Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-08-18
FEAR THE BOYCOTT
Unwritten Law Reaches Highest
Efficiency.
IRISH PERIL BECOMES A DANGER
agents of League Now Boast Openly of
Its Power.
BRADY CASE BECOMES FAMOUS
Family Living on Evicted Farm Feels
Power Of People.
BRADY CASE BECOMES FAMOUS
OFFICIALS BECOME IMPLICATED
JurIes Do Net Convict whenever
Friendly Persons Are Accused
situation is Growing
Dangerous.

LONDON. Aug. r.-(special.) )-Accord-
ing to dispatches and articles published in
the English papers the Irish peril is now
very serious. correspondent who Is trav-
cling through the country writes from
Drumkeerin, County Leitrim, as follows:
Scientific boycotting has reached the high
est stage OF efficiency In Counties Leitrim
and Roscommon. It Is the "unwritten law"
of these rich grazing districts, and as the
"unwritten law II Is known and feared
by rich and poor alike throughout the
country Agents Of the United Irish league
boast openly of its power mere threat
TO. punish a man by the "unwritten law
is often sufficient TO bring him to his knees
in submission. No one can appreciate the
far reaching effects Of highly skilled boy
cotting movement who has not studied the
system at close range in this part Of IRE
land Some OF it's results may seem almost
impossible in a supposedly civilized land.
The cases in Leitrim do not arise directly
out OF cattle grazing. for the Leitrim cat
tie are sent into Roscommon to Craze, and
there are very few ranches here. The his
loric riot at Carrick- -on- Shannon few
weeks ago In the presence OF Lord Dudley
and his fellow commissioners, arose out Of
an attempt to send a herd of bullocks from
BaIlinagleragh into Roscommon. They were
met on that side OF the Shannon and scat
tered. But in Leitrim the ''unwritten law"
is vigorously enforced against the occu-
pants of evicted farms. There are now
Eixty-five evicted farms in Leitrim, of which
forty-fve are derelict. Some Of the others
nave been relet. and the tenants or care
lakers of these farms are boycotted. Seven
families at least are thus banished from
civilization. As Mr.. Justice Wright said
vt the Leitrim assizes, no one Will deal
with them, sell TO them. work for them:
they are cut of from all intercourse with
the human race. except with their guar
aians and protectors-the police.
One Remarkable Case.
NEven In the local snnals of boycotting
Sne case stands out far beyond the 9TH
FRS. II Is known throughout Ireland as
the most relentless. persistent case OF per-
secution on record. II Is the case of
Thomas Brady, caretaker OF two evicted
1arms in the Ballinagleragh mountains,
For two years Brady and his family have
been ostracizcd. hunted by mob when
ever they ventured outside the police cor
Aon around their farmhouse, forced to
travel twenty and thirty miles at night In
order TO get food, and reduced to a
pitiable state by gradual starvation and
constant terrorism.
Brady is a sturdy, weli-preserved old
man, a typical Irish peasant farmer In
appearance, with several sons. His farms
are located on the : Grofton estate. on
Blieve-an-Irein, steep and rocky noun
lain In the Ballinagleragh chain. He re-
fused to leave the farm. which his neigh
bors thought should be returned to the
rfo
was declared, which has continued with
out the truce OF even an hour. TO the pres
ent day. Volunteer pickets watched the
farms night and day. When the scanty
stock of provisions was exhausted and
Brady or his sons started in their 1T
tie donkey cart for a village TO buy sup
plies. the pickets gave the alarm and all
the residents In the Ballinagleragh region
left their work and trooped after their
victims No shopkeeper was allowed to
sell them food Brady was refused az
Dowra, the town nearest his farms; then
at Ballinagleragh, Drumkeerin and Drum
shnndo. bowling mob would follow the
Bradys. pelting them with stones, and oc-
rasionally beating them with clubs. II was
evident that unless they had police pro-
lection they would starve to death In their
mountain cabin. Consequently detach-
ment of unwilling constables was sent
into this wilderness for the sole purpose
of protecting the wretched family from
the fury OF their neighbors. But even the
police could not raise the siege. The
Bradys went to market with their armed
eacort, yet their enemies who assembled
600 and 800 strong. continued their attacks.
Omcera save Family.
More than a year ago young Martin
Brady. a thin, half-starved boy, left the
harm az 1850 In the morning. accompanied
by his brother. 20 try TO buy some provis-
ions, for the family had nothing to eat.
He was mistaken. however In thinking
that his prosecutors were asleep. Videttes
were watching the house as closely as they
did In broad daylight. and gave the alarm.
When Brady reached Drumkeerin- on his
way home again with supplies. after a
lwenty-a ave mile drive. the mob met him
IN the fairgreen with horns and drums,
They ripped open the bag of meal broke
the nrkin, scattered the groceries and
urned the donkey loose. Then the police
shrmed a cor0on across the road and drew
heir batons In order TO prevent the
Bradys from being murdered. The boys
were finally taken to the local barracks
for the night and returned home next day
under guard.
, Eight residents of the Bailinagleragh dis
trict including a county councillor. were
charged with unlawful assembly in con-
sequence OF this attack. The result OF
these prosecutions has been almost as ex-
traordinary as the boycOtting itself. The
prisoners were tried FIRST by a Sligo jury,
which disagreed They were tried again at
the next assizss- by q Leitrim jury, which
disagreed. They were tried for a third
time by another Lsitrim Jury this
month. which disagreed. And they are to
be tried a fourth time at the connAusht
winter Assizes- After the third disagree
ment the Bradys returned despairingly.
amid boots and jeers, to their mountain
Some.
An Expensive PoAiee Force.
This boycott compels the authorities 10
maintain an expensive force OF police on
slisvs-an-I Irein. In fact. It may be regarded