The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-02
Ev1cr1pNs AT cAsTLEREA.
Poor Tenants Turned Out Amid

We publish from that paper this week,
! TO give our readers an idea of the CO.
ercive means employed by landlerdism
! TO crush the spirit of the Irish race
| Ed. /. NJ C.J
Castlerea, Tuesday.
The evictions on the De Freyne es-
tate were resumed this morning. Yes
terday's operations were carried out in
fine weather. while those of today in
the very reverse. The country on the
way to Curra ghokhill is at best of a
Wretched description, but in down.
pour of rain it is a great deal more So
and it was under such. conditions the
eviction party set out shortly before lO.
The Regan, home on the laneway was
in occupation of the energencyme
with the customary police guard while
the victims of yesterdays work
watched the police and the bailiffs pac
ing along to put some of their neigh
bcrs in the same unhappy position. The
first house visited was that of Owen
Madden, but there was only Mrs. Mad
den at home, as the husband had been
in England for about two years, en-
deaYoring to earn bread for his help
less little family of six like himself.
Another member of his family has left
Ireland and is now in America. The
ages of those at home range from 4 to
II years. The cottage is a very small
one, While the nine acres of land is in
Keeping with that of the surrounding
district, and that is to say that it is of
poor quality. The yearly rent is e8 les,
and the arrears amounted to a year
and half, while the hanging gale was
added. The costs in this case reached
the appalling figure of $40, so that to
satisfy the claim made upon her in
order to get the liberty Of returning to
the humble home, Mrs. Madden should
have been prepared to pay a sum of
$40, plus two years rent (e17 12s.), or
a total of e57 12s. "Pay up said Mr..
Wyndham. Poor Mrs. Madden was ut
terly unable to do SO, and she had no
alternative. In a pitiless rain the wo-
man, with her little ones, was COM
PEELED to leave the house, which,
wretched and poor as it was, served
her as a home. This terrible eviction
was witnessed by a few dozen girls and
three or four men, while the majority
of the adults are harvesting in Eng
land. An additional element of sadness
in the case of Mrs. Madden is that the
only beast on the helding-a bullock
died q week ago, and misfortune COM
ing on misfortune, two pigs died few
days ago. It was stated that a special
appeal was made on her behalf, but
there were at any rate no results.
The sub sheriff was not present today
and had deputed one of his bailiffs to
act in his absence. The rain was still
falling heavily when the police and
bailiffs marched to the houses of Mar
tin Doherty and his step-brother. John
Coleman, which are about 100 yards
past Mrs. Madden's. The holding is
joint one of twenty Irish acres, and
for this each brother pays a rental of
SO yearly: The land is mostly flooded
and this morning boat might almost
have been rowedaover great portion
of it. The rent claimed-to effect what
some would call settlement-was two
years in each case, and costs amount
ing to e40. Martin Doherty is a young
man of powerful physique, and lived
with his wife and five children, Of ages
from years to s months. The same
weather conditions prevailed when the
official demand for possession was
made. The money was not, OF course,
Forthcoming, as it was an utter i'm
possibility for the poor tenant to have
such a sum, and forthwith the emer-
gencymen proceeded TO take out the
furniture. The dresser, with its arti-
cles of DELPHI, and here and there neat
little ornament, was placed on the
chairs and the bedding, all of which
were quickly drenched with the down
pour; but there was more than the
mere furniture, to be removed. There
was little mite of humanity, s months
old, sleeping peacefully in it's cradle.
1t was to make its first acquaintance
with British law and Irish landlord
ism. The poor child was conveyed in
its cradle outside and on to the road
way The torrents of rain still de-
scended. and the weeping mother fol-
lowed her babe, and, leaning against
the old homestead, looked sadly at the
work which was going on. The clear
ance did not take long, and, without
glance at Mrs. Doherty and her family
who clung around her for protection
.Wyndham's warriors trudged on in
the slush of the boreen to John Cole
mans house. The scene here was not
only that in this case there
was no infant, but. instead, feeble John
Coleman, tottering in his Saith year. on
the brink of the grave. The old man
and the little babe-his grandchild-will
preserve the continuity of the system.
The little child was helpless, and none
the less was the octogenarian, who for
years past has been afflicted with a
tremor which prevents him from rails
ing as much as a cup of tea to his
mouth Your representative spoke to
him, and the old peasant said: II
have been here now for over sixty
years, and have always tried to pay
my way, and now in my Saith year [
am thrown on the world" With halt
ing step and with feebleness only to
be expected in one of his age, he stag
gered along. while the effects of the
household were brought from their
thatched covering to the street. The
brave young girls outside were struck
with horror at the tragedy being en-
acted before their eyes, and with one
accord they vigorously groaned the po
lice and bailiffs while this eviction was
and before it had con-
cluded a car was seen approaching,
and in few minutes Mr.. Denis john
ston was observed. One of the first
to welcome Mr.. Johnston was Mr.. John
Cullinan. NJ. P. who, as on yesterday.
travelled around from house to house
to watch the progress of the evictions.