The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1883-04-14 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

WEDNESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The trial of Joe Brady fairly commenced on Wednesday morning. A. long time was occupied in swearing in the jury, after which the Attorney. General opened the case on behalf of the Crown. In a lengthy and lucid speech he showed how the Society of Invincibles was formed by two men, named M'Caffery and Walsh, and by another whose name is not known, bup who ía called "Number One." This organisation, he said, first took shape in 1881. It never numbered more than thirty members, and was managed by a committee of four, all of whom, except Carey, are among the pri.toners. The arms were supplie 1 by a person named r.heridan, and the funds came from men in "higher stations and better educated," who were, said the learned gentleman, "more responsible in the sight of God and to man's law than their misguided tools and dupes " Mr. Porter proceeded to relate how the conspirators had attempted the life of Mr. Forster on several occasions, when i tr. Webb lodged an objection that the Attorney-General was dealing with irrelevant matter prejudicial to the interests of the prL•oner. The judge curtly overruled him, and the Altorney-General proceeded. Inasrouoh as the facts so clearly and forcibly stated contained nothing not already known, it is not necessary to follow the speaker throughout. The first witness callud was the informer Farrell who gave evidence showing Brady's connection with the Invincibles.  The informer Carey followed, who described the events of the sth of May. The delivery of the knives by the unknown woman was next detailed, and the depositing of a portion of them by himself in the house where they were ultimately found by the police. Then came the visit of the Invincibles to the park or. the morning of the sth of May, in the hope of catching Mr. Burke, and the witness, in his quiet way, related how Brady, after they had waited a long time for their victim, actually knocked at the gateof the Under Secretary's lodge, and inquired if he was at home. On being told that he had gone to town, the conspirators went home. "Curley and I," continued the unmoved witness, " arranged for a meeting the same evening for the purpose." That attempt, however, was unsuccessful, as was anther on the morning of Saturday, the 6th, the chy of the crime. The arrangements for the commission of the murder in the eve,ping were then repeated. Carey narrated how he drove to the park in Fitzharria's cab, and, while waiting for the other conspiriters, looked on at a polo match which was being played close by. At length all were on the ground, and the two victims were seen approaching, and Carey and Smith drove up the road on Kavanagh's car to give the signal to the men who were" to use the knives." A final consultation took place between Curley, Brady, and the witness, after which Carey walked away, noticing that Mr. Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish were dpproaching. Looking back, he saw Brady close with the former, and then he went off as quickly as possible. In the evening afterwards, while walking with his wife, he met Brady, and asked him if it was true that Lord Frederick had been killed, and Brady replied that he did not know who the gentleman was, but when he stabbed Mr. Burke the gentleman struck him on the face with his umbrella and called him a ruffian. This "annoyed him," and so he hit him with the knife on the arm. and "finished him on the ground." All these details were given by Carey in the same self. possessed, businesslike manner, Brady wamhing with the keenest attention, and stooping down frequently in the dock to make some note. The proceedings were then aJj turned until Thursday.