The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12

loophole should be left open for his escape.
VINO tno lntormer was In TINS lhsVanoo ms not
Even Maxwell, the standard English writer on
tho rebellion, whose book appeared IN inc M
nation as being unknown. Not very long ago
9 oeIcn OF moth.caten papers. emanaIihg rom
forgotten corner BY an intelligent Dublinitc,
who. ON examining them, learned that the Gov
s Sepnls 10 9 i've Us cSptnrSS 81 no bSr no E iess 4 pe F,tz,
glan Francis Higgins, since named The Sham
Sy6anu,re, S,p9mnd9in pr99grieior o. Inc nTee ,n. ~
nouncemont OF this discovery the tombstone of
Higgins-in st: Michaei's churchyard. II l mis-
take not-was found battered into pieces:
About, 0 o'clock ON the evening, OF MAY 10
Major SIR, accompanied by Capt; swami OF tho
revenue corps and Capt. Ryan Of tho Sepulchrc's
poared in coaches In tho vicinity of Murphy's
house. At some little distance Capt. Swami
commenced posting tho men ct different points
OF. vantage, but suddenly, seeing a woman rush
into Murphy's establishment, he decided that
lowed her himself at breakneck speed. With
q row bounds he was up the staircase, had burst
pistol announced the purpose OF his coming.
Musgrave declares that the recruitment, mrn
snapped a pistol. which missed IRE, a. the In;
this weapon, however. he did sufficient exeou-
with Swami, who had almost immediately dis
SGn nn + his pistol, but without effect: The
In various parts OF the body, ono under the ribs
especially, which completely doubled him up.
10 would have been killed outright II Capt.
Ryan discharged his pistol also without Of.
feet, and then went for the fugitive with u
against Lord Edwards ribs and was bent
double. but the force OF the lunRe threw the in
him and endcnvored TO subdue him by sheer
muscular strength; Hero again the dagger
%fs srs siaa aj into Play "a i5 first S, i entered ,tSD w the Cap ,4s
rcpeatedly into his yltSls. Nevertheless the
ness, and when Major SIR himself appeared on
the threshold he behcld two dying men ~fearfully
perate man. Without a moments hesits.
striking i%M EDWARD siTsSF a'i in TIE right h;h pistol shoui Hhq
brought him to the ground. Yet even in this
tncaracit4ted condition Lord Edward did not
until half a dozen soldiers had crossed their fre.
e eqSKg dT tba, ms is R Rfs i t + form form 10 II IT, has been
nate man received the wound, trcacherously
inflicted In the back of the neck b. a drummer
0' Be- W this as 'iH It mny. Sro S I D 6s d oS h. ,rt,.
ries would have proved mort II had not his own
dependency and tho disregard of proper pre-
brought on a state of fever and delirium. lie
gave np the ghost in the presence of his brother
OF Capt. Ryan, Unconscious for . long period
before inc end, no was spared the agony of
befell the patriot cause in the latter part Of
May. His remains lie to-day in the.vauits Of
ancient St, Wcrburgh's Church. It's sexton
conducted the writer into the dark and sombre
compartment whe.e stands the double coffin
inclosing the body, and stated that for a long
period the outside box had been changed on an
average OF once every seven years. The pres
ent one Is comparatively new, and its lid was
covered the day of my visit with MANY wrcaths
and mementoes deposited by patriotic associa-
tons. By a strange fatality The bones of him
who pursued the noble Geraldine SO relentlessly
and finally brought him to his last accounts
Major Strife buried in tho cemetery of the
same church hardly thirty feet away. But
there are no wreaths, no flowers on this grave,
and 1t takes an experienced eye to dcciphcr the
name on the mossgrown tombstone,
AS II the cup Of their misfortunes were
not already filled to Overlooking. the patriots
were destined TO experience still another mis-.
hap, for, two days after tho events above mar
rated, the brothers John and Henry sheares
fell into the hands Of the authorities through
the machinat.onS of an informer, perhaps one
or the most infamous of the whole band, Capt.
John Warnford Armstrong. Natives of the city
ofCork, gentlemen by birth and barristcrs by pro.
fcs5ion, the Shcares brothers embarked early
In the cause of Cnitcd Ireland. but through
superior talents the native ardur of their dis.
positions carried them in the long run beyond
the bounds of prudence, and they became the
durcs. OF the articles of a man who from his
frst interview with them evidently contem-
plated their destruction. Armstrong held the