The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-03-26

structioEs to arrest you. should you at
tempt tn escape. Yours. &C.
''T. IHALLON, Inspector. r. l. C"
l was thUndcrstruck. This came of
conSorting with Fcnians and females
| reflected that smuggl inga rotheenwa
not. after all. hanging matter IL
deed. | was rather surprised that tho
detective police should notice IL at all
1t was tn" business of the eNcisemei.
or ''gaugers."
They must have little to do at tho
castle" | thought. However. l had
better face the music
At the appointed time | presented
n.vaclf at the Irish Scotland Yard.
phaIlon received me ciVilly enough.
and conducted me TO n room where ::
couple of magistrates and MIR. Phil
Hpsou. the crown solicitor. were seated
This is breaking a butterfly on Il
wheel in earnest | said to myself
What Il fuss about a jar of whisky
Mr.. - said the senior magis-
trate. lit is my duty to warn YOU thas
YOU need not answer the questions ""
are about to put TO you. Gou might
have been here as prisoner. but we
hope YOU are an innocent agent of this
atrocious conspiracy. You can, think,
best prove your innocence by complete
candor. But, remember. your stat"-
Iaent may be used against yourself"
ASK what YOU like" l replied; II
have had any share in any 'atrocious
conspiracy.
I'VE hope not" said my interrogation;
lat least not a guilty one. However.
YOU Will not deny having carried
black bag which you received from a
Young woman at T-'s circulatin"
library in Kingstown. to 10 York street.
the day before Yesterday"
Certainly not I answered. The
young lady asked me to do a triflinG
commission for her. and did it,
Il ask YOU" said the magistrate. sol
EMMY. did YOU know the contents of
that ba@?"
hesitated. but l did not think it
right. or perhaps wise, to tell a lie, so
said, with smile:
Yes. sir; / knew the contents of the
bag. Very good stuff it was. too.
hope his royal highness will get some
before hc leaves Ireland"
''Sil,uce. sir cried the magistrates
together. then the senior said:
II think we may stop hc ..Namiua-
zion aud commit this wretchcd youth.
81, hu riorir~ iu his guilt, tn kilmainham.
lie actually smiles at crime that
might have resulted i'm death and de
-tructiou."
"Grutlrmcu.' / cried. Indignantly.
surely YOU viii not send me to prison
for such "a tritir2 { did wrong. ! sup
pu~D. but / was reared iu Sligo. ,,hcr.
every man. woman and chiId-magie-
irHtr~ and ministers included drink
uuthr-u. To circumvrut the gau.sr-
10y carrying 10 10 friend. Is considered
au act of piriy and charity. which nn
Christian man would refuse O." perform.
The British empire viii not come 20 a.
"uH hrraH-. half "a crown duty has no.
been paid "u a quart Of good liquor.
I viii pay the sum three times over.
and fine aS well. But you have 10 right
90 send m" 10 gaol-ut least iu thi~
s"L,-aud-rorunr manner. demand g..
"hic examination and legal assist
me-.
The magistrates looked greatly re
iieycd. Tel us plainly what YOU sup
posed was in the bag" said the inquisi
tor, mildly.
~ quart of POthecn, or Illicit
whisky" ] replied. And say again
that wish his royal highncss had soia..
II hc once tasted it. ! am sure hc would
never send a subject to Jail for making
or carrying or drinking it"
Nv ould YOU be surprised to hear
that your friends jar of pot hccn We.
a initro-glyccrine bomb. intended L
have been flung into the princes car
rage by the Fenian b, alias Sander
SOM" asked the magistrate.
nearly tainted with horror. And
who is Ellen Maguire?" 1 gaspcd
"B-'s wife" said Detective PhaIIon.
''as dangerous an anarchist as there !,
III Europe. She carries the weapons of
the conspirators, and sometimes per
sua1ics young fools. who admire her
biacl, eyes, To help her"
The serpent" exclaimed II will
give evidence against her with pleas
urc. and will go TO see her hanged. ]
slept with that awful thing under my
pillow. 1t might have blown me TO
pieces"
And half Kiugstown as WELL" said
the officer. ~ fall or even a shake
might have done it. But We have got
to catch Mr. and Mrs. b Vet.
fear they are in France by this time
1T appeared that the police, having
obTain"d news of the plot i'm the usual
way Through an informcr), searched
the room i'm York street shortly after
delivered the Internal machine They
found the bomb; but b. alias Sand
erSon. having stepped out to a neighbor-
ing bar, saw the officers, divincd their
errand, and managed to escape
Neither he nor his wife was captured
The latter. some years later. achieved
an infamous notoricty as the bray.
little woman" who conveyed to Dublin
the knives with which the Phocni,,
Park murders were committed. Her
friend +. whose acquaintance ]
dropped after these events. became cs-
recially notorious, and / am not likeI,
To hurriediy forget the evening | spent
with Number -Tit-Bits
Trying His Own Medicine.