The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29
BYRNE SPEAKS.

NOV L OAAg ZOs - L utAh 10y llCg
whom Carey, the informer, in the
course of his examination in Dublin,
sWOre he was member of the
Assassination Society, or InYinci-
bles, and whom the British govern
ment vainlyiksought TO extridite
from France, arrived to-day from
Havre by the steamship AnIeTiqus,
accompanied by his wife. The lat.
ter, Carey also implicated. He tes-
titled on one occasion that she
brought from Dublin to London
four knives, and that she had
a rife slung around her neck,
under her cloak. On another Occa-
sion Carey sWore that Mrs. Byrne
brought another consignment of
arms from London, including 1000
rounds of ammunition. When Mrs.
Byrne was taken from London to
Dublin. Carey failed to identify her
and she was released. 4 reporter
found Mr.. and Mrs. Byrne at the
residence of his sister, where he and
his wife temporarily stopped.
Byrne is man of more than Ordin-
airy intelligence, good address and
well educated; about five feet ten
inches tall and of robust physique.
81 deny anything Carey sWore to
so far as l and wife is concerned"
have not seen Carey since 1869,
and then my relations with him
were purely social and not in any
sense political. He said l belonged
to the Fenian brotherhood this as
false as anything .eise he swere to.
L never belonged to any secret polit-
lcal organization. | have devoted
myself exclusively during my time
in politics to public and cnnstitu-
tional agitation. The political Or
ganiZation to which l first attached
myself when l went to England
was the Irish Home Rule Society.
l was then secretary of the organ
izatiOn and subsequently secretary
of the National Land Leaguesof
Great Britain, National Land and
Labor League of Great Britain and
Irish National League, each of
which organizations succeeded each
other in The order l name"
"Ale yol acquainted with Sher-
idaD ?"
Well, slightly. After his release
from Xii mainham where he was
imprisoned IS suspect | met him
in Dublin while spending my vaca-
ton there. | was introduced at Il
meeting OF the Land League by Miss
Anna tarnell. Had already known
of him by repute, but never seen
him till introduced"
What do you think of Carey's
testimony as relating to Sheridan2
From all that l have been told
about Sheridan, l don't believe he
is capable of allowing himself to be
CONNECTED with an assassin society.
What do you think of 'SNo.1"2
l believe if the assassination so
ciety existed as described, Carey
was the organizer, and the SO called
mo. /" was a myth.
When Carey, town courcehar,
testified February II, for the crown.
he stated that he only concluded to
become infOrmer two days previ-
ously. The warrant for my arrest
was dated one Eday .beforei. Carey
sWore he had made up his mind to
become witness for the prosecution
Byrne intends to reside perma-
nently in America. Mrs. Byrne is well
posted in Irish politics. Her de-
parture for Paris from London, af-
| ter being released in Dublin, when
Carey failed to identify her, was
precipitated by a report which came
| to her privately from Dublin Castle
She was to be rearrested. Her de-
parture to meet her husband in
Paris was fastened, so she was
compelled to leave her three child
rem behind her in care of her sister
Byrne and wife were called on by
many friends, after which Byrne
visited Sheridan. Two detectives
enc English and the other French
were passengers on the Ameriquc
and had Byrne and wife under sur
Yeillance until their arrival here
Byrne is probably now being shad-
owed by them. Byrne don't favor
the attempt to blow up the London
buildings.