The Helena independent., 1890-09-26
ESCORTED TO T|PPERARY.
0'Brien Accompanied by . Great
Crowd Of Jealous National
lists From Dublin.
Brutal Use of Their Batons on
tho Crowd by the
Police.
stampsds for the Court House-A Judges
Compl.cent Indifference 70 Objeo-
lions Against Himself

ma arrested al Cardiff on Tuesday. was
brought to this city yesterday and placed
in prison. The police refused to give any
information as to when he would be taken
TO Tipperary for q hearing; but late last
night the nationalists learned that he
would be conveyed thither by the morning
train to-day, when they at once made ar
raueements to give him a worthy escort.
Much to the surprise of the authorities q
large delegation of nationalists boarded
the tram at the same time that the ofncers
appeared with OBrien. Among these were
John Morley, who has been IN Ireland for
some time studying tho Irish question;
John Dillon, Alfred nlingworth. member
of parliament for Bradford; T. n. Healy,
Harrington and several others. On the AZ
rival of the train at Tipperary the nation
alists started for the court house in body.
They had not gone far whom they stopped
at a street corner. They were Or
dered by the police to 'movs on!'
John O'Connor, member Of parliament,
took vigorous exception TO this order and
called on the crowd to give three cheers tor
John Morley. The cheers were given with
q good will, much to the exaspiration OF the
police, who thersupon charged upon the
group and attempted to force 1t to move
forward. In the melee the policemen & did
nationalists continued their way slowly
toward the court house. Az this was the
day fixed for the trial of the arrested
nationalists, the streets we're filled with
people interested In the case. Nationalist
had thronged to town from all the adjacent
parts. Early in the day It became me, .noxn now
The victim this time was Thomas j. Con-
don, member of parliament for Tipperary
(East). He was taken this morning at
limerick, and also brought to Tipperary.
When the hour for the sitting of the court
arrived an immense crowd had coiiecteo
before the court house ready to rush in the
moment the doors were thrown open.
The crowd pressed forward, trying to
force their Vay into the court house. The
police stoutly resisted, charging repeatedly.
For fully five minutes there was stand-up
fight between the now excited throng and
the police. At last, however, the crowd was
GRADUALLY forced back and the police sue
Oeeded in maintaining q clear space in
front of the court house. During the con-
Hict many persons were wounded by blows
from the policemen's batons. Among these
was Timothy Harrington. He made his
way into the court room with his hair and
coat collar saturated with blood: His ap-
pearance created Q sensation, and lent ad-
ditional emphasis to the complaint which
William O'Brien was making to the court
of the brutality of the police. At first
O'Brien had refused to eEter the room un-
less the public were admitted, but at last
decided he could accomplish more by ap-
pealino to the court. He entered the room
and bitterly denounced the clubbing of the
crowd. Then John Morley arose and ap-
pealed to the court to protect the populace
against the wanton use OF clubs BY the
police. Meanwhile the nationalist leaders
80 kaut inc tho avnlv1
of the general public, and the magistrate
finally ordered the doors opened.
The room was at once filled to its utmost
capacity. All the proceedings were fol.
lowed with intense interest. At the outset
Dillon objected to being tried before the
ground that he had personal encounter
with Shannon once at Cashel. Shannon
had grossly insulted him. He urged, there
fore that it would be q manifest impropriety
in Shannon's sitting at the present trial
Shannon refused to admit the validity OF
Dillon's objections and declared he would
perform his duty without bias. William
O'Brien also objected to Shannon The
last time he saw Shannon the latter was al
the head of the police who were using clubs
upon the people, and, moreover, Shannon
had already tried him three times on similar
f, case was an indecency and an insult. The
magistrate answered OBrien's objections
in tho same way he disposed of Dillon's.
Roman, counsel for the crown, asked per-
mission of the court to make slight elter-
alton In the charges against the prisoners.
The latter protested vigorously. arguing
that it was illegal. The court paid no heed
to the protests, but permitted the desired
changes. Roman then reviewed the circum-
stances which had led to the arrests. These,
he said, went back to the time when the
plan Of campaign was put in force on the
Smith Barry estate at Tipperary, May 18th,
and he proposed to present evidence to
prove conspiracy ON the part Of the defend
ants from that time down TO the time when
the arrests were made. The defendants pro-
tested sgainst the introduction of evidence
touching matters anterior to the dates spe-
cited in the warrants. The court decided
that the prosecution might produce testi-
mony of q general character to prove the
extension Of the conspiracy prior to the
dates given in the warrants; but that no evil
dence could be permitted concerning acts
Of the defendants anterior to the dates men,
toned in the warrants.