Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29
The ORIGINAL NO. |.
Frank Byrne and Wife Warmly
Greeted on Their Arrival in
New York.
A Brief But Interesting Inter.
view with the Carey Refu.
gee.
Tho Informer's Tale Wrenohed to
Pieces.

Byrne, whom Carey the Ddblin in.
formor, in the course Of his exsmipa,
ton In Dublin, swore was o member
of the assassination society, or 'in.
v%incibles," ard whom the British gov.
eminent vainly soughtto extradite from
France, arrived to-day from Havre by
the steamship Amerique accompanied
by his wife. The latter Carey also i'm.
plicated. He testified on one occasion
she brought to Dublin from London
four knives, and that she had a riff ,
slung around her neck under her cloak.
On another occasion Carey swore Mrs.
Byrne brought q consignment of arms
from London, including 40, coo rounds
of ammunition. When Mrs.. Byrno
was taken from London to Dublin
Carey failed to Identify her and she
was released.
The reporter found Byrne at the
residence of his sister, where he and
his wife are temporarily stopping.
Byrne Is q man of more than ordinary
intelligence, good address and well
educated. He Is about 8 feet 10 inches
tall, of robust physique. II deny
everything Carey swore to, 30 for as l
and my wife are concerned, said he.
81 have not seen Carey since 1869. and
then my relations with him were
merely social and not In any sense po.
litical. He said I belonged to the Fe.
MAN Brotherhood. This Is false, a.
anything else he swore to. I never
belonged to any secret political organi-
zation. I have devoted myself eXclu-
sively during my time in politics to
public and constitutional agitation.
The political organization to which I
first attached myself when I went to
England was the Irish home rule con.
federation. l raj secretary of the or.
g~aniSation, aud subaeq 1ently score
tary of the National Land Lsague of
Great Britain, the National Land and
and Labor League of Great Britain,
and the Irish National League, each
of which organic atoms succeeded each
other In the order I name"
a'Are you acquainted with Sherl
dan2"
swell, slightly. After his release
from Kilmainbam, where he was i'm.
prisoned as a suspect, I met him In
Dublin, while spending my vacation
there, l was introduced to him at a
meeting of the ladies' land league by
Miss Anna Parnell. I had already
known of him by repute."
what do you think of Carey's ten
timony as it related to S1eridap2"
"From all I have been told about
Sheridan, l do not believe he Is
capable of allowing himself to be con.
nected with an assassination society. Al
"What do you think of mo. One7''
81 believe If the assassination
society existed, as Ideoribed, Carey
was the organizer and the so.called
Number One was . myth. When
Carey, the town councillor testified
Feb, II for the crown, he stated he
only concluded to become an informel
two days previously. Now the war
rant for my arrest was dated one day
before the date Carey swore he had
made up his mind to become q witness
for the prosecution"
Byrne intends to reside permanent
ly in America. Mrs. Byrne Is well
posted In Irish politics. Her depar.
ture for Paris from London, after be.
Ing released from Dublin when Carey
failed to identify her, was preolpitated
by a..report which came to,her privately
from Dublin castle that she was to
bere arrested: fHer departure to meet
her husband in Paris was FASTENED,
80 she was compelled to leave hel
three children behind her in the care
of a sister. Mr.. Byne and VITA were
called on by many friends. Two de.
t~actives, one English and the othe,
French, were passengers on the Amer.
ique, and had Mr.. Byrne under u r
Vigilance until their arrival here.
Byrne Is probably being Swallowed by
them now. Byrne does not favor the
dynamite plan.