ANOTHER ASSASSINATION SOCIETY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1116, 3 July 1883, Page 3

ANOTHER ASSASSINATION SOCIETY.

At a police court in Dublin on April 27th the man Kingston, who was apprehended at Bootle last week, with two others named Healey and Glbney, were brought up to hear the evidence given against them by one Devine, The latter, while in gaol on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Constable Cox, had made a lengthy statement to Mr Curren, which was now read. Devine says he has been sworn in as a member of a Fenian circle, within which more recently a Vigilance Committee was formed by a man from Manchester • named James Boland Although Devine knew nothing of the Invincibles, he is now of opinion that their Inner Circle and the Vigilance Committee, of which he was a member, were the same body. The object of the * Vigilance’ was to remove all obnoxious people and tyrants—people obnoxious to the brotherhood. The Vigilance Committee was to consist of twenty members. The statement proceeded : ‘ We continued to meet every night. James Boland used to come, and I saw there on one occasion an M.P., whom we did not know, bat we were told by Kingston he was all right. He was a man with a fresh complexion and fair beard and moustache, and wearing a light dust coat on the evening we saw him there. He treated five of us to a drink after we left the room, On the second night I joined, Kingston asked me what I thought of Poole (one of their own leaders), and did I think he deserved death. I said I did not know if he deserved death, but I know he thought some of us deserved it. Kingston then told mo that Poole had threatened him on several occasions, and that. Poole was already sentenced, and so was his chief, John Sullivan, and they would both have to die, lie then got all the ‘ men round the table, and told them the orders from the - Centre’s Board and from the Directory with regard to Poole, and said he would leave us to ourselves to take evidence about Poole and give him a fair trial. So the report was all gone over against him for seducing men from their allegiance to the Council party, for threatening their lives, and also obsl meting the work of the organisation iu general, and for stealing tools and making illegal raids on. members’ houses. The votes were then given. Joe Dowling voted that Poole should get a chance to return the things to the members, but he was overruled, and it was voted that Poole deserved death. Kingston then said, ‘ He will have to die,’ and added that before the trial at 'all ho ami his chief, .John Sullivan, were .sentenced'. Kingston then said these two were the first he would commence. We could not find Poole all that week. I stopped ,oof at night to try to see him, but could pot, We reported it, and Kingston said tint it should be done the next night no matter how, and he then spoke about

Judge Lawson and Pat Delaney, and said no matter what protection party Judge Lawson had he would bo bound to go. Devine then described the search for Poole, how it was pursued day and night by the conspirators with loaded revolvers in their possession. It was while this quest was proceeding that Cox was shot. Devine heard that Kenny and Bailey were shot for giving information to the police. The names of Mr Jenkmson and Mr Mallon were also mentioned as persons who were to be removed. Among other schemes of the ‘ Yigilants,’ to whom all the prisoners belonged, was one to blow up with dynamite the house in the suburbs of Dublin where the Crown witnesses in the case of the Maamtrasna massacre were residing. At the close of the reading of Devine’s statement the prisoners were remanded.