The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-10-22
THEY CURSE BRITAIN
kearney and Haines Once More On
American Soil
WERE IN ROTTERDAM on BUSINESS
How They wsr. Treated in Pri.on-Hu.tIed
Aboard = Vessel for Ns~ York
ksarney's Campaign Harvest Past
late Foreign News

were not on the published list of psssen-
gers. Their tickets bore the names of
I John Williams and Henry Smish. but
7 ne men themselves were John r. ksa--
I ney and Thomas Haines. respectively
I keArney and HAlnes were arrested sep
I tember - in Rotterdam for having dy-
Mantle bombs in their possession and as
being concerned in the cusplracy against
, the lives of the czar u Russia ani the
queen o; England
When a representative of the Asso-
cssted Press BOARDED the werkendam
from revenue cutter in the upper bay
and asked the purse- and stewards
whether Kearney and Haines were
aboard no one sstr'ed to know them
by those names. The reporter. howey-
er. met two men on the upPar decks who
were conveEsing in a quiet way and his
attention was drawn to them by their
pronounced Irish accent. When asked
II their names were not kearney and
H1inss. both gazed at the reporter with
locks - mixed emazement and amuse-
ment. The denied positively that they
were the men whcsn tiE- reporter wish
cd to se~. and maintained a stolid indif-
ference TO all quastlon- put TO them un-
til the werkendam had been put IN dock
at Hoboken. when they admitted their
identity. The Associated Press repre-
sentative succeeded in getting the fol-
lowing statements from the recently re-
leased suspects
KEARNEY'S STORY
John F. Kearney sad that ne had
later 20 Rotterdam TO see his wile'S
later TO Rotts to Sc his wife's
friends on family and business matters.
While there he said that he met Haines
and both recognized each other simply
through their speaking English. Kear-
ney spea ks and reads German fairly
we'll while Raines, who was on a tour
Of pleasure only speaks English. They
stopped at the same Hotel In Rotterdam.
where they both arrived September II.
Hainss was then al and was confined TO
mis- room on the following day. On sun
day morning, September l3. about 9
o'clock. while occupying the same room
at the Queens hotel. Rotterdam. they
were awakened by rapping at the door
OF the room. Ksarney Jumped from his
he'd anu opened the door. As ne did so
he was confronted by six Dutch officers
and an inspector. who spoke English
fairly well. told the two rren 70 consider
themselves under arrest. They We're
surprised al this and asked what was
the charge against them. The inspector
Informed them that ne had orders 10 ar
rest them ard asked them IL they would
come peaCeably TO the police barracks
They dressed themselves Immediately
and consented TO be handcuned. They
were then taken TO the barracks or po-
ice station and held there without being
given any Information until o'clock in
the afternoon. They then were served
win some sandwiches and coffee at
their own expense. On the following
Wednesday. after being sepa rated in
the meantime Kearney was brought be-
fore the commissioner OF police
A SCOTLAND YARD TRICK.
In his own words ne described the in
tervlew this way;
From Sunday afternoon until We'd
neSiay and. in fact. for the remainder OF
she time | was confined In the prison.
l was kept alOof from all the other pris-
oners. l was continually under ne
watch OF two guards. who were armed
and after / got out % my cot ia the
morning until I retired az night. l was
compelled to ST in q chair which had
uDpe instead Of a cane bottom When
brought before the commissioner q Do
Ece ani Inspector. ! was Informed that
| was charged with manufacturing and
having in my possession dynamite
bomb. Ths new % h-a false as ! had
never had possession OF these things. and
when told that several OF them were
found underneath t5e bed in which
Haines and / slept, I almost had a III
when / though % the danger / was in
SURE man, they might have gone off al
any time. ! am positive. however. thas
t2ese explosives, II such they were. were
not placed there by either myself or my
friend Ha.nes. II was simply another
OF IheSe deep-laid plots Of the Scotland
Yard men, who won't stop at anything
In order 10 make a case against IRISH J
Glen whenever they find il necessary.
no matter how iaconVenieDt. Those ex-
ploS.vrs were pat there after we were
taken ouJ O ;.e rooms
PRISON FARE.
Il lived on prison fare during the time
] was in prison, but nearly all the rirns
] was troubled with nausea. as I couti .
10; eat the bread, proof OF which v--u I
show you. IHere Kezrnsy handed n. Z
reporter a thin slice OF very dark bread .
about quarter of an inch thick. and I
bout tgU inches by ;hue inches in sizet .
| got q tSw sl!oes % this for a meal .
three times a day. wiz an aEowanc Y d
oae quart q milk and three quarts os /
water per dt-m. When ! entered ne
prison they took away NY haniksr-
enset and glasses. as well as my money .
and presented me win reading matter
IN the sNsaf,e - novels printed in Eng
.s1- Ile tg-se, 1vNrN=-, Vas - E-nzE +.
,sat csult not make 10 ont without my F.
zlzss=s. Tl-y chsn handed me some oEd .
German newspapers. Wnich wsre printed
IN large s.Ee1 type. and 81; q TEN 7 .
sl- -riEe1 tp obtain slu= i-s--rr.a-fcr %
EEARNEYrS MONEY Loss
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lzd a cCEsj1=-sltl= amount - rurrfsy O
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