Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1883-04-14 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

NUMBER ONE."  One very important feature of yesterday's proceedings in the trial of Brady at DUblin was the full identification by Carey of the now notOri9US "No. 1." This miscreant, who imperinierlded the assassinations of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr Burke, after endeavouring for weeks to bring about the murder of Mr Forster, is an Irish commercial traveller named Patrick Tynan. Like Sheridan, Egan, Byrne, Walsh, and other men implicated by Carey's confession, he has sought safety in flight, and he is now believed to be hiding in Mexico. Tynan was born in the town of Wexford in 1838, his father being a gunsmith. Owing to reverses, the family removed to Kingstown, near Dublin, while Patrick was still young. In that town Tynan (the elder) started a shooting gallery, which proved fairly successful. Although the parent was unable to give his children anything more than the merest rudiments of education, while yet in his teens young Tynan was appointed local correspondent of the Irish Times, and this connection with the press was afterwards developed into a stationer's business, to which there was ultimately added a circulating library. At this period of his life Tynan mastered French and German, his instructor being a Mr Byrne, a gentleman who was in the habit of purchasing papers at Tynan's shop, and found the lad intelligent for his years. Byrne, however, taught his pupil more than modern languages. He instilled into his mind the teachings of the Young Ireland party, and the apt pupil took the first opportunity of showing the effect of his master s schooling by identifying himself with the Fenians at the rising in 1867, becoming, in fact, one of Stephens' lieutenants. Byrne at that time deemed it prudent to leave the country. He went to San Francisco, where he is now proprietor of a newspaper. Tynan remained in Kingstown, marrying there, and continuing in business till 1879, when he removed to London, entering the employment of the wellknown stationary firm of Sir Joseph Causton and Sons. Tynan acted as traveller for that firm for some tune, and when he left there he made it go forth that he had secured an agency for some 'French houses. What the names of thoseFreneh houses were is still as much of a ' mystery as was till quite recentlythe identity of "No. 1" himself. This much, however, the Crown will endeavour to prove at the trials, that from the time he transferred his services from the English firm Tynan began to distribute money freely. More than one witness will be called upon to speak to having large sums of money from the arch-conspirator for the purpose of carrying on the work of assassinating Government officials. The money, it will be brought out, was always paid in Bank of England notes, and at least =0 will be traced to the possession of several of the prisoners. The Crown will further endeavour to prove that James Mullett was No. 2 of the Dublin directorate; James Carey, the approver, No. 3; Daniel Curley No. 4, and Caffrey No. 5. It might be well (writes a London correspondent) if the Government were to offer a handsome reward for his capture. Mexico is a country with which we have no extradition treaty ; but perhaps on that very account it is a country from which it may be more easy to secure the surrender of a criminal like Mr Tynan than it would be to secure it from the United States, for example. Money goes a long way in Mexico; and the judicious application of a sum which need not be very large might not improbably lead to the transfer of Mr Tynan from his present place of abode to the deck of one of Her Majesty's ships. At all events, the experiment is one which might very well be tried by the Irish Executive.  t