The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-17
KEARNEY AND HAINES
RETURN OF AMERICANS WHO WE'RE
ARRESTED AT ROTTERDAM.
Scotland Yard Detectives Charged
with Putting Up n Job" on the
Alleged Dynamiters

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Among the Sec
ond-cab.n passengers who arrived on the
steamship Werkendam to-day from Rotter-
dam were two men whose names were not
on the published list of passengers. Their
tickets bore the names of John Williams
and Henry Smith, but the men themselves
were John +. Kearney and Thomas Haines.
respectively. Kearney and Haines were
arrested on Sept. 10 in Rotterdam for hav-
ing dynamite bombs in their possession
and as being concerned in a conspiracy
against the lives of the Gear of Russia and
the Queen of England.
In an interview Kearney said he had
gone some weeks ago to Antwerp
and later to Rotterdam to see his
wife's friends on family and bus
mess matters. While there, he said,
he met Haines, and both recognized
each other through their speaking English.
Kearney speaks and reads German fairly
well, while Haines, who was on a tour OF
pleasure, only speaks English. They
stopped at the same hotel in Rotterdam,
where they arrived ON Sept. II. Haines
was then ill, and was confined to his room
on the following day. On Sunday morning,
the 18th, about 9 o'clock, while occupying
the same room at the Queens Hotel, Rot
terdam, they were awakened by a rapping
at the room Of the door. Kearney jumped
from his bed and opened the door. As he
did so he was confronted by six Dutch
police officers and an Inspector. THE in
told the men to consider rhemselveS under
arrest. They were surprised at this, and
The Inspector informed them that he had
orders to arrest them, and asked them II
they would { come peaceabiy to the , police
diately and consented to be handcuffed.
They were taken to the barracks or police
station and held there without being given
any further information until 4 o'clock in
the afternoon. They were served with
sandwiches and coffee at their own ex-
On the following wednesday. after being
separated in the meantime, kearney Was
In his own words he described the inter-
view this way: From Sunday afternoon
mainder of the time l was confined in the
prison, I was kept aloof from al! the otner
watch of two guards. who were armed.
and, after / got out of my cot in the morn
ing until l returned at night | Nv was COM rons
instead of a cane bottom. When Drought
before the commissioner of police and IN,
spector was informed that was charged
session dynamite bombs. This l knew to
tssf 9eiT thin as | h had Rfysn t aoid that isats several
of them were found underneath the pea
in which Haines and had SLEPT ! "a aim fns
might nave gone off at any min min
these explosives, If such they were, were
placed there by either myself or my
I friend pass d aa q p j wa Of t she Scotland aa1sps Yard
men, who won't stop at anything In oruer
to make a case against Irishmen whenever
thew find 1t necessary, no matter now IN
convenient. Those explosives were put
there after we were taken out of the room.
lived on prison fare during the time that
| was in prison. but nearly all the time |
was troubled with nausea, as l could not
the su 6reaf Ke a PneSeh al Wdit the r @ra . tep@ a
hin slice of very heavy, dark brown bread
about a quarter of an inch thick and about
two inches by three inches In size) ! got
a few slices of this for a meal three times
a day, with an allowance of one quart or
/ entered the prison they took away
my handkerchief and glasses, as well as
in the shape of novels printed in
The type, however, was SO small
1 could not make it out without my
German newspapers which We're printed in
large size type, and~out OF them, con-
1T was said, Mr.. Kearney, that you had
a considerable amount of money on you
you were arrested?' observed the re-
well. I don't know what you might re-
g 3 tIT v as a ech h;Ii Amari amo Money p9 and f or
ty gulden. which made in all se6. The
charges at the hotel for my three days
tflElG - Oltc " WAi(ii 4 Aifa INV AhaA . AANAA&
Of eating anything, places the Queens
Hotel in Rotterdam away ahead of the
Waldorf for high rates. i knew nothing OF
was being done in my case until a
week ago last Saturday. when two officers
came to my cell and told me to come out.
I met HaineS at the entrance of the prison
and we were both hustled in a carriage
which was in waiting. Accompanied by the
officers. we were driven to the Netherland
pier and put aboard the vessel. We were
handed second-class tickets to New York
at our own expense, sS each. ] was then
handed the balance of my money, which
was very mean. My arrest has deprived
me of the opportunity of making money
during this campaign. as / issue n paper
every fall known as the Irish Nationalist.
the revenue from which is generally a
to me of 81, 800. My being detained
on the other side has made. the publication
Of this paper before election an almost i'm
possible task"
Ivory Still In Custody.
LONDON, Oct. 16.-Edward J. Ivory. alias
Bell, the alleged d~ynamiter. was again
rough up on remand at Bow-street Po-
ice Court to-day. Counsel for the crown
asked for another weeks remand, which
vas opposed by counsel for deIense on the
ground that long delay in pushing the case
against the prisoner had already damaged
his business in New York and that there
was no evidence against him. The magfs-
rate, however, remanded the prisoner. re-
in SO doing that there was con-
siderable evidence against him
Down with the English" /,
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER. Oct l6.-P. J. p.