The record-union., 1897-01-21
The Trial Of the Alleged Dynamiter
Comes to a Sudden Close
By the Complete Collapse Of the Gov
ernment's Case.
The Prosecution Makes the Discovery
That the Explosives Were Bought
After the Alleged Conspiracy, and
Having No Evidence That Ivory
Was Concerned in Their Purchase.
Withdraws the Charge.

was SoHSSTHSu III Heir FurCnaSe,
Withdraws the Charge.
LONDON, Jan. 20.-The trial of Ed
| ward j. Ivory, the alleged dynamite
conspirator, which began on Monday,
suddenly came to an end to-day by the
complete collapse of the Government 8
case and the discharge of the prisoner.
When Justice Hawkins took his seat
| on the bench in the Central Criminal
! Court, Old Bailey, this morning. Sir r.
b. F1nlay, Solicitor r-General, who has
been conducting the prosecution, adj
dressed the court, saying that the pros
ecut1ng authorities in the case had
! MADE the discovery that the explosives
| which were found in Antwerp were
purchased after the date of the alleged
| conspiracy, as far as Ivory was con-
cerned therein, and there was no evi-
| dence to show that he was concerned
in the purchase of the explosives.
| Therefore, he said, that portion of the
| case could not be sustained, and it was
| not customary to proceed with the
/ trlal OF case upon minor charges,
after the principal charge had been
| withdrawn
justice Hawkins concurred in the re-
| marks Of the Solicitor General and di-
rected the jury to find a verdict of not
| guilty, which was done.
The Judge, continuing his remarks.
commended the police for their able and
impartial conduct in connection with
the case, and the prisoner having been
fOrmdllV disc h9rOa6 loft ha fro
man and Joined his friends.
The sudden collapse of the Govern
ment's case created a great sensation
among the spectators.
Inspector Melville, Chief of the Scot
land Yards Police, who was mainly III
strumental in bringing about the arrest
OF Ivory, lyman, Kearney and Haines.
was the first to congratulate the de-
fendant after his release Taking
Ivory by the hand, Inspector Melville
expressed the hope that the now free
man would lay to heart the warning
given to him by the Judge to keep out
of bad company in the future, to which
Ivory replied: You can bet your bot
tom dollar l will"
Ivory told a representative of the
United Associated Presses that he was
going to Dublin, and from there to
America He declined to talk about mis-
case, but said that he had not suffered
In any respect during his confinement
in jail, though he had lost fifty pounds
in weight
After the discharge of Ivory repre-
sentative of the United Associated
Presses had an interview with John F.
Mcintyre, the former Assistant District
Attorney of the County of New York
who came from America to assist in
Ivory's defense. Mr.. Mcintyre said that
that the British counsel retained for
the defense were supposed to put i'll
plea of guilty, but he had advised
against such a course for the reason
that there was no justifying evidence.
Mr.. Mcintyre allowed the reporter 10
understand that the case was still a
mystery. The evidence given by MIR.
Coll, the proprietor of the hotel in
Antwerp, at which Kearney and Haines
stopped" Mr.. Mcintyre said showed
that a stranger had driven to the hotel
and delivered message of warning to
Kearney and Haines on September
11th, two days before they were ar
rested in Rotterdam. / believe that
the stranger was an agent of the po-
lice, and that the collapse of the Gov
ernment's case is due to him. The gener- |
al opinion seems to be-" continued Mr. |
McIntrye," that lyman and Kearney
were in league with the police, and that |
nothing serious was intended by the |
police, who allowed the men to go about |
as they chose. 1t is my belief, and that |
of many others, that the police did not |
intend to arrest any of the men, but |
an over-zealous detective at Boulogne |
gave the matter away by exposing the !
identity of lyman
The general drift of comment upon |
the collapse of the case in Lon,ion this |
afternoon is that the whole rh'cc. was |
a police fake
CAUSED SURPRISE AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan. 20-The news of
prise to Irishmen here, for even the
prisoner had looked upon the matter
as cut and dried
This is the first time that anv de-
fense has been attempted by an Irish
American arrested in London said the
President of the Irish National League.
dIfl Sidu Oh the result, as 1t will do
a lot of good. Public opinion in England
has change>.. The people there are sick
of Scotland Yard plots, and l can only
account for the withdrawal of the case
on the assumption that the prosecution
knew the jurors would not act blindly
as in former times.
II may say now that the prosecution
did everything in it's power to have
Ivory plead guilty, saying that he would
receive a nominal sentence, or have SEN
tence suspended. They tried plot after
plot to connect the Irish National
League with dynamite policy. in order
to discredit it. l do not know much |
about Mr.. Ivory, but l will guarantee
him the biggest reception on his re-
turn here that any Irish American ever
received, and in that connection John
Mcintyre will receive his full share of
praise, as believe he had much to do
with the showing up of the weakness of
the prosecution.
What will they do now with their in
former. Jones? 1t is the only thing
am sorry for, since this fiasco. that
Ivory did not get an opportunity to
show that spy up in his true colors. But
think how Jones must have gulled Scot
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