New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-20
IRISH LEADERS CONVICTED
THE CONSPIRACY TRIALS END AS EN-
PECTED.
DILLON AND WILLIAM o'BRIEN SENTENCED To
TWO 4RMs OF SIX MONTHS IMPRIsoN-
MENT-PATRIcK oBRIEN AND OTHERS
PUNISHED LIKEWISE.

AGAINST William OBrien John Dillon, Patrlck
O'Brien. all of whom are Members Of Parlameho'
John Cullnane, Thomas Walsh, Patrick Mockier
and Mr.. Bolton, who were charged with conspi'ihe
TO induce the tenants on the Smith-barry eS'""o
not 70 pay rent. William O'Brien and Diiio" "oi.
each sentenced to two terms CT Imprisonment VI
six months each, but the sentences are 10 run
ooncurrenty Patrick O'Brien ana o~uin"a.' ~
were each sentenced to six months Imprisonment
and Walsh, Mockler and Bolton 10 1our i"'N''
each. All the sentences were without ia"oi
rather Humphreys. Thomas j. Condor, Memoef
~ parliament: Daniel Kelly, and DAVID Smelly, ny
Member of Parliament who were lnac,eu o.u Uu AZ; f
same charges, were found not guii'S an" "''' VIZ
charged. .,ur ,,,embers of Parlia-
,rent who were convicted to-day sent telesiams "
Mr. Parnell expressing their IuuesC sI,,;nr 20
him Mr.. .OBrien has also seh' 'ie '''''"s ~
IN View Of my six months sentence, my duty
fo nv electors and colleagues ana 10 YOU ~ S "
resign so that Monaghan may DC represen'eu u'"
ING the coming session OF Parllameh.. D.
Ae Ar private meeting of Irish members OIL far-
iament in Dublin today it. Was Was Inann%0uS pa9ne
,rrena rations are being made for meeting TO DC
held in Leinster Hall tomorrow.
The Ennis and Limerick Boards OF Guardlans
ko-day unanimously adopted a vote OF commence
IN Mr. Parnell.
The close Of the trials in Tpperary added consid
erah
e,tv in regard to Mr. Parnel's exact standing In tho
councils Of the Irish Home Rule party and his prob
ub,e fture action since the result III the OShea divorce
case made known
rive NJ the Irish members OF Parliament who are
nj present In this country we're ont OF Town ycS'er
day in different cities where they addressed meetings
hut T. p GILL; the member for South Louth, VINO Is
ma, aging the tour and mapping out the route to be
taken was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel where ne mas
opeped an Office aud is engaged with his secretary IN
answering the big pile Of correspondence that coeS
,o him daily. He said to reporter OF Inc lr'pu'o
last evening that a cable dispatch had been sc'o ="
their colleagues in Ireland last evening, sgneo Dy ln
self and Messrs O'Bren. Dillon OConncr, l. H. sur
iiyan and Harrington.
7, WAS to the effect that they stand firmly by inc
leadership of the man who has brought the Ish peope
,broucb unparaeled difficulties and dangers irOh
.ervude and despair 10 the very Threshold Oh enai
eipaon with genius, courage and success u"el"'i',
IN Irish history and we do so not ohy ou' Vi graz
tude for these impershable services in the past ou
q, tho protound conviction that larnePs statesman
shin and matches qualities as leader are eSsc'ia
10 the safety of the Irish cause ,.
Won have there said Mr.. Gill, as he finished
reading the dispatch, "our sentiments ana 1 "'0'0
Che sentiments of the Irish race everywhere
ue had no sooner stopped speaking than q oispa'cn
-. ,r,,,in vas handed him. 1t came from Johh
" p.amona one of the Irish members, and Naleh'ho
Diuon both of whom defended Dillon ana ohrch
durnc The now famous Tippcrary traiS' IL N"s %
tolIows: "John Dillon, William Obrieh 49,,
OErien John Cullinane ana obneh ~
have been convicted and sentenced to SIX months ,'
rr;sonmcnt Father Humphreys, Davio oheehy, i"o''
Condor and Mr.. Kelly Eere ACQUITTED Inc .'os
a. io a.l.;sel outrages nave socnplsteE eoiS'tSeo.
There is great rejoicing here and elsewhere hrousnou
the country o,n,., rou p.
"what will become Of Dillon and oBrien nowf'
Mr.. Gill was asked. - ..,o.o
.ubo only I
that will become of them Is that they Will Deooo ''
popular IL that were possible"
.WilI the case be appealed ~
al suppose as "a matter of course that 1t Will"
aput the limit of time for hearing the appeal may
be passed before their Tcturnf"
aThat is altogether probable" he said In 1act'
q, think that their return will be return stfagh'
,, ,au to serve ont their sentences of six months
each There NAV be all appeal or there may DC
case stated The difference is, believe, that III the
first case it is appeal TO the county Oouf' 'uus
OH the entire merits Of the case; whereas "a case s'
NAV mean a legal point raised involving the question
of the admissbility of certain evidence whch "ouu
have IN be passed upon by the Superior courts Ill
Dublin
As tn the men convicted Dillon and O'Bren are Oh
course well known The third Member OF Parlia-
ment found guilty is Patrick OBrien. lie represents
one of the divisions of County Monaghan III "aS 'e
who brought his private camera into operatoh az
eyicfiOns and on tile SnduOWmS VA PiiSS'' ""N
nrominent persons in Ireland by armed policemen
In,rnc the trials just closed in Tipperary he was
hotooranhinr one Of the witnesses for the prosecu
zion The witness did not object, but the Judge
did and Mr. O'Bren was sent to jail for week Ioi
contempt of court. ....
John Cullinane is one OF the farmers on 'he es''s
-. snithBarry the rackrenting landlord, whose severe
.x.ctions upon his tenantry caused them to revolt
49,, ITINERARY and build NewT Tpperary upon an al
,,ni,o estate thus cutting down the rentroll oi Shl
Earry bv several thousand POUNDS L., g.. o,prlar
c;Rren Dalton one OF the suIcuGs ior " it, ,i
.rS Dillon who forfeited the So,OOo pan oh ,lie, ILL
sscape 10 america He is large mioWler, Sda ma aa,
of considerable influence anu oho "a '
chants in the district. A.. local nriest and from
,he urominert stand he has taken on tie pa,fo1, @
siSe more wdcly known, with the exception VI oi,
CIV ,wn arch,shops than any Catholic eccieslasuo ~
1n 9,and lie cannot 30 out of his house, oay vi
nicht 10 attend sick call without Deihs ioiio"eu
by two armed policemen e,. .n. .,amhers NJ
~ David Sbeeh and Thomas Condor are henluers VI "
Parliament for jwo different divisions OF lPPo ah
Daniel Kelly Of the Leading M Ia, FARMERS u '">
district and a constituent of Mr.. Sneehy. =. .he
NJ Gill w1en asked what was meant by ule
sentence The cases as TO alleged outrages nave Gon
plefeIy collapsed said that the " Ou'rages t.
81 small boys lifting of firecrackers on te % Uu in,
roads The fecrackcrs," he continueo' s.S axe. @
bombs dynamite and Internal machies ~, III .o'tr, & ccs
~ Mr. Rafour,s policemen. These are me 'ouuasee
spoken OF in the dispatch" he added Win Sii'''
O'CoNNoR AID HARRINGTON AT NOk"loh.