" NUMBER ONE."

Temuka Leader, Issue 1133, 11 August 1883, Page 3

" NUMBER ONE."

The Daily News' New York correspondent telegraphs under date 23rd May : " Tynan" is liviDg at 191 West Balticstreet, Brooklyn. The Irish driver of a carriage, who took him there from Dr. Williams's house, betrayed him, and put the reporters on his track. Tynan refuses to talk with them. An inmate of the house tells me that Tynan and his family remained in prayer all night when Curley and Brady were hanged, observing the hour of execution exactly, allowing for the difference of time between New York and Dublin. Tynan mentions Curley and Brady with visible emotion. Tynan admits that he has two brothers who look like him. One is named Harry, and is a doctor in India. The other, James, is a clergyman in Chili. He says he was in the Queen's Middlesex Volunteers at the time of the Phoenix Park murders. He has no sympathy with Rossa, Shoridan, and Walßh, and says they are notorietyseekers, who injure Ireland. Tynan is evidently perplexed by the silence of the British authorities. Both he and his wife are suffering from the suspense. The newspapers have been making great efforts to discover Tynan's whereabouts. Several pretended to have the house, but did not agree to its position. Alleged interviews have b«9n published ; but they are undoubtedly false. Pryor says the published interviews are inventions, and that Tynan will make no statement till arrested. He was firmly convinced when he announced himself ready to surrender that a warrant had been issued for his arrest, and was greatly surprised by the British Consul's assertion that no warrant had been issaed. Dr. Williams, who had been intimate with Tynan, says that Carey invented " Number One," and was himself the main mover of the Phoenix Park murders. Tynan has been supposed by the British Government to be that " Number One," but now they think they have made a mistake. Dr Williams's testimony must, of course, be accepted for what it is worth. Tynan undoubtedly believes himself the man Carey referred to. There are many theories about his conduct in offering to give himself up. One is, that he thought himself pafe after Curley and Brady had been hanged. It will be notioed that he devealed himsolf immediately after Curley's execution This may partially explain his course, but I know that the principal reason was his wife's importunity."