The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-27

His treatment in the French prison was
exactly the same as that accorded other
prisoners, but he had the privilege of send
ing to the canton for his meals The sub
project and all the attaches were very
much Interested in him and warmly es-
pouscd his cause.
Mr.. lyman travelled under his own
name. He looks to be fully fifteen years
younger than when he was last seen i'm
this city. He had shaved off his beard and
whiskers, which wcrc SO conspicuous i'm
photographs taken when hc was % mem-
bor of the MiddlcSeN volunteer regiment,
and could have passed easily for an En-
gliSh cattle dealer. He was met mt the pier
by Mrs. lyman, his six daughters and his
two sons.
lyman was extremely roticant, and told
the reporters who met him that state
ments made by him after his release from
the prison in Boulognc had been distorted
to such an extent as to be almost untrue
in every respect
| To a representative of the Associated
| Press he said: Il cannot say anything
with reference to my business in Europe.
1t was Of a legitimate character, and l am
glad to say that my mission was success
full,
presume the English government wanted
! to get me into its clutches by any means
l knew for some time before l was ar
rested that l was watched by British spies,
but did not expect my arrest when my
room was broken into l was awakened
by the landlord, who had two English de-
tectives and crowd of gendarmes with
him, and one of the detectives, the mo-
ment l woke, held Il revolver to my fore
head l simply got up, dressed myself and
went TO prison with my captors l knew
it was no use to say anything.
1.-The British government was deter
mined to get me on British soil if it could
do so, and my feiends told me that every
effort was made to induce the French gov
ernment to hand me over to England's
tender mercies. The French government
refused to do so, and l am here again-a
| free man"
what do you think would have hap
pened you if you had been extradited from
France TO England?" asked the reporter,
What do you Think" lyman retortod
"Why everybody knows. l would have
been either executed or imprisoned for
life. The English government never hcs-
tatcs to manufacture evidence when an
lrishman's life is to bc sacrificed. Why,
one of the charges made against me, that
l was connected with the PhuniN Park
business, was disposed of thirteen years
ago by the French government, but tho
English government tried to take this
charge up again"
Do you believe in the policy of dyna-
mite?' lyman was asked
a fellow passenger ON the Suule, who
SAT- beside me at dinner the day after we
/ left Cherbourg said to mo, DO you know
who we have on boardF ! suidI didn't.
/ md he replied Why, lyman, the lumou,
dynamiard.
/ Il telt little shocked, but told him l
was lyman, He didn eat any moro din
ner and looked seasick The next day !
met him and told him that the only dyuu-
mitard l had ever met was Zalinski, who
| was most charming fellow, and who
was the inventor Of the dynamite gun
which was so generally admired and eN-
| tolled by the war departments of all the
| European nations,
! Il wish to say that l am detestor of
anarchism, and cannot believe that the
freedom Of Ireland can be achieved by an-
archistic methods All the statements
made as to my desire to have the czar of
Russia blown up are villainous and in
famous.
'The day for Ireland's attack on Eng
land will soon come, and our enemy will
then learn what our methods are and feel
their effects As to all the stories pub
lished about me, can only say they are
Scotland Yard fakes, got up for the pur-
pose of iniuring me, think their object
has failed