New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-26
INFORMFRS.
NEW LIGHT on IRISH SPIES.

and in the main successful one, 10 trace ont some
of the mysteries Of that system Of secret service
otherwise csrionage-which was so freely en-
ployed in Ireland under the government Of Pitt.
Such record might almost be called counter
mart to that Of irish rebellion patriotism. as II
has been designated by the friends and the enemies
of Irish freedom alternately. The darkest feature
of these strange hidden histories, however, con-
ssts in the fact that in nearly case the NOR
who acted under tho Government in the secret ser
vice were themselves Irishmen; and some oil 'l'n
played their game craftiy that Tor wears ,"'N
retained the full confidence Of their compa'nots
while keeping up regular correspondence WIN the
English Government.
When the Irish traitor happened 10 DC pefSo"
of importance-and this was more frequently '"0
case than rnight be supposed-tbe greatest precaU
tons were taken against the HlV"l1'S VI NE
name. There are several instances cited oy MI
Ftznatrcl, in which such secrets have oreh
Guarded so carefully that even today tne TASK
of Identification is surrounded DS oi"cui.l's o.
most as great us those attending the lamous ico"
episode of the Iron Mask. OF course money h"o
% mass in every instance, and here again the
strangest traits Of character are developers as
for example when one of these secrct-serVlce me-"
exhibited a rodesty in his demands apparently
unite i-compatioe with the business in when ne
trae engaged. But II must he remembered that ii
oil .,cb coecs exposurc meant death 10 the IN
forrer and that the Irish Nationalist, thoush
often deceived. kept vgilant watch for treason
and punishcd il ruthlessly whenever IL was
brought home 10 the traitor.
II will he seen from the narratives oil MI r"N
natriclS that the holdest sccrct-servlcc MN WV
&c a rule The safest. Such as pushed 'hcir way
into the central councils of their lntcruc" Ec,''
and affected bitter hatred for the ">'', IN
rros" found II comparatively easy TO hood"inK
o-,1
,o to tho end of their livcs-not. indeed al
,ravs without being respected, but without neihe
soriouslz, srraicne1 OF course such colecNoh
~ historettos deals necessarily with some N'''
base elements The hardened hypocrisy ~
Of the secret service rcn must nave wen p'."V
nal and their readiness and qulckness OF wiz nv
b,vo bccn no less So As TO the moral VI WI
ritzpatrick's work, il is obvious as ne o'Sei
" THO orronizers Of illega, societies VIII ~ '""'
in spitc Of the apparent secresy ana ingenuity W
.hoir custom inforners sit with them AT '"o
sorne council board and dnncr-tahle. ready al any
.,,a.,,or+ ~ coll tbcir blood: and that the wioer
a. Qualifications Of conspiracy the greater mcclure
A. oor+oin+v of detection" The same NERVOUS
hove indeed. been pursued since fltts tiihe, a,u
always with the same final result INV l..
oora,iracv has bred treason, and 50 cuinn"''" "
disaster. 49,, ..obos 70
Not little Of the interest which attaches W
Mr. Fitzpatrick's book is due TO 1hao Nei3 -o
.ordo,cv 70 take delight in hunt. Icle ".'
. Number OF men for whom 1t Is very ui"'
Cool onv svmoathv. and they are PM up ~
49, o,.Ior N no hunted out Of all their conce"F
,aor+e and discusses and Gibbetcd on the P's''
% history for what they were Mr. fl'zp"'I"N
:; = worry sleuth hound in his pursuit, ana tho.'
:; rlontv Of opportunity for the display o' W.
detective skill, for his game were loNeI Ina"
Rovnard himself. and they had TOO mucl DIT e',,n
10 he able to afford any sips or ni"n"''' va
% ,,. mos. audacious of Government SPECS
man named Turner, appears TO nave III"
susnicion for a long time by assuming q ieIo0'H
NJ demcanor which made most people he'P -
tror-bim II was period when duell!ng noul-
ishcd and he was known TO he ueau Sno''
narrower Yet after long career, anu "nen
Lie mask had almost been torn OF, ne vas kiu'u
in duel ,.ioo
The cases of Emmets rebellion, of the meeting
at the More. Of the capture Of LORD EH"lru r"|-
Gerald each AMI all introduce new informerS Oh
the scene and reveal new treasons ana Nlli'',''
ON the mart OF men who ought to nave Dceh IKE
last IN be found in such company one Oh u"
most singular revelations in the DOCK Is 'A''
which appears TO fix the brand OF the lNlor'he'
upon the brow Of Father Arthur OL@ary' VINO
figured as a most enthusiastic patriot LOT gen
Grafton. and who was cordially trusted hY TIE
,rayed TO their enemies In some OF Mi M
no+rcll's idcntifcations the wholly unprecedented
rcadcr NAV dcmur TO the character Of the evl-
dence relied upon We do not think that ne
has succeeded in every instance IN proving
h;s cosa and sometimes when he appears most
positive there is, from dispassionate poiht Of
view grave occasion for doubt 1t must DC 70
mcrnborrd that every effort was maze IN 'hc
,o.orrroort correspondonce Of the time TO conceal
loo In
cases thoir real names We're never written III
Others only an initial wouh De used y" """'o
WAS ever written at length.
Those precautions render the task or detection
NJ +b;s distance of time exceedingly difficult ami
the sharpest wits may well be put OIL The scent
sometimes Mr.. FITZGERALD thinks that the danger
RIM by the secret-scTVSn men was never luii}
appreciated by Pitt, for their lives "rr"
unsafe alI over Europe. To point this remark ne
cives the following story Of an English diplomat
who had made himself obnoxious to the frchch
Government. He says " The disappearance o.
Ronia,nin bathurst a kinsman Of Lord Bathurst,
has never been explained. Bathurst was sent on
a secret mission TO Vienna, at the time that Eng
land before opening the PeninsIlar campaign,
souobt 10 persuade Austria to declare by way OF
distraction. war against France. Austria soon
after crossed the French frontier, and Bathurst
received hints of threatened personal DOOM
Hoping to avoid examination he took nor'hfN
route in returning to England, and on reaching
Perleberg. in Brandcnburg lie visited, III his
AGITATION the commandment oil culr"sSleis re-
ouesting that scntrics might mount guard az the
inn where lie stopped These were supplied ana
bathurst spent the day in writing and destroying
letters Shortly before his carriage cam" 10 the
door, in the dusk of a November evening he
told some troopers who escorted him that they /
might withdraw While all the household was
On the alert to see him of, he walked beyond
the circle of the lantern glare and was lost to
sight al the head of the horses This occurred |
ON November 40 1909, and Bathurst was never |
raon nr hnnrd of more. notwithstanding thAt |