The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-27
A SUSPECTS STORY.
o'suLLlyAN's SUFFERING
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pSrsr-seInOld, Gsd pSuEsO.s the OslJ surs
TAIsss In Prospect for Ir,lasd-I,eapIss
ImprI,ORRsHt asd GIIhIuE an Asylum.

tne lOIlONluRs lub lfhuuAu WIN nls-
tory Is at present sojourning in Chicago.
He Is but twenty eight years old, and has
a wife and two children In BallyduG,
in County Kerry. He Is too poor to bring
them to America. He dare not return to
them In Ireland, He has some relatives In
Milwaukee, and by their advice Is in this
city, where he hopes TO find at least tenn.
ponry employment. The young Irish
mans name is Martin o'Sulliyan. He Is
fairly educated, writes readily, and pre-.
senis the subject of IrelAnd's woes In stir
ring language. To reporter who met him
yesterday, he said:
~ wish had the tongues Of angels 30
that might fifty portray 10 the readers Of
your naDer the situation as 1t exigts In Ire
land to-day. There Is no need OF exag.
geration. The Irish people are treated rs
II they were common felOns. There Is not
d single shred OF constitutional liberty left
them. The surest prospect before the Irish
people In the dear land o. their birth Is
one which includes Scaholds aud dungeons.
It Is not enough for enemies 10 steal the
iIulta VI NuT lAid tOlls 1hcu Nuu uTt
robbed will protest, you known, but.when
lTishmen meet TO lift up their voices In the
cause Of freedom and Justice
TIscALLED TREASON.
"What Is the immediate prospect for
Irelaud?"
"There are some very combustible COM
pounds there. Since July last any man,
woman, or child found outside their homes
between sunset and sunrise Is liable TO get
from five to fifteen years penal servitude.
II Il hireling OF the English Government
only says Suspect, the one who Is informed
against Is doomed. lisa pitiAble situa.
tion-driven from their homes, deirauded,
hungry, penniless, and then, when iudig.
nant and outraged nature asserts itself, 10 |
be thrown into prison."
"liut are there not guilty ones among the |
suspects?"
"Not one in one thousand. Take my
own case. l worked hard to make the
best Of my own resources. did not drink,
but found myself growing poorer all the
while. The landlords were sucking my
life blood, and the wife aud children were
doomed 10 suiIer. In 1879 / took my
stand with the sincere people Of the
county. organizeda u few public meet
ings and had tho honor Of being called
upon TO preside over the inst meeting that
was held in County Kerry. TWAS not an
incendiary gathering, not at all. Three
brother, each with helpless families, had
been evicted because they could not pay
the exorbitant rents demanded. We met
TogxpRlSs ouR SYMPATHY
with the sufferers and to protest against a
system which worked SO much misery and
injustice. Here in America, where free
dom Is loved, would you do less than we
did? Wetried 10 take advantage Of the
doctrine Of the Land League and my own
landlord turned upon me. He set the
'crowbar brigade. to work, and four or five
families were pitched out on the road,
Who did this cruel work? Four or five
hundred soldiers and police, infantry and
cavalry with bayoneis liked as though they
were prepared to give fight TO some pow.
eriul enemy. Well, sir, those iarms have
become waste, rs did his demesne and
some other farms this landlord had
in his own hands. The people became
50 indignant at his cruelty that they boy.
cotted him-that Is, they left him 10 him.
self. The landlord had a Bailil named
Thade, and he was ilt man 10 carry out
the brutal policy OF his master. There
being no fences on the farms from which
the poor people had been eyicted, the
cattle from the neighboring tenants used
TO stray away and Craze on them. Thade,
the BailiiI, summoned four OF the tenants
for trtspassing on the eYicted farms, and
they were heavily fined. They could not
raise the money. went to the other ten
ants and raised the amount imposed as
ine. Some Of the landlords, seeing this,
said ! was taking suspicious interest and
OUGHT TO DE DISCIPLINED:
A few days after was summoned by the
head Constable Of the district for carrying
on illegal work. I had to appear on the
10Th Of August, 1850, at the Causeway
Petit Sessions TO stand my trial before Jus
tees Of the Peace who were landlords, one |
Of them being brother to the landlord |
owning the evicted farms. | had a mum.
ber Of witnesses who knew WIS innocent
and who SO testified. The head Constable |
testified that called Thade, the bailiiT, au |
iniormer, and that was terror and was
known as Rory Of the Hills lie swore
that | hadevery person In the district under
my command. All that was perjury. God
knows the story was untrue in all respects,
but | was sentenced to hard labor in Tralee
Jail. ] lived twelve miles 10 the north Of
Tralee, and the day my sentenced expired
l was met by thousands Of persons and vel.
coined. Those people knew me; they knew
| was opposed 10 crime and and violence;
they knew ] had been persecuted. Alter
this l had