New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-21

TO the matter. 81 am grieyed that such Things
should take place." he said i 90 no1 sec ot r,sL
my business in participating In their doinns. .,od
At length native Irishman was met he stated
that he lived in Brooklyn and with pIoi3%unu % .tiSn
terry he made the following statement, hrst supu.
iatinc that his name should not De
mentioned: al am member of the EmeraIGG EdG
Club The majority being IN US sent Mso to
Ii was done through personal influence. we plan1 p1
the officers greatly for sending one so
If an older man had been sent the affair woulu hSoa &
have been discovered so soon. the sane e rr nan
many of Lynchs statements are false me Maa n
Burns mentioned the chairman OF the cruz Me NE
only an inferior member The chairman oi rnse .n9
club was j. d. Weldrick. who lives at 9S Elss
Broa1way. He knows all about the conspiracy anu anu
its organization, but he won't tell Anotner pIoi,f f
uent member of the club Is Dr. William D"1oi' "
President Weldrick is printer il Prda5EoR r%Itop,
ST., and his house, at No: 80 East broaiHmaX iacoTXd
has door-pate bearing his name. and placaTnH car
inviting persons wanting board to make him can.
lie was not at home when reporter called: w. S,
eral calls were made till late at night. lie was
always out and no one knew anything Oh aIan nlu,'
DR.. William Dwyer was Sisi'ed hat his
He was greatly Disappointed adIion, 81 NAV would
have welcomed you IN that case; AS u ls IAN , stn
falsely accused. belong TO an ODD FELLOWS sqoSrJ ,
meeting at the same place as the Emerald CuO' Ou'
that is ALL" ,,c,..,. ~
. Then you krow nothing of any Emerald Club y
Stay, stay" he said as he looked syv Sn cu5 in
eR eG p III" O''''' -, ,.u;nr
Miles OBrien. who has been charged with having
formerly been member of the Emerald CluO Silu
10 a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday: FIVE or slA
years ago belonged to an athletic Or9anillt,.one ~
called the Emerald Club Later ont IL went ou. ~ ~
existence Ii had no connection with the Emerald
Club at Second-st and the Bowery. know hoIh-
ing about that organization -, IL
Manus OConnOr. of No. La Second-aNe;, VIZ
is a member of tho Emerald Cub. sad to the re-
porter: "Lvnchs testimony regarding the annls y.
of our club was false from beginningto end Inc
club is not a revolutionary organHauon' Ou' so-
LYNCH NOT KNOWN IN BROOKLYN.
Lynch. in his testimony on Thursday said that he
was employed in a coach-builders shop in Brooklyn
in October last, and that he left his employer on
March 8. The name of the coach-builder IN the
DISPATCHES was given either Merritt or Bennett
Mr.. Coe. of Coe & Merritt. of No. 25i Bediord1
ave- said that he had not n mau by the name ol
Ivnch i'm his employ since September l, 1851.
here was no O'Conuor the roll al that time, nor
has there been since then. ht lynch was dgou' ;
fifty wears old and lived III Maspeth-aye NillAn
Iiiwagen an employe IN the paint shop. SAID LHat
he saw Lynch a few weeks ago and he then said ne
was rOing TO Newark 10 get W0lA'
lynch wore a gray mustache and sDectacles
There is no other Cuacb-buider IN brooklyn by tuo
name of Merritt. J. T.. Bennett OF No. l33 Mas
sau-st and :. Bennett, of No 10 lliiary-st sal1
| that they had not employed any men IN several
| wears by the name Of Lynch anu OConnoF. Inc
| only Daniel O'Connor IN the present bIooklyll
Directory is a labOrer. whose address IS gwen a,
| No 2OB Hamllton-ayc. The landlord OF that mousse
! said that the O'Connor referred to was a long
| In the directory of ISL there was a d. ;. OCon-
nor carriage-maker, at No. 25S B,rgen-st 10
| the reporter who called there. a woman WHO had
lived I'm TIE house for eight years said that the ad-
| dress wa, Incorrect. There had been no OCouuOi
| living in the house since she had been there.
TALKS WITH BRITISH OFFICIALS.
The Office of the British Consul-Gencral was filed
with persons engaged in the transaction OF business
| when a TRIBUNE reporter called there yesterday
The dynamite sensation was the topic Of converse
ton among some of those present WilliaG
/ Lane Booker. the new Committeeman
who came here recently from san Fran
cisco where he was British Consul for twenty-seyer
years was not in his office. Inquiries were
made OF the Consul. ). PIerrepont Edwards, "a 70
whether or not the revelations made III Lpndon ol
| Lynch alias Norman, agreed with the lni0rmauon
! in possession of the Consulate. MI. EdW3fuss
| smiled as he replied THAT y something OF which
! cannot speak. | would be pleased 10 give any IN
formation 10 the press that could but TINS IS al
ohicIal matter and there Is really nothing that
! can say. Ii brings the matter close al nome nov
/ ever and opens vide neld ior th'
press of the city "a heid' @ no no u1ey donP[ 5
| abIc 10 give you some Information. You Will ind
| him AZ his hotel the Everett House
! you have not found any bombs around your
| OF C. here | suppose - remarked the reporter.
! ''No: but we have received numerous threatening
| letters. We have got used to that sort OF thing
! no Seyer' Al o,
NO but they keep pretty close watch upon our
! rnoyemeuts have been 'shAdowet so much that
| am getting used TO IT, though II Is not pleasant.
/ I'm your residence here have Won ever been
| treated with any violence by th@t class OF per
! sonsf'
/ NO; have simply been watched and made the
| recipient Of threatening letters, suppose, now
ever that the object OF watching our movements IS
10 see that none OF their associates visit US 70 gye
| information
! Later in the day Mr. Booker was seen at the Ever
| EFT House Hens tall. pleasant looking gentleman
! with gray hair aud beard. lie brought with hin
| from San Franci5cO a magnificent souvenir OF tht
GOODWILL OF the business men OF that city IL wa
| presented 70 him at public banquet III his honor
aud is composed Of gold silver precious stones ana
the various woods for which that country j famous
and Il has appropriate devices aud inscriptions
! Speaking Of the dynamite revelations, AT. Booker
! said:
| II have been here such short time that hay'
! not become fully acquainted with the business o.
| the Office. have no information on the subject :"
! which you make inquiries that / could make public
1 In fact | get my news from the newspaper
! would not Ike 10 venture opinion on the subec
| of a probable demand for the eItTadition Of any
| nersous engaged In the conspiracy.