New-York tribune., 1883-03-18
FRANK BYRNE IN PARIS.
HOW HE LOOKS TALKS, AND IS TREATED
By TIE AUTHORITIES.

HOW lie LOUIS, IALhS, AMI - lhi'A i~D
By TIE AUTHORITIES.
rFEoM THE REGrLAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBUSEl J
PARIS, March ,.
Newspaper reporters on the qui rirc about
frank Byrne aud his wife. Rocheiort although 10
was hootcd AID peltcd at Cork by Irish Catholics,
many of whom doubtless were Nationalist, has
taken up brca.t-bigh the cause Of the secretnJ Of
the National Land and La or League. He, how
ever. privatcly avovs that he feels rc?ugnance
for two Fenian chuns OF Bvrns who have been sell
ng news to the papers about their friend, and IN
order to prolOng this temporary source oi income,
are in no haste TO procure Tor HIN an
English-speakng advocate. The eIltor Oh INC
huiyapigednt is man of artistic feeling. and
mates ignoblr vulgirty. He has not seen B'rn'
himself. but have no doubt would like him after
a personal meeting The unfortunate Secretary Of
the three Is is what the French term an homHc
synpathiquc. ON the fist blush he produces good
IMPRESSION He is fine man. and has "a sweet aud
utell. cnt ply. o .nomy. / studied him some days
ayo at an lnsh restaurant, VII r. he was break
fasting with M, w.c, and greatly prepossessed
IN his favor. lis voice has mrlodiouB hm6re
and although the man himself does not impress
one as irausparentiy fr.nk, he has all open manner
Ills BEARING towari his wife was chiyalrously ton
der lie watched her all the time they were at
breakfast and when sho was III at ease he Quickly
latd down hlS hulc ana lhlh anu Ntt'"'P''N
to rouse her up By forced gayctv. Byrne's
features arc plain but wcl-Dr'poruoned. aud any
thing bui ugy. Ilc has "a solid mead, the developed
frontal ,innsof the true-born Cot and fair hair and
sandy beard and moustache. His figure
is gracefully erect and not that Of man who
has for eleven years suffered II Jm rheumatism.
Is he Number OneW thna not. Bat there II
something that is not all square in his position,
which he himself a,mitted III my hearing was pc
cuhar" If he was direct party tn Il murder his
physognomy is "a cousummatc dccciyer. Ills speech
i, that of an intelligent but not highly cultivated
man. The pitch ot his voice is Irish word here and
there is pronounced with rubn accent. heard
Byrne talk with some Of MS country-olk about the
heads of the Land League with which ho has no
connections lie said nothing to their dlsa Ivantage,
but could SEQ that he and thcy were not on the
best terms
Mrs. Byrue is "A nOnentity. She Is wOmanly to
the point OF helplc,sncss and one oil the most
fragile-lookng being, tina; ever saw. Her age is
abont six-and-twenty. Tie bloom OF youth has
faded from her checks and has not been super
seded by matrony plumpness As Dean Swift
wrote of Lady Achcson she is snip and lean. Never
theless, she inspires interest Her crushing mis-
fortunes arc supported patiently. If Byrne IS in
fault and she knows it. she harbOrs no resentment
Her eyes, which are glazed with fover when she
looks at HIM express only the tenderest love and
most entiro confidence. 1t is sad to think that
were anything to happen to him four children
would depend for bread this hOllow-chested,
consumptlye woman. Mrs. Byrnc is refined, and,
indeed ladylille. She was before her marriage u
teacher IN "A glrls school Byrne sighed profoundly
each time their children wcrc men Toned. Ihey are
at present under the OF a maiden aunt.
The French police have not been as clXll 10 the
Irish agItator the agents OF scotland lard were
To nis wife. The first days and nights he passed
at the depot of the Prefecture of Police were spent
IN the company OF two thieves his bed was lhli oi
vcrlnrn tnkompt malciactors had probably occu-
pied IT, In appearing before the substitute OF the
ProcuratOr he was handcuilcL Detective william
son had warned the police that tho Secretary to the
Land and Labor League was strong and daring.
Othrr evidence bcsdcs that winch Carey
tendeT red at Kilmainham has been adduccd against
hnn. It tends TO prove that he was actually en-
gagged IN the PnmniN Park murders. But thus far
II has not satisfied the authOnlrs here. Byrne h
under the great disadvantage of having no advo-
cate to defend him. lie says he docs not speak
French but he dIsccrncd errors in the rendering of
hrs answers by IN official Interpreter.