The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-05-28


Ireland by force Of arms At one o
the meetings of the society he claimed
he was directed to visit DIR. Gallagher al
his home in Greenpoint. This, he testl
fed, be did, and. acting under orders ne
received from the doctor, went to Eng
land and placed himself in communlca-
ton with Whitehead, one of tie men now
in jail.
The upshot was that DR.. Gallagher,
Kent, Wilson and Whitehead were SEN
fenced for life. The other prisoners
were discharged. Norman was set free
anc rewarded by the government.
After the conviction Mrs. Agnes Gal
lagher, mother of DR.. Gallagher presented
petition to president Arthur. In this
petition was set forth the weakness OF
the case Of the English government
against her son. Stre ss was laid upon
the fact that upon his arrest he was de-
prived Of his money to the amount of
| 522345 in American currency and el15 in
Bank of England notes, together with a
letter Of credit, representing 5000, the
several sums representing about $500 in
tbs, moneys Of the United States, and in
addition thereto ali his other personal
effects were taken from him, with bis
certificate Of naturalization to prove his
citizenship, thereby deprjving him Of
every means which would enable him to
procure proper7eg assistance to enable
him to establish his Defense
The petition scored Mr.. James Russell
Lowell for refusing to demand the re-
I EFturn of the doctors money and papers Or
to aid him In any way III securing coupe
tent advisers The result was the peti~
tion stated, that bogus lawyers, who
we're really English detectives, pretended
to take briefs from the doctor while in
custody.
The petition, it is said by friends Of
DR.. Gallagher, was pigeon~holed at
Washington.
During the Queens jubilee in 1887,
al ter DR.. Gallagher had served four years
III prison, another petition was prepared.
This time it. was indorssd by prominent
resir'ents OF Brooklyn and also contained
the signatures Of the governor OF the
state of New York, members OF the An-
sembly and members Of Congress. Presi-
dent Cleveland signed the petition, too.
The answer of the English government
was unfavorable.
A determined effort, now that Inspec-
tor Black is in disgrace and that there
are good grounds for believing that the
unfortunate young doctor has lost his
reason, is regarded as certain to result
in his release.
A pathetic incident in connection with
the imprisonment of DR.. Gallagher was
the death Of his widowed mother three
years ago. Mrs. Gallagher had large
family, but Thomas was her pet, and her
heart was broken when news of his con-
viction reached her.
Those who are interesting themselves
in DR.. Gallagher's case now claim that
they can prove indisputably that the
British government, having got Norman,
alias Lynch, into their power and having
compelled him to swear wnat they
wanted, increased the charge from sim
pie felony; that Mr.. William Doreton-
Smyth, the lawyer who defended Nor
man, alias Lynch, from the beginning,
was mere tool of the government; that
Norman, alias Lynch, lied in his state
ment to Inspector Langrish; that DR..
Gallagher satisfactorily accounted for
the money he held in bis possession and
that the authorities were we'll aware of
the fact; that DR.. Gallagher was per-
fectly correct in saying that he
did not know O'Donovau Rossa or any
of his agents, and that an impartial in
vestigation into the whole case would
establish the doctors innoc snce.
The case of the prisoner John Curtin
Kent is alleged to be one of greater in
justice than that of Dr. Gallagher.
Kent is an American citizen, and was
formerly resident of New York. He
was convicted, it is said, by the mere fact
that letter from him to DR.. Gallagher
was found by the detectives, the letter
being in no way criminal.
In 1887, when President Cleveland
took an interest in those cases, he in
structed Mr.. Phelps to ask for clemency.
Consul General Waller applied for per-
mission to visit Kent, and when Kent
was entitled to visit under the rules Of
Chatham prison Governor Waller was
allowed to see him and take his state
ment, which is embodied in the preced-
ing portion of this article. So impressed
was he with the mans statement and
his protestations of innocence, that he
made close examination of the report
of the trial and evidence, and in his re-
port to Secretary Baya1d said that ''the
conviction of Kent on such evidence