Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-23
How They Are Viewed by Lead
ing IriShmen in New
York.
The Anxiety of Rosa to Get
ALI the Credit and Dyna-
mite Contributions.
The Bribing of Witnesses il
Dublin and Picking Of
Jurors
elf-Government the Only Cure

Special 10 the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
NEW YORK, April 20.-The subject
OF conversation among the Irishmen Ct
the East Side and at Williamsburg to-
day was not the evidence given by
Lynch In London, bur the corrobors.
ton OF 1t given by Irishmen to repor.
ters In this city. Perhaps the highest
authority who criticised the corrobora
tive testimony In New York adversely
al q member on the staff OF one of
the leading Irish papers.
81 do not wish It ssid," said he,
shat 1 express any opinion bat my
OWL. But perhaps l am In the conf
denoe of the leading Irishmen In New
York, and this clap.trap revolution,
suddenly presented to us by a number
Of men we do not know, Is in cur
syes simply fictitious. If true Irish.
men here knew Lynch and his 1850
ciates they would not speak; IL
they did not, 1t was easy tor them to
supply the e!lipsis left In the STATE
ment of the informer. To Us, who
are hand and glove with the revolu-
| tionists of the continent, the names
and opinions cited are utterly value
less. We do not know the men who
have been speaking In New York, and
II they were the men of influence they
profess themselves we could not help
knowing them. / will not criticise
the Rosa party, but I state that this
publicity Is the thing and the only
thing that brings money to Its mem.
bers' pockets, and that In itself is
sufficient to faint all statements made
in that quarter"
Further inquiry disclosed the fact
that the Hrishmen In the city, who
would know most alb ut the conspir.
acy, we're those least inclined to talk.
Their opinion may be summed up In
the words Of Rocky Mountain"
Smith:
II am O member" he said, ''of the
supreme council of the Fenian Broth
erhood. have read the statements
of men who profess they know Lynch
and Gallagher. I declare we, who are
at the head of the movement, know
nothing of these men. Not only Is
their testimony false, but Lynch's Ia
false In all but two respects; he was a
member of the Emerald branch, which
meets at Second street. and the Bowery,
and he was sent to England"
Smith declined to say any more.
he laughed at all inquiries, saying
that what he knew was not for publ
cation.
The i~anitor of the club house a
Second street and the Bowery, said
"The Emerald club met here, bu'
they will meet here no longer. Mr.
Saunders, who let's the room, hal
given the club the bounce, and thu
secretary Is to be immediately In
formed. / do not know his name, bu
he Is q short man with a beard"
In interview with Patrick Egan, tn,
former treasurer of the land league
to-day, he went into the Irish question
q little more fully than any of hi
friends, whose views appear In tn
morning papers.
"Do you know this man Lynch9
was asked.
81 have never heard of him, eithe,
as Lynch or Norman" was the reply
"The other informer, Carey, l kne,
very we'll for some twelve or thirtee
year. In Dublin. He was chairman Q
the brlcklayers' association, and h
always appeared as the delegate whe
q procession was being arranged. 81
was connected with the land league
, !, but was pretty well known as
' Fenian."
, Glow do you view the convictio
of BradyT
y "The manner In which he an
others we're convicted is an outrag
ON civilization. The men had no fAI
o play shown them In the matter {
Identification. The prisoners VII
= have been tried have been pointe
out to the Witnesses, and In that wa
y Identified. These same witness,
have been regularly sohooled ~ I
what they were to swear to A reg,
lar graded scale of brides was bel
out to them, the prices ranging fro
81, 500 to $50, 600, These brides wei
advertised In the English journal
% and placarded all over the dead wal
y In Dublin. The juries In all the
cases we're packed In the most flAgral
manner and the judge was, up
?. some eight months ago, crown pros
4 cutor, and In the conduct Of the
trials he was a. much the proseout
!, - II he had been ct the bar. II
: public In Ireland will have no co.
y fdenoe In the justice Of the oonvi
B. tions."
Id "Were not these men connect
re- with the Land League In some ma
nerf
"No, the greater number of the
would have been opposed to the wor
or ings Of the Land League"
"Are you, as an Irishman, In fav
Of the dynamite theoryT"
81 would not take part In any pl
on In which dynamite was to be used
It lnjure human beings. At the sar
time I would not rush to inform t
English government that such q pl
was being formed. The Land Lsag
set out out to accomplish Its obje'
by constitutional means. The ,Engli
Is government took the League by t
ng throat and tried to strangle 1t. No
any sensible man or body Of men mt
he have foreseen that retaliation won
n follow, by the more desperate m
ss; engaged In the cause, who would .
oe base means to bring about . change
,al "Will not the coming conventi
IT, favor desperate measuresF"
of "No. l have every eason to |
IL lieve that perfect harmony will pl
tie vail, and that physical force or d.
to perate measures will oe depreoatt
of however strongly individuals m