The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-24
LYNCH SENTENCED TO DEATH
THE IRISH u. r. FOUND GUILTY.
OF TREASON.

Declines to Say Anything an Court In
| His Own Misunderstanding Argu-
memts forth Defensoand Prosecution
charge of the Lord Chief Justice
| Communication of Sentence Expected.
| London, Jan. 23.-Colonel Arthur
| Lynch, member Of parliament for Gal
way, was found guilty of the charge of
high treason to-day. in having support
ed the cause of the enemies Of England
+ in the Boer war, and was sentenced to
! death.
| Although formally sentenced to be
hanged, Lynch's sentence will no doubt
be committed.
| When the case was resumed this
morning counsel for the defense began
summing up. There was no attempt to
deny that Colonel Lynch supported the
Beers, but counsel Contended that his
naturalization was in no way prompted
by reasonable intene. and was solely
! for the advantage he would thus secure
| III JbuL 4ldlSlAC puI pCaCS' oobECIuCttt~
ly the defendant actively supported the
Boer cause in the belief that he was q
! legally naturalized burgher.
| Replying to the prosecution of the So
! Hcitorg general Sir Edward Carson
maintained that Colonel Lynch joined
the Boer army as a dis"ontented Irish
man. thereby committing a most cow
ardly and most serious act of treason"
! His naturalization, continued the sOlic-
it0r- general, was only tinsy preteXt.
Counsel then proceeded to narrate in
detail the prisoners alleged acts Of adj
! herence to his country's enemies.
The lord chief justice summed up
very briefly. He said that if, in war
! time, British subject Joined the king
enemies, whatever his purpose, he was
guilty of an unla full a t. NaturalZ1-
! ton during war time afforded no eX-
cuse whatever for subsequent acts,
There was abundant evidence. he said,
of overt acts in aiding the kings enc
mics.
The jury, after having been out half
an hour, returned a verdict Of guilty.
! When asked if he had anything to say
| c'o " w ny 4IE SlOuIu W. ~ N~iA||1t' N'A y"
death Colonel Lynch replied:
Thank you, will say nothing
In delivering sentence Justice Willis
said the crime of high treason, of which
the prisoner had been found guilty, was
! happily so rare that it seemed to be al
most an anachrunism. No civilized
community had yet failed to punish Sc
verely detection from loyalty, whether
in the way of open warfare or secret
intrigue. In the darkest hours of his
countrys fortune, when engaged in a
deadly struggle. Lynch joined the ranks
of its foes and shed the blood of his
try, and sought to dethrone Great
Britain from her place among the ma
tions.
The only paliation which could be
offered was that it had been the fashion
for some years to treat lightly matters
of this kind, and men had been encour-
aged to play with sedition and toy with
treason. The nation had treated with
contemptuous indifference speeches and
acts of sedition; but it was one think t.
talk sedition and quite different thing
to bear arms in the ranks Of the coun-
Itry's foes.
The sentence of death was passed or
each of the four counts in the indict-
ment. The prisoner then bowed to the
court and was removed in custody.
Lynch Throughout bore himself with
unfaltering composure. He walked out
steadily between the jailers and past
the bench where his Wife and other rel
atives were seated. Mrs. Lynch has
been given permission to see her hus-
band.
Lynch's conviction creates vacancy
in Galway, and it is unders' God thai
Captain Shawe-Tayler, organ H"r of the
recent land conference, who is now il
America, will be candidate, with the
approval of the various political par
ties.
After the prisoner had been removed
he and his counsel had a conference re
garding the course to be adopted in tn
future. Later it was announced tina
no action would be taken at present
Counsel can proceed with applying TO
writ of error, but it is thought ltkel!
that this will be rendered unnecessar!
by the Communication of the stntente II
a short term of imprisonment, in which
case it is probable that the prisoner will
accept the situation.