Connecticut western news., 1883-04-25
DYNAMITE CONSPIRATORS
THE TALE OF AN INFORMER.
Lynch, alias Norman, DisclOses the Secrets of the Brotherhood, both in the United
 States and England.

Wilson, Dr. Gallagher, Bernard Gallagher, Curtin, Ansburgh and White head, the men arrested on charges ol being concerned in the dynamite con- spiracy in London, were brought up in the Bow Street Police Court, Norman turned informer and the story he tells is as follows:-He stated that his real name was William Joseph Lynch, and that he was born of Irish parents in the State of New York.
 Lynch testified that in October last while he was working at 8 coach build CTS in Brooklyn, a shopmate, named | Daniel O'Connor, induced him to join 8 | society, which was branch of Fenian ] organization, the divisions of which were called Emerald Clubs O'Connor took | him to Odd Fellows Hall, in New York and ia an ante-room told him that the | object of the society was to free Ireland | by force alone; Lynch, on joining | the society, took an oath to stand | by it's watchword, to obey his | superior officers and to observe the laws | of the Brotherhood the members were | known by numbers and not by their names the name of the presiding off Ger was Thomas Burns Lynch said he had attended the called meetings of the | club twice each month.
 He did not know O'Donovan Rossa per- sonally, but heard thathe had been to the club room; he was always spoken of | there as the ''old man," he knew beside | O'Connor, two other members of the club, both named Sullivan; on the 7tE | of March Burns handed him letter ad dressed to Dr. Thomas Gallagher, Man haitian avenue, Greenpoint, l.. l.; Lynch said that the hall which he was sworn in, was in building on the corner of second street and the Bowery.
 | The number of the treasurer of the club was 82; that of the secretary was 13; the password for admission. to the meetings was "Providence;" there were other associated clubs in New York such as the Sarsfeld, whose rooms were in Thirty second street; the Owen Roe and the Thomas Davis, which met il Military Hall; the Emmet, located on Eighth avenue, and the Davitt and Ton Moore clubs, of the meeting places O which he was ignorant; the persons who managed the clubs were known as dis trict members; their names were no known to each other; when a member vas wanted to go on 8 mission the presi | lent read out his number and told hin | to send him (the president) his address. When he took the letter given him by Burns to Dr. Gallagher the latter reat 1t and said: "You are wanted to go tc London; you will know what for, when ! Tou get there;" the following day, he (Lynch) quilted work without giving | ilis employer notice and saw Gallagher who gave him $50, and told him to buy {. steerage ticket by the steamer Spair under the name of Norman; after h. had done so he showed the ticket t' Burns. who said: ''The old man will see YOU righted for that;" Gallagher subse auentjy gave him $lOO and told him te | 20 to London and inquire at the Ameri ] can Exchange for letter addressed te him: he endeavored to excuse himsel from undertaking the London mission saying that he had mother and sister | to maintain; but Gallagher replied "You will only be absent two months and your mother will be seen to in the meanwhile.
 Gallagher gave him small box to takt to England; he examined this on board the steamer and found that it contained spring which worked by pressure; ht was somewhat alarmed at this discover, and threw the box and contents into thu sea; he arrived in London on the 22d O March; his first act was to take lette. he had written to Gallagher to Bowles Exchange to inform the latter of hi: arrival and where he could be found.
 He saw Gallagher on the 27th or 2Stl i | oe Moroh o,,l xx,o1l,aJ 1uit1 bir, 7,aSt tbf scene of the recent explosion in tht government offices at Westminster; ht asked, "Is that what we are going to do?" Gallagher replied, Yes, and ii won't be chiLd's play, either;" they Bridge, when Gallagher, who had beel viewing the houses of Parliament, re marked, 'They will ma ke a great crasl when they come down."
 Gallagher here jumped to his feet ant shouted, |" You infamous liar."
 The witness continued-Returnine they passed Scotland Yard, and Gal lagher said, "Thatis the headquarters o detectives it will come down, too ;" Gal lagher said he was staying at the Char ing Cross Hotel and gave witness s7 saying, Don't run short, the old mar will provide for us;" on April 2, Gal lagher told witness that he wanted hin to go to Ledsam street, Birmingham and inquire for Whitehead and tell hin that he Nynch) had been sent for som, material ; he had never heard of White head before; he went to Birmingham that morning; before going Gallaghe gave him G5 with which to buy respectable trunk to put the stuff in he went to Whitehead's factory, wher he saw Whitehead and boy. (The bo, was here put in the witness box an( identified by Lynch.)
 Lynch said Whitehead put him in tn way of procuring India-rubber bags il which to carry the nitro o-glycerine. Tn witness confirmed all the evidence givel at the hearing as to Gallagher having called for him under the name of Fletch CT. Witness said that when Whitehead was loading nitro-glycerine into tn rubber bags he told him that a man tha same morning had taken sixty pounds o the liquid. He asked Whitehead wha the liquid was, and was informed that h, would soon know.
 Whitehead here shouted from the dock ''You lie, you traitor P
 The witness said Gallagher met him il London when he returned from Birming ham with the nitro -glycerine; he hac never seen any of the prisoners befor except Gallagher and Whitehead; botl of these men had spoken of sending an other man to London, but they did no mention any name.