IRISH NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1117, 5 July 1883, Page 2

IRISH NEWS.

The following items of news were received by the mail:— It was boldly declared by the London evening papers of May 27th that O’Donovan Rossa, the dynamite projector, now in New York, and Peter J. Tynan, 1 * No* 1 ’ of the Plicanix Park murderers, are undoubtedly British spies under regular pay. These declarations are backed up by certain statements, and have.produced a genuine sensation among the Irish. Nearly all the members of the Irish' Par* liaraentary party ridiculed the statement. ? . The Crown proposes to distribute the reward offered for the detection of the Phoenix Park murderers among the informers, and will send abroad all of, them who desire to leave the country.' • James Carey, the informer,, .was released from custody . on May 3lat. Ho declared his intention to remain /in Dublin, and further, to vigorously prosecute those of the tenants occupying his premises who refuse to pay rent sinde he became an informer. The guard about his house was doubled on his liberation day. Kinsella, who made a voluntary confession that he was concerned in the murder of Lord Leitrim, was arraigned in Dublin on May 12th. The Judge came to the conclusion that ho was a lunatic, and was about to discharge him, but the prisoner begged so hard to be allowed to remain in prison that his request was granted. He believed that his life wag in danger. A later despatch dated May 27th, referring to the informer Carey, says he is closing up his business, and preparing to sell out all bis property. He seems now to have no friends, even among officials, who have no further use for him. It il believed that he will settle down abroad under an assumed name. The British Government, it is said, has abandoned all further attempts to procure the extradition of Irish refugees at present in the United States. Curran, Divisonal Magistrate of the Metropolitan Police Court of Dublin, Marlow the Chief Detective, and juror Field hare all received letters threatening them with vengeance. The Ladies’ Committee to Aid Political Prisoners sent the the following telegram from Dublin to Mr Gladstone on Juna Ist:— * Wo appeal to you on the ground of humanity for a commutation of the sentence of Thomas Caffrey and Timothy Kelly, two of the condemned Phoenix Park murderers Three lives have already been taken in atonement for two. We ask for mercy.’ No reply was received to the communication. The promoters of the Parnell fund hope to raise £30,000, of which America is expected to contribute one-half The police seized and suppressed the Tralee Standard of May 23rd. The paper was the property of Mr Harrington, M.P, for Westmeath. Fitzharris, or “ Skin the Goat,” against whom on May 26th the jury found a verdict of guilty as an accessory after, the fact to the murder of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr Burke, was sentenced to penal servitude for life. The prisoner appeared for sentence on the 21st. lie sent from Dublin prison a shilling to the Parnell fund, and was also caught in a conspiracy to murder a fellow convict in Dublin prison. The execution of Joe Brady the. first convicted of the Phoenix Park murderers, took place on Monday, May 14th. A vast concourse of people gathered outside the prison yard, where a strong force of cavalry, infantry and police was posted to preserve order. No attempt at disturbance was, however, made. The Liverpool Irishmen sent a wreath of flowers, with a card of commiseration attached. Brady was silent, both to the Gaol Governor and the chaplain. One of the last things he did was to write to ? his mother. He carried a prayer-book in his hand to the scaffold, and appeared thoroughly resigned and firm. His body fell nine feet, and death was instantaneous. The crowd outside the gaol was estimated at 10,000, a greater throng than ever collected when executions were public. When the black flag was seen over the. gaol, there was a cry of“ hats off” and every head was uncovered. The crowd dispersed quickly. Daniel Curley, the second man convicted of the Phoenix murders, mot 1 hia fate in Kilmainhara Gaol on the 18th. The same military guard was present a at tho execution of Brady* iAfM the

priest had prayed with the condemued man in his cell, mass was performed in the prison chapel in the presence of the Governor and Warder, and Curley received the Sacrament. Meanwhile a group of womtfn who had gathered outside the prison were on their knees Baying the Litany for the dying. When the black flag, announcing the execution had taken place, was hoisted over the prison, every man in the crowd outside, which numbered barely 1000, uncovered his head and murmured words of sympathy with Curley. A rush was then made by the crowd for a garden near by, where Curley's relations had assembled, and where his father was kneeling, praying for the repose of his son's soul. The people soon dispersed. Curley walked to the scaffold with little assistance. He seemed to be resigned to his fate, but was hardly firm. He declined to make any statement concerning the crime for which he whs executed. His death was instantaneous. In a letter written to his wife he said—--11 will take my secrets to tlw grave with me, and leave those who are at freedom to enjoy it. I will die in peace, forgiving my enemies.' Thomas Caffrey, the fourth- Phoenix Park murderer, was hanged in Kilmainbam Goal on the morning of June 2ad. He was composed on the scaffold, and death was instantaneous. The condemned wrote a letter to his brother on the proceeding evening, in which he 6aid—' I hope you will never have cause to blush for my name, as I am paying for the penalty of my crime in this world, and I hope I won't have to suffer for it in the next.'