The Irish standard., 1897-02-20
An Enthusiastic Greeting on His
Arrival from Eng
land.
Some of the Dastardly nethods
that Were Used to Con-
vict Him.
Strongly Advised to Plead Guilty
Which he Refusded
d to Do.

Edward J. Ivory lately tried and &C
quilted on the charge Of dynamite con-
spiracy in England, arrived at New York
on the steamer Majestic ON February f.
, With him were his counsel, Mr.. John +.
Mcintyre who resigned his place as AS
sistant District Attorney of New York to
go over and defend his fellow country
man, and Messrs. Patrick Smith, Patrick
O'Rourke, and James Wynn, three New
Workers, who accompanied him abroad
as witnesses for the accused man, says
the Boston Pilot.
When the big liner came through the
Narrows she slowed down while DR..
Doty the quarantine officer went aboard,
and then Messrs. Ivory, Mcintyre and
the rest of the party went On board the
tugboat Starin on which delegation
from the Irish National Alliance had
come to welcome Mr.. Ivory and his
friends.
Excitement was at its height when
Charles O'Connor Mclaughlin, Secretary
of the Alliance, commanded silence and
delivered an address of welcome.
Among other things he said:
We assure you that one hundred thous-
and welcomes do not give expression to
the feelings in our hearts. You have
gone through a terrible ordeal of British
infamy unscathed. You have proved to
the world, not alone your own innocence,
but the innocence OF all the other good
Irishmen who were arrested recently
with you, and of the other Irishmen, our.
brothers, who have been sent to the mad
house and the grave by England's in
fernal agency, Scotland Yard.
To you, Mr.. Mcintyre, we also extend
hundred thousand welcomes. You, an
American, actusited only by a desire to
uphold Justice, volunteered to go to the
British capital and see that picked juries
and subsidized lawyers did not perpe-
trate an outrage. You have brought
Ivory back, as you said you would. You
beat down fraud, sent the vulture skullz-
ing, and now you stand before us with
honor upon you. England's villanous
methods, her conspiracy against justice,
have been beaten into the dark by you.
To you, Patrick Smith, Patrick
O'Rourke and James Wynn, we also
extend an equal welcome. You have
performed your duty nobly, and brave
men can do no more.
President Lyman addressed the voy-
ayers warmly after which Mr.. Ivory de-
livered a short address, which mainly
consisted of expressions of gratitude to
those who had been instrumental in his
deliverance.
John F.. Mcintyre was prevailed upon
to speak and did SO at some length. He
denounced the methods which he said
Scotland Yard had resorted to to rail
road'' Ivory to prison. He said that he
firmly believed that If he had not gone
abroad to defend Ivory, he would have
been declared guilty and subjected to the
treatment experienced by DR.. Gallagher,
Whitehead and others. He said that
when he landed in England he felt the
chill of opposition which surrounded
him.
When 1 got to London found there
was feeling, intense in it's character, to
convict Ivory. I was advised by the
attorneys who had been retained in his
behalf to go to Newgate and advise him
to plead guilty. l was told that there
was no hope for him. I saw Ivory in
Newgate. l said TO him:
Whatever you do, do not plead gull
ty.'
His answer proved his great character.
Il will never plead guilty of some-
thing of which I am innocent" ne said.
Let me tell you that the Scotland Yard
detectives manufactured all the evidence
upon which they hoped to convict this
prisoner. They produced fake witnesses
who in the preliminary hearing swore
that Ivory had bought chemicals from
them for the purpose OF making eAplo-
sives On cross-examinat1on these wit
3nesses fell to pieces.
/. The Laura H. Starin landed her pas
sengers at the Battery. From there
Ivory, Mcintyre and the three witnesses
were taken in CARRIAGES to the headGuar-
ters of the Irish National Alliance in the
Potter Building. Along the route they
were cheered by friends who were look
ing for their arrival.
Mr.. Mcintyre, who was q little used up
by the rough voyage, was nevertheless
willing to give summary of his expert
ence. II was received quite courteouslys
by many persons whom met in Eng
land, z he said. Sir Robert Finlay, the
sselicItor-G General ot Eng1a and. II found to,