Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22
IRELAND AND THE IRISH.
SENTENCES IMPOSED ON THE
GLASGOW DYNAMITERS.

| Five of Them Sentenced to Lifelong
Penal Servitude and Others to Shorter
Terms-Gen. Pryor's Failure to Make
Himself Prominent in the O'Donnell
Trial Satisfactorily Explained.
EDINBURGH, Dec. 21.-In the case of
the Glasgow dynamiters to-day Lord
Justice Clark occupied two hours in his
charge. The jury retired at 12 40 O'Clock.
and at O'Clock returned and rendered a
verdict that five of the prisoners were
guiltysof all the charges and. five were
guilty OF the hrst cnarge only. Five of
the prisoners We're then sentenced TO ne
nal servitude for life, and the remaining
tve were sentenced to seven years, penal.
servitude.
The following prisoners received the
sentence of imprisonment for life: Ter
ence McDerm0tt, Thomas Deyaney, Peter
Callaghan, Henry McCann and Patrick
McCulloch. Those who received the sem
tence OF seven years Imprisonment we're:
James Donnelly. James Kelly. Patrick
McCabe, Patrick Drum and Dennis Casey.
Inc charges against the prisoners were:
First, Ireason-felOny under the act for
the better security Of the crown and king
dom; second, completely with Feather
stone, Dalton and others in the blowing
up of the Tradeston gasometer and al.
tempts to blow up other strue-
lures in Glasgow; third, conspir
acy against the law of the land by
force or constrainst to compel Her Ma
jesty to change her measures or counsels
in relation to Ireland, and also in order to
to put force or constraint upon, in or
der to intimidate or oyerawe both houses
or either house of Parliament in relation
to legislation affecting Ireland.
The Judge, in, his remarks, explained
the legal technicalities of the case, and
said that it had never fallen to his lot in
all his legal experience to investigate
more abOminable and despicable out
RACES. After tracing the history of
featherstone, who was tried and con-
Vlcted OF treason and felony in liverpool
last september, the Judge said to tha Jury
that 1t was their duty to take into eoneid-
Grafton whether the prisoners were agsf9-
clated with him. The Judge then referred
10 the evidence given by the witness, who
IuehIiHed Devaney McCaBn and Donnelly
as Delng In the vicinity of the Tradeston
gasometer In Glasgow before tie explosion
LOOK place, but the Judge remarked that
tne evidence offered to identify the others
was not so distinct. The iury i'm render
ing their verdict recommended Kelly. Nc
Cabe, Drum, Donnelly and Casey. To the
lenlency of the court, as they. in the
OPAhAOh Vi Gue jury, were not aware of
the extent of the operations of the Fe-
man Society to which they belonged.
GEN. PRYOR AND THE O'DoNNELL TRIAL.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2I.-Edward Moran. a
lawyer of this city who was employed by
Patrick Ford, of the Irish World, early
III November to go to Londen to ascertain
why Gen. Pryor, who had previously
been retained as counsel for O'Donneli.
had not become more prominent in the
case, makes long report, in which he
states that he found that Gen. Pryor had
been unable to become as thoroughly
identified Herewith as he (Gen. Pryorl
or his American clients desired
by reason of an adverse feel
ing among the people, although
the English counsel were willing that the
General should appear in the trial prom
inently. The report is accompanied by a
copy OF all the correspondence relating to
Gen. Pryor's appearance in the case,
which shows that in the opinion Of O'Don-
nelPs friends strong prejudice had been
created in England against Irishmen in
America and their counsel on account of
their reported sympathy with and ap-
proyal OF the recent attempts to blow up the
underground railroad trains in London.
and that therefore the appearance in the
case OF a counsel who was supposed to
represent this class would iniure O,Dou-
nell more than it would benefit him.