The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1886-08-07

s.Tbe very man, sir; that's LantY
Hanlon, if he's alive, and quite as dan
gerous man, too. as Barry"
'.Lanty Hanlon-impossible sir. You
mean the fellow against whom you is
sued the warrant for the assault on Mr..
Weeks?"
t'The identical person.
''Pardon me--that cannot be, Mr..
Observation-Disclosures was seen at a
cockfght in Kildrum not six hours ago"
81 have no doubt of that" replied
Hardwrinkle. ':But, my dear sir, you
little know what that villain is capable
of doing. Why, sir, it was once sworn
on oath before me, that this very Lanty
Hanlon was seen at wake in Crantin
Glen, at wedding in Ballymagahey,
and at christening i'll Callen, the self
same night, and yet these places are
seven miles apart, and nearly equi-dis-
tant from each other. But with respect
to Barry, how did you succeed i'll arrest
ing him?''
"Simply enough, sir. We hired a
boat, got our 1nen in, and lay at anchor
some five OF six fathoms from the beach,
knowing we'll Barry and his party would
endeavor to escape next morning at day
break, by rowing along the shore as far
as Horn head and there set sail for Aran-
more. It turned out just as we expected
At the first peep of day, the party got
into the boat and showed off. They
we're ahead Of us when they started, and
we had gone clear out of sight of the
fishermen's huts Then, stretching to
our oars, we soon came alongside, and
grappled with irons we had taken with
us for the purpose
''Hah! and so secured him at last?;:
eyes sir, VIC secured him, but not
without considerable difficulty"
What! did he resist?'
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fore. It appears the crew that conveyed
him TO Rann Point left him there, and
returned home, confident he was out OF
all danger, and the fresh hands ap-
pointed to convey him to Aranmore were
old men, hardly able to paddle an oar OF
handle sheet. He was, therefore. left
| to depend almost entirly upon his own
resources. The instant we laid hold OF
the gunwale of his boat, he sprang up in
the stern sheets, and demanded what we
meant by stopping him. I'm queens
officer said I, 'and hold warrant for
your arrest,'"
sAh, queens oficer,' he repeated,
glaneing at my civilian dress. Indeed!
Well, sir, take me if you CAM and cool
ly drawing pistol from his belt, he said
to his men, Comrades, you'll find an
other pair in my overcoat; use them if
necessary Then stepping across the
tliwarts, and before could rise from my
seat, he snatched the anchor from the
bows of his boat, and with one hand
swung it of he would walking-stick
into the bottom OF ours. The effect was
instantaneous: the sharp iron cut right
through the thin sheathing of the little
gig and in two minutes she filed TO her
water line.
''Now, my lads he cried, Goose the
grapples, and away with them.'''
s:Good Heavens!'' exclaimed Hard
wrinkle: <'lns object was to sink you,''
t:Of course it was-and bold attempt
he made to accomplish it. When I saw
how desperate the case was likely to
prove, I ordered my men to jump
aboard and secure him at all hazards,
leaving our own boat to her fate; and
setting them the example myself, [
sprang into the stern, presented u pistol
at his head, and commanded him to sur
render, or I should instantly fire. Ihad
hardly uttered the words, however,
when the board Oh which i stood was
struck from under me, and in another
second I found myself in the water,
plunging and graspirg for something to
lay hold Of. By this time my nlen had
succeeded in scranbling over his boat 3
side: so they Immediately took me in,
and then unlocked the grapple to re-
lieve us OF the sinking gig. But now
that we did succeed in boarding him, we
found ourselves in greater difficulty
than ever. Our firearms were entirely
useless, the powder being in the sea
water,-and there stood the Young out
law, pointing brace Of pistols at our
heads. Surrender said I: T command
you, in the name of the queen, to sur
render instantly
'Ha. hal he laughed surrender to
hounds like you! Q, for the fr9 earth
to stand on, and u good throng to ken
mel such cowardly dogs. A pistol bull
let is too honorable death for such
slaves
s'This tauut stung me TO the quick;