The Irish standard., 1908-05-23

The rope was at length put about |
her neck, she was dragged to the |
place where the cart was converted |
into a gallows. she was placed under |
1t, and the end of the rope was passed |
over the backband. The question was
then put to her for the last time. "Will
you confess where Mr.. Ellis is?" Her
answer was: You may murder me,
you villains, but not one word will you
ever get from me-" She had just
time to say, 1.-The Lord Jesus have
mercy upon my SOUL" when q tre-
mendous shout was raised by the yeo-
men. The rope was pulled down by all
OF them. except those who held down
the back Of the cart, and in an instant
she was suspended by the neck. After
she had been thus suspended for two
or three minutes. her feet touched the
ground, and a savage yell of laughter
recalled her to her senses. The rope
around her neck was loosened, and her
life was spared-she was let off with
half-hanging. She was then sent to
town and brought before the infamous
Major SIR. No sooner was she brought
before him than he endeavored to pre-
vail on her to give information re-
specting Robert Emmets place of con-
cealment. He said he would UNDER
take to obtain for her the sum of 500
pounds. He continued trying to per-
suade her to confess. He said every
thing had been told to him by one of
her associates, but to no avail After
she had been some time in Kilmain-
nam, Enmet was arrested and sent to
that prison. DR.. Trevor had freauent-
~ talked to her about him, but she
never said that she had any acquaint-
&nce with him. At this time she was
kept in solitary confinement for refus-
ing to give information
One day the doctor came and spoke
to her, saying that she must be per-
mitted to take exercise in the ward.
The turnkey was ordered to take her
to the yard and he accordingly did so:
but when the yard door was opened
whom should she see walking yerv
fast up and down the yard but Robert
Emmet. She saw the faces Of people
watching her at grated window into
the yard. and her only dread was that
Robert. in recognizing her would speak
to her, but she kept her face away,
and walked up and down on the other
side, and when they had crossed one
another several times, at last they met
at the end. She took care when his
eyes met hers to have a frown on her
face, and her finger raised to her lips.
He passed on as If he had never seen
her. The plot failed, she was taken
back to her cell, and there was no
more taking Of air or exercise for her.
She was in Kilpaainham close pris-
oner when Robert Emmet was exc
cutcd. She was kept locked up in a
solitary cell, and indeed always. with
few exceptions, was kept so during
her confinement the first year. The
day after his execution she was taken
from Jail to the castle to be examined.
through Thomas street. The taller
had given orders to stop the coach at
the scaffold where Robert Emmett was
executed. It was stopped there, and
she was forced to look at his blood
which was still plain enough to be seen
sprinkled over the boards. She was at
last released, crippled in her limbs.
weakened in her intellect, hardly able
to live, without home, and with but
few friends in the world.
The venerable DR.. Thomas Adds
Emmet says in his book that DR.. Mad
den, at his own expense, placed a
monument over this noble wonan's
grave in Glasnevin. On 1t he had
sculptured most appropriate words to
her memory