The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-08

dred and twenty-fourth arrest that had
been effected under Mr. Fosters act
since the beginning of March, 1881.
Suspect No. 225 was James j. O'Kelly,
NJ. p, and No, 227 was William
O'Brien.
II may or may not be remembered
that on the afternoon of Oct. 10, in that
year, Mr.. Gladstone made a speech on
Irish affairs at the Guildhall. With
him were several members of his gov
eminent, and at an interesting and
highly appropriate moment a telegram
was handed to the premier. who wasin
the act of speaking. 1t contained, of
course. the news of Mr.. Parnell's arrest
and Mr. Gladstone, as may be imag-
ined. made a fine point for the gallery.
The incident had all the appearance of
a well-contrived effect--I happened. to
be one of the gallery-and this i'm truth
II was. for Mr.. Parnell was arrested.
not at 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
but at Z o'clock i'm the morning, and the
government must have had their infor-
nation many hours before that little
telegraph boy was brought so effect
lively upon the scene. ~sF
The details of Mr.. Parnelps arrest
have not, i believe, been published.
He was starving at Morrison's hotel in
Dawson street, and IL was there that
he was asked for, at o'clock In the
morning named, by trusted officer of
the Dublin detective force. The waiter
who was first interviewed declared that
Mr.. Parnell had gone out for bath"
1t seemed improbable, and the officer,
disclosing his identity. gave the num-
Der of Mr.. Parnells room ono. 20, for
the next curious visitor at Morrison's)
and requested to be shown up. there.
He was begged to wait Just four or
five minutes" mot a minute, IL you
please" was the officers reply. 1t is
very unlikely that Mr.. Parnell, had he
been warned. would have taken adj
vantage of the warning, but in -four
or five minutes a sympathetic waiter
might easily have drawn together
sympathetic crowd in the street and
the officer was single-handed.
However, he was shown up at once
to No 20. Mr.. Parnell who was still
between the sheets. presented himself
at his door in a moment in neither gar
ment and slippers. The situation being
explained to him, he inspected the war
rant and said he must have time to
write two or three letters. For Is min
utes the officer paced the corridor, and
then, as the crowd which he had feared
was beginning to gather in the street,
he requested Mr.. Parnen to make
hurried toilet.
Hurried or not, when he came out of
his room FIVE minutes later he was as
scrupulously dressed as always. The
officer led him out boldly by the front
door; there was no disturbance Ito the
chagrin, doubtless, of the sympathetic
waiter), and they entered cab which
was in waiting. Mr.. Parnell behaved
throughout with admirable dignity and
composure, only for one moment show
ing signs of annoyance. He had writ
ten three letters. which he asked to be
allowed to post with his own hand, a
request which was repeated several
times. presently. sir" said the officer,
biding his time For the officer 1t was
journey of some nervousness. He
was carrying to prison, under the fiat
of a government detested by the
strongest party in Ireland, the most
powerful and most popular man in Ire
land, and he was unsupported by any
kind of escort A word from Parnell as
he was being taken through the streets
and il would have been hard matter
to arrive with him at kilmainham.
There were a number of persons gath
cred about the Kingsbridge station and
had he merely shown his face and said
IT am under arrest" the cab would
have been wrecked. He said nothing,
and sitting we'll back in the vehicle,
seemed anxious that no one should rec
ogniZe him.
Just beyond this point a company of
the guards turned out of the Royal
hospital and marched behind the cab.
1t was here that the prisoner for the
first time vented a word or two of tenn
per. You said that | should post my
letters" he said to the officer beside
him; "you are deceiving me-" You
shall post them in moment. Mr.. Par
NELL" was the answer. Kilmainham
was reached almost Immediately, and
in the pillar box against the prison Mr..
Parnell dropped his letters.
Some dozen or 20 hawkers, laborers
and car drivers recognized him here,
and seeing that he was under arrest,
pressed forward to touch and speak to