The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-16
FUND TO DEFEND lyman
Irish Americans W1H Resist Hts ErtrG-
1Sfion by ENGLAND.

irish americans HtH Resist HIS Eoct90a
dttton by England.
NEW YORK, N. Y Sept. 15.-The Irish
National Alliance, which hasits headquar-
ters in the Potter building, held secret
meeting at the home of one of its mem bers
last night, and arrangements were made
to provide counsel to defend lyman and
Kearney, the dynamite suspects, and pre-
vent them being taken to England for
trial. 1t is said that $50, 900 was subscribed
at this meeting, and the fund will be in
creased to $50 600 when persons friendly to
the Irish cause will signify their willins.
ness to aid in obtaining the freedom of
Ireland by putting their names on the
subscription list.
The names of the men will not be made
public because it would mean, it is said,
constant annoyance by British agents in
this city.
None of the friends of Kearney and
lyman here have heard from them di-
rectly since their arrest. and all profess to
believe that the two men are in this coun-
try attending to their engagements with
the political parties.
The name of lyman does not appear
among the speakers selected by the Re-
publican National Committee. lyman told
his friends about the time he left that he
was going on the stump for Bryan and
free silver and had been assigned by the
Democratic National Committee to the
Central States.
The Mail and Express this evening says
that in spite of the surmises of his family
ard close personal friends that P. ].
lyman is still in this country, and that
the man now under arrest in Boulogne is
altogether another person, there is no
possible doubt that lyman is under arrest
and in a very serious position. The
charge upon which he is now held, that
of completely in the Phoenix Park MUIR
ders, is believed to be himsy pretext to
hold him until warrants for a still more
recent and certainly as serious offense
can be served. lyman left America on
August last on the Ham burg-American
line steamer Augusta Victoria for Ham
burg.
Two days before the vessel sailed, the
paper asserts, the notorious anarchist,
Paul Ralsinovitz, with several aliases,
bought the ticket for lyman, who sailed
under the name of "a. B. Becker" in the
steerage of the steamer mentioned. 1t is
also learned, the paper goes on to say, that
for Europe on the Teutonic August II,
under the name of Harris. Every move
the men made here was narrowly watched
by Scotland Yard detectives.
Ralsinovitz, who is regarded by the So
cret service agents in this city as the prime
mover in the scheme, has been known as
one of the cleverest of the nihilists in this
country. He is chemist of great ability
and is known as man who rarely talks.
He was regarded in every way as a safe
man.
Six months ago he began to frequent the
cafes on the East Side. No attention was
paid to him. He seemed to have plenty
of money. Other men came to see him
regularly. The paper says it is informed
that RaIsInovitz has for long time been
planning series of dynamite outrages IN
Russia The Chicago groups of nihilists
were known to be with him in the matter,
and he was in constant and frequent se-
cret communication with them.
At the office of the White Star line moth
ing was known about Bell. A Thomas
Harris did sail in the steerage of the Teu-