The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-31

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wars. chiefly lu rtiiO"'r Nirr a punllc
reception b. Dublin No. ma H. a 'uuu ~ the
Wr.' " ireland ,ul , tno'' NDs' ~ the
tniirl state
Whom hr returned 'o ireland hr vent tn
hts native county and started ~ IElihti'h
against lprilt rIi-tn WITH HHrupll and 9TH
or heurE iuV"n'hr amt lenru" and h"caine
tf4 master spirit. Tie wa u~V'aipkCu. hut
npger advocated extreme violence He was
once arrested 'pr making u Scitti'us speech
nut after he had spent u wo"t ~ prison the
ofGril'- wht hul instituted the pruscCtl-
ton icrided tl.' they htd ~ case anI he
L. a.. -.U.. 0mH 80
I,ia-El 10 had chrrgc Of the Land League
relief fund.- "" came Ia America in 1851
and urganiScd tho twcticnu branch OF the
Land League III 'iAy wa hticf, ~ no
waS recalled to ireland hy the prosecution
~ ~" executive ~ the Land league. .
On February 3. isSl, N" was arrested
end S7r' to Portland Prison fDr violating
his ticket 81 leave. While IN prison he was
elected - Parliament from County Meath,
but was disqualified Ivy the House Of Com
mons Ho was released on May q, 1892,
the dly Lord Cavendish and his secretary,
Burke. were ASA estimated In phrniN Park.
and Immediately afterward h." ann out
with Parnell and Dillon in u manifesto CON
domning the murder. lie Was arrested
again in February. lsS}, for a violent speech
against landlo~dlsm and spent four months
in a Dublin prison. In 1892 he was elected
to Parliament from north Meath, but was
unseated for clerical intimidation. Later
he was returned unopposed from northeast
Cork. He visited the United States several
times in recent years, chiefly to collect funds
to carry on the work Of the United Irish
League. He was nm ardent advocate OF the
R1er cause during the war in the Transvaal.
Mr.. Dlvitt married. in 1874, an American
woman. Mary. daughter of John iore Of
ST Joseph. Mich, She and three IONS and
one daughter survive.
Mr.. Davitt travelled extensively and wrote
much for the new spaIers and magazines,
Among his books. some of which were writ
ten while he was in prison, are The Boer
Fight for Freedom. Leaves From a Prison
Diary. " Defence Of the and League" and
The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland