The Red Cloud chief., 1896-11-20
JONES' CLAN-NA-CAELS
Another irish Traitor Comes to Light
England Not Informed.

England Not Informed.
LONDON, Nov. 1i.-During the exam.
ination to-day, Mt the Bow street pc.
&c court, of Edward j. Ivory. alias
Il ward Bell, the Irish American
saloon keeper of New York accused OF
completely in a dynamite conspiracy, n
witness who gave his name as Jones
appeared, much to Ivory's constcrna-
ton. JONES' IL is understood. has
for years been identified with the Clan.
na-Gael and other lrish-American or
CARNATIONS. and the prosecution ex.
pected that he would unfold the secret
story Of the physical force movement.
Replying to questions put by c. f.
Gill. who prosecuted for the treasury
department, Jones" said he was a ma
tive of Armagh and was employed by
the British government to make in
quiries at Manchester in 1890, and in
1901 was sent To America, where he
continued his inquiries. In November,
1891, he entered the employ of whole
sale groccrs in New York city and re-
manned with them until 1898, when he
opened "a business of his own. He re-
manned in New York until September
o. the present year, all this time maxi
ing inquiries for the British govern
mrnt.
Early in ls02 Jones" said he met
William Lyman, president of the Irish
National alliance, and Roland in New
York city and learned of the existence
of the Irish NationalistS' organization,
known among its members as the
United Irish or 'T. H." whose ex-
ccutivc body was known by the letters
"D. A. ''Gn Instructions he joined
the organization and was initiated into
a camp known as 1.-THE Shamrock
club among those present at his in
i~tiation being Lyman, Roland, Gala
CHER, Kearncy and lyman. They after
wards formed II new camp" which
was called The Nally club the
membership of which included Mcarns
and holland. who had been connected
with an explosion in Dublin.
Jones" further stated that he was
elected treasurer of the Nally club,
whose meetings were of the most Sc.
cret description, the district orders"
being burned after being read, and,
after initiation. the members were
w iiil - VI nv Nib-
scriptions were contributed to a revo-
lutionary fund, and calls were made
for money to pay for celebrations of
the death of the Manchester mar
tyrs" and to aid the convicted dyna-
miters. While ON his way to the Chi
cago convention of 1895, Kcarncy in
PRODUCED the prisoner, Ivory, to the
witness rs IA brother lyman and
O'DOuovan Rosa were present and
lyman said that Ivory belonged To his
camp and had been known to him in
Dublin previous to lss2.
Jones mention of the Chicago
convention of 1898 refers to the new
movement convention" which was at
tended by n number of coniidants of
Lyman, who during the convention
time held secret meetings. Later
Jones joined IA camp under the name
of Thomas Merle Jones'"
Continuing his account of the visit to
Chicago. Jones said he arrived there
September -, 1895, and he was met ut
the railroad station by ~. John Gait
ney. lie stayed at McCoy's hotel
where the committee of the secret or
ganization met. Ivory attended the
meetings at which the names were
chosen to be submitted to the public
tohN'lINioh 40 'iil'''N vi NV i'N
movement" the object being that the
open movement might be controlled
by the secret organization.
In another portion of his testimony
Jones" said that he saw Ivory in
Cody's saloon in New York, which was
largely frequented by members of the
organization two or three weeks be
fore Ivory left America.
Jones' then produced n document
p%urporting To give the constitution OF
the society up TO 1895, and also copies
of the constitution and ritual of tho
Clan-na-Gacl. Anyone convicted of ;
dynamite outrage was described i'm tn,
proceedings of the organization as {
"soldicr of Ireland"
l At the CLOSE of the proceedings Ivory
l was formally committed for trial.
I The afternoon newspapers max
great spreads of the evidence fur
: nished by Jones and have scare head,
Y reading: "I.e Caron the Second.
i. Secrets of the Clan-na-Gael," start
ling Disclosures of an Irish Spy" etc
o When Jones first appeared on tn
i witness stand Mr.. Gill asked the pre-
: siding magistrate to stop all sketchin
$ in court, exclalming that it was of tn
Y utmost Importance that nothin
should be allowed to transpire I
y identify the witness in the future.