THE MISSING " NUMBER ONE."

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1705, 9 June 1883, Page 4

THE MISSING " NUMBER ONE."

Thk Soldi, a Pai is journal, publishes an account of 'air interview which one of its staff 'had, with < the supposed ".Number One." sHe says- that last January lie nitl ljy"<ih<ince an Irishman of his acquaintance •whom he had known when he resided in Dublin. This Irish friend was, it appears, in company with another native of the Mmerald Isle whose ' ' strange appearance" made a d<iep impresion on the journalist. In the course of the conversation which diianted the French reporter asked home questions concering the Pluvnix Park murder and its presumed authors. In spite of the evasive replies of the Irish man of strange, appearance the leporter soon saw that he knew more about it than he cared to disclose, aud he asserts that, by dint of preseverance, he not only succeeded in asrertaininc that ho had been in the presence of " Number One," arid that his name was Tynan, but in obtaining precise information concering the role he had played in the Phiunix Park tragedy. The Soleil, reporter explains his not having mentioned this meeting before in the following words ;— " Though I was well aware that the information I had thus obtained would have been interesting to the readers of the Soldi. I did Jnotfeel disposed to assume the responsibility of the grave consequences which Might at that time have lesiilted from an indiscretion on my part. Now that the individual in question ha* left French territory, and has, as I learned from telegraphic despatches, i cached Ameiica, I luve no longer the same reason foi remaining talent." The Solnl leporter then proeecdci to describe Tynan as a stiongly-built, tall man of about foityfive yeais of age. "When the repoi tcr saw him ho wore his board, which was long ami black ; his jet black hair made him look younger than lie was. While speaking to anyone, the reporter desoiibcs his expression as veiy sciutinising. He adds, " One feels that lie is endeavouring to discover the effect produced by Ins words." While listening his manner is absent. The lepoiter proceeds to give some particular of Tynan's former life. He .«ays that he was bom near Dublin ; that he received a good education, and commenced lite as a commercial traveller. Later on he set up in business on his own account. During his lcisuie hoius ho occupied himself w itli politics, and was captivated by the study of the secret societies. When James Stephens had organised Fontanism and had pieparod Ilia plan, Tynan wa-> icady to execute it. Till the recent confession nude by James Carey, Tynan had icmaiii'id unknown. Carey calls him " Numbei One."' and did not know Ins real name. The lepoiter of the Rub 1 1 goes on to explain the reason why " Number One"' has been do- ■ jribcdso vatiously. The vviitci «.iys :—: — " Tynan, is his vaiioih mteiviews with the inembeis of the Invincible Society, never spoke Knglish with the .same accent. Sometimes he spoke like a Sntdiman'at otheis like an liislnna.ii. Moreover, lie •vvas careful never to meet the same individuals more than once. .Tames Carey, who had been placed by his ordeis in Phu-nix JV.ik on May <> seems him foi the fust time, asked him ins name. Tynan replied, 'I am Number One. 1 He was Known by that title bv all the conspirator, m lio wcie never able to disjovcr his teal name. Aftei the ciimc in the Phu>m\ LarK, Tynan remained in hiding in Dublin for about twelve days. He then pi oceeded to London, Mheie lie remained till last Janu.u y. He came to Pans before the Carnival week, but stayed only a few day-. Tynan then ■went to Cannes, vvlioie lie was l\ius,' at the same time as Mi (Madstouu. Dimng the fetes given at Nice lie was under the balcony ot the Piefects oliicial icsidence. On his ictuin to I'aiis Tynan vvas put on his guaid by the attest of JJyi no and Walsh, and hU fiii nds .ul\ is«««l him to leave Fiance. Tynan's idea vvas to go to New Yoik, but ho vv.is dissuaded fiom it by Ins fii"iids. A con-u!tation, at which thcie \\ eie piesent .')l>ont a dozen of liis fellow counti vmen and a Ficnch lavvyui, was held in P.tiis. Aftei long delibeiation, it was decided that Tynan should seek lcfuge in M< \iu), which lias no extradition ticaties " Tlie lejtoitei then relates bow lie immediately sailed toi New Yoik, whole ho landed, and proceeded at once to Mexico. He is said to have an iv ed ill the city ot Mexico, V heie ho has a biuthei, v\ ho is a ptiest, attached to one of the chinches tlieio. A Dublin emicspondent gives the following pjfttutilat s concerning tliu antecedents of Patiick T. Tynan : - Tynan was botn in or about the year 1830, in the tow uof Woxfoul. His fatlici who w.-u a gunsmith, met with some leveu-es "\\ lien Patiick was still \'>ung and, as a consequence, left the distiict and settled in Kingstown Hole lie set up a sliootinirgalleiy.and into iaitly cmnioilablc ciieumstancos ; tliougli he was unable to give his clnldicn .my thing moie tli.in the merest indimcnts of education. I'atiick was a "blight boy." aud before he was fai .wlvanced in hid teens lie was commissioned by the piopuotor of one of the Dublin morning papeis, hich was tl)on jn its infancy, to net as Kingstown correspondent, and at. the same time to look after the. ciioubitioii of the paper in that district, a wooden box, being built for him just nutside the Kingstown Railway Station. Some yesus aftoiwauls ho Hccuicda shop in Kingstown, where he commenced the sale of newspapers and Btationeiv. | and Mhrii he aftcnVaids added ti cnciiliiting libiiuy, il became a tolerably good business. At this time there lived in Kingstown a Mr Uyrne, who Kept a better-class school. Ho often inu chased papets from Tynan, and, finding him an intelligent lad, devoted some time to his instiuction. Tynan, besides receiving an English education, was thus taught French and (lei man, Mr Byrne also took every oppoitunity of relating to him the doings and the sullciinss of the Young li eland party and enlisting bis pupil's sympathies in favom of Stephens. His teaching in this direction was so far successful as to make Tynan in 1870 one of Stephens' most active lieutenants, liryne left Ii eland for America, wheic l.c is now the piopiiotor of a newspaper in San Fiancisco, and Tynan puiaiied bis studies in Kingstown. He had in the meantime mat tied, and a family was growing up around him. In the year 18711 '''yuan gave up his business in Kingstown, and atterwaids cntcied the &iM v ico of Sir John Causton and Sons, ■well-known stationeis, when he lemoved to London.

So Mkthodicvl. — '• What sort of servant have you now ?*' inquired a San Francisco Lidy of a fiicntl whom she wan visiting. " Oh, splendid ?" she replied. " He's a Chinaman, and so methodical in his habits that I know just what he is doing any hour of the day. He is 1 now probably putting away the dishes and tidying up the kitchen. Come and see if « I'm right.'' She led the way to the kitchen, quietly opening the door, and theie, in the middle of the floor, sat John Chinaman, washing his feet in the fish-kettle. At a dinner recently in a city at some distance from London the toast of the "Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces" was propospd in teims of cqimocal compliment. In submitting the toast the chd.ii man said, "This is a toast which require very little comment from me, as the subject is one with which yon are all familiar. The Army and Navy have now been drunk for many years, and the Reserve Forces have now been drunk foi something over twenty years." Theresuit was an explosion of merriment, the meaning of which took the genial and learned chairman, a gentleman with a national reputation, tome little time to comprehend. Buy the best sewing machines, packed in boxes, carnage paid. Home Shuttle, £'A: \Vhitc, £3 10*; Wcrthoim. /410s; Krister and Kossman's, £4 10* :in walnut cover, £6, Knit-nin^-machinc*, £~ ; Singer's, Howes, Daxis', Jones', 'Standard, and all the better classes ot (Ttiachincj ■in stock, Casli, or deferred. D. S. Clambers' Wholesale and Retail Machii c Depot, 70, Queen-street opposite the Bank if New Zealand.