The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-20
LIE CARON, THE SPY.
The Startling Revelations Alleged
to Have Been Made.
PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON
Said to Have Given Assistance to the
Fenian Movementto Invade Canada.
Ascene at the White Housc---cIan-
Na.Gael Plots to Blow Up Parlia-
ment-..A Secret Circular.

LONDON, Oct. lG.-The "reminiscences
OF DR.. LeCaron, the spy for the British
government, who gained such unfavor-
able notoriety in 1920 by his disclosures
on behalf OF the Times before the Par
nell commission, have been made pub
lie.
In regard to the projected Fenian in
vasion OF Canada he declares that when
he and General o'Neill were received
at the white house in Washington by
President Johnson. the President told
General o'Neill hat he sympathized
with the Fenians and was willing to do
all in his power to assist the Fenian
movement. 'You must remember"
said President johnson, "that l gave
you full five days before issuing the
proclamation stopping you. ln'God's
name, what more did you want? Ifyou
could not get there in five days, by,
you could never get there. And then
as President, l was compelled to enforce
the neutrality laws or be denounced on
every side"
Le Caron describes to the utmost de-
tail the whole Fenian movement against
Canada, showing how he became ac-
quainted with every man OF any i'm
portance connected with the movement,
and only twice was he in danger Of dis
covery. One occasion was when he took
down the anne Of Fenians in his note
book. He was denounced, tried and ac-
quilted by his comrades, and secured a
strong position. The dramatic charac-
ter Of the narrative is enhanced by the
spectacle Of the devoted care with
which the Fenians watched over LIE
Caron and preserved him from harm.
lie Caron says the Clan-na-Gaels wild
plans include q treaty with Russia to
manufacture a submarine torpedo boat
to inlict terrible damage on the British
navy; q plot to assassinate the queen,
kidnap the prince of Wales and rescue
Michael Davitt from prison. In de-
scribing an interview with Parnell in
Parliament, he declares that ParnelIs
remarks we're a bombshell to him. He
says: "Parnell confessed his belief that
nothing but the force of arms would ac-
complish the final redemption OF Ire
land. He went carefully into details
on the leagues esource for an open
movement ofinsurrection and that they
had elO0, 900 in the treasury. He dis
cussed the position OF home and Amer.
lean revolutionary organizations and
recommended the American policy.
lie Caron then gives the text OF a Sc
cret circular prepared for a dynamite
campaign in the event OF Mr.. Glad
stones home rule scheme being made.
quate. He gives a graphic account OF
Egan's clever escape from the country
after the Phoenix Park murders. He
says Egan was the last person in the
world one would take for a conspirator.
In regard to the Irish-American agita-
tor he says: "Gold is his god and his
breviary. He attains his ends by job
berry, trickery and delusion Of the most
despicable type. He braves and blus-
teringly advocates desperate enterprises
from the distance Of 5000 miles," lie
Caron says hat DR.. Gallaher, who con-
trolled the dynamite campaign, was
often in Parliament. and he heard, had
been introduced to Mr.. Gladstone. One
plot devised was to blow up Parliament
by throwing bombs in front OF the
speaker.