The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
" LYNCH (Irish Martyr Telrs Husbands Life Story

flea was mainly Influenced BY my hopes IL
that attention, might be called III to the Il
state az ireland, DO that remedial tnea
jsures might be passed to remove the
grounds Of discomfort. was also greaIs-- n
~ itnpeled BY Australian antiinentss ats
because I believed that there was danger
which now rejoice to find was cxas
gerated, Of reactionary movement II n
that country which would be detrimental
to Its best interests. Ss q Va5 s VIII
Is TN Whatever light my actions may
be Judged, have, in my intentions. been &
guilty OF no treason. opposed the policy /.
81 tic government, but the principles U
witch spurred me on were my love for Il
ireland ana for Australia, and my pass
alonntn desire for what I considered NJ. n
tional progress.' lGS v. II
sTnYou see,i'F9 continued Mrs. Lynch, after
reading the above extract from Colonel "
IIynch's letter to the sIoak Ten my hus-.S
band was actuated by only the highest 4
sentiments. # ss3 n, Il si IN n.
He Fully Expected Arrest ,S
''When we started over for England.
before his arrest, my husband knew that
.svor, %, on the train with US. They had no
right to arrest him until we we're n J; Eng
iisl, waters but even then they did not I
do@so. IT was only after we had ached;
I.ondo1, that ono OF them courteously5 M ~
formed my husband that the war; rant was
still out for him. &. &
"Of course, Mr.. Lynch fully suispeo 3e
| INA nave. He was not the. least surprised
| or alarmed. Flo naturally though tnat
! the best way to remove the charge o.
treason from his character was to boldly;
Trace the issue and to let HIS " &C sers
bring him face to face with the charge o.
treason. IL II 3 isSS M Z, .,S. N
Sl5"Ne 4 had every reason to think that
IA aoon as my husband . mot ives were
really understood that he would De liD-s$
Grated, and could then take his seat s! In
| the House Of Commons. al.
$.The passing Of the death sentences
mon him was, Of course, the greatest
shock to me. I 81 never an icipated any
siich catastrophe, and though Twas e! IN
court and bore up undor It, It was dithcult
| III keep from breaking down y he $imfne-s
dlate communication Of the son eilce 70 one
Igof life Imprisonment showed, a. asst &c
TINT the government did not intend to be-
IBvlndictive. " N, :. . \.
IA Colonel Lynch 8 trial he attempted
u, Ia adynnta &c OF his alian8 citi.f
zenahip. but this motion was overruled
by the Judge, with the remark that us IS
should have been made by Colonel Lynch Il
counsel at an earl Ter sta ge OF 81 .pro-s
In his ma tive country " here sg ne s Wa
known, he would never have been fou NO
guilty OF treason Al s}s
HIS Spirit is N lot Broken.
my husband. s hllosophica tra!n ~ 81
l5nnd his deep reading, have repar ca MN
to bear we'll the trial he ls going through
l8N.FIls spirit lis not the least broken: 9Las3
lin coming back to En- gland to @lace
1.-THE charge ngainst hin and .to nave ne
| brand or traitor wiped from his name, IS ogf
Ibid not show the part OF acoWarsd. 1 n,es
Mr. four In the House On mo
has comm ented on the fact that what S
Mrs 81 ynch Is working incessnntl for4bs
her husband s g free dom, and the @sW noia88
world has given her It's sym athy. COLI
| lynch was devoted to his wife, vi tn an.
i'd cal love which few husba nds are aPa pie
Of and very few ever ex she ,WyI W.!
! his helpmate In ALL OF his aiding
lhim in typewrting his various ar ttcles arc
1sacttng as his com nnion dvlse Ter ana ana
friend In all of his und erta kin 81 ri
lEt She did not even KIN oW that ne tlntennssa
| ytnI,in = u q rms Tor the Beers W hen me
urant IN South Africa toSactS 81 ar eWspa s
| n n CORES pondent. This fact in "a. itselt
| Shows the Sspontaniety and, II nigh {. p W.
said nthusiastic& thought essness OF COLE
Lynch's action in espousing n the E>t3oer
es1 His organ lzatIon of the Irish bTigndde s
Ewn s5SByronic In character II IN bued VIII
noetlc Sentiment. he was carried awaya IN
rnthusin SIN in the same mani Ter IN tVh ls
| Byron espoused the Greek eau Sc. sSSas