, Dalton, Wilson, DR. Gallagher,
Bernard Gallagher, Kirton, Ansburgh and
Whitehead, the eight men arrested charged
with being concerned in the dynamite con-
spiracy, were brought up in the Bow Street
Police Court at London, April 10 On the
prisoners being arraigned in the court room,
says the cable report, IL was announced NOT
man had turned informer. The rest or the
prisoners, including Bernard Gallagher ana
Whitehead, were formally charged with
treason-felony. Poland, in opening the case
| for the crown said he had a quantity or
fresh evidence against the prisoners, which
would be furnished in proper time. Nor
/ man testified that his real name was
William Joseph Lynch, and that he was born
OF Irish parents In the State OF New York
He swore that he worked in October last at
coach builders in Brooklyn; at that time
he joined q secret society in New York, the
object of which was to free Ireland by force.
The members went by numbers The hall
In which he was sworn in was situated ut
the corner of Second street and the Bowery.
There were others associated with the clubs
and managers clubs, known as district
members" they We're not known to each
other by name.
Lynch, simplifying, said that In October
last while working in a coach-builders in
Brooklyn shopmate, Daniel OConnor, in
| duced him to join secret society, branch
OF the Fenian organization, the divisions OF
which were called Emerald Clubs" OCon-
nor took him to an Odd Fellows hall in New
York, and in an ante-room told him the OBJ
| Ject or the society was to free Ireland by
force alone. Lynch, on joining the So
clety, took an oath to stand by its watch
word obev his superior officers and observe
the laws of the brotherhood The mem
| bers were known by numbers. The
name of the presiding officer was Thomas
Burns. Lynch attended called meetings Of
the club twice each month He did not
know ODonovan-R ssa personally, but heard
| he had been to the club-room He " as always
spoken of there as the @old man" He knew,
beside O'Connor, two members of the club,
/ both naIsed Sullivan. The number of the
treasurer of the club was 81; OF the Score
tary 10 The password for admission TO
the meetings was Providence. There
were other associated clubs i'll NewYork-the
Sarsfeld, on Thirty second street; the Owen
Roe and Thomas Davis, ut Military Hall; the
Emmett, on Eighth avenue; and the Davitt
and Tom Moore Clubs The district men,
| bers were not known TO each other When
u member was wanted to 20 on mission
/ the President read out his number, ana told
him to send him the Presidency his address.
| Lynch was sent to Mr.. Thomas Gallagher,
who lived on Manhattan avenue, ut Green
point Long Island. Gallagher told hi N he
was to go TO London: would know what
for when he got there. Gallagher gave
him $50 and told him to take Storage pas
sage by steamer to Spain under the name or
Norman. DR.. Gallagher gave him $lCO more,
and told him to GO to London and inquire
at the American Exchange for a letter adj
dressed TO him. Lynch aid not want to GO,
as he had relatives to support, but finally
went DR.. Gallagher gave him small box.
He examined this on the steamer, and, find
Ing 1t contained n spring which worked by
pressure, he became alarmed and threw 1T
| into the sea
! Lynch said he reached London March 90;
met DR. Gallagher in London the 1th and
2Sth In London Dr. Gallagher and the wit
ness passed Scotland Yard and DR.. Gallagher
said: THAT Is the headquarters OF the de
| tectives. IL viii come down, too" Dr.
Gallagher said he was staying az Charing
Cross Hotel, and gave the witness 81 saying:
| 1T don't run short The old man viii pro-
vide for us" They walked past the scene of
| the Westminster explosion On his asking
Dr. Gallagher if that's what we are going
to do" the latter answered yes" Gala
CHER viewed the houses of Parliament and
said: "They will make n great crash when
they come down"
At this point DIR. Gallagher shouted out
! from the dock "You infamous liar"
Lynch said that from the statements Of
DR. Gallagher rs y what destruction was to
be wrought he infen ed from the talk of his
co-conspiratolB that ODonovan-ROssa was
! In the scheme Rosa was referred TO as the
Birmingham &c see Whitehead at Dr. Gala
gher's request for some material " DR. Gal
lagher gave him money TO buy presentable
trunk, in which to put the stuff he was
to get from Whitehead. Whitehead put
him in the way of getting india rubber
bags Lynch confirmed all the evidence
submitted at the hearing last Thursday as
to Dr.. Gallagher having called fer him a
Fletcher He said when Whitehead was
loading the nitro glycerine into rubber
bags he told Lynch that fifty pounds had
been taken away that morning. Whitehead
also told him he would soon, know what the
liquid was
Whitehead here shouted, @You lie, you
traitor"
Lynch further testified that Dr. Gallagher
met him when he returned TO London from
Birmingham with nitro glycerine. He had
not seen any of the persons before except
DR. Gallagher and Whitehead
Lynch identified the boy he saw with
Whitehead in the factory of the latter at
Birminghom. The witness said thaU when
Whitehead was loading the nitro g ycerine
into the rubber bags he told him man the
same morning had taken sixty pounds of the
liquid. Both Dr. Gallagher and Whitehead
spoke of sending another man to London,
but did not mention any name.
The witness spoke In weak and indis-
tinct voice, and at one time appeared about
to faint At the conclusion OF the testimo-
ny, and while the dispositions were being
read. he did faint and was removed from
the courtroom.