Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-08
Interesting Talk With Hon. Michael
Davitt
AND COLONEL DICK PLUNKETT.
The South African Situation and Mr. Da'Iits
Views Colonel plunset Tho Most Famous
Criminal Hunter In The Wes-Hls Exploits
and Noted Arrests Of Bad Men and Out-
laws.

Hotel. while waiting in the lobby for
the return Of Hon. Michael Davitt, the
Irish leader, who spent the greater por-
tion Of the past week in Washington
on a visit to his sister and friends.
Colonel Plunkett is an Irishman sans
peure sans reproche, and has the we'll
earned reputation Of being the nerviest
man in all the territory between the
Missouri River and the Bay Of Frisco.
Colonel Plunkett has been U. S. Mar
shall Of Oklahoma Territory. He has
also been marshal Of Crede, when it
was much safer to be an obscure citl-
zen. He has arrested more bad men
than any other marshal or police Of
fetal in the United States. And Col
onel Plunkett never uses a gun! In
fact. he never carried one! He is a
man of solid build, above the medium
height. and viii tackle anything from
a grizzly bear to a reckless cowboy
The slayer Of Ford who killed Jesse
James, stood, pistol in hand, at a sta
ton door and defed arrest Colonel
Plunkett came along, and in the twink
ling Of an eye jumped on him IKE a
lion and had the bracelets around his
wrists before the brayado knew what
happened him. The Colonel was mar.
shal and preserver of the peace at the
celebrated prize fight between Corbett
and Fitzsimmons, and the toughs, plug
uglies and cut purses who attended
that combat behaved themselves like
tame animals i'm a menagerie. Colonel
Plunkett was a Republican, but his
love and admiration for Webster Davis
the brilliant and brainy champion Of
the Beers, had sadly weakened his
faith in the G. o. p True to his Irish
training and love of liberty, he is an
ardent champion of the gallant Dutch
in South Africa, who have made the
most heroic fight for home and nreside
in the history Of the world. lie con
demns. in no unsparing terms Jhe
heartless and un-republican attitude or
the Administration toward these
struggling sister republics.
There is a book in preparation, deal
inc with the life and exploits or Col
onel Dick Plunkett, the terror OF out
laws. bad men, and gun artists, Whlch
will illustrate most forcibly the ola
saving that truth is stranger than nc
tion." even dime novel fiction, Tor every
mage will be mrid with deeds OF nero
ism by the nerviest marshal VINO never
used a gun.
Mr.. DaWtt was an amused listener
10 some Of Colonel Plunketts exploits
and the latter reminded the irish leao-
er of an incident Of 30 years ago, De-
fore be had left Ireland, wherein even
then colonel Plunkett showed the stun
that was in him in protecting Mr. Da-
witt from some murderous Orangemeh'
near Downpatrick. ,,
MIR Davitt is ageing, though he stlll
preserves his swinging gait and erect
6oure The writer last met him at
the arundel Hotel in London, when
I'VE delivered into his hands documents
entrusted to us for the Parnell trlal
against the London Times.
~ believe lie Caron is still alive, ana
tina. his alleged death and burial We're
ali fake" said Mr. Davitt, in reply
to question of Capt. Patrick Otar-
reu the well-Snown Washington lrlsn
American. lie Caron IL may be salu'
was the SOY whose record we TOOK from
tbis country to the Parnell trial He
had yyormed himself into the inner
,,,ost circles of the Irish Revolutionary
Socia+v on this side Of the water.
through the care relessness or stupdlty OF
a certain Irish general lie Carroh
,,,os Ira the nav of the British govern
mont and the crown tried to use him
I'm Mr. Parnells suit against the Lon
don Times to establish a connection
Letwsen fhe Irish home rule movement
and The Revolutionary Society IN thls
Mr. Davitt greeted The Globes ed
i+or warmly and recalled our last
meeting i'm London at the Arundel IN
1900 There were several prominent
Wasbingtonians with Captain OFar-
rou IN greet Mr.. Dayitt at WIZARDS,
ami these we're all highly entertained
I,, Col Dick Pmnkett, while waiting
the appearance of the Irish leader
"H6w long can the Beers hold OUT?
was asked by Captain OFarrell.
"At least a year." was the response
of Mr.. Davitt.
ANY chance Of interference by Eu-
ropean powersF -,.- All,
III think not The late Russian MIN
ister who suicided, had promised the
Boers that England would not be al
lowed to wipe out their independence
think his suicide was due to the
fact that the Car refused to fulfill the
"Has England lost prestige by the
war among European powersF
"Undoubtedly. II the Beers had ~
600 more men they would have won
the contest and England would have
been whipped out Of Africa. Her sol
diers are the scum Of the population
The English mechanic and workingman
win not enlist and give up seven OF
eight shilngs a day for the ntteen
pence paid the soldier
"How about the blacks and their
arming by the British?"
"Yes. Kitchener has resorted to TINS
Notwithstanding that the Beers could |
have won If they had armed the blacks.
When was at Delarey's headquarters |
the proposition Of the chief Of the Ban.
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