National Republican., 1883-04-13
JOIN WAIST ARRIVES.
The "suspcct" In New York-IIe Tells
About His Travels and Gives His Opin-
ion OF English Justice.

The "suspcct" In New Yorx-He Tells
About His Travels and Gives His Opin-
ion OF English Justice.
NEW YORK, April 12.--John Walsh, who
was recently arrested by the French author
ities at the request of the British government,
on suspicion of being concerned in the Phm-
nix park murders, arrived in this city to-
day on the steamer France from Havre.
Walsh states in an interview tonight that he
was born in Ireland in 1888; that he left that
country twenty-five years ago, and has re-
sided in England until lately. He early took
n stand in the Irish revolutionary movement,
and in 1867 was arrested in Manchester for
being concerned in the Fcnian movement of
that year, but he was eventually discharged.
From that time to his departure for France
he has steadily given his time and oxertions
to the organization of the Irish national
movement in the north of England. He
also materially assisted in organizing
the land league. When the latter movement
first started he was elected by the London
executive in conjunction with Frank Byrno
and T. Kelley TO spread over England net
work of Irish societies. whose aims were TO as
sst the Dublin committee by every constitu-
tional effort in this work Walsh was most
successful, and organized 160 branches of the
land league. Walsh says he was arrested at
u
He was detained nineteen days, and twice ar
raigned before the procureur, but was finally
discharged. Walsh intended to leave France
in few days when arrested.
In the French prisons ho was treated
tolerably WELL was allowed to provide his
own food, but had TO associate with the Or
dinary prisoners. Several rules were relaxed
in his favor, such rs those respecting news
papers and manual labor. Mr.. Walsh then
went on to state that he left England to put
himself out of the power of the lying
wretch" Carey. He would go back to Eng
land If he thought he would be tried by n fair
jury, but that too many were hanged in Ire
land nowadays uniustly, and he should expect
to be made victim though he was as guilt
less as Gladstone himself of the charges
brought against him. He considered the con
viCtion of those on trial foregone Conclu-
sion. There was no such thing as law in
Ireland to-day as dealt out by suborned
judges and iuries The whole thing was
travesty aud simply terrorism. Walsh then
gave long account of how no was inveigled
into an acquaintance with Detective Murphy,
but that being innocent of any crime, oad-
mission could he got out of him. He stated
! that he had no recollection of ever seeing
Carey. The charges against him were base
less. He regarded Carey as the most un-
blushing perjurer on the English list of
hired spies. An endeavor was made to
lish vessel lying in. the harbor on the
pretense of important letters awaiting
his personal application for them, but it failed.
Respecting the outlook for Ireland, he thought
if Ireland could get the right of making her
own laws and administering them, or If she
got her cIn parliament for the asking there
would DO no revolution, but that Irshmen
should stop at nothing in order TO achieve
Irish independence. He thought, however,
that England would grant no concession for
the asking, and he believed in vigorous
policy. Speaking of the English workingmen,
he considered they were one in idea with their
Irish brethren--that there were no antipathies
between the workers of the two nations, only
those of the ruling charlatans of both coun-
tries.