The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-11
1lHBB TRIALS Ri! ! !. | OF FFBBNIAuS l
Mockefy Of Justice as Seen in
s.484 y the Courts Of Ireland Not
Long Ago.
Captain. Charles Underwood o.
connell One of the Victims of
England's Injustice.
An Eloquent Prisoner Who Little
8s8 Cared for the Sentence
Il. Imposed.

Imposed.
The tribune's tongue, the poets pen,
May SOW the seed in PROSTATE men,
But tits the soldiers sword alone
Can reap5the crop SO bravely sown.
Davis
"Put forward Charles Underwood
O'Connell."
There was the usual sliding of bolts
and the opening of doors, and there
stepped into the dock 1.-THE, active man,
of soldierly carriage, whose brown fash
ing eyes had often lit up with eagerness
and hope as they glanced down mar
shalled lines of Irishmen in a foreign
land, and which now, as he stood face
to face with his doom, swept fearlessly
round ths Cork courthouse, black with
! Its throng of policemen resting here
and there upon friendly face a look of
recognition, and only half concealing his
feelings OF defiance and contempt, as
they sought the Judgment seat where
Judge keogh presided in omnipotence.
His features were clearly cut, and were
stamped with decision. His nose and
chin were rather prominent, his hair yet
black and his bronzed cheek and martial
bearing as he listened to the solicitor
general opening the Indictment told of
the camp life and the bivouac. The pris-
oner was no stranger in Cork. Years be-
fore, when Stephens Travelled through
the country, weighing the chances OF,
and reckoning up the forces for another
National movement he was introduced
to young O'Connell, and was struck with
his resoiuteness and activity. He explain
ed his revolutionary schemes, and found a
ready listener in the prisoner who now
stood at the bar. The result was that be-
fore the Fenian movement had obtained a
firm foothod throughout the land, it could
number it's adherents by thousands in the
Southern capital. AS early as 1858 O'Con-
nell was in harness, and such was his Or
ganizing capacity and devotedness, that:in'
a few years he had over 1000 men under
his control. He had charge of the Brother
hood in Cork city, Queenstown, Monks
town, Passage, Upper and Lower Glan-
mire and Barney, and was one Of tine I1Qst
trusted advisers and agents Of the leaders
OF tie movement. hi. En- y. n:
He was descended, too from a. good
stock. His family, which was nearly re-
lated to the Derrynane O. 'COnnel,s, came
from K.lmailock, IN the neighborhood Of
which it had. given it's name to two. i'm
portant baronies. 1t could trace It's rec
ord back for eleven hundred years, and In
many midnight hosting and dashing raid
the swords Of the O'Connells swept bare the
countryside of the lands enemies. Never
through all the long years Of mssrule and
persecution had they wavered in their al
leg.ance to Ireland, and the whole soul of
their warlike race seemed concentrated In
the fearless young American captain, who
now stood in the dock to undergo the mock
cry of trial. ,$SS
When Cork and it's neighborhood had
been fully organized, the question OF mil
itary instruction arose. AS O'Conne!l was
leader in the district, his men. looked to
him for the necessary knowledge, and he at
once set about training his soul to lead a
line" There could be no better training
ground than n America, in whose valleys
and along whose rivers the thunderfo OF war
now rolled. To America he therefore
went, and becoming a. citizen Of the great
Republic proceeding upon which Judge
Keogn strongly animadverted in passing
sentence-was mainly instrumental, in rats
ing company X Of the 99th regiment N.
r. volunteers, which was under the COM
mand of Col! John O'Mahony. The: young
Irish reyolut;on.st soon obta:nedt his COM
mission as captain, and It is noteworthy
that his regiment contained many men men wac
afterwards became well known IN connect
ion with Irish movements. ~ J. i
The word went forth among, the F'en:an
sircles in America that the year 1850 was wa
to- be the year Of acton. Towards 81 the q.
end of the year every American vessel
that called at Queenstown brought back to
Ireland men skilled in the use Of arms, who
were anxious to transfer the theatre OF:
war from the new world to- the II Old
Amongst the men who so returned was
Captain O'Connell He was then I'M:
known to the police, who. now, fully alive
= to the danger nf the situation, subjected
each ship to 3 rigorous search. ne at
tention Of the detectives was directed to,
him at Queenstown, and on being searched t
some important Fen:an documents, which
stephens had entrusted to his care, were
found on him He was ARRESTED on board.
the tender and hurried away to Cork jail.
4 II psss.ng through the streets Of the city
Inc police, for the first time, were made
aware OF the importance Of their capture.
Elyerywhere the prisoner was. received
with cheers f.e.il the bystand ders, and many
4 friendly nod Of recognition passed be-
tween him and sae mon Of the Rebel City
az he marched between the bayoaets OF
the policemen through the town Il
After a snort detent ION IN Cork prison
heSWas tran gferrel to Richmond jail ii.
Dublin. it being the intention of the al.-
tharties to have him tried with LUCY. O,--;
I,eary. Rcssa and Stephens. While
sWa::ting his trial his active mind was stlsl
busy II the cause Of Ireland 5 liberty, ana
he4 was the FIRST TO think OF the possibi..ty
OF rescu.ng the famous C:O Q. u. IS from ne
clutches OF the crown, A One day ne Was ~. 7s
taken I'll, and in the absence of the pr.son