The sun., 1889-11-24
Inr THE Evror1oNs Stopped
The UnIted KIngdoH, Upset by some News
paper Mems DevIltry.

II occurred four years ago, and am OF The
opinion that the participes criminis have moi
since been desirous that the world should know
all about it was at the time reporter on ar
Irish daily newspaper, and, though was not
the ringleader, was strongly suspected OF
being accessory before, In. and after the fact.
My accomplces 1t would not do to designate
but they included an English member Of Par
lament. London newspaper man. whose
writings have accomplished much good for the
cause of the Irish peasantry, and an lrishmau.
The occasion was during one Of the most un-
holy eviction campaigns ever prosecuted In Ire
land. Tho landlord. an absentee. had mort
gagged the estate as deeply as he could mort
gage It. The money lenders OF London might
have owned it Whenever they wanted 1t, but at
that time they did not banker after proprietor
ship Of land In Kerry. All the tenants how
ever, being In arrears with their rent for sew
eral years. the lenders thought they had better
have the rent. at all events, and their agent.
getting an appointment under the bankrupt
landlord, began eviction proceedings. He lost
| no time In preliminary warnings Of his inten-
tion to resort to extreme measures He rushed
things SO quickly that one clear, frosty morning
in January, when he was yet unexpected for q
| couple OF months at least, he appeared
on the estate with several hundred po-
licemen and dozen bailiffs. the latter all
the way from London, types Of humanity such
as may be found only In the worst slums OF
Whiteohape. Before the sun set that evening
the lonely glen in which Mr.. Whine had opened
his destructive work was filed with the smoke
Of eight burning cabins. / we'll remember the
brief instructions which received on posting
| down to the scene. The parish priest had sent
Wild hysterical sort Of despatch to the Office
Of the paper on which worked. and this doc
ument was forwarded to my lodgings while
was yet IN bed. After an entire days tourney
| Ing. partly by rail and principally on an out
side" car over wild mountain road winding
along the. seashore for some distance till IT
lost itself in the cooms, came upon the evic:
ton, forces returning to the derelict castle OF
that the policemen should lass the night, there
being no village In the neghborhood.
aEd mS1y We
ON their way to C9omletgh. The howl that went
RP from fnndrsds m OF nal IL the 10
ing on the interference OF tho imperial Govern.
ment but not before the torch had been applied
the, hrebrand was stayed the crowbar was not,
and day after day We witnessed sickening
wrapped in rain cloaks or heavy great coats,
We went out among the mountains to witness
5e
noble word to the commission bestowed on
money lenders agent of pulling the roofs from
among the peasqntry OF those bleak gens.
One night my London confrere asked. In his
scenes which we had then been n witnessing m for
at the hotel. whore sportsmen, during the sea,
son OF grouse. wild duck, and other game. put
from fro the SCENE Of the eSictons TRe only nj pan
which suggested itself TO my mind was to way
lay lay the g. sheriff aud destroy his Trits bpt this
possibly have brought on a bloody, conii ct be-
i over for some time we remem bered that the
Sheriff was that night dining at the ether end
officers. There being but the one hotel in the
district we we're all quartered under the same
Te st 1s s back baF In MS vs
contained them. Then the idea suggested |
@ Itself OF entering the BE- bedroom and executing |
with them. No feeling Of consideration for the |
being at best The son OF one Of the local land.
lords, he seemed tG take delight and pride in his |
morning adorned in shooting graith,, knee
breeches. and stock ings with belted jack ket
OF fine corduroy and neat gloves. His breeches
newspaper men and the, narliamentarians.
He had the habit Of standing BY the bailiffs
ing whip. which he always carried. The CON
under the circumstances.
we hs there Ters
DTe0kR airing D0IOT6 u DTlRnL coal |
Are. The opportunity could NOT be lost. And
there also was the black bag; Everything was
bSS Hd % the s4Ha entire Ss
some brooches, cut into ribbons, were nRunt-
ing out O the wpdoT 10 th wet night
usual % $S;' teS the stsTs The hSaoSSss aeiis:
glittered In the cold watery s1ns6ine.
We PLACED our part +: and waited l,n9ce9ty On
The arrAy became QiROrdnro1 The nOlipA laid |
make them warm After an hour Of insction a
news that, there would be no evictions that
day. Driving back, We waited on tho Sheriff
l shall not venture to describe the condition
Of rage and grlet in which We found them.
stating that Tor son some % unfnowp n reason cas- SHS the
Coomleigh eyctions had been suspended, and.
RO SsSs on sy o6 70 day bSS
round the hotel The London Times came out
up tho Sheriff the agent, and the resi- OF the
crew, Evidence Of the diabo!ica plot, which
Shattered breeches OF the Sheriff How his lie
vas preserved appeared quito miraculous
sold, The fields near the hotel were ploughed
9p the river and the lake In the vicinity were
Tss Sok
mott had made descent on the Irish coast. and
Tas hiding away among the businesses OF the
> ms in Tralee, and each man had thousand
rounds OF extra ammunition. No land ords
ite In Ireland could be pronounced SAFE, Sam
ings, who could not AFFORD the expense Of the |
rip. surounded themselves with strong guards
of police No such feeling OF terror had exist
I'd among the gentry since tho Fenian rising at
JahercNeen. An anxious week passed by. and
he Coomeigh Ovictions were cal ed off for an |
Indefinite period. The evicted peasants went
5aGk 5,G,i into possession Of their holdings. and
1i,It hn ba themselves new CABINS, Sns TO this DAY
tkely to be, as their bankrupt landlord has no |
money to commence another eviction cam
'aiRn. and the lenders have learned lesson
which Will last them. We went back TO our
'ttiees, and the predicted arrests on large