Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-01-13
THE CASE IN LONDON.

Interest in the trial Of Edward -.
Ivory centers almost entirely in m
story TO be told by Thomas Meri
Jones, the infcrmer, and who hereafte
will rank in history with the notoriou
LeCaron and the cowardly pigott. l
IS upon the evidence of this man. NOR
than upon the correspondence fount
In tvory's possession at Glasgow, O
the known fact of his being in com
munication with P. J. lyman, "No
l." in France, that the government re
lies for a conviction.
Only the skeleton of a story. ius,
enough to warrant the magistrate Al
Bow street in committing Ivory fol
trial, was brought out, and conse
quentlY the disclosures with which h,
Is primed for the present trial arr
awaited with absorbing interest.
Jones was sent to the United Sto,o,
by the British government in 1881. il
what now appears to be the double
capacity OF a concoctor- OF plots and in.
former upon those whom he inveipled
into bis schemes. A mean, insignificant.
looking fellow, glib of tongue, with q
pronounced Irish accent and IN appar-
ent hatred against England of the most
venomous character, he had little dj HI.
Guilty in working himself into the
C!anna Gael,the Irish national alliance
Inc Shamrock club, the EaIfy club.
and other secret Irish societies nj no.
tional or local ramifications. AS a
means OF livelihood, uson the surface.
ne conducted a small grocery store.
although he was in receipt of regular
Eemlttances from the British secret
service fund. He procured Comics ot
she bylaws and rituals of sll the
societies with which he became iden,i.
fed and when these were rot printed
and had Of necessity tc be. memorized
by members, he made. typewriter
copies of the Various instructions
and forwarded them to London.
So highly was he regarded in New
YORK Irish revolutionary circles, thst
he was made a delegate to t~heInsional
convention held in Chicago in Septem-
Der, 1895, and which brought into ex-
istence the Irish national alliance.
Concerning this latter affair, Jones
made a sensational report. which
declared, among other things, that the
executive committee authorized an ex-
%penditure of So, 500 for "merchandisen
and which he explained as meaning |
dynamite. This single statement would
be enough to stamp the entire confess
sion Of the spy as a lie, for it is known
to those conversant with the proceed
ipgs OF the convention and it's commit
tees from beginning to end, that, so
far from having thousands OF dol
to use for dynamite, it was only
with great difficulty that funds were
secured to pay for the use of the Young
Mems Christian Association hall, IN
the convention was held and for
the side expenses. Jones is expected
to go into still further detail concern.
ing this convention at the present trial.
1t has also developed that Jones had
access to the minutes and other records :
Of the various secret Irish societies in
which he secured membership, by rea-
OF acting as temporary or assistant
secretary, and developments in this
inc may be looked for while he is on
he stand. His cross-examination will s
jointly undertaken by Messrs. Car.
Icn ana Lewis, both of whom are
nerciless, keen and incisive, and are
likely to make the informer wish that b
le had eve gone into the business. :