New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
THAT DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY.
GRAVE DOUBTS THAT THE PLOT GOT
BEYOND POLICE IMAGININGs.

M paoor THAT THE IRIsH-AMERIcAN PRisoN-
ERs ARE CONNECTED WITH THE Aihi'~
rsrs OR WITH MILITANT FENIAN-
ISM IN IRELAND-THE AZ
FAIR OF 1887 RECALLED.
London, Sept. 26.-The miasma OF press a"-
notice mendacty which arose on the arrest VI VIZ
lyman gang having partially cleared OIL I" 'e
now possible to get some reasonapie vic" u VIZ,
the facts may be. During the two weeks ina.
have elapsed since Tynan's arrest the ouroe" -
proof has increasingly tended toward the con'''-
ton that whole affair is police, rather 'nah
political, conspiracy.
II IL not only that the arrests at ROTTERDAM
Glasgow and foulogne were opportune to the
cas- orr,va, in Scotland and his visit to France
The connection OF lyman. Kearney and Bell or
Ivory, with the plot has been tracked tne'r al
legged association with American and European
Nihilists investigated. their sources OF supPheS
noured into and their connection with the re-
sursence of militant Fenianism in Ireland venti-
lated. The result of all these inquiries Is that
neither the authorities nor independent research
can connect the prisoners with the new Fenian
societies in Ireland nor in the remotest way with
any NihIlist or Anarchist group in Europe The
abundance of money which the members of the
gang could dispose of has pointed to two sources
the British Secret Service fund and the too trust
full Irish-American associations.
The English Civil Service estimates for the cur
rent financial year put at 100000 for secret SER
vice" are KIN own to have been increased already
nv drafts on the Treasury for about t10.0Oo more.
Proof which has been obtained that both lyman
and Haines were in London at the end OF loVo
lends force TO the suspicion that the first lines OF
the conspiracy were then laid kearney mas
not tho same odium Of police agent at
tached to him. He gets the credit OF De-
ing dupe and dynamite criminai--no.
an agent provocateur. AS to the paruci-
patton Of the Russian Nhilists in the plot 1t Is
beyond credibility. No common-polnt fraternity
exists between the small group OF Nihiiists mere
and the Irish "dynamters" Long before step
MAX died the Russian exile party had repuoiateu
the assassin policy. Nor had they money TO WORK
out any militant schemes they might conceive
There Is no dynamite fund to be obtained from
the Nihilists.
Anent the extraditIon OF lyman. II the Eng
lish Government continues to press for ms peins
handed over there will be a trial and convic-
ton under the Explosives act at 1ne U,a , 6ana
and a subsequent quiet release. The last oy nne
mite gang, that came from New-York In 1851,
raised a momentary public sensation ana got
sentenced to penal servtuoe We're 500" o., an, ths
conviction quietly set free and deported 10 tne
United States. Their release, they not Deihg
Irish political prisoners. was erected Witn ,,
drawing the attention Of the country or Parlia-
ment.
There are still in penal servitude three OF the
Phoenix Park men-Fitzharris alias Skin the
Goat Laurence Hanlon and Joe Mullett-one
of whom could tell something OF Tynans part
In that affair. II lyman was put upon his trial
for 1t. But lyman Will not be tired nor mas
the speech made by Mr. Gill for the prosecu-
ton of Ivory in the Bow Street Police Court
on Thursday converted any OF the many doubt
ers to the belief that there has been genuine
dynamite CONSPIRACY
THE Speaker remarks that In this case the
detective machinery moved with degree OF GER
tainty and precision which the public are ac-
customed TO see on the stage. There are also
lingering doubts about the morality of employ
ing agents provocateur, the paper says, which
need explaining fway.