The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-20
IVORY TRIAL COLLAPSHS
The Prosecution Fails Ut
terly and the Prison
er is Discharged.
CONGRATULATED BY MELVILLE
Mcintyre Says Counsel for the
Defense Wanted Ivory
to Plead Guilty.
General Belief in London That the
So Called Conspiracy Was
a Police Fake.
CONGRATULATED BY MELVILLE
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

LONDON, Jan. 20, 1S97-The trial Of
Edward j. Ivory on a charge Of conspir-
ing to destroy life and property with
dynamite, which began on Monday, sud-
denly came to an end today by the COM
plete collapse of the Governments case,
and the prisoner was discharged When
Justice Hawkins took his seat on the
bench in the Central Criminal Court, Old
Bailey this morning, Sir R. B. Finlay,
Solicitor General, who had been conduct
ing the prosecution, addressed the Court,
saying that the prosecuting authorities
in the case had made the discovery that
the explosives which were found in Ant
/ werp were purchased after the date of
the alleged conspiracy so far as Ivory
was concerned and that there was no eyi-
dence to show that he was concerned in
the purchase of the explosives. Therefore,
he said, that part of the case could not
be sustained, and it was not customary
to proceed with the trial of a 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had been withdrawn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 Justice,
continuing his remarks, commended the
police for their able and impartial con-
duct in connection with the case, and the
prisoner having been formally discharged
left the dock a free man and joined his
friends The sudden collapse of the Gov
ernment's case created a great sensation
among the spectators.
In discharging Ivory Justice Hawkins
1t aAeSp no more uouptIuI company.
II inignt prlng you into grave trouble.
AGoA fnsn'etSr 70 Srun n,ein,iie aItdLe. rh,as
land Yard n' noIce wlsn Snigr . q ane scot o,
srrnu enIs1 1919, ii,.',, mir9 was NANNY m
Of IVORY 1tlnan tiig apou. 5he arrest
y ti,ts firs3 r., alu f1tsliies'
ant Alter his ralessa 9latG aiig ueIeha- "a
the hand Jnsnactor ST.l,,;iia asoiy @ py
hope that the. nov free NAV aSeS, iltv S5
to heart the warning given to him hI, ta y
Justice to keen out Of md cempr,Ir :,
future. Ivory replied: t.You can het val1 ).
boftom dollar l Will.
Ivory said he was going to Dublin and
from there to America. He declined 10
talk about his case but said thai ne had
not suffered in any respect during his
confinement in jail, though he had lost
nfty pounds in weight
John f. Mcintyre, the former Assistant
sils1 9lstricL Attorney OF New York, who as
nIstsu S,sa,, N n dvory de5ense said today that
When ne arrived in London he found that
g.. -
Tense was disposed to put in a plea of
guilty, but that ne had advised. against
sueh sue course e1l Tor the reason that there
viction.
Mr.. Mcintyre highly commended the
dairness aar OF Sir r. 3. Finlay. the Solicitor
that held by Iyory's advisers Mr. McIn-
tyre said:
The evidence giveL by Mr.. Coll, the
which Kearney and Hafnes sfonnad
showed that a stranger had driven * IN =
hotel and delivered a MESSAGE Of v1arn;,S mo
two davs hefara +hev 49,, ,.ae5 Il
Rot+a-sf.7,, VIZ aieesled IN
sooeT, y va -. pe1ieye Inal tAe Stranger
1f ~ II - "a. es ~ y t.ie pStfce, diiu lhal lne
coi!apse OF the eeysrnment's case is due
70 20 LIN. IN me general o2lhlon seems TO be
a lnas Iynan ana hearney We're IN league
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 the police did not interu to arrest any Of
identity Of lyman -
IT, The general drift Of comment upon the
noon was 10 the fsect ti1a tss 11,s 81 49, y,
ssoiracy was = Iol5ea falle .e.' "1io1e VIZ
EdWard ! J. Ivory was "a crested IL Glas-
and Haines were arrested en- tb
nent on the same day. 1t was alleged
bea1 baa f snefe rn Iour trlsn III syparhzers had
tion in New York to earrv our aisa, s.lssa-rs a.
TIC dynamite plot, It was alleged that
ire to the rs aflered schen,e i, ISa fbav e Mecofa-
proceed by different routes to Antwerp,
Wnere they Were to manufacture dyna-
The act,lai -s5orL ~ g, 49,.
bombs was to be done bv oFiess nersIsns $500
It was alleged that the explosions were
to be made in Great Britain. The ar
rests occurred about the time ~ fbe
Czar of Russia's visit to England ana
France which gave rise to a rumor thai
he and several other royal personaaes
We're aimed at, and consequently great
excitement was caused
When Ivory was arrested in Glasgow,
letters were found on him for Kearney.
lyman and Haines. It was alleged BY
tne ponce that ms mission was to secure
lasll, nlen ~ e4pioue the pomps made by his
Ahs MnoiG ease len through complete
~, ~, I- ynaIi ldu peeL arrested IN Boulogne
1hu IN iAesln nSy any Halnes m Rotterdam.
criyass n1d 90 Sdss,i na,,}1 3 ~ Win poilsical
nd u,e,a 60 I4ist es9 fsot pe eAlfadlted,
,.,oda = sh usSshaIgeu. a. An efrort was
!1,,te x,es eo Push ~ enc cSse against Ivory,
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