Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-23
O ,rey 3 Colossal Lies and the
Castle Conspiracy Vigor-
ously Ventilated.
"fhe Governme ent Names the
Victims, the Informers
Swear to Order"
Details of a Tour Of Ireland
. Disguised as a Priest.
Tho Terrible Work of tho Gre wbal
Brigade Painted by tho
Hishtp Of Meath,
Tho Invincible Chief.

ANU AuvihCkUA0 SutoIs
Special Dispatch to The BRs.
New YORK, February 22.-The
forthcoming issue of The Irish World
Will contaia long interview with P.
j. Sheridan, whom Jas. Carey, the
informer, in his testimony in Dublin,
stated to be an "Invincible organ.
iz,r":
Reporter - ID, yo1 propose leaving
New York to avoid being extradited
as has been threatened by the English
government2
Sheridan--I had intended going
west previous to my reading of In.
former Carey's references to me at
Dublin trials, but have now decided
remaining in New York. If any ennis.
sary tf the British government wants
to know where I am he will find me
at my desk In The Irish World fl 80,
every day in the week. f
Repoiter--D1 you not think the
consequences might be serious if you
were placed In the dock In Dublirl
d Sheridan British courts tf law In
Ireland are organized simply to con-
vict. Victims are wanted. I know IL
the Britieh government got me into
its clutches I would certainly bs hang.
cd, even though I disproved, as I
could easily disprove, every charge
which Informer Carey has sworn
against me. My innocence or guilt
would not effect the issue. .
Reporter-With such fears on your
mind, would 1t not be better to move
to some country having no extradition
treaty with Eoelandl !'
Sheridan If there were no other
considerations than my individual
safety, I might be induced to think
so, but l feel my safety here should
not come to that. It will result IL
giving the American people an oppor
tunity of judging Of the cl ss of evi
dence on which irrepraochable men or,
almost daily hanged in Ireland. Such
expose, I imagine, would be produc
tive of results for Ireland. Theref ,r
/ remain. @ 20 t.sU Ea... j.
br Reporter--Do you entertain hope
for the prisoners In Ireland2 "
Sheridan--No; Dr.. Nulty's life L
no safer than, James Mullsts, If ith,
English governments only deemed
politio to hang him. IfCarey, X avanag
and Farrell found 1t necsss sry to save
their necks to- swear DR.. Nulty KILLED
Cavendish and Burke, they would d.
1t. The government has only TO nam,
Its viotisns, the informers will swea
according to order. r-s
tRaporter--Suppoeing those mel
should be hanged, what do you thinl
wo aid be thsiresult7 - ea 50 D.
SheridAn-That is d matter only
to be- gusssed at There is ona thing
however, Of which have no doubi
that Iceland was never so determiaet
on the achievement OF her indepeu
dencs, or ever so straight on the ligh
track to obtain i as shs is this hour,
Reporter Do you know this in
former Carey, who says be was intro
duced to you at the Angel houss, Dab
liul l 'i.-'
Sherldan-T never met the man il
my life. His reference about m,
promising to forward him some arm
from London are sheer fibricstions
and they convince me his story ha
been coucocted In Diblip castle, anc
Carey, In order to save his miserab' \
neck, volunteered to swear 10 1t i.
the witness box,
Reporter-Have you been In tho
disguise of priest In Ireland as al
legsd2 -a r' .Fm f
Sheridan-Yes, I found it necessar,
to visit ireland for two reasons
which IIwill give you, and bein,
aware OF the fact that general order
was Issued from the castle to the DO
lice to arrest me II found in any par
Of Ireland (.t that time the British
government was arres.ing every Irish
man who was thought to be of servic.
to the land lesguf) I assumed tn,
disguise OF priest and went to Ire
land, first for the purpose OF arrang
Ing for the recovery Of some property
of which / had been robbed during
my imprisonment ard exile, and sec
ond, for the purpose Of putting do VII
sgrarian acts and upholdipg the "nt
rent" manffaSto by the proc sss Of so
cial ostracism, that being, In my
opinion, the most potent as we'll as the
most moral escape within the people,
reach. also found II necessary tc
Inquire into some alleged neg.ecls ant
abuses In connection with the expend
iture of the land league funds, arising
out of the fact that the ladies' league
ln Dablin, as we'll as Egan and myself
In Paris, had been deprived of the as
sistanoe of our trained organlzsrr
then locked up in prison as "suspects.
Reporter-Do you think. il yor
had been allowed to return to Irelant
you could have prevented many o.
these acts Of bloodshed2 #
Sheridan Il have no doubt Il my
self and other active men, then, either
in prison or exile, were allowed Il
move about among the people society
would be spared the horrible oxhibi
tions or most Of them, tina. followed
Forster ruled otherwise and on hin
and him alone rests the responslbilit,
OF the Msamstrssna, Gurteen, Ballins
Pheaix park and Ike trageditl
throughout Ireland. In fact Forster
has on the floor of the house of com
mons admitted his responsibility fol
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