New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-19
WHITEHEAD IN NEW-YORk.
THE ALLEGED DYNAMITER BACK FROM
AN ENGLISH PRISON.

He ARRIVES on THE LucANlA AND Is ATTAIN
EMILY An lMBErIE-HIs FRIENDS HOPE
THAT REST WILL. RESTORE HIS REASON.
George Albert Whitehead, the alleged irish
dynamiter who recently released from al"
English prison after serving thirteen years,
arrived here late yesterday afternoon on poa'"
+be Cunard line steamship Lucania white
head or James Murphy, which is his proper
name is seemingly an imbecile and appears u
be unable to converse coherentY'
When the big ship drew alongside OF her pier
there was large crowd perhaps -o"o peoP'''
on hand About one-third OF THESE were
no,bi,ers with the released Irishnan, and the
others came TO greet returning friends he
sides the representatives of the Commute y,
Twenty-four appointed to meet Nn'''"'"
there were delegates from various irish
cites and many people who had KNOWN "''''
Zorro his imnrisonment AS the gangway was
made secure General James r. q beir"e ai'""s
upon IT and rushed aboard the ship foiio"e"
by a haf-doZen men.
After most of the passengers hau
oshore Whitehead. with General O'Beirne' 'he
,ormer's brother. John who had gone 10 ire'""'
70 hiring him home and party OF rrlehus
down the gangplank. AS he appeared the i''
men present sent up cheer ana d. "e 49, 49,
toward the entrance Of the pier 'heH
-, hin, 81 that Il was almost Impossible TOT
,ba marty 10 move Near the entrance "h'e
head met his sisters Mrs Harriet raeah' VI ave-
b72i1 Grove-st, Jersey City, ana the "s'eS
Mary Ellen and Norah Murphy lie re'oe
them at once and while he was gree'h'e '"''"
.ha crowd nressed close and he appeared TO De
frightened With a great deal Of dif1cui'y ''s
alleged dvnamitcr was taken to carriage anu
ba Hotel SAVOY. Inc Ni'"N
,ovo him parting cheer 1t was said tha' TIC
,rould no taken later 10 his sisters nome III JET
sey City. A
The annearance OF Whitehead. or Murphy
uas a great surprise to those who had never
seen him before. He is an extremely sihdil mann
with a clean-shaven face. He is as'oh'S""e'
youthful in looks. and many WI" Sa" ''
noticed "A great resemblance 10 CheVa"er INV
singer He was dressed in a dark SUIT WIN
closely buttoned black overcoat and pia'h '',''
can lie came in the second cabin OF the
Iucania Those aboard said that ne 'ooE Ms
meals in his room but that he was allowed -
roam around the ship at will People VINO AM
with him or saw him said that evidences u
>reakened mind were shown in almost every ACT
When asked by his friends if he found New JUN
greatly changed or if he would pe happS "
greet his old friends again he would ahS"''
only with a shake of the head or an "'e'''
reply. IT, .o hehaved like
q pleased child when his brother gave MN sO.lS
rnonev to give to the stewards. He dppear appeal,
equally happy whcn he was per,n1i,'tTu ~
one of the Valises down the Sdnspldhh. than
John Murphy said at the pier that MS nro,n i,
was not insane He only needed rest ana Iu W
OConnor McLauGhn secretary o. WI. White
tional Alliance. who had talked WIN y"
head on the other hand SAID tna' nT ,ba
sane and that he was exceedingly Cn s,,;r mo-
reports regarding Whiteheads cohultion i
1ap,ad his friends from arranging reception
a" Whitehead the name under which Murphy
w nonHi"tnd was sentenced in 1883 to penal
sar1.itude for life in Portland Prison Tor COM
plcitv in an alleged dynamite conspiIaE "a
blow up public buildings in L9ndon. i1 ,r,e e' IN
mr. Gallagher were arrested at the same ulhe III
The formers apartments. and large quahuly
Of dynamite was discovered there Lohuoh Wa'
,ban in a high state of excitement over success
e, "a unsnccessf,l attempts of the dyamters
and large number of arrests were MADE ny tns
police Whitehead and Gallagher We're Iuumu
entity AT their trial. and with number OF DINERS
Irere sentenced to imprisonment for Ire. hite-
head was released from jail few days peioie
Dr Gallagher. 49,, .,. roocbed
This CITY that Whiteheads intellect was nope
)essy shattered. but later reports decIarvu tla'
;nstead of being raving maniac like Gallagher
he was harmless idiot. Shortly after ms re,
lease he escaped from his friends and wandered
around the south of Ireland for some days. Az
first il was thought that he had Killed hlmsei'
but a few DAYS later he found walking aim
lesslv in the streets Of Cork His one desire
seemed to he to get back 70 America, ana ne
pafrolled the piers anxiOusly inqulrlng LOT
shin hound for these shores Money was fur-
nished by friends here and Whteheads brother
who lives in Jersey City, went over TO ireland
IN bring his brother back His friends hope that
complete rest will restore his reason fully.
The Irishmen who went to the steamer 10 meet
Whitehead saw nothing OF Detective Charles
Heidelberg although there was report that
heidelberg had given some assistance TO the Eng
lish detectives in getting information or the al
. legged dynamite plans Of lyman and other men
who were arrested. and that Heidelberg was re-
turning on the steamship with Whitehead De-
tective Heidelberg has been well known in this
CITY For wears he was a Central Office detective
under Chief Kelso. but he resigned twenty years
ago and set up in business as private detective
When Thomas Byrnes became the head OF the
Detective Bureau. Heidelberg was taken back on
The force and for years he was one of Byrnes's
right-hand men After the LexOw Committee
enished its work Heidelberg retired on pension.
Since then he has had office In the city as
private detective
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