The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-06
they did they would next find themselves
before a court of remOvables to give them
tho finishing touch

they did they would next find themselves
before a court of remOvables to give them
the finishing touch.
A few years ago. in the town of Kanturk,
a young lad named Brown, who stated he
had no fixed place of residence, was arrested
for picking pockets and stealing a purse of
money from a young lady. He was tried
before the magistrates. and his father, who
was termed a head bailiff, appeared and
conveyed to the resident magistrate that
the young pickpOcket was also a bailiff, in
consequence of which he was discharged
from custody without a stain on his char
acter. In about a month after ] was pres
emit at an eviction near Killarney. and saw
the pickpOcket protected by all the avail
able forces of the crown while engaged
throwing out a young, helpless family,
breaking. and throwing out the furniture,
etc. In fact, there was nothing to come
near his conduct on the occasion. These
are the class of persons on whose evidence
priests, members of Parliament. and others
are imprisoned for cOndemning their con-
duct, or for what is commonly termed OBJ
structing or intimidating them at evic-
tiOns, etc.
The landlords at whose instance such
dastardly outrages are perpetrated are no
better, but a worse, class than the bailiffs.
The majority of them are absentees. spend
ing their time probably in some of the low
est dens in London. and when an oppOrtu-
nifty offers make a raid on their Irish ten
ant farmers, n deprive them of every
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are not able to pay an unjust rent. If they
fail In securing property of sufficient value
to satisfy their demands. they unmerci-
fully turn the tenants out on the roadside,
then burn and level to the ground the
houses which the poor people themselves
built, fearing they would get any shelter
outside the walls of the poor-house. 1t is
for his p~raisewortby and self-sacrificing ex-
ertions to save the remnant OF his poor
people from utter humiliation of this
kind, that the Rev. Father McFadden was
set upon and dragged like a felon from the
altar-steps. and from his people on that
Sunday morning. The time and place of
arrest were also well selected, and, to leave
nothing undOne to give room for a fresh on
slaught on the people, the late District In
spectOr Martin, one of the biggest tyrants
and biggest DULLES to be found in the con-
stabulary force. was selected to make the
arrest, and a man who could not expect
much assistance from several members of
the force, who knew him well, had they
been present on that memorable occasion.
could enumerate various other instances
human life and the public welfare. but
feel that / have already trespassed on
your valuable space.
In conclusion no language could be
strong enough in condemnation of some acts
perpetrated by some Irish landlords and
their bailiffs and agents. / knew an agent
named Eugene O'Sullivan, near Derrynane
in the county of Kerry, to send out a son
OF his one night discharglng firearms IN q
townland occupied by five tenants, and re-
| porting the following day that he himself
was fired on. To bear out his statement he
| fired a shot through his coat. and this lone
with the view of charging the five tenants
on the townland with the 0ffense. in order
that he may succeed IN driving them from
their homes, and sell the townland to an
other party, for which he was to receive q
considerable mount of money. THIS incl
dent occurred before the formation of the
National League. and at a time when the
tenant farmers had no protection what
ever, to save themselves from such scoun-
drels as Eugene O'Sullivan.