The Warwickshire Herald. — 1887-12-01 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

TOPICS OF THE HOUR. , ~6 i.,,,,,,,.., p,.... :, life or cause serious injury to property. The greatest precaution was taken in bringing required explanation. He referred more Perfectly _ ty..;:•.„- ,„,., the prisoners to the court from Holloway Gaol, larly to the pictures. The letter was written :Ind. ie. oßtohtehr, were de , rneattempted celebration in honourof the "Manchester martyrs" at Limerick, on Sunday, was fruit- , e//'. e .0r: ,4 ,‘,,, ,% 7 ..',.,. ~,. i Two patrols, with drawn swords, rode in front ef was intended to be sent by Callan to his confedera health. A 5,.., ' l'er /s Je , , the police van and six mounted men, similarly Melville. Mr. Poland produced the illustrate: ,f sorts." trated by the vigour of the police. The "martyrs" '' ' /..,i' ' /1 armed, followed behind. On the top of the van deserve a word of notice. On September 18, 1867, also about half a dozen constables were seated, and paper ,Kennedy.vi l N e representedloovv.e r 5, ~ ,I strain of some thirty or forty Fenians, all armed, ,went a party the narrow passage inside the vehicle was occupied VS rushed upon a police van, discharged a volley of e-e.,,,, by constables. Mr. Poland and Mr. R S. Wright "sese szs was a portrait of James Cohen, elites West, ann: .. pistol shots at it, and finally one of their number shot Police-constable Brett, who was inside the van, ''''esk-'• appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Treasury, thetMi Captain s6et cro policepl eaM'n yof a lady. od refused to give up the keys to the attacking Ws-~, i and Chief Constable Williamson represented the police authorities. c.brious that the letter written to "My dear SS lag ji3 -ty. There were at the time two suspectedMr. Poland said, before calling the witnesses, he frit nd Joe" was written to Melville, intended to wards convicted-Fenians in the prison van. thought it desirable to give an outline of the case. is cold-blooded murder three men, Allen, He did not think the evidence would be intelligible be sent to America to announce that he (Caitlin) And Gould, were executed ; and one at _., unless he did that, and moreover, he thought it -en, when on the scaffold, exhibited a se , . -;..e Sir James Ingham : You suggest that the wcrd right that the prisoners should. from his statement, ich is worthy of the men who now x-z. _,•.ya' know the charge they had to meet. There was was alone. .....: ;m honour. When, therefore, Dr. ~, see no question whatever that some time in June , '-s" ought to be dynamite? Mr. Poland suggested that " tea " was obviously N aloud that he adheres to the '•,:. of the present year, there came over to this % those martyrs died, and the „.. country the two prisoners. Callan, who went by the lks of them as "victims on lamcchait:theewe hpwircesishotehnadekrebeiadt: a reference to something other than tea, and a,,d 'WesTs - = name of Scott, at first lived at 93, Falmouth-road, 'ice and prejudice," it is as , ~-, - -----• ttnawt Whichas the Ethel 1 • New Kent read, and stayed there until August, nd noble deed was done when he went to reside at 24, Baxter-road, Essex- describedn o placeddoubt in at as e samples.referenceclosetth, at nh Wed dhwYenhn -tat murderers. It is road, N. He remained there until he was taken ch language on the ; and Mr. Balfour C.