Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-12-25
The Report Of the Secretary OF State,
Together with Very yoluminoHs
Correspondence,
Submitted by the President TO the House
+ The Part Taken by the
United States
In the Matter Explained at Length, and
the Question Of 6'Donnell's Citizen.
ship Fully Discussed.

to the resolution OF the 1 lth instant, calling
for communications and papers on file in
the State Department. relative to the trial,
conyictien ard ese.ttiot, at the lite Pat
r.ik UDonneii. Inc correspondence cov-
ers a period from September "a to De-
| cember Is, 1888. Under the first mem
toned date Hoppit,. Arst secretary OF the
jnrs,ton!. in,ormed secretary Frelinphuy-
sen of the arrest of Patrick 0'DonneIl and
his anxiety to have solicitor appointed
tn undertake his defense. He further in.
forms the Secretary. in response To a ccu-
mnnicatinn frsm The Dpputy uoveriipr of
Mjlitank brison, that there, Is Some fluubt
of 0'DonfieIl's identity IT'S aIdsr ii,3t
supbosiho the prisoners citizenship to be
estabIisHed he did not believe tha United
States ooyefp,,,Ant Gn,ijd; ut,der ordinary
e;rdnn,sfan,es nroyide nroiessi6nai ,ayf,
assistance for one of its citizens accused of
crime in Great Britain, even if destitute of
means and there seemed TO he NOTHING in
this case to rs,ake It an EXCEPTION. He there.
fore declined tn instinct soms one ,o dp
fend him excent unier direction of the
Department of State.
On October 9Th Secretary Frelingbuvsen
writes Lowell directing him 10 Sscertain
whether O'Donnell Is citizen of the
United States, aid ;f no, to 30 *Sbateyhr is
| retssea+t b! sai;n,fse q oTToner defense. In
| closed in this communication was a letter
from John F. Finerty. of Illinois, trans
mittin0 tbe resolutions adopted by n meet
| inc at CHICAGO uroino on the Secretary. of
State the necessity for immediate action by
| the United States tn yindicate its right
that (,'fjonfeli have fair trial. The rpTly
of Secretary Frelinphi}ysen 10 Finerty is
sIso irciosed III #. TIE SacretarV saVs.
aft il douhfed that the accused will
receive n fair trial according to the
usnal forms al low which in En1land arc
SuhstantiolIv those in force in t6is conn
try, and any proper aid TO that end which
II is within their power to furnish, will be
Given by the representatives of the United
States In Tendon. such nil would ne
Given ss A matter If corrsp. without sbe-
cific instructions FROM This dei1artment TO
any American accused of crime I'M any for
eign country where this government was
represented"
Under date Of October 9th. Secretary
Frelinghuvsen indorses to HoIjpin the re-
quest OF the Hon. John A. logan and
others that VIM. ID. Hynes and VIM. w.
O'Brien be authorized TO appear for O'Don-
nell. He also incloses his reply thereto.
stating that he understands that Gen.
Pryor and Ex-Judge Fullerton. of New
York, are to take part in the defense.
| Lowell vos absent from Jondon and Hon
ranl1PS
stating that ha las come to the conclu,
SION that tEe tatt;fcats of i,df,iraI;Satinn
Dr,',o,;i X, fi;fIon;;aiI Us ;ti,sr T,,a,toJ
70 soria otbsr berSd, hesr;;io, the not INN.
snaI ,o,ia NJ BatrIct tpIiennalj or iras
frandnianflt obta;nsd hv tbo ,,r;so;,er II
;s ,SoSs;6in be oat.s tbat tLa Stata Da,.rt'
,n n,ant p'I NAV dac;Je the s;mnla fsct al the
nrisoner nress;no the certificate of natn-
rrai;1atinpf r. in his avn name s,,tfcient nroof
BAOCA
cadent f,cts II seemed bara tbot O,non.
uoii, oit;.ot;r IoI - ne,e - ,,,"t ~ % !,
ms ,'ot ,,onassar,, e., I'm, 80 taia f,rtbar
49,, aD S i thst J;rcc,ion M nh th.t Il an Ill,
,,e,lesSar~ 80 fo, lin, 10 sbo,v tbo ;,,,,ranso
;ncon~a,,;aure nuS M r rof aIsoI,ta imnract;ca.
b;iit,- 81 nrnrid;p1 as a n,attn, II co;,,,So
nrofoo,s;onol 80, asS;stsnce 70 daSt;futa Snar.
a,' e;t;,ans ano,,"od ,f c1;,,to u, aI1 arte
Of o. thn '1firi InitaJ Kinodono Sncb act;on l =,
would throw 1unon the ieoation ind;ciaI
dntias v'h;cb ,rpnjd n,ater;siI,; ;btarfare
i'll ;ts Iol,;t;rtato ~ 81 a,+aiI &c,
a,,co ~, rs -, a. ..nn
rs dota 81 ~ Ibe 99d i TTnnn;n ;rforn,s
| soorathr,, Eroii,oi',,,-set,, tI,itf bo n,,da
further inonir;es concern;ng o,DopneII;s
aIleoed citizenshin and willie If was i'm.
possibIe for him to give an authoritative
oninion unon the o,Iestjon. he can saw he
was imnressed with tbe annarent trnfb ot
| OiDonnpll's Statements. The question ot
| O'Donnell's citiscnship is summed up in
the following communication from the
Secretary of State to the President; "Iu
response to your direction, 1 have the
honor TO inform Won that an Investigation
was made of the right of Patrick ODon.
nell's claim to the citizenship of the United
| States. the result of which | have the
| honor to communicate herewith. The
statements made in behalf of O'Donnells
right of citizenship are conflicting. 1t is
asserted that he is citizen, first, By the
naturalization of his father Michael, while
he. the son Patrick, was vet q
minor; second, bv reason OF ser
vice in the army OF the United States
during the late civil war, and third
by naturalization as one who resided in
the United States three years next priol
to his coming of age, and continuously
| thereafter up to the application for citizen.
shin. The claim to citizenship through
his fathers act rests on his own statement
No proof of the fact is found or furnished
and it is not confirmed by the other mem
bers of the family that the father was ever
naturalized. Had he been, Patrick O'Don
nell would not have applied for naturaliza
| ton. As to the second point, O'Donnel
| himself says in an injury to his arm pre-
vented his enlistment in the army, but he
was employed as teamster in 1864 with {
United States supply-train in Colorado
1t has not been thought necessary to verify
this statement, for if true the fact
would not give him the right o.
naturalization as one who served in the
army, and moreover the certificate was no
granted on the ground of his having beer
soldier. In support of that allegation he
produces certificate of naturalization
November &, 1878, by the Probate Court o
Lawrence county. o, This certificate wa.
issued in conformity with a section of the
| Revised Statutes. 1t provides that any
alien being under the age of twenty-one
| and had resided in the United States three
wears next preceding arriving at that age
and had continued to reside therein to the
time he made application to be admitted tc
be a citizen thereof, it may be admitted or
making the declaration at that time, in
stead OF two wears before naturalization. II
would appear that this certificate wa.
| irreCulariy granted, for on O'Donnell'.
statement made to the United State,
cbnrUs d'a6aircs at London. he returned
| to ireland after attaining his majority
and remained there between 1867 and 1871
| and conseouentlv had NOT continued tn re
Side in The Ifn;ted states iron, tha time n
COMING of ACE to tbe time of MAKING an.
nIicati0n IN BECOME a citizen. as he mus
have done TO conform to the requirements
of the statute II is also uncertain wbethe,
he in fact resided here for three wears ne ~
before ATTAINING his majority. Nv his state
ment to Hoppin, he is now about forty.
eicbt vears oid which nnts his birth aboni
ISS5 In tba declarot;dn nada Of the finn
Of b;s natnrai;1st;on he declares III he was
borr, in isSS He must therefore, have
attained his majority some time betweer
Isse al iS5a D., I;s o,n staterontS he
cous a ~ his , corn;rr w WITH his mother nj.
father be;ng aireadv berel when about
ionr or s;x years old Tn ISao or $50 he
ro,,,r,o5 ~ - Irala,d 49,, t,rel,,a ,,aarS oIJ
| HSi1 ,SSo1 o. a,,S oa,,aa hi, 20 ;ha I'm;
been between twenty-three and twenty-siS
| years old, so that between the extreme