The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-30
THOMAS C. LUBY DEAD.
Noted Irish Patriot Pass
ed Away in This City
Yesterday.

citing times Of the early sixties and one
of the organizers of the famous Fenian
movement during that period.
Mr. Luby was born in Dublin on Janus
ary Is, 1922. His father. the Rev. James
Luby, was an Episcopal clergyman, and
his mother was before her. marriage M IS
Katharine Mary Reynal Mr.. Luby's
family had considerable academic dis
tinction. His father was an eloquent
preacher and man of considerable note
in that day, being a senior fellow and
dean OF Trinity College, Dublin. Had he
lived a few years longer he would have
been provost.
Mr.. Luby, his son, was educated at
private schools and afterwards went to
Trinity College where he took the degfee
of A. B. at the age of eighteen. He then
put in term at the Temple in London
studying law, but he was never called to
the bar. The profession of journalism
had more, attractions for him and he
wrote for the 'Tribune" and other papers.
devoted to the Irish National cause. Ar.
though belonging to what was called the
Ascending Element in ireland he was
from his earliest years an ardent ma
tionalist and took part in the young
Ireland" movement when only mere boy
and from that time on he was more 0r
less interested in Irish politics.
Mr. Luby and James Stephens the
Head Centre of the Fenian movemen1s
met in Dublin and after repeated talks over
the Irish question came to the conclusion
, that the time was then ripe to do sonne-s
thing for their country-to take new
revolutionary step in the interests of the
independence of Ireland. To this end one.
day Stephens swore in Mr.. Luby and the
latter swore in the former as leaders of.
! the cause. These were the two founders
of that Fenian movement which after
wards had such extended power, and they
at once commenced an active propaganda
The movement rapidly spread and in
the early sixties it had become formida-
BILE, with a strong auxiliary organization.
in the United States For the purpose
of adjusting the relations between the
American branch and it's leader, John.
O'Mahoney, and the Irish organization,
headed by Mr.. Stephens, Mr.. Luby came.
to this country in 1863 The result of the
mission was that the American branch
was made subordinate to the home orr
ganization and it remained so until the.
disintegration of the movement in 1866.
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try after the adjustment of the relations
mentioned, he appointed Mr.. Luby, John
O'Leary and the late Charles James
Kickham as executive council of the,
Fenian Brotherhood, thus making them
leaders of the movement.
In 1864 the newspaper, "The Irish Peo-s
ple,'' was established at No. II Parliament.
street, Dublin. 1t was the organ of the.
Fenian idea Mr.. Luby was registered as
proprietor of the paper, but really was
the managing editor. John O'Leary was
the editor-in-chief; the late DR.. Dennis
Dowling Mulcahey of Newark was sub
editor, and O'Donovan Rosa was busi-
ness manager. This paper had a great
effect in developing the revolutionary
sentiment throughout the country to such
an extent that the attention of "The
CASTLE as the headquarters of English
officialdom in Dublin is known, was di-
rected to it, The Government, through
the treac4ery of Pierce Nagle, was put
in possession of the secrets of the Fenian
Brotherhood, including the names of its
leaders. The Irish People organ was
seized and this was followed by wholesale
arrests of the leading spirits of the
Fenian movement.
AT the Green Street Court House in
Dublin, where Robert Em,net and other
famous Irish revolutionary leaders hal
been tried, Mr.. Luby was tried and con-
victed of treason, felony and sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment. He served
five years of the term in Pentonville and
Portland prisons in England. In Decem-
ber, 1870, he benefited by the passage Of
Mr.. Gladstone's Constitutional Amnesty
bill, receiving pardon, conditional on his
leaving the country and remaining abroad
until the expiration of the remaining fif-
teen years of his sentence
After a brief stay on the Continent Mr..
Ltby came to this country, whore he has
lived ever since, first in New York and
later in this State. In the earlier years
of his exile he delivered lectures in all
parts of the country from New England
to California, and from the Western
States south to Georgia, and contributed
innumerable articles to Irish newspapers
on political topics. He was the author of
two well known works, 1.-THE Life of Dan
iel OsConnell' and sThe Lives of Illus 5
trious and Representative Irishmen.' He
was forcfble and eloquent public spea-
Ker, and among his most notable efforts
in that direction was the orAtion he pro-
nounced in Madison Square Garden over
i John Mitchell shortly after the death of
that illustrious patriot.
For many years Mr.. Lllby remained ac-
tive in Irish politics as a member Of the.
Esenjan order and Clan Ma Gael. Towards
1880 he withdrew entirely from the active
political movement. Having been an adj
yanced Revolutionist all his life, he found
it impossible to array himself with the
ParnelI cause although a great admirer
of ParneH, and believing that great good
had resulted to Ireland from his policy.
On the other hand Mr.. Luby had no SYM
palhy with the dynamite doctrine of the
I O'Donovan Rossa group, and was much
Mortified and grieved by the Invincible
conspiracy which resulted in the death of
Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr.. Burke
| in Phoenix Park, Dublin, some years ago.
| Finding himself unable to make anv cor
dial alliance with the dominating elements
| in irish politics and finding age advancing
Mr. Irby withdrew into private life and
has 81 nee lived wholly in retirement.
He was married to Miss Letitia Ffraser,
daughter of John Ffraser, we'll known TO
fame in ireland under the pseudonym
ssDe Jean as the spirited poet Of the
"Young Ireland party and the associate
/ of sir Charles Gayan Duffy John Mitchell