Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1889-01-19 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

SERIES OF DIABOLICAL PLOTS. In November, 1882. witness was detailed to watch • Mr... Justice Lawson, and was arrested while • doing so. Previously he had watched Mr. Forster and Lord Fa Cavendish. Four large knives were brought to Dublin by Mrs. Byrne, and these were distributed to various Invincibies. -Witness went with a party to shoot Mr: Forster, and he was posted at the foot of a bridge, with orders that if anyone came across the bridge while.the murder was being carried out he was to shnot them: Pat Molloy heard the orders given on that occasion. That conspiracy failed, as Mr. Forster did-not come, andthe something occurred when they tried to kill him in Brunswickotreer. Arrangements were subsequently made to kill Mr.' Anderson, the Crown Solicitor, the men Selected being James Boland and Pat Molloy. The latter was selected because he knew Mr. Anderson. Shortly afterwards the whole party of ilia Invineibles were told Off to King's Quay, in order to kill a man, whom he understood afterwards was the Under-Secretary, Mr. Burke, bat the gentleman did not come. On the day of- Yhttnix, Parle, murders, witness was ordered to lealtajtiewnrk to assist in the murder, but he said he could not.. He was f etehed hyTittiothy Kelly, and taken to Wren's publiehotistiombse quently eti-roing to Phoenix Park, but he' tOok no part in the murders. James Carey had the knives with which the murders were committed, and witness took them and hid them in his own place for six weeks. After Carey's arrest he was ordered to give them to Brady, who broke them up and burned the handles in accordance with orders he received. After the murders, a meeting of the Coune'l of the Invineibles was held at the house of witness's brother, for the purpose of appointing a new committee in place of those Arrested. At that time Brady wanted to have some of the detective officials assassinated, Nth Byrne said it- could no; be done without orders from-Egan. Then Brady said lie would sooner "go in" for Spencer!' Witnes# was not in the room, but lie was clo'keby, and heard what was said quite plainly. Pat Molloy went with Brady, Fagan, witness, and others, an.t subsequently pointed out 'Judge Lawson and Mr. Anderson to them. The next day, November 7th, 1882, a party was waiting to killiatidge Isa.wson, and witness pinched the ariajOt one of the men who was guarding thetalge ifr Order to let him know, as he did not wish the assassintttiea, to take:place. He was then knecked down and arrested by, the police, having la pistol in his pocket at the time. The witness next proceeded to detail the visits of a man named McCarthy, who was a centre at Loughrea, to Dublin, to get arms for " work " at the former place. He also stated that a house was to be taken at Cork Hill, right opposite the castle, from which Fad Cowper was td be assassinated with rifles. He had had frequent conversations with Matt Harris about the Working of the •organisation. John Ryan, the Fenian arms agent, introduced witness to Harris. In 1881, James Carey pet up as a candidate for the post of alderman i Dublin, andgan wrote from Paris urging him on antioarqd l wodld pay all expenses. He said he thought it 'would be a good thing to have-the principal of the Invineibles as Lord Mayor of Dublin. A. quantity (if letters signed P. Egan were then, shown to the witness, !and he swore to them all as being in Egan's hand-Writing. Thes.S lettesu. had all been published 'during thecovirse Of thentise.- • Sir C. Russell said with rcspect to three sfl them they would be , admitted, but the others would be ebntended as iforgeries. •