The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-09-12
|hLL In A sad D.C0NDI1']'l0N. II
The Recently Released Irish Pri.
oners in a Plight Worse s.1 #
= "a .&537 = r. l.s $.&si7. 55 SS
Than Death. III.
A Blood -curdling Story of How the
'. g.. Ss III
rIen Were Treated While
i'm Prison. v s.
The Men Are Now q Physical
Wreck and Are Apt to Remain
in That Hopeless Way. .35 q.

Wreck and Are Apt to Remain
in That Hopeless Way. 35&
Ballard Smith, IN a cable letter to the
New York World, under date Of last SAT-
urday, says: 5353S2:
DR.. Thomas Gallagher, the so-calledf +
irish dynaraiter just released from Port
.and prison, sailed for New York from
Southampton today on the American
liner st. Paul. s;a
His mental condition is scarcely better
'l1an that of his companion In prison, DR.. 4
Whitehead, who, it Is probable, commit
Ted suicide soon after regain!ng his lids
erty, through lunacy and despaiT.
The American embassy in London res
ceived some money from the United
States towards paying DIR. Gallagher's $ ex-S
panses to New York. but not enough. Sl
understand, however, thar the English,
government made UP an amount suf-8
ficient for him to secure first cabin pass
age. %
1t is stated at the embassy THAT there
is no satisfactory proof that Whitehead
(or Murphy ever was admitted to Amer
lean citizenship. "a @ sff
The Worlds Southampton corresponds
ent telegrsphs n u
cdr Gallagher was conveyed this
morning from Winchester prison to the
railway station in closed carriage, ac-
cnmpa MED by a warder, who took him to-
the steamship purser's office here, where
he was met by MI. Kodson, an official of
the American embassy, and DR. Nc Bride,
of TIE London Amnesty Association. ,
ttThe warder handed to Gallagher the
s sovereigns $500 it is customary to give
10 conyicts OH discharge. The doctor be-
came violent and gave back the money
with incoherent mutterings about British
gold and secret societies. His behavior
throughout was wholly inconsistent with
sanity. i.
'He seemed to distrust Hodson and Nc
Bride--said he didn't know Hodson, and
that Mcbride was an English emissary.
1.-THE United States embassy provided g.
saloon berth for MIN, but Gallagher
wanted to buy a steerage ticket. He said
he would tavel in the steerage. whoever
objected, and at another time declared
that he would go back to prison Ulti-
nlately he was Quieted and shook hands
n friendly way with Mcbride, =
HE became excited again before the
steamer started and shGunted to the
warder:
sstCome along TO prison? >7ds4
'TIe was callned again after a time and
ccnversed, though reservedly, with the
World correspondent. Gallagher intends
to practice his (n,edicap profession after
his. arrival in America. He insisted that
he felt we'll, having a robust constitu-
tion.
II understand that he was released on
license subject to revocation If he returns
to British soil without the permission OF
the British government.
Mcbride panies Or. Gallagher to
New York Both travel as saloon pas
sengers." M@
The release OF these Irish prisoners,
convicted with nineteen others thirteen
years ago Of plotting TO simultan eons.yz
blow up buildings in various cities Of
England, with the certainty Of killing HRS
numbered hundreds Of innocent persons,
has made q profound sensation. .84ssssS
The Liberal government, under Glad
stone and Rosabery, doubtless for fear Of
political consequences, refused to liber-.
ate them, notwithstanding the great press
sure from Ireland and the United States
The Conservative government does sO,s5
however, on the ground that it is the uni
versal policy OF prison departments tore
lease convict sentenced for life when It
is du.y certified that his life is endan-s.
gered by further conference.-the is, Is
the peril is in consequence OF imprisoai-.1s3
ment ~ SsslEY sssE
The controversy in the newspapers over
the release. is; very angry it being pointed
out by objectors (several Of them great
noblemen) that it is strange that four or
the dynamiters should synchronousy
and suddenly be found to be in THAT con-
|dition, while the prison records show fnatsS
MANY ordinary life ccnvicts are allowed
to diefin confinement. s22Ifsss
r The charge is almost openly made by
Lord Haneage in Ihe Times this morn
ing that the release Of Gallagher and
Whitehead was the result Of a. bargain
with a faction of the Irish party in, par-sss
lament presumably Redmond's ten. sSsy
The News, the chief organ Of the Lib
eral party, oddly enough questions IN an an,
editorial this morning the policy OF the
release. 1t notes that Mr.. Gladstone
and Lord Rosabery, even disregarding ya5
request from the United States congress-
refused to libefate the men. #52 81,
"Mr Asq,lith (the Liberal home secre--ss e-s
tary) might at any moment have. been
turned out OF office. . the News sdeclareSs
nfor refusing 1t, yet refuse 1t he did. and
the Tories appIauded him. Lord Sails
bury. is mot, as Mr.. Gladstone and Lord
I2csebery were, dependent upon the IT4snS
vote. but it has been the Tory game ever
since the death of Mr.. Parnell to- back
Mr. Redmond against Mr.. Mc( (aathy aIlds
Mr. DiIler. The Tories think that tf&
they encourage Irish quarTels and sfoste1;a,
irish dis;,1nion they will make IT. imp 1ossl-sS