The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05

even was done beyond correspondence,
and the question of SherIdian's ex-
tradition was quietly dropped. Walsh,
too, was allowed to get away from
France, although he was arrested by the
French police and examined. Il is now thought
that the TIited States government has mt
mated that these men could not be given up
not, at least, until they were formally indicted
flor willful murder and regular warrants IS
. sued for their apprehension, and that this 10
the secret of the present action of the crown
officers in securing true bills against them
This action on the part of the crown il re-
garded as very significant, and the general
opiniofris that it is backed up by the friendly
attitude of the United States governments and
some additional evidence obtained from the nu-
merous informers.. The government intends
to lay hold of alb the alleged leaders in the
murder conspiracy.
United Ireland, the organ of the Nationalist
party, made some severe comments on the
course pursued by the men who made yester-
days confes 3ions and by some of the men
who have been indicted for the conspiracies to
murder Mr.. Forster, Earl Cowper and others.
as reported in Yesterdays dispatches. 1t says
plainly that the confession Of Patrick Delaney
made for definite purpose that it
suited from an agreement and that the pre-
tense of sentencing him to death was the
merest farce. Its statements indicated that it
had special sources of information, and it says
with authority that Delaney made his confes-
sion for the purpose of securing the convic-
ton of Timothy Kelly whose third trial the
government intended should result in
viction. while the counsel for the. crown did
not believe that, after two disagreements, any
conviction could be found on Carey's compar-
atively unsupported testimony.
. Public runor and public belief go further
than the press statements and with much APP
parent reason. 1t is believed that the confes-
sions of both Delaney and Thomas Caffrey are
intended to reach much further than the con-
viction of Kelly, and to supply the missing
links of evidence which will secure the CON
yiction of every other person claimed to have
been connected with the Phoenix park tragedy,
the assassination of Lord Mount Morris and
the score or more of preceding conspiraeies to
murder With their names, and as men hay
ing the same purpose in view, are connected
those of james. Mullett and William Moroney,
two of the men at kihmainham, against whom
the indictments for conspiracy were found yes
terday. The feeling is strong that money CON
slderations have been offered TO these men if
they can serve certain purposes of the govern
ment effectively, and that money will be only
secondary to pardons which will be almost
unconditional These rumoTs or more than
rumors, attribute to the ministry intentions
much further reaching than have ever before
been limited at and to nothing less than the
bring down of Mr.. Parnell and other Irish
members of parliament and connecting them
directly with the conspiracies. Such posi-
bility has been unthought of until within
fortnight, and would not now attract attention
were it not that informers are becoming so
numerous that opportunity is given to prove
almost anything
A solicitor who has been interested in two of
the trials which were concluded in the Green
street court room, and who has examined all
the testimony which has been given, and had
the confidence of several of the prisoners
says: "The situation of. Delaney and Caffrey
is the most extraerdinary of which have ever
had any knowledge. The evidence against
them was not as strong az that against Kelly
and their conviction Hnder any circumstances
was quite out of Sthe question. They admit
themselves guilty of murder, as accessories
before and after the fact, pleaded guilty, and
the court follows the usual course of accept
ing their plea and sentencing them to death at
once.s They accept awaTnng OF the result of
their plea if persisted in, calmly. Such
course cannot be expaained on the basis of any
information in the possession of the public, or
any within my possession"
If these statements have the foundation of
fact then the policy of the government is one
of indireetion, which can only be explained by
the murder indictments to-day against lyman,
Sheridan and Walsh Any evidence that De
laney, Gallery, Mullett and Moroney have
given give does not touch any member
of parliament, and the same is true of Carey's
statements. They give evidence which is,
however, strong enough to indict three
men who lido know :. what were the
real instigators and leaders, and exo
aetly what were the methods employed If
lyman, Sheridan and Walsh be placed, by
the consent of the United States government
within the control of the English authorizes,
the latter believe that lyman can be induced to
turn informer, and that then sufficient evidence
can be obtained from him aud other informers
not only to convict Sheridan and Walsh, but
seriously to implicate several Irish members
of Parliament including Mr.. Parnell and pos
sibly lead to the extradition of Patrick Egan,
and other well-knewn Land leaguers, who
have recently emigrated TO the United States