Telegram-herald., 1889-05-25
BOLD BILLY O'BRIEN.
TIE lrish Editor Uses Plain Lana
gusge On the witness-6tand
Hts FIERY WRITINGS DEFENDED.
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LONDON Aay - Tie examination Of M
William q hrisn Resumed Thursday
AID Nh Gladstone Wee al attentive listener
psEt 81 tAs tsnls a4 . kIlea sls.litssa
wIItias IA sTIleis W l.ioh had been printed
IL CuiIsd Ireland il which II n - stated
that Queen NIotoris was only known "a
ireland bs hsT soarosiy aeoealtly dis-
guised hatred II Ireland knc ps hoI inoT-
GinAte salary
The witness admitted the authorship also
Of aD arstois declaring that the chairman II
the COMMITTEES selected ~ reSeise the
fTiDos Of Males III Tie Occasion oi Ais yisis
~ Ireland would De hunted from pUbhe
life Al THE point hf Obrien became ex-
cited and sehemehtly exclaimed he
has been. and rather than IA allow hagi gilsl-
lass - bee deceived by SHOW III sAsEl
loyalty / am resolved II tel them the
truth"
Continuing. kr o hrlen s@id hs person
ally had never spoken aisrospeotfgll, Oh
extensively about the Prince Of Wales.
No people, lac declared. ever cut
fered more Tor LOYALTY than Irish
men. AMI none prutted more by their
IrOtessations OF loyalty than the peo-
lle who oppressed them II wss clear that
Ingisnd would not satisfy Tie aspirations
Ireland, and II there wss any rational
chance Of success AZ attempt should bs
made 10 ebel
Mr. OBT1en declared that the London pa
poTs were more responsible for the actions
Of tho dynamite party than either nnersy
OF Ford But foT the views those papers
had expressed 81 900 would not have been
collected IN America for the use OF the
dynlIniteTs
Referring 10 the articles concerning tie
Queen and the Prince Of Wales previously
mentioned In his testimony Mr. Ofr1ea
said they were justified ~ the time they
were written. but were not justified In
THE present state of the relations be-
England and Ireland The articles
were not intended TO oAifn the peoples
objections 10 British rule then
administered he thought British
rule hateful then and he thought II hate
ful now.
Nj oBrien explained that when lie made
the speech in which he used the words,
We are IA state Of civil war. tempered
by a scarcity Of firearms he wac ex-
asperated by his expulsion from the House
of Commons and spoke under intense feel
ing, caused by the fearful hatred displayed
by the majority OF the House OF Commons
against the Irish members OF that body lie
de clared that II any people had The right 10
rebel the Irish people had that right
there was a chance OF success
Attorney q eneral Webster interrupted the
witness al this time, saying;
You only objected 10 rebellion becaase
II was hope 81"
'In the c. cumstances OF the time, un-
QUESTIONABLE Violent language conld not
have further inhamed the peoples minds
against England Their minds had become
like u lightning conductor when the air is
charged with electricity"
+. hr O'Brien justified certain articles writ
ten by him and printed in United helsndto
illustrate the brutal argument that because
the English people numbered 80 600. 90 and
the Irish people 600 900 the Lngiitb were
entitled 10 do as they liked
Attorney-General Webster quoted from
an article in United Ireland headed; Al
len larkin and oBrien HoDored toy Their
Chicago Kindred" and asked the witness
whether IL referred 10 the Manchester nun
derers
Mr OBrien replied: Not muTderera.
but men engaged in open warfare who shot
policeman by accident"
The shooting at the police In van NJ
Manchester was legitimate warfaref"
1t was not criminal Men who openly
take risks 10 release their comrades 10
more murderers than anybody here. They
acted from the highest and noblcst mo-
tives"
Attorney General Webster. holding up a
paper: DO YOU see the heading Allen.
Larkin and o Brien HoDored by Their Chi
cago Kindreds"'
Yes and the article was written bv me -
The proceedings were here interrupted
by cries OF Hear, hear
Presiding Justice Hanncn threatened that
II order wns not maintained he would have
The courtroom cleared He sasd that he
understood that Mr.. 0'Brien did not con
sder the shooting At Manchester murder;
bat he wished 20 remind him that the court
did 30 regard IT.