The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-18
IVORY ON TRIAL.
Vain Effort to Exclude Testimony
Of Dynamite Plottings
Outside Of Great
Britain.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

september 13 last, charged with conspir-
acy to destroy life and property by the use
OF dynamite, was begun in the Central
Criminal Court. Old Bailey, this morning,
Justice Hawkins presiding Ivory is ac-
cused of having engaged in conspiracy
with P. J. p. lyman, alleged to have been
the Number l" of the Irish Invincfbles
who was SO frequently mentioned during
the trial of the persons charged with The
murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Mr.. T.
H. Burke Permanent Under Secretary, in
Phoenix Park, Dublin, ON May 6, 1882;
John F. Kearney, of New York; j. Wal
lace. alias Haines, of New York, and 9TH
ers. lyman was arrested in Boulogne-sur-
Mer. France, on the morning of Septem-
ber 13 and Kearney and Haines were taken
into custody in Rotterdam, Holland, On
the same day. lyman, Hadnes and Kear-
ney were subsequently released by the
French and Dutch authorities upon the
ground that the offences with which they
were charged were not included in the list
of crimes mentioned in the extradition
treaties CT Great Britain with France and
the Netherlands Kingdom.
When Ivory was arrested in Glasgow.
where he had given the name of Bell,
letters and other documentary evidence
found among his effects and upon his
person disclosed his connection with Ty-
nan, Kearney and Haines, and the Scot
land Yard authorities demanded his ex-
tradition to London, which was granted,
and after several arraignments in the
Bow Street Police Court he was formal
counsel
comprised Messrs. ]. F. Taylor, T. Mat
thews, and Cecil Dwyer. Solicitor Gen
eral Findley, Solicitor Sutton, Q. c.; c.
F. Gill and Mr.. Bodkin appeared for the
prosecution, on behalf of the Treasury.
Mr.. J. H. Carter, Second Secretary of
the United States Embassy, and United
were present in court. Ivory was, well
composed. He pleaded not guilty.
Associated with the Prisoners counsel,
Russell, son of the Lord Chief Justice of
England, is Mr.. John F. Mcintyre, for
rnerly Assistant District Attorney of New
friends in New York to come to England
and assist in his defense. 1t had been
said that Mr.. Mcintyre would perhaps be
but it is now known that his action in
court Will be limited to aiding the other
counsel for the defense in an advisory
capacity. Mr.. Mcintyre watched the
proceedings closely and occasionally con-
yersed with the other lawyers as the
case went.
tered. Solicitor General Finlay proceed
ed to narrate the events leading up to
the arrest Of Ivory in Glasgow, begin
ming from the time he left New York.
Mr.. Taylor, for the Defence, objected to
the introduction into the case for the
prosecution of anything that had taken
place outside the jurisdiction of the
United Kingdom which was calculated to
ODprHt6 ff r1ric
Justice Hawkins overruled the objec-
ton
Mr.. Finlay then stated to the court and
jury that there were two charges against
the prisoner. The first of these charges
he said. was that of conspiring with n.y.
nan and others to cause explosions en-
was that of conspiring with the same par
ties to cause explosions which would en-
danger property. Mr.. Finlay then went
tions after his arrival in Great Britain
and called attention to the fact of his
having endeavored to find certain men
the explosions. He next spoke of the
prisoners letters. in which, he said, the
words words "inadHing asHIg stock" meant finding
showed that the prisoner was acting in
concert with lyman and Kearney The
Solicitor General proceeded to read an
other rIfEn letter 5 in oi which the prisoner had
bad for me as regards London stock, SO
much SO that Billy Burt won't do.'s This
letter, he SAID, proved that, Ivory had
don similar to those ne haG made in
Glasgow n an attempt to engage men
to cause an explosion Counsel then
in which the writer said:-"We must have
SELF respecting men, not men whoa are
losing their manhood through drink. We
are both capable of doing the business
personally in any event."
Mr.. Finlay Continuing his argument
SAID that ths evidence which the prose-
with the dcings of KeaTney in Antwerp. S1s
and also show that the prisoner belong
ed to the Order of United Irishmen. He
would also bring evidence to show that
Ivory had attended a secret meeting of
the United Irishmen in Chicago and that
he had left the United States in concert
with tl,y lyman, Kearney and Haines.
ment by Mr.. Finlay the taking Of testi-
mony was begun.
The. first witness called to the stand
was Julius Opholser, a waiter employed
0pholser produced the register Of the
Victoria Hotel, showing the arrival on
August 80, 1886, of an American who gave
the name of Wilkins. He was accom-
panied by a man supposed to be a
German
Clerks employed In the St. Pancras
Station Hotel in London identified the
prisoner as having arrived at the hotel
on August 26 last and registered under
the name of Edward Bell
A chemist named Packham identified
Ivory as having applied to him for the
purchase of a large quantity of sulphuric
acid
Thomas Charles Jones. a chemist in
Holloway Road, testified that Ivory had
called at his place of business and asked
to purchase twenty-five pounds of chlorate
of potash, saying that he wanted If for
the purpose of making experiments. Soil
tor Taylor, for the defence. cross exam
tned the witness with great severity AS
to the identity of the prisoner IS fhe MAR
who had called at his labora tory
Witnesses from Antwerp were callad 70
testify when Mr.. Taylor interposed saw
ing that no sufficient foundation had been
laid by the prosecution upon which to
show concerted purpose or action on the
part of Ivory with the other aIlegel CON
spirators, lyman, Kearney and Haines
Ivory and the Others he admitted. had
been seen drinking together and there
had also been an exchange of letters
between the prisoner and lyman, but these
circumstances furnished no evidence of
the existence of a conspiracy The admits
Sion of the Antwerp testimony was post
poned.
The manager of the Hotel Havre at
Havre testified to the arrival of four men
at his hotel who were supposed to have
been Ivory and his three alleged asso-
ciates.
The court then adjourned.
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