The sun., 1898-01-23

tivee. Some, with inconceivable cruelty. were
moving around among the wounded and the
dying completing the murderous work Of the
1t was shocking, blood.curdling affair from
beginning to end. OF the 800 men who entered
down or burned or subsequently murdered in
cold blood For two y, days the e dead al and L wound
covered with quicklime. Two hundred moro,
suspected of having taken part in tho attack:
exeouted. For many se weeks the local execu. r
TONER was kept we'll employed:
geance IT,. indeed, such iniqutous measures
can be said to have possessed even shadow Of
fSs a S%sPG the
accompanied by his children, he was rudeIy
conveyed to the the saoi Of Carlow. This edifice Is
still in existence, with its significant inscrip,,
Felons." How Characteristic of the spirit OF
British domination in 1881 Tried or untried,
tho lrishman suspected OF disloyalty toward
consideration
Ono Of Sir Edwards servants, yielding to
but another OF stronger character and deter
mination. underwent untold sufferings at the
lions tipdi dictated ted by the public prosecutor. Many
witnesses appeared at Sir Edward 8 trial tn tes
t to his to h K and to his merely
barred from entering the court by soldiers
with fixed bayonets. A verdict of guilty was
Charles hs ass PHnF the
haste that very evening. 1t had been rumored
that efforts were being made In Dublin TO 30
cure communication. hence the disgraceful pre-
cipitancy. AS was customary in cases of high
treason. the victims head was struck Off after
the hanging and the remains disembowelled
Fixed on pike, tho head was elevated from
the top of the county jail entrance. within tho
immediate view Of the family mansion,
Camden, the Viceroy. he had the humanity to
order the mntilated body to be given to the dis
cGns9ate widSw but such %ag the aHtasonisma
aroused among his co.religionists that she found
It impossible to secure for it the right OF Chris
Church would dare to perform this last solemn
duty. and the poor woman was finally Obliged
Edwards son in after, years brought out a
publication containing the narrative of the trial
aSs OF as tho o
injustice, Of, tho, verdict. The judges them:
thority, for they refused to the dead mans
relatives a copy Of the minutes of the trial.
when compared to tho fate of some of the othe.
victims Of Eoyalist = nate m in Carlow. After the
pass the destruction OF ali who had even in
directly borne 2 share in the attack on the
day with great wealth Of detail by the descend
nary the authorities decided to manufacture
men were seized by the soldiers and tied to a
triangle with such yiolence that their wrist M
torture the wretched men remained steadfast
in their refusal to bctray their associates, in
resolution % u hGy were by the
who in the midst of his sufferinys had the force
.Irishmen. die like heroes. Your country
will remember you. Shed not tho blood of the
Innocent Let not the word 'informer, be writ.
This truly Classic hero , suffered a terrible
death. His companions were hanged without
further delay. but to punish him for his brave
torture. sergeant OF the North Cork Regi.
ment was selected to act as his executionor.
sloHs ii last S ih% life % had e %&
@ Paddy ' the Poinier u was anu an informer 4 mo who
owed his name to tho fact that he would rido
SS hSdg ons White lie gh tn
accuse Of treason. Such denunciation was
sufficient to lead TO the victims immediate ar
gallows yard. A hundred of these unhappy
people were pent up for months within its mar.
row confines, the majority of whom died of
The inconceivablo rancor and malignity not
Of the alone but o Of tho citizens
be explained on the grounds that their actions
were IN a great measure influenced by religious
fanaticism. This IL cloar enough from the pro.
ceedings following Immediately upon tho
massacre on tho morning OF May 25, when The
victorious militiamen and towhspeoplle formed
belief Of their victims. Headed by n trumpeter
OF the Ninth Dragons, bearing crucifx stuck
on the point OF a sword. the paraders marched
through the blood.stained streets over mounds
OF burning embers and half consumed corpses,
excamng In tones of mock solemnty, BE.
hold the wooden Jesus. Behold the God of the
Papists!" They no doubt considered them
selves the only authorized representatives Of the
opher, whose tenderest message to poor erring
humanity Is Love one another" But 1t is
trite to repeat it-religious differences have
ever reused tho passions Of men to the point of
degrading them to the level OF wild beasts The
rebellion Of '9s was no exception to the rule.
v. GRIBAYfpoFF.