The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-14

The Shamrock Cub, among those present
ut his initiation being Lyman, Boand,
Gallagher, Kearney and lyman
They afterwards, Jones added, formed
II new camp which was called ''The Nally
Club" the membership of which included
Mearns and Notan, who had been con-
nected with an explosion in Dublin.
Jones further stated that he was elected
treasurer of ''The Nally Club" whose
meetings, it appears, were of the most
secret description, the Distinct Orders''
being burned after being read After
their initiation the members of this club
were know by number. Part of the
subscri ptions, the witness ..also testified,
were contributed to revolutionary
pay for celebrations of the death of the
Manchester martyrs" and to aid the
convicted dynamiters.
Answering further questions, Jones
saidoothat..while on his way to the Chicago
convention of 1895, Kearney introduced
the prisoner, Ivory, to the witness us
''brother.''
p. j. p. lyman and O'Donovan Rossa,
according to Jones, were present, and
lyman said that Iyory belonged to his
camp" and had been known to him in
Dublin previous to 1892.
Jones mention of, the Chicago conven-
ton of 1875 refers to the ''new move
ment convention which was attended
by II number of confidants of Lyman,
who, during the convention time. it was
stated i'll court. held secret meetings
with them.
Later, it seems, Jones joined II camp
under the name of Thomas Merle Jones.
Continuing his account of the visit to
Chicago Jones said that he arrived there
on September % of last year, and was
me nj ba ,,il
Gafney. He stayed at A[cCoys Hotel.
where the committee of the secret organ
ization met Ivory, Jones stated, attend
ed the meeting ut which the names were
chosen to he submitted to the public con-
vention as officers of the new move
mcnt, y the object being that an open
movement might he controlled, us it is.
according to Jones, by Il secret organiZa-
ton.
In another portion of his testimony,
Jones said that he saw Ivory. two or
three weeks before the latter left Amer
ica, in Cody's saloon in New York,
which, he further stated, is largely fire.
quented by members of the organization.
Jones then produced document pur-
porting to give the constitution of the
society up to 1898, and also type-written
copies of the constitution and ritual of
the Clan Na..Gael
Jones further said that any member
convicted of dynamite outrage WAS de-
scribed in the proceedings of the organ
ization rs IL ''soldier of Irelandn
The witness afterwards produced n
mass of documents giving camp in
structions, passwords, signs, etc, and
copy of the report of the secret conven-
ton mt Chicago in 1895, in which was an
item of the expenditure $1,000 for
merchandise" which Jones explained
meant dynamite.
The cross examination of Jones did not
shake his evidence, but counsel for Ivory
submitted that it was not case to go to
trial. The magistrate, however, emphat-
ically declared there were ''ample
grounds to semi the case to trial, aud
Ivory was formally committed
Mr.. Carter Ambassador Ravard's
secretary, was present in court to-day rs
representative of the United States en-
bassy in ortlre to watch the proceedings
in behalf of the United States official
here.
The afternoon newspapers of this city
make great spreads of the evidence fur
nishcd by Jones, and have scare heads
reading lie Caron, the Second and
= Secrets of the Clan Nh Gael;'' START
ling Disclosures of an Irish Spy, etc.
The Globe says of the testimony of
Jones to-day ut Bow street that the
most sensational developments are ex-
pected, eclipsng those of the time of lie
Caron.