New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
NO MERCY SHOWN TO THEM.
porGH TREATMENT OF IRISH DYNAMrTERs
IN ENGLISH PRISONS.
THE STORY OF MICHAEL HARKlNs' OF PiilLA'
pELpHIA, WHO WAS RECENTLY RELEASED
rpoM pOpTTAND PRISON.
FROM PORTLAND PRISON.

FROM PORTLAND fh1oH'
ph,,adclphia. Sept. 25-sIlchael IIarkns the Phla-
dephia dynamlter who was recently recase Cd rom
,anG prison England. where he with Others had been
serving term OF fifteen years at hard laoor ior oee
concerned in a dynamite plot against the queen
tie NJ the celebration Of her Jubilee, yesterday ior
tho first time told the history of the irish Amerc'
dvnaulters and their treatment In Portland anu oha|
ham prisons which, he declared. was only seco'u y"
the torture Of the Siberian political exes' harS III
.he year 1857 Harkns and othors were Sen. o''I
IN England on a dynamite mission, d co'i''u'i'Di
amount of money had been raised Ill mon 49, ~,
soiotos ~ de,ray their expenses 1t was piacea III
a., ho,ds NJ certain leaders and was to be for"atucu
% tho tvnamiers as soon as they landed on bnehs"
coil The men however, had no sooner Ianu0u "
thew discovered that they had been peu"yoa' VI .,
yoro,,hor Of 1887. Thomas Callan. alias "Scott, Oh
Ioveu Mass and Michael llarkrs, No i''"' W. "
sccondst. Philadelphia, were charged az bo" 0"oo
Police Court in London, with conspiracy lOf "ho
retrot,on of a dynamite outrage, shown by 'neiI
being In possession Of quantity OF W "'""'''
nrsoners were remanded for week s
p, the Saturday following Scotland faru ahhounoou
t,ot u was in possession Of proof that tne prsohe
were tools In a Clanna-Gael plot to dssa'slu'V0 %
Queen herself At their hearing on No'eADer
II WAS shown that bunder Of CalIans h"u uileoS ,a
the police to them. lie had thrown SUM tnn,,nc
q, a dust heap and a boy picked 1t up, anu 'HnA,'e
- uos lime. put it in a stove oven. Ihe s'oVe us
nnaarcd in a few minutes, with louu TePo'o
The case made the deepest impression IN EnsIa'u'
and every one bespoke life sentence ior "ie ooo
dynamiters The Queen gave the detectives %o'ooo
for saving her life. The trial began OIL Fo0i "''.
rho evidence against Caan MAS strong, ou'
tbere was little against Harkins, except MS asSo.l"
ton with Callan. The jury found ulem sHi'''
potb nrisoners were senteccd TO fifteen years each
uortins in speaking over the trial ana imprSoh-
mont of the Irish and Irsh-Amercan pollticai priso
crs said: 1T makes me shndder to tax Oh O''o -"
tures which they have to go through III for'".a ~
chatham and other English dungeons Inc oic., =
- can be called SUCH IS composed OF the worSt MIN
:, Ito meal and water Beer milk or tobacco
,or COW, When nv counsel had little bread SEW
in 70 me the Christmas Day before l was cohViouou
tho governor of the prison made terrible 1uos o'
IL and discharged the warden for allowing INC
ceve It, No man can tell the torture o''7
no,itical prisoners have to endure. In facC' ni'
after Spending five years in one OF uloSc u''"e 49,
GOOD for nothing lie Is total physical wrech ""r
~ institutlons are filed with hundreds OF SUCH
L,t ouvo heinps whose life is burden to tbem Ahe
worst treated man in the English prisons To-Day Is u'0
irish marriott Dr. Gallagher, Of Broolnyh' E'0h 0
English convicts sympathize with him. lie Ias se'o
tbropob as much as would kill four men, Ills occu-
nation is the lowest and most degrading IN tlo P,o
Last winter he broke his leg and tho hrSt ocoup'"o-
he was placed at after coming out OF the hospl'al w"
dr,rirg etones in a wagon with four other pohecai
n4eoners. Two of the oonvicts were Chmheo W 'uo
wagon. while others had ropes fastened over Iioii
sbonldcrs. barbarian would sympathlze WIN 'il'se
moor men to see them striving to pull cart lo' VI
stones ND grade after fainting from exhauso"n.
Iarldns. on being asked how many OF the irlsh anu
Irish American prisoners were with him, said aoo"'
trrteen onehaf of whom he believed, were AherieSi
dBzons. and some Of whom have been cohVlcOed oi'
tbo slightest evidence. "Callan Of Lowell, VINO was
convicted with me- works In the laundry ana Is ain"S.
completely broken down in health. CofcoraiL VI
Now York. and also Whitehead are breaking down
ronidIv and will not last long, .,..
Have tho political prisoners any nope OIL oe''e e'oi
We their only hope that If the Liberals get into
,oy,er thev expect TO be set free , $3.50. ,,.,.o.
We're Won ever visited by any OF the irlsh "oih"
vi 10 we ara not allowed to any one As soon as
any person visited the prison, we were ruseu U par
cai,e aud locked mp Tht only irish Meblper Ui
iroopt know of who succeeded in seeing Pts 8nr
@ Mr. Redmond who obtained an audiehcc WIZ ITr
D"iv who believe, is an American ciuhen' IT. 8rSt
49, We allowed to receive letters whout te -ha
oesng throucll the home Office and being reao OS "0
Governor OF the prison ana Otnefs. .or,orions vere
:. DO YOU belieye that y0urseu anu ooi"P"
tbe victims OF cons piracy = . .o a,srer hut
n.y. We that question do not care 20 ansme I. ia
v one who has read the history OF our arIe ~ t
2iS,, can iudge for themselves. Al preSenI w INV
care 70 talk of matters outside oil prison. Ill.,