Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-14
DAMAGING EVIDENCE GIVEN
BY a British Detective Against
Ivory,
THE ALLEGED DYNAMITER
Joined the Clubs and Was One Of the
Gang.
THE WITNESS GIVES AWAY SECRETS
OF the Clubs and Produced Documentary
Evidence to Back Up His State
ment = Ivory is Still
On Trial.
THE WITNESS GIVES AWAY SECRETS

dndS EDWARD Dell, the dHtBeu. lTlSIl-
American dynamiter, was again ar
raigned in the Bow street police court
this morning and in accordance with
the prisoners request for the protection
of an American citizen, Mr.. Carter, rep
resenting the United States embassy, was
present to watch the proceedings. A
witness was called to the stand whose
name was withheld from the public but
was written on piece of paper and
handed to the clerk Before the exam
ination of this witness was begun, news
paper and other artists were warned that
If they were detected in the act of maxi
ing sketches of the witness, the court
room would be cleared The witness
proved to be a government spy who was
sent to the United States In 1891 to
watch dynamiters. He Joined the Unit
ed Irishmen in New York and was ini-
tiated into the Shamrock club in the
presence of lyman, Kearney and other
prominent Irish agitators. Subsequent
ly new Irish camp was formed of which
the witness was elected treasurer.
Ivory was committed for trial by the
Bow street police magistrate.
The mysterious witness, whose name
was given as VIM. Jones, is a small-sizedI
man, with red face. In the course of
his testimony he said that he was orig
inally sent to the United States in 1891 by
the British government After arriv
ing in New York he obtained employ
ment with firm of grocers in that city
as a "blind" and it was not until 1895
when he blossomed out as a shop owner
himself that he got fully into the con-
fidence of the nationalists. After en-
tering the Shamrock club, becoming at
tached to the camp, as "No. 49," he
helped to start new camp called the
"Nally club"
EARLY in 1892" the witness said, "I
became acquainted with a man named
Boland, who introduced me to VIM. Ly-
man, the owner of paper called the
Irish Republic Lyman also controlled
the United Irishmen.I QIe is president of
the Iiisss National Alliance). When the
NallY luo was formed Boland became
it's president and Mr. w. j. Balfe vice.
president. succeeded him upon the death
of Boiand in 1895. l attended all the
meetings of the club and as secretary
and treasurer had access to all of the pa
pers of this organization and also the or
ganization with which the Naly club was
connected.
when person was nominated to a
membership in the club 1t was necessary
that the proposer and seconder of the
candidate should have known the can
didate intimately for year or more.
Then the president appointed a commit
tee of three, upon whose favorable re-
port the election was proceeded with.
The managers of the different camps
throughout the nited States had there
fore, an opportunity of knowing the in
dividuals proposed in any particular
camp. The papers, including the dis
trict orders in regard to persons elected,
were understood to be burned in every
case. Members were never mentioned at
camp meetings except by their numbers,
and the signs and passwords were
changed every three months.
Il retain complete set of documents
covering several years, containing the
names of members and changes in the
organization, including the details of the
convention, names of the delegates from
the different camps, ETC. One conven-
ton was held in 1892, and the next was
held in Chicago in September, 1895. Kear-
ney's camp was No. 1872 1t has since
been disbanded. Kearney is now vice.
president of camp 81 Tynan's camp Is
No. 9S, and Lymans 81.
I'm going to the Chicago convention In
1895. the members had "a special car from
New York to place called Ferry. / met
Kearney, who introduced me to the pris-
oner saying he was a brother"
Jones then produced the documents he
had mentioned, including the ritual of
the Clan Gael, which Prosecutor Gill
read, showing that the object of the
United Republican brotherhood was to
achieve the complete independence OF
ireland by revolution. The witness was
extremely nervous. He shifted about
constantly and cast furtive chances in all
directions, fearing that ne would be
sketched He admitted that he had,acted
throughout as a British agent and had
copied and preserved the documents SUBJ
mitted at the instance of the British gov
ernment. Jones said that part of the
money contributed to the Nal1y club
was devoted to revolutionary fund and
money was also called for to pay for
celebrations of the death Of the MAN
chester martyrs" and to assist the con-
victed dyna miters.
While going to Chicago in 1895, he said,
lyman, who was with the party, told
him that Ivory was member of his
Tynan's) camp, and that ne had known
him in Dublin prior to 1892.
Jones appears to be about 40 years of
age. He was well. but plainly dressed.
He has nut-brown hair, and wears a
short-cropped beard and moustache He
has sharp features, a clear skin and clear
blue eyes. which are rather sunken. He
gave his address as 500 Amsterdam ave-
nue., New York City. Ivory, or Bell. ex-
hibited the greatest consterna tion on see
ing Jones, but afterward regained his
composure.