The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-07-08

all 1ElcnQS ana W6li-WlShSfo MS gratitude
for the efforts made on behalf of the
prisoners on every side, and for the
kindness shown to him during the day.
After a few months, rest his friends
hope he will be able to take his place
once more in the battle Of life, and we
trust the struggle will be made as easy
for him as possible. 9"
Certainly this is most. interesting
and pathetic figure. Comparatively few
men have lived to tell such tale as
Joe Mullett is in a position TO reveal.
He has suffered severely. He has time
and again been at the point of death.
He has known all the anguish of despair
all the pain of that fhopc deferred
which maketh the heart sick" What
he has endured can only be dimly i'm
agined by those whose lot has been
cast in happier circumstances. But it
was quite evident to all who met him
today that the old, unconquerable, dar-
ing spirit yet burns as bright as ever
within the fragile body of the ex-prison-
er. That brave spirit kept him alive
through all the terrible trials OF the bit
ter years since January, 1855. and now
that he is free again, all will hope that
it will sustain him for many years to
come. We now await the redemption in
full of the Lord Lieutenant's pledge to
the Lord Mayor and corporation OF
Dublin.
Lawrence Hanlon still remains in
Maryborough Jail, as also does James
Fitzlarris, who was convicted OF being
an accessory after the fact in the Phoe-
nix Park murders and sentenced to pc
nal servitude for life. 1t is expected that
the release of Hanlon and Fitzharris
will shortly follow that of Mullett.
There is no need (says the Evening
Telegraph) to go back no wv on events
which occurred in Dublin city more than
seventeen years ago. We do not want
to recall the terrible series of events
which eliminated in the hanging OF five
men at Kilmainham in 1883 and the i'm
prisonment of very many Irishmen-
some of them wrongly-in various Irish
prisons. Some of our contemporaries
have recalled these events. At this dis
tance OF time we can afford to Judge OF
the Invincible Conspiracy from the
point of view OF the historian, and how
ever we may condemn the methods en-
ployed by those concerned init, it may
now be generally admitted that the ma
jority of the men who were betrayed by
Carey were determined fellows, who
acted under the belief that they were
doing their best for the cause of Ireland
They erred Some grave crimes must
be laid to their charge. But they have all
paid the penalty over and over again,
and it was with feelings Of relief that
the people of Dublin learned from the
Telegraph that one of the three prison
ers who yet remained in Marlborough
jail had been at last set free. The others
may soon be expected Lord Cadogan
has redeemed his word-partly.
Joe Mullett was ordered out of Mary
borough Jail on Friday evening. He
gladly accepted the invitation, and trav-
eled to Inchicore. Here he was "ad-
vised" to get out. Various stories are
told this morning of his subsequent
movements. The truth is verv simple
He walked all the way from the suburb
devoted to the manufacturing of steam
engines and other railway perquisites to
the house of his friend, Mr.. James Null
lett, Lower Bridge street, where it need
not be said he got "cead mile failte"
from the ex-felon, who is now a P. L.
G., and one OF the most popular and re-
spected citizens of Dublin. He reached
Lower Bridge street not long before the
"witching hour of night