The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-05
IVORY AT ,,NE.
he rs GIVEN A MOST PLEASING
WELCOME.
His Attorney States That All the
Testimony Against Him Was
Manufactured in Scotland Yard.

arrived from Liverpool today, was I'd
4 ward J. Ivory, alias Edward Bell, who
was recently released from Jail in
, London by the British authorities after
l their charges of alleged conspiracy to
5 injure life and property by dynamite
had been abandoned by the prosecu-
ton. Ivory was accompanied by John
F. Mcintyre, former assistant district
attorney of New York county, and
three witnesses who went from here to
testify in Ivory's behalf.
The Majestic was sighted off Fire
island at l o'clock this morning and
arrived at Quarantine about noon. The
large ocean steamer was met at
Quarantine by the steamer Laura M.
Starin, with a reception committee on
board composed of members of the
Irish National alliance and prominent
Irishmen from all parts of the country
and friends and sympathiZers ready
to welcome Ivory back to America and
freedom.
AS the Majestic slackened her speed,
Ivory and his counsel. John F. Nc
Intyre, stood on the upper deck and
waved their hats and handkerchle1s 10
the crowd on board the steamer.
They were transferred to the Lura
NJ Starin but before leaving the Ma
jestic Ivory Indignantly denied the re-
port that he had received e1O,eOO from
the British government, nor had ne
received cents as an indemnity for
his Incarceration.
He said he certainly would not go on
a lecturing tour through the country,
but that he intended to live in his
home in Harlem just as quietly as he
| had done before he went abroad.
Mr. Mcintyre said he had been very
cordially and courteously received by
counsel on the other side upon his ar
rival in London. and had been &C
corded full charge of the defense in
Ivory's case. He declined to discuss
the case in detail just then.
The Ivory party was most heartily
received on board the steamer Laura
NJ Starin, which at once proceeded to
the city, where the party was landed.
After Ivory, Mcintyre and the three
witnesses were transferred 10 the
| Starin they were Immediately sur
rounded. Ivory's friends embraced him
and the reception drew tears from his
| eyes.
| AS soon as comparative quiet was
restored, President Lyman, of the irish
National Alliance, babe Ivory welcome
back to New York. He said the entire
power of the machinery of the Eng
lish government had been Drought INTO
play to convict Ivory.
Mr.. Lyman complimented Mr.. Nc
Intyre on the part he had played In
defending Ivory.
IF England ever again ettempts to
convict an innocent Irishman," he raid,
"she must reckon she has TO deal with
a combination on this side of the
Atlantic who will defend his interests
to the last"
When Mr.. Lyman had concluded,
there we're loud cries for Ivory.
Me- Ivory, in response TO the Ge-
mands for a speech, bowed his ac-
acknowledgements. He was about to
speak when Charles O'Connor Nc
Laughlin, secretary of the Irish Ma
tional Alliance, delivered his welcome
to him, Mr. Mcintyre and the three
witnesses.
Ivory then made a brief reply.
Il must saw" he said, that ever
since l was able ] did all L could TO
advance the cause of Irish freedom ana
nationality There is nothing, how
ever, / ever did for Ireland l am sorry /
for, and there is nothing that l ever
did that could raise the blush Of shame
to my cheek.
Mr.. Ivory also spoke en-h lsias ic1lly
of Mr. McIntyre's efforts in his behalf
This was the signal for another out
burst of cheers for Mcintyre, who
made a short address in response. He
said that the lawyers who had been
engaged to defend Ivory had advised
him to plead guilty.
"They told him. he said, that there
was no hope of an acquittal, and that
there was evidence of an discriminating
character which would send him to q
felon's tomb. 1 felt that justice must
prevail. I saw Ivory, talked with him,
and told him not to plead guilty, for L
saw no evidence which would justify
conviction.
'Ivory's immediate response to me
was, I will not plead guilty, and L
never intended to do So
Mr.. Mcintyre then went on to tell OF
the trial He declared the proceedings
showed that Scotland Yard manufac-
tured the evidence for the purpose OF
sending Ivory to prison.
Il say that the testimony against
Ivory was manufactured cried Mr..
Mcintyre, upon my character and as
an American citizen, by Inspector Mel
vile and the crowd of Scotland Yard,
for the purpose of procuring an indict-
ment against Ivory.
Ivory, it is true, was accorded JUS
tice, but it was one under pressure. 1
want to say now that the reason Ivory
was acquitted of the charge was be-
cause he was an American citizen and
because they knew that the United
States government was willing to back
him up in the event of injustice being
done him. Ivory is here. He has come
back, and is a free man once more. 1t
is the duty, however, of Americans to
stand by Irishmen when they are in
difficulty Ivory does not deny that he
is Fenian or that he wants to see Ire
land free once more"
At this juncture there were loud
cheers for Ivory, Mcintyre and the
witnesses.
Ivory took a clipping from his pocket
and handed it to Mr.. Mcintyre, whis-
pering something to him.
Mr.. Ivory" Mr.. Mcintyre said, has
asked me to deny a statement pub
lished in one of the newspapers that
he received $4,000 from the English
as an indemnity for his
arrest"
There was great cheering as Mr.. Nc
Intyre concluded his address.
Father Murphy. of Boston, then made
an address. There was a big crowd at
the Battery pier when the Laura NJ.
Starin was tied up there. The crowd
went wild as Ivory walked down the
gang plank accompanied by Mr.. Nc
Intyre. Hats were flung in the air.
canes were waved on high and Ivory
was surrounded by an enthusiastic ,
-hrong He shook hands with every
body near by, and he and his party
hen entered cabs and were driven TO
he office of the Irish National Alliance
n the Potter building.
The gathering there was purely in
iormal A number of friends and MEM
Ders of the alliance soon gathered
about, but they saw very little of
ivory, as he was closeted with Mr..
Lyman, General Kerwin, Colonel P. J.
Cody and one or two others. It was
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