The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-05

noon. but al in the morning. and the
government must have had their inforna-
ton many hours before thai little teie-
graph boy was brought 30 effectively upon
the scene
The details Of Mr. ParneIl's arrest have
not. believe. beer published He was
staying at Norrsson's hotel IN Dawson
street. and IL was there that he was asked
for. at or the morning named. by a
trusted officer Of the Dublin detective
force. The waiter who was first inter
viewed declared that Mr. ParneH had
gone out for bath" II seemed inprob-
able. and the officer. disclosing his iden-
THY. gave the number OF M Parnelfs
room tNo. D. for the next curious Wis
itor at Morrtson's) and requested to be
shown up there. He was begged to wait
Just four or five minutes" Not a minute.
n you please" was the officers reply.
1t is very unlikely that Mr. Parnell. had he
been warnsd. would have taken advant-
age OF the warning. but in -four or five
minutes" a sympathetic waiter might
easily have drawn together sy mpathetic
crowd in the street. and the officer was
single-handed.
However he was shown up at once TO
No. -. Mr.. Parnell. who was stsh be-
tween the sheets, presented himself at
his door in a moment in neither garment
and slippers. The situation being ex-
planned to him, he inspected the warrant.
and said he must have time 10 write two
or three letters. For fifteen minutes the
officer paced the corridor. and then. as the
crowd which he had feared was beginning
to gather in the street. he requested Mr..
Parnell to make a hurried toilet.
Hurried or not. when he came out OF
his room five minutes later he was as
serupul0usly dressed as always. The Of
ficer led him odt boldly by the front door;
there was no disturbance tto the chagrin.
doubtless, of the sympathetic waiter.
and they entered a cab which was in wait
ing. Mr.. Parnell behaved throughout
with admirable dignity oomposure.
only for one moment showing signs
of annoyance. He had written
three letters, which he asked to
be allowed TO post with his own hand.
a request which was repeated several
times. Presently. SIR said the officer.
hiding his time. For the officer IL was q
journey of some nervousness. He was car
rying to prison, under the fiat Of gov.
eminent detested by the strongest party
In Ireland, the most powerful and most
popular man in Ireland. and he was un-
supported by any kind OF escort. word
from Parnell as he was. being taken
through the streets. and 1t would have
been a hard matter 10 arrive with him at
Kimainham. There were a number OF
persons gathered about the Kingsbridge
station. and had he merely shown his
face and said. II am under Arrest" the
cab would have been wrecked he SAID
nothing. and sitting well back In the
vehicle seemed anxious that no one should
recognize him.
Just beyond this point a company OF the
guards turned out of the Royal hospital
and marched behind the CAB. 1t was here
that the prisoner for the first time vented
a word or two of temper. You said that
/ should post my letters" he said 10 the
officer beside him: you are deceivins
me-" you shall post them in moment,
Mr.. Parnell." was the answer. ktlmain-
ham was reached almost Immediately,
and In the pillar box against the prison
Mr.. Parnell dropped his letters
Some dozen or twenty hawkers. faborers
and car-drivers recognized him here. and
seeing that he was under arrest pressed
forward to touch and speak 10 him He
drew back and would give his hand 10
no one as he passed into the courtyard OF
the prison.
Indeed. from the first day to the last.
the Chief was as unapproachable in
kilmainham by the rank and file OF his
party imprisoned with him as he had al
ways been In the lobby or dining-room of
the house Of commons. Within few days
OF his arrival. in fact. there came TO be
an upper and a lower house in the
prison The upper house was the portion
in which Mr.. Parnell and his few assoc
ciates met and took their exercise, and
rarely indeed did one from the lower house
venture unbidden within this privileged
confine.
Mr. ]. J. OKelly was the oomrade whose
society Mr.. Parnell most affected. but he
spent great part Of his time in his own
room, and wrote much. II Is almost super
fiuous TO say that no rule OF the prison was
ever infringed by him. and that his conduct
was never less than exemplary. The ma
jority OF the suspects were lodged In the
central hall. but TO Mr. Parnell was al
Ioted good-sized room in quiet cor
ridor OF the prison. the two arched win
dows of which give on TO one OF the smaller
exercise yards. Facing this room. by the
way, is the cell in which the informer
Carey was afterwards confined. The Par
nell room" which was never cell, has
been quite changed since that distinguished
OCCUPATION. and Is now used as an office
OF the prison and for consultations between
prisoners and their legal advisers. Here
is was that Mr.. Parnell wrote the letter
to Captain O'Shea which was to become
famous under the name of kilmainham
Treaty.
Parnell himself In Kilnainham doomed
larger than ever In the popular tmagina-
ton: his celebrity grew with the days OF
MS confinement. MS EdAIiF NtNt4hc iitbiy
heroic Gifts poured in upon him; flow
ers from London; fruits. game and cases
of champagne: books. bedding. slippers.
dressing gowns and coverlets Of satin and
eiderdown His posthas was enormous;
letters OF confidence. sympathy, admira-
ton, adulat.on, indignation and vitupsra-
ton.
From first 10 last his behavior IN con-
flnemeut was be yond reproach. He was pa
tient of such restrainst as his imprison-
rnent involved. courteous ard considerable
to the least Of the officials. To the ma
}or!ty Of his companions IN durdnce he was
the sphinx that they had known before.
uualtered, and neither more nor less con-
ciiiatory than Il was at all times and all
places his wont % be
THIS singular chapter In the history OF
Kilmainham being closed. one may VEN
ture the remark that this particular phase
Of the policy o. TIRE government towards
the ca.upa!gners Of the Land League was
on the whole a mistake. IL Is easy talk
Ing fourteen years after the event. but
one looking back upon II ct this day may
well ask whether all those arrests-Inany
% them. no doubt. rather arbitrary and
l-cousjdered-had any aPpreciahle re-
suit IN weakening the power OF the League.
whether. on the contrary. they had not a
much more considerable result in strength
srinx IL The situation however, will
probably not repeat itself = our time
TtGHE HOPKINS.
OZY ANDiA>.