Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-16
Return of the Dynamiter Suspects
From Europe.
KEARNEY PROTESTS Els INNOCENCE
Charges Scotland Yard Men With
Manufacturing Evidence.
EXPERIENCE UNDER ARREST

Rotterdam were two men VIII )se names
were not on the published list of passen-
gers. Their tickets bo-e the names Of
John Williams and Henry Smith. but tie
men themselves were John F. Kearney and
Thomas Ha'nes. respectively. Kearney
and Haines were arrested on September 10
in Rotterdam for having dynamite bombs
in their possession and being concerned
in a conspiracy against the. lives of the
Gar of Russia and the Queen of Eng
land.
When a representative of the Associated
Press boarded the Werkendam from a
revenue cutter in the upper bay and asked
the purser and stewards whether Kearney
or Haines were aboard no one seemed to
know them by those names The reporter,
however. met Two Iaen on the upper deck
who were coaversins in quiet way. and
his attention was drawn 10 them by their
pronounced Irish accent. When asked IL
their lanes were not Kearney AMI Haines
both gazed at the reporter with looks of
mixed amaZeme1t and amusement They
denied positively that they were the men
whom the reporter wished to see, and
maintained stolid Indifference to all ques-
tions put to them until the WerHendam
had been warped iato her dock In Hoboken.
when they tacit!y admitted their identity.
The Associated Press representative sue
ceeded In getting the following statements
from the recently released suspects:
John F. kearney said that he had gone
some weeks ago to Antwerp and later to
Rotterdam to see his wife's friends on fam
lily and business matters. While there
he said that he met Haines and both recog-
FIXED each other simply through their
speaking English.
Kearney speaks ard reads German fairly
well, while Haines, who was on tour OF
pleasure. only speaks English. They
stopped at the same hotel in Rotterdam,
where they arrived on September IL. Haines
was then i'll. and was confined to his room
on the following day. On Sunday morning.
the 18th. about O'Clock, while occupying
the same room at the Queens Hotel. Rot
terdam, they We're awakened by a rapping
at the door of the room kearney jumped
from his bed and opened the door. AS he
did so he was confronted by six Dutch po-
lice officers and an inspector.
Their Arrest.
The inspector. who spoke English fairly
well. told the men to consider themselves
under arrest. They were surprised at this,
and asked what was the charge against
them The inspector informed them that
he had orders to arrest them, and asked
them if they would come peaceably to the
police barracks. They dressed themselves
Immediately and consented to be hand
cuffed.
They were taken to the barracks or police
station. and held there without being given
any further Information until o'clock in
the afternoon Then they were served with
expenses. On the following Wednesday,
after being separated in the meantime
kearney was brought before the commits
sioner of police. In his own words he de-
scribed the interview this way:
From Sunday afternoon until Wednes-
day, and. in fact, for the remainder of the
time / was confined in the prison, / was
Kept aloof frcm all the other prisoners /
was continually under the watch of two
guards. who were armed, and after | got
out OF my cot In the morning until 1 "a
tined at night L was compelled to sit in a
chair which had a rope instead of a cane
bottom When brought before the commits
stcner of police and inspector 1 Was in
formed that I was charged With manufac-
turing and having in my possession dyna-
mite bombs. This 1 knew to he false, as l
had never had possession of these things
and when told that several of them were
found underneath the bed in whicn Haines
and had slept 1 almost had fit when
l thought of the danger / was in. Sure
man. they might have gone off at any min
ute. l am positive. however, that these
explosives. If such they WERE were not
placed there by either myself or my friend
Haines.
Scotland Yard Plot.
1T was simply another Of those deeo-laiG
plots of the Scotland Yard men, who won't
stop at anything in order to make a case
against Irishmen whenever they find it
necessary. no matter how inconven,ent
Those explosives were put there after We
were taken out of the room | lived on
prison fare during the time / vas IN prison
but nearly all the time i was troubled with
nausea, as l could not eat the bread
piece of which l will show YOU (Her,.
Kearney handed the reporter a thin slice
sof very heavy. dark brown bread, about
quarter of an inch thick and about two
riches by three inches in siza)
Il got a few slices OF this for a meal
three times day. with an allowance OF
one quart of milk and three quarts of wa
ter per diem When 1 entered the prison
EaN- Fnalr
glasses. as We'll as my money, and present
ed my with reading matter IN the shape of
hoNeIs, printed IN English. The type, how
ever, was so small that L could not make
IL out without my glasses. Then they
handed me some old German newspapers
which were printed in large type and our
OF them L contrived TO obtain some infor-
ration
1t was said Mr. Kearney. that Won had
considerable amount of money on yoI
when you were arrested" observed the re-
porter.
Their Release.
Well l don't know what YOU might re-
gard as a sign of a considerable amount
But / had a ffty-dollar bill, American
money, and forty guIden, which made, in
all. sixty-six dollars. The CHARGES at the
hotel for my three days there one of which
bad not had chance of eating anything
places the Queens Hotel in Rotterdam
away ahead Of the Waldorf for high rates
1 knew nothing of what was being done in
my case until a week ago last Saturday
"heh TWO ofncers came to my cell and told
me 70 come out L met Haines at the en-
trance or the prison. and we were hot
ttstIed INTO carriage which was in wait .
Ing. Accompanied by the officers we were
orlven to the Netheriand pier and put
aboard the vessel. We were handed second
class tickets to New York at our own ey
pense, SIS each / was then handed the Ia /
apce or my money. which was very mean
Ally arrest has deprived me of the opportu
hity OF making money during this cam
paish' as issue paper every fall known
as the irish Nationalist. the revenue from
whlch IS generally profit to me of 81 aO
My being detained on the other side ba a
MADE the publication of this paper befora
election an almost impossible task"
Ivory Again demanded
LONDON. October backward J. Ivory
alias Bell. the alleged dynamiter, was again
Drought up on remand at Bow street police
court today. Counsel for the crown asked
Tor another weeks remand, which was on
posed by counsel for the defense on the
ground that the long delay in pushing the
case against the prisoner had already da M
aged his business in New York and that
tnere was no evidence against him
Inc magistrate, however, remanded the
prisoner. remarking, in so doing that there
was considerable evidence against him