The Irish standard., 1889-04-06
waves Of the river, and hIr Parker sat III
the stern and held the tiller ropes.

1t was about two o'clock on the afternoon
of the day that MI. Parker went to Workers
the last time ttlat the mayor Of New York
City, sitting III his Office overwhelmed with
business, waa told by tfaa policeman who
guarded the door that woman wanted to
see hin..
"Whay does ane want?o asked the mayor.
ST don't know, sir but I suppose 1t is
some com plai.J about policeman or health
inspector. She's poorly dres sed and has a
letter in her hand"
The mayor looked &C his correspondence
and at his watch and said "Well, show her
i'm
When the woman was presented to- the
mayor she tremblingly laid q letter On his
desk and said '.Mr Mayor, if you willplease
to read this, think you will see that a
great injustice has been done That you can
make right"
The mayer opened the letter without a
word. AS he read his brolvs contracted
and all expression Of incredul1ty came over
his face This Is what he read:
"MR. MAYOR: Ihave just this day learned
that my husband has been convicted OF muir
dor; and as I understand the matter, i am his
victim. am too Ill to come in person TO the
city, but the bearer will tell you where am,
and will take you or En- onlcer to me. She will
also explain my story and circumstances. Re-
specially, LEoNoKA SRoWSLo".
"Who gave you this letter, madame!"
asked tne mayor, sharply.
"Mrs. Brownlcw, sic,' she responded.
ssShe has been stopping at my house, oppo-
site Yonkers, for a long time, and has been
very sick She came unexpectedly vne
night, or rather morning, for she had
walked almost all the way. We never see
the papers, and never knew what mad nap
pened until heard some people in Yonkers
talking about the hanging Of o rich man as
would take place soon.''
The mayor was puzzled. He did not be-
lieve the story at all, thinking it q shrewd
invention of Brownlow's friends to gain
time After a few minutes thought he
summoned the district attorney, and to-
gether they listened to the woman's story.
cit is matter" said the district attorney,
"that needs attention, at any rate. II it is a
scheme concocJed in behalf of Brownlow by
his friends or Lawyer Parker, We must DIS
cover who 10 responsible and bring him or
them to JUSTICE"
Then turning to the woman, who said her
name was Mary Donnelly, he said:
II will nave an officer accompany you to
your home"
Instead of sending an officer with the
woman, Mary Donnelly, to her house, she
was locked up in the House of Detention as
witness, and two officers were sent on the
errand without her. The poor woman pro-
tested in vain against this treatment at Che
hands of the law. The district attorney and
the chief Of police thought that the matter
was altogether too important to allow such
witness to escape over the borders into
another State. The officers, instead Of 60
ing to Yonkers to get at Mary Donnelly's
house, crossed the ferry into New Jersey,
and after short railroad ride engaged q
carriage to take them to that point Of the
palisades that overhangs the river near
Yonkers. There, after crossing private
grounds, they came to a path down the
cliff made up of stone steps and patches OF
wooden stairway that zigzagged hither and
yon across the rocks until it reached the