The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-21


rent.
O'Donoyan Rosa was not In his Office
whom n reporter called last evening. but
his lieutenant, Patrick Joyce, was at his post
While he himself would not give any direct
information. he referred the news-gatherer
10 Mr.. William J. O'Dwyer, OF No. 3l3
cast Twenty-seventh street, as the best
man 10 enlghten the public on the subject.
eyes" said Mr.. O'Dwyer, Il am a men,
Der Of the society Lynch speaks Of, and in
the nam his story is true. know Lynch
very well, and think he was a very poor
man for the business" He said it
was the Emerald Club which met at
Bowery and Second street. There were
formerly three Emerald clubs, hut one had
been broken up. There was one here now,
and one in Brooklyn.
"Does O'Donovan Rosa know anything
abou. this affair."" asked the reporter.
"Not a thing" said Mr.. O'Dwyer and
Mr.. Joyce in unison. "IIe withdrew from
the Club some time ago"
Another prominent Irishman was OF the
opinion that Lynch was an English spy.
said he "Look how easy 1t Is for any one
TO learn what is being done by the Irish
leaders here. II the English want to stop
these conspiracics what would be easier
than 10 send a trusty emissary to ingratiate
himself with the Irish societies, get himself
to he sent on such a mission, ana nj the
proper time turn Queens evidence ana
have the entire party hanged think you
will find that he has been in the employ OF
the English authorities, and has been play
ing sharp game on the Emerald Club"
A person giving the name OF W. j. Nor
man, which Lynch says was his assumed
name, purchased Storage ticket No. 2,9S3
M the Storage ticket-oflice Of the National
Line, No. 70 Broadway, on the afternoon
OF Friday. March 9th. The ticket was
sold him by Mr.. Edward II. Low, but Mr..
Low bad no remembrance OF the personal
appearance OF Norman. He was a pasSen-
ger on the steamer Spain, which left this
city on Saturday, March 10th.
The Storage steward OF the Spain on
that trip was Thomas Foley, a pleasant
Young freshman, who is now employed III
a similar capacity on the steamer Arizona,
Of the Guion Line. Foley became well
acquainted with Norman after the vessel
was two days ont, and Norman got from
him. as well as he could, all he knew about
the condition OF affairs in the " old coun-
try" TO Foley Norman told the same
story about being physician and gradu-
ate OF a Second-avenue medical school.
Foley was troubled with sore neck, ana
this Norman promised to cure him when
the vessel reached Liverpool, in which city
Norman promised to shave high old
time" IN Foley's company, and at his
(Norman's) expense.
did he meet you in Liverpool" Mr..
Foley was asked yesterday.
~ didn't get n sight OF him after we
landed, although / went to the public he
named, and was there ut the time agreed
upon. But Norman had not been there.
nor didn't come there while was in Liver
pool. and | wasn't the only one he disap-
pointed"
"H0w was that"
"There was pretty young lass aboard,
with whom Norman had Irritation, and
in whose company he was seen very ire
0uentlv on the promenade and about the
storage. She came TO be gone on him
during the trip, and when we reached Liy-
erpool he promised TO meet her rs soon
rs ne could get rid OF his luggage and
deliver his messages he said he had to leave
with friends. She thought he was going
to marry her. but | saw her just before |
sailed and he hadn't been near her"
WAS there anything singular about his
habit, on board Ship!"
"WcU. YES. lie always used to take a
sleep i'm the Afternoon when | did Just
after dinner and until tea-time. Then,
when | was on watch at night he used to
walk about the deck, sometimes alone, and
sometimes with his girl, and when she
went to bed he would come and talk with
me-" 49,,
:. Did he drink while on board!"
Not at all. Oh. yes, he did buy two
bottles of beer during the trip; but that
was ALL"
"Do you remember his having my.-
ferrous box with spring on the outside! ~
"Vcry well indeed, and he wouldn't say
ANYTHING about it. 1t was good-slzed
box. not very heavy. and he showed me
the spring at one end, but he never told me
what was in the box or what the spring
was for"
"He saws he got frightened at the box
and threw it overheard. DO you rcmem'
Der anything about that?"
"Uc had the box with him when he left
the shin at Liverpool, and | saw him with
the box and trunk standing on the pier Just
after his baggage was put of.
..Did YOU ever hear him say anything
about O'DonovIn Rossa:"
Foley had been seated at the mess-table
with n dozen OF his companions, eating his
dinner and telling his story between bites.
Thi, question brought him 10 his feet, and
he said: "The fellow who lives over here,
YOU mean: Yes, he spoke OF him often,
and said he knew him very well, and that
Rosa was very strong man in America
and would do wonders for Ireland.
He also spoke Of him to William
Henry, who was also a steerage stew
ard on the Spain with me. DR.. Mont
gomerv. Willinm Henry, and myself were
the ones who knew him best, and about
the ONLY ones he would talk with in con-
tidential way. knew his name wasn't
Norman. and told him so, and asked him
what his real name was, and he told me
that il was Norman. The Doctor told me
he was not physician, and that he did not
know ANYTHING about medicine. But he
couldn't find out anything about who he
was"
DIR. Thomas Gallagher has lived in Green
noint about four years. He occupied q
frame house ut Java street and Manhattan
avenue, his mother, brother, and sister
living with him. He is not married. lie
is described ~ tall. dignified man. with
an ascetic face. Somewhat distant in his
manners, he had few friends. lie was,
however. quiet, reserved man, and
seems to have been universally respected.
1t is stated that for the last eighteen
months he has been away from home a
great deal, and although to all appearances
an eminently respectable citizen, he wa,
supposed by many to be member OF the
dynamite faction Of the Irish agitators. II
is alleged that he purchased from local
druggists a number Of rubber bags which
are used to hold certain kinds OF drugs.
Suspicious persons consider this as an eyi'
dence Of his completely in the dynamite
schemes. DR.. Gallagher was an oid-schooI
physician and had a large practice. Hi
family refused to say anything last night
EXCEPT that the Doctor was in Europe.