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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1885. Office. Patrick Joyce, in writing to him, mokes in ont onnfl news about property in Ireland worth whatever part of the habitable world such a man was mot he should be crushed out of society. So these nien reasoned so woro thoy resolved and the shooting at THE STORY TOLD jive it a kick, myself providing, of course, I'm out of tag myself. The effoct of tho capturo in Liverpool is almost as great throughout England and even here, as if there had beou several terrible explosions and loss of property.

Indeed, there is nothing eiso thought or spoken of, and Cork ia pointed to as having for many months had tho appearance of more than extraordinary tranquillity prior to Thursday last, I think this covers nearly all the ground you want to review. There is a large, costly and effective stock on hand in Kerry and elsewhere, and you will hear, I have no doubt, a good report from thoro soon. The Liverpool and Cork business was undoubtedly a Bovero blow to us, but it is only temporary and may be tho means expensively, it is truo of averting even a greater calamity in the future. There must havo been a scrow loose somewhore iu Cork, or elso Deasy must havo unintentionally overdid or oversold Uio thing in Liverpool. It 'was unfortunate bis Baying that a man named Murphy had sent him from Cork, because F.

was known to several as Murphy. ThiB may bo the missing link, but a fow days will perhaps toll. Meantime I'll close and wish yourself and all the boys all kinds of good luck and good cheer. Thine ever, James MoDermott. P.

S. Of courBO, Mr. Gill is ignorant of tho contents of this letter, but you could trust your life to him. See, in that letter how ho suggests that "one of the London men be sont to Cork to take place." Gladstone was very anxious to catch tho London men who blow up his Home office, but he'll be likoly to catch more of them before they fall. "You saw the cablegram I sent in my own name, at request," is another paragraph of that letter.

Yes I saw it, and it was as much a surprise to mo as was that letter itself. Here was a man writing to me in a tako it for granted style that he was a dynamito agent of mine in Ireland; whereas I had not givon him a hint or a word of introduction to man, woman, or child in Ireland. I was puzzled what to do and I had only to let things take their course. FeathcrBtoue had, it seems, tho address of a friend of his, and no ono else but Fcatherstone had that address; and that Jim MoDor mott should telegraph to that man for money was Buch a surpriso to him that ho ran to mo to show me tho telegram. I refused point blank to recognize the telegram but eventually tho man answered the telegram to the care of a friend of bis named O'Horlihy, Bending 20 which was pocketed by Jim, and never accounted for to any one.

When he returned to America he denied sotting the 20, but the telegraph office people Bay the money was paid. O'Herlihy was arrested with tho other four men; but thoro was no ovidonco against him only that telegram for McDermott coming to his house and McDermott's hand in the gamo should be seen if the case against O'Herlihy was pressed! That 20, saved him from a sentence of "penal servitude for life." I put thoso words ponal servitude for life in quotation marks, becauso I expect tho wrath of the whole Irish raco will knock tho life out of England's rule in Ireland, before England iB much older. Then, wo will have an exchange of prisoners. "I fear F. has got the copy I made iu my own hand writing of Pat Joyce's cure for tho gout," is another sentence of McDormott's letter, and furnishes another proof of his Infamy.

Pat Joyce sent this "cute for the gout" to tho care of a friend for Featherstone. McDermott called at the friend's house, and learned thore was a lettor from America it carao enclosed in a second envelope, no address was on the enclosed letter, but it was stated a friend would call for it, "Oh," said McDormott, "I am tho friond." Ho got the letter took it away with him took a copy of tho enclosed and gave it to Fcatherstone, and sent the original to Dublin Castle. The reader of thoso lines will perhaps eay, "Oh, hero is this O'Douovan Rossa giving away everything telling everything to tho English Government but, my dear reader, the English Government knows all this already, aud it is no harm for you to know what the English Government knows. There is no use iu trying to blind tho devil in tho dark, aud we will not seo the better by shutting our eyes to tho sunlight. Tho foregoing lettor that you have' read was delivered to me by a very mild mannered gentleman, he told mo he was a Land Leaguer that ho had nothing to do with dynamite work that ho did not know what tho letter contained, but ho got it from a friend as ho was coming on board ship in Cove, and ho promised to deliver safely to me.

I told him if the English enemy wished to seize that letter upon his person, all tho Land Leaguers in Ireland could not bsvo him from transportation. Tho letter had five red wax seals on it, one on each corner and one iu the middle. Tho English authorities in Ireland had read that letter, and they knew it was coming out to mo by Mr. Gill, and they desired it would reach mo safely, in tho hope that they would catch up everything inimical to thoir rule iu Ireland, through their agont, McDermott. MO DERMOTT IN FRANCE.

McDermott having succeeded in trapping his victims in Cork next tries his hand in Paris. Eugene Davis was living at No. 338 Ruo St. Honore ho was a weekly correspondent of my paper, tho United Irishman, aud he dated his correspondence from No. 338.

Before McDermott sailed for Ireland ho told mo ho would travel Franco he would seo James Stephens and see everyone. While he was talking I was turning the mattor in my mind, and I thought to myself thus Ho certaiuly cannot do any harm iu Paris thero aro no dynamito men there, and when ho asked mo for tho address of my correspondent in PariB which address was publicly printed on the paper every week I gave it to him. I cannot say that I am personally acquainted with my Paris correspondent, but I kuew him since before ho was barn, having been a guest at the wedding of his father and mother in Skibberoen some thirty years ago. He is half brother to tho Rev. Charles Davis, of Skib bereeu, and was educated for the church but McDermott actually got him to go on a mission to Cork, and had traps laid for his arroBt with tho other mon there.

As soon as he reached Cork tho Cork men told him to fly back as quickly and quiotly as possible, that McDer Bhort timo. He isa sterling fellow, about 30 years of ago, and an anient admirer of Jer's. Carroll, who tho paper, knows him well, as does also Lyons. Don't neglect this. Thino hastily, J.

McDkumott. I havo not yot mado Inquiry about William liyau, of Montreal. Ho is, possibly, 0 good hearted, innocent, patriotic Irishman, whoso confidence Mcllcnuott thought ho could get, if wo gave him any of ours. I havo reason to know that every lettor McDermott wrote to me was shownjto an English official K't'ure it was sent. Somo letters were written to me by him that novor reached mo; for instance, a letter written to Sheriff Stegman, of Brooklyu.

I hoard (hive months ago that that letter came to Sheriff Stegman, but so little did I think I hod to bu concerned with what James McDermott lvad to writo to me that I never went to Sheriff Stpgman to ask him about tho loiter he got for me. I called on tho Shot ill" a fow days ago, and ho told mo tho letter was in the hands of Father Dowd. I'd liko to havo it, just to perfect the story of tho plot McDermott laid to carry out his work to perfection. You seo, the great difficulty ho had at first with the English was to satisfy them that he was solidly "in'' with O'Donovan Rossa, and to show that, he hod to manufacture thoso letters and write to mo iu a stylo that would not lcavo a doubt in the English mind that ho was an agent or a missionor of mine. Ho told me, whon leaving Amorica, that he might writo to mo, aud if he did ho would direct his letters under cover to Sheriff Stegman, "so that they would not arrest suspi.

cion, or that suspicion would not arrest them. Ho knew 0 number of pooplo in Ireland whom 1 knew, and also a of peoplo who ore known to I'alrlck Joyce, tho secretary of tho Fenian Brotherhood. Ho made it a point to keep visiting their houses, and as luck, or ill luck, would have it ho learned iu ono. placo that .1 letter had arrived from America for a man who was to call for it. "Oh," said ho, "I am tho Ho got tho lotter.

Tho proper man called for tho letter next day, and was referred to McDormott. McDermott whon called upon gave a copy of what ho got hu said ho had destroyed tho original. The very reasonable conclusion I havo to como io is that the original was Bent to Dublin Castle. Thi't was tho document called "Tho euro for the gout," which was produced in court agaiust tho prisoners. Hero is a lettor from Ireland, tolling how McDormott laid hold of that paper: March 20, 1SS3.

1 had tho pleasure of mooting your friend, Mr. J. McDormott, on last Wednesday. Ho called on us. I met him a day or two after at Mr.

'3. Now, about tho note you inclosed to me, and which I received lost Thursday. Ai tlw timo it cumo Til and Mrs, wore in tho dining room witli me, and (ho former, on receiving tho unaddrcssed envelope, asked 1110 for whom it was. I told her it was for a friond of yours who was to call for it. Whether Mrs.

D. mentioned to McDormott about my having tho note or not I don't know, but I suppose sho did. no sont to 11111 from t) 'a saying it was for him aud 1, 110I knowing but it was, sent it to him. That was on Friday evening, and during my absence on Saturday a man eatled for said nnto. I saw him af lot ward and referred him to McDormott." I om tho last man in iho world to say a bad word of another in fact it is always painful to mo when any kind of duly obliges me to speak ill of a man, or, indeed, of a woman cither but from all I know now of tho movements of James McDermott lor tho post year 1 am forced to beliovo that a moro infamous chnractor than ho has made himself has uot appeatv.I ou (ho faco of the seven hundred years of history between England and Ireland.

Tho four men sentenced to lifo long penal servltudo in Liverpool somo days ago are his victims. Roporter You havo said nothing yet as to what tho papers say regarding McDermott's brother taking this man O'Brion to your houso ono time. Is that a fact Rossa It is a fact, and a fact that there is something to bo said upon, too. Mr. K.

positively assorts that Hon. ry or Harry McDoj mott, who is a right hand nmn to Mayor Low, is in with the brother and with O'Brien. I am positively convinced that O'Brion is 0 spy agent of tho English in New York. I know Jamos McDermott brought O'Brien into my office; I know Harry MoDermott took O'lirien to my house, No. 870 HushwicU avenue, and talked with my wife about Jim's mission to Ireland.

And I know after thoir visit iwy wife scolded mo for having anything at all to do with Jim McDermott. Shu Mid the brother did all tho talking, and O'lirien did nil tho listening. I am satis fled to meet MoDeruuitt's brother any day, in prosonoo of Mayor Low, Shnriff Stegman, John MrGrnnrty and Father Dowd, to see if lie can clear himself of (ho very strong suspicions that aro entortainod as lo his being 111 the plot with the other two. Hy tho by, did you sen that gentleman who camo info tho office a whilo ago? That is Father Dowd. Sheriff Stugman wrote to him, and ho brought mo tho letter.

Jim MeD. rmoU wrote to tho shcrilfs wife. Here it is. You sett thoro is tho envolope addressed to "Mrs. Lewis It.

Ntegman, 18 Bedford avenuo, Brooklyn, N. the Cork postmark of March 21), tho Brooklyn postmark of March 2'J. No inside envelope inclosing tho letter to O'Donovan Kossa, but an open sheet with this indorsement "Mrs. Stegman Plooso soo that Low sonds this to O'Donovan Hossa. Ho lives in Williamsburgh but his offico is 12 Chambers streot, N.

Y. Mao." Hero ib tho letter itself IMPEKUL Hotel, Ireland, 2(1, 1883. JI'j Dear Itwsa Several telegrams from America appear in tho various Irish newspapers (his morning, in which ccrlain Now York Irishmen aro represented as saying (hat you ami your friunils are cranks thai you know nothing of tho recent unploa antnoss iu London ami Glasgow.and that all von want to do is to raiso. the wind. Now, by the time you can publish ibis hastily written nolo I'll probably bu mil of this country but whether or not, publish it anyhow, and put my namo in full to it.

For prudential reasons I won't sitfu it now. as I solid this under cover through my friend, Sheriff Stegman, of Brooklyn. But to tho point. Thai you and your friends aro cranks I'll not sto2 to discuss but TO YOU AND YOU ALONE AND YOUR FRIENDS is duo tho whole of tho credit (if credit thoro be in it) of tho late affair in LjiuIou, I affirm on my own personal knowledge Tho Lady Dixie affair is concoction and lie from Iho beginning to tbo end. If, therefore, terror is to bo sont homo ond reprisal nuulo through your "resources of civilization," tnou 1 say you and you alono are entitled to raise tho wind.

Yours heartily, Now York, became aoquBinted with Matthew E. O'Brien (who I believe is son of Octavius O'Brien, attorney, Dublin, and accomplice of Jamos McDermott), In October, 1882. He was then a conductor in thB Second avenue cars. I was also a conductor. Ho asked me to join some Irish society, and learn something as to what was going on about Irish affairs; ha told me ho would put mo in the way of becoming rich man, and would get me a government position for life in tho detective service of Australia, besido giving me a largo sum of money and a regular weekly salary and spending money.

I reported the matter to Mr. John Devoy, as I know ho belonged to a certain Irish society to whloh I belonged, bnt.he took no action on my report. I was consulting with my father, Daniel O'Geary, and he advised mo to toll everything concerning O'Brien to O'Donovan Rossa, I did tell O'Donovan Rossa, aud he gavo mo a passage ticket, to make a pretenco to O'Brien that I was going to Ireland, and to try if I could got anv money from him that if I only got $5 from him for tho work he proposed to mo to do, it would fasten tho fact upon him that ho was an English spy. I went to the Courtolyca farm house, Flatbush, Long Island, to meet O'Brien, aud tho lady of tho house informed mo that ho had left two weeks before, and Bhc asked mo if I. was tho gentleman ho hud been expecting from across tho Atlantic.

I said I was and sho told mo I may be able to loavn BOinothing about him iu the post office. I have not seen him since. During conversations with him ho asked me to got tho real names of Ausburg and Whitehead, who were then under arrest in England. At the last meeting I had with O'Brien, at tbo Summit Hotel, corner Canal street and Bowery, New York, I asked him what about his friend, or foster brother, McDermott, who was threatened with arrest in Ireland and his reply to mo was that ho had sent a dispatch to the authorities to Ut him go; and McDermott went to Paris. Patrick J.

O'Geaby. Sworn to before mo this 18th day of August, 1883. Gkohoe W. MoConmoK, Commissioner of Deeds, N. Y.

City. Patrick O'Geary swears that tho woman O'Brion was boarding with told him to inquire at the Post Office for him. In tracing up this man I find beyond a doubt that this English spy was in the employment of a Mr. Nowcome, who is superintendent of the Secrot Service Department in tho PoBt Office. Nowcomo's appoint ment comes through tho Government iu Washington, and Mr.

Pearsou, tho Postmaster in New York, flays he has no control over him, yet Nowcorue can arrest any lettor passing through tho Post Office that ho chooses to call "suspicious," and this English spy, O'Brien, can have possession of it. This matter may come up in Congress yet. When the whole of my story is told it must be asked by every thoroughbred American, "Can it bo posible that England's spies and agents are in possession of every department of our public service mo dermott's visit to ibeland. About tho end of February McDormott told me he had made up his mind to take a trip to Ireland. He showed me a written authority from one of tho Brooklyu papers to act as correspondent for it.

Ho asked me for a Bimilar warrant to act as correspondent for the United Irishman. I hesitated at giving him this. I told him it may got him into trouble if my writing was caught with him, but ho said ho'd fight it out this time and go on his dignity and on his right to travel as an American citizen. I could not well persist in refusing Riving him what he asked for, unless I fell out with him, aud told him plump I Buspected htm of bad intentions, and so ha got from mo an authorization to act as correspondent for my paper, the United Irishman. I have since learned that ho used that writing of mine to worm himself into tho confidence of men who are now his victims, under sentence of penal servitude for lifo sentenced to lifelong penal servitude by England and the "job put up" by Englaud's paid spy, Jim McDermott.

Tho day before McDermott sailed for Ireland he wrote to mo hy hand, inviting mo to a party that was to be given honor of him at John McGroarty's, Montague street, Brooklyn. I think it was O'Brien brought me the note, and, taking ono of my business cards, I wrote on the back of it Sorry I cannot be with you. Remember mo to tho boys." This card I also loarn ho used in Ireland to ingratiate himself into the confidence of men there. He convinced at least ono man that those simple words on tho card and in the lettor he had from mo wero only a cloak to covor the real purposo of his mission, and that mission was to destroy England by dynamite. That man, Fcatherstone, entered into the schomes of our modem Body the Rover," Jim McDermott, became his agent iu the transferor dynamite material from Cork to England.

Jim had tho material and tho man (with three other men) arrested, and, without himself appearing on the witness table at all, was working behind the screen, giving secret instructions how to have them convicted. All the arts ho used to entrap men and to find out things for the English, which the English themselyos failed to find, though they had offered 20,000 reward for the discovery, would fill a volume. Everything ho learned from the one man he entrapped was seized upon by tho police; everything connected with the same work which he did not learn of remained safe. Ho tried left and right to get an introduction to Cascla Island, to some dynamite confederate about there, so that he would stimulate the work, but he failed to get it. Twenty thousand pounds reward was ofTered for tho discovery of the man who shot Hussey, tho landlord.

Ono man was in jail on suspicion, had beou brought before tho judges at three assizes and had been remanded back to prison for want of criminatory evidence twainst him. McDermott offered to go down to Castlo Island and bail him out and take him ovor to Franco with him but his offer was declined. Ho aimed at getting the confidence of that man or of some ono who would tell him who killed Hussey, and thus aimed at getting the reward. Ho visited tho peoplo who wero supplying imprisoned mou with food and paid them their bills, and by this liberality loomed for tho Government who had been previously paying tho bills. As I have said, the record of his infamy would fill a volume, but, as you have only a newspaper to fill, I had better get at his letters and let you read his character by their light.

Keep it in your mind that tho man who writos this letter is shaping himself to catch hold of everything and to betray everything to the oiiomy. Dublin, Tuesday, April 3, 1883. Deab Rossa I avail myself of the opportunity of Mr. Gill, the hearer hereof, and whom this will inroduco to you, of writing to you hastily aud briefly upon the recent events. Before proceeding, howover, I wish to state that Mr.

Gill has been associated with James O'Connor in editing the Irishman, United Ireland, eta, and ho now goes to look up his fortune aud future home in Amorica. Well, now to "bis Of course you understand the catastrophe in Cork, aud it is of that I would give you now tbo particulars as I understand them. Iu tho first placo. I found all tho material on hand was used up and distributed. The last (but one) two cans were sent to Liverpool, with what unfortunato result you have, of course, already learned through tho cable.

There were but two cans left, I should say, instead of one, but ono of these two was a small ono aud intended to bo usod at tho magazine Hanlbolin in Quecnstown harbor, this week. It would and may yet blow Spiko Island clean out of the water, for iu ono compartment alone thore are tons of powder. Indeed, I think Qucenstown Bself would get bad shattering. Now stick a pin in this notwithstanding tho great mishap in Cork, this magazine will go shortly, for tho man for that is not even suspoctod, and he'll do it yet. Both these cans aro, of course, either secreted or possibly destroyed, because no one could tell where the peelers were going to search.

intention was that on a given night there should have been a movement all along the lines in Ireland, Scotland and England. With that view I went to London and saw O'C, but he was without a pound of stuff or a companion. He was daily expecting T. B'n. and somebody clsoyou told him would meet him.

Well, nobody came near him up to last Sunday night week, when I left London for Cork again. When I got back I found F. loath to lot out all tho stuff on hand iu Cork, until he had some assurance thit ho could send for more of the raw material. Ho was vory anxiouB to send some stuff to Liverpool at onco. but ho had no money to send the man with.

1 then gavo him 2 and I gayc Deasv 1 when ho was going away. After ho went we concluded to write at once to Scotland for some materials, one portion of which would cost 8 and the other 3 10s. I gave V. the X3 and he procured a P. 0.

ordor aud sont it along on the spot, and at the samo time he filled the printed form nut.both in namo, mind you, for the 3 10s, but failed to forward it bef oro ho was arrested, and so that was found on him, with what else God and tho peelers and, probably, himself only knows. That very day got a 20 draft, aud ho was to have refunded me my advances out of it, but when I went to sock him in tho morning, presto! he was in jail, too, and I did not havo a shilling to skip with, for skip, I concluded, was the proper caper under the circumstances. Mrs. Mayno, of 27 Lavitts Quay, a Bister of Tom Kenny, tho bill poster of Brooklyn, when sho learned tho fix I was in, pawned her watch and gavo me 5, and with that I got hero, but whether they will arrest mo here or not I can't say, and I suppose much depends, in that respect, upon Deasy, who, I think, will stand came to the callows. It would bo a terri quiries as to O'Brien's present address, and it seems to mo that Jim is beginning to think some one is coming to bo suspected of doing dirty work, and hoshapes himself to point ont'O'Brion as the person.

Jim will sink all the friends in tho world to keep himself afloat, and if it is necessary for his safety to sacrifioo O'Brien, down O'Brion must go. In this letter from Montreal, ho says "Tho man O'Brien you apoko to me about sent mo thirty of tho fifty dollars he owed mo, and informs mo that ho is engaged in tho United States Secret Service of tho Post Offico, and cuclosos mo tho card of his superior, whloh I now send you to please find out if it iB so. Tho offico is in tho General Post Office in Now York. Pleaso do this quietly for mo. Get some one elso also to work np tho antecedents all of thorn of a William Bulger who keops a saloon at tho corner of Canal and Yarlck.

This is important. Roturn mo Nowcomo's card. Regards to Co. Thiuo, "James McDEnstOTT." Newcomo's card was not returned to him. I retain possession of it still.

Some of tho Clan na Gael men tell mo that their informer Norman, Lynch or Gibney was a bartendor for a whilo in that saloon at tho corner of Canal and Voriek streets. If ho was. it shows connection between O'Brien and bim. I havo not had timo to make any inquiry on that matter yet. Oue of ray friends sot to work to como at tho iu Bldo working of tho Post Olfico cspiouago, aud this is tho result of his inquiry so far A proper subject for inquiry at the coming session of Congress is tho alleged connection of an English detective named O'Brien tho particular friond of James McDermott, tho informer with tho United Slates Secrot Service.

Tho point to start from in such an investigation is where O'Brien was taken by an English detective in this country on political business into the offico of L. E. Newcome, United Status Post Oflico Inspector, and introduced to that official, aftor which ho made Mr. Nowcomo's office, as is stated, his headquarters until tbo shooting at McDermott iu Chambers street warned him that noma othov place than New York would bo eafor for him. An interview with Mr.

E. C. Baldwin, of the Inspector's ollice, by a Mercury reporter, throws some light upon the subject. "Did you know a man named O'Brion, who wbb employed here by Mr. Nowconio during tho past Bummer 1" the reporter asked.

I knew a man named O'Brien," Mr. Baldwin replied. He wos in and out of hero very frequently for Borne time, but disappeared about tho timo MO DERMOTT WAS SHOT AT." "Was ho employed hero as a post offico dotoctivo Not regularly, I know, and I am of tho opinion that ho was not employed at all. Mr. Newcome was very friendly to him, but I thought that might havo beon ou account of his having been introduced by a friend FROM THE OTHER SIDE." Whot do you mean by the other sido 1 England is it Yes, England or Ireland.

Ho is in the samo lino of business." You mean tho man who introduced O'Brien to Mr. Newcome was an English Governmont detcctivo 1" Yes, so I believe." And on tho strength of this introduction O'Brien frequented this office day aftor day and innde this his headquarters, even to having his lettors addressed here So it would appear." Do mou act so on mere actual introductions, according to your experience Well, I rather think not at least not always. But in this case it may havo been on account of Mr. Newcomo's friendship WITH THE ENGLISH DETECTIVE." Was this English dotectivo an old friend of Mr. Newcome I really do not know, but I think their previous acquaintanco had not been of a very long term." Did Mr.

Newoome know him iu England Or was Mr. Nowcomo ever in England I do not beliovo he ever was. Oh, I supposo ho got acquainted with this English dotectivo here, as thoy wore both in the same lino of business." Do you know anything about O'Brien or his style of living Nothing, except that ho looked liko a man who lived high, and had plenty of money." "Ho spent a good deal of his timo around tho Post Office "Yes, a good deal." "And appeared on terms Of friendship with Mr. New come?" "Well, yes. Mr.

Nowcomo.always saluted and treated him in a friendly SORT OF WAY." "I understand Mr, Newcome is out of tho city. Do you know where I could communicate with him "Ho started for Niagara Falls, on his wedding tour, this morning aud won't bo back probably for a couple of weeks. He hns not been feeling vory well, either, and may take a rest for that length of timo." AN INTERVIEW WITH THE POSTMASTER. Tho roporter then passed upstairs and saw Postmaster Pearson. Mr.

Pear.son explained that tho In. spcotion Bureau of tho Post Office was independent of him altogether. "The country is divided into so many postal inspection districts and tho inspectors are appointed directly from Washington and assigned to districts. Mr. Newcome is assigned to this district, which includes Now York City aud a considerable territory around.

I have nothing to do with tho inspector except to notify him whoii a robbery or something wrong has OOOUBHED IN THE MAILS." "Do you know if ho had a man named O'Brien em. ployed 'under bim for any time during tho Summer "No, I really do not. I havo nothing whatever to do with that. He might havo had him employed in his oflico temporarily. Ho has tho right to ompUiy a detective temporarily to help in working up a case or performing soino duty which the regular forco did not havo timo to look after, or thoro might bo a case whero a strauger would do better by reason of HIS NOT J3EIXO KNOWN." "Then Mr.

Newcomo may havo employed O'Brion in his oflico 7" "Yes, ho may havo dono so. Mr. Nowcomo never epeaks to mo on subjects of this kind, and I have no means of knowing. Their pay roll dues not come to the Post Office regular, and is not paid by me. If I hail known that ho had O'Brien employed I should havo asked him about it, although really I have no control over him in that respect.

I will ti'U you what you might do. Mr. Newcome started this morning for Niagara Falls. I know he. will call on the chief of pulico there, becanso be got a lettor of introduction to him.

If you write him in caro of tbo chief of police at Niagara Fulls ha would bo corlnln to get your letter, I would like myself you would writo him tell him the etory about this O'Brion'B connection with his oflico aud ask him FOB AN EXPLANATION." Tho reportor walked across to tho Mmury oflico and wrote a letter to Mr. Newcome, politely asking him for an explanation. This letter wai addressed as the. Postmaster had suggested, and should havo gone in tho mail loaving the city for Niagara Falls by tho (i o'clock express Wednesday ovening. No reply has yet been received, although thoro might have been one on Friday.

This, howover, may have been caused by Mr. Newcome staying over at Albany or some other point 0)1 tho route by which ho went. A letter dated at tho Delevan Houso, Albany, was roccived from him at his office on Friday. IN THE ABSENCE OF MB. OAYXOB, the Doputy Postmaster, who Bailed for England last week, Mr.

Richards, Superintendent of tho City Delivery, is acting Deputy Postmaster. Ho Baid ho know nothing of O'Brien. "Do you not know that ho adopted jour name Richards in somo of bis correspondence in trying to entrap people?" "I boo that ho used tho name 'W. My namo is James Richards. But I know nothing of tho man." "What aro tho duties of a Post Offico inspeotor "Ho Iuoks after robberies and everything that is wrong regarding tho postal matters which would call for tho service of a detective," "What aro his powers and privileges?" "They aro pretty large no largo that I do not think they oro do flucd.

Ho can go into a post office within his district ot any timo and demand to see anything and oxamino everything." "Including letters?" "Yes, ho can oxamino any letters lie wishes to. Tho only thing lie is accountable for is if he does any daniago or destroys anything." "Iu such a case what aro the Postmaster's powers "Oh, ho can report it to tho department at Washington. That is all." O'BBIEN STATED IN A LETTER to McDermott when the latter was in Canada that ho was employed in the secret sorvico of the post office, and an proof inolosed ono of Mr. Nowcomo's cards, stating it was tho card of his suporior. INSPEOTOR MALL AN.

It is understood that tho man who introduced O'Brien to Inspector Newcome was Inspector Mallau, who returned to England in the same vessel by which sailed. It is Baid that O'Brion also returned to England iu disguieo by tho same vessel. McDermott did not mean to forgot prospecting in Canada, He writos as follows to Mr. Joyco Montheal July 17, 1883. MY DEAB Joyce I'm just aftor a hearty breakfast, prospects aro bright and feeling pretty good, I concluded to write a few letters beforo the heat of the day sets in, and bo I commouce with you.

In your note you say Quelch wants $1,250 more for the defenso of tho men iu Liverpool, and that you don't know bow that amount can bo raised. Well, I think I can say without much egotism that I could roiBc most, if not all, of it now iu Canada. Tho newspapers havo so mauy and such various things about mo that I feel satisfied I could fill any halliu Montreal, Quebec and Toronto with peoplo curious to Bee and hear me, and this, too, notwithstanding tho warm weather. I will bo disongaged altogether now in a fow days and would gladly devoto myself to it. What think you? As soon as tho weather gets cool I could also raiso quite a largo sum in Brooklyn, at least.

Jin powant, I loaned about $30 to in Havre, and if ho is flush (ho told mo ho was then waiting for money from homo), I would liko you to get it from him and apply it to whatever purposo Jerry may think stands most iu need of it. If I do not succeed here I will bo somewhat short for a liitlo whilo myself indeed, I do not think I can have more than 550 in tho bank at this moment and I owe hero moro than that. By the way, is D. F. McCarthy doing anything yet 1 I should be very sorry if Noonan gots away before I get a chance of seeing him.

My regards.to aud all friends. Thine, James MoDermott. P. S. Let mo hoar from you respecting my proposed echemo to "raiso tho wind." Of courso I would not apply cent of it, oven for my own expenses.

Mac. ADDENDA. Montoeai, Jnly 17, Deaii Jotce JnBt as I had dropped my note to you I recollected an item which I should have inserted. It is this: I havo Incidentally met several very fine and Sterling Irishmen hero and from their general conversation I fear thero is very little effective work of any kind being done in Montreal. If you or Jer will write to William Ryan, 182 St James street, Montreal, and inttrwtbiaMly you vrill got good returns In a vary 10,000, a suit about which was pending for some yearo between himself aud others.

He went into no more particulars on this affair, nor did I ask him to do so. Mr. Casey and myself accompauied him to Havre, where ho introduced us to Mr. and I must Bay candidly and above board, and will bo borne out in tne statement by Mr. Casay, that Mr.

McDermott's manner underwent a rapid chango tho moment he shook hands and kissed his Cork acquaintance. He was as nervous, cautious and resorved fn his conversation with us, as up to that time was frarik and unsuspecting. I may be right or wrong, but I am inclined to attributo this transformation of chnractor to a (probably to bim) suspicious movement made by Mr. who took mo aside at tho close of tho evening to give me the first idoa of what he was oonvinced My. McDormott really was.

I may Btato, in conclusion, that Mr. McDermott was constantly asserting that Mr. Carmody was au informer aud that he had good reasons for believing so. One of thoso reasons, ho said, was the non publication of Mr. Carmody's evidence at tho secret inquiry.

It may he, moreover added, that Mr. McDermott sent to Cork for one of the men there, whoso expenses he promised to pay in case ho would como to see him in Paris, with tho view of continuing the dynamito business in that city, its neighborhood and in Kerry. I procured bim a mau, Howover, even in preference of all these facts, I dis tinotlv refuse to Bay that I beliovo Mr. McDormott to be a British spy. I don't for a moment doubt Mr.

's sincerity, but it is possible that ho may be mistaken in his view concerning him. Novertholesa, Mr. should be heard with respect, and should ho adduce convincing evidenco of Mr. McDormott's guilt, tho Irish iu America ought to be mado immediately aware who it was that victimized Deasy, Fcatherstone, O'Herlihy and others. I leave tho matter there.

Eugene Davis, Hotel Bacquo, 888 Ruo St. Honoro, May 29, 1883. Tho Mr. mentioned in that communication is a man that tho English governmont Boemcd to bo very anxious McDermott would secure. He refused to havo anything to do with McDermott and his dynamito, and he cautioned all men in Cork against having anything to do with him.

Ho wob ono great obstacle in tho way of McDermott's conspiracy or rather of Gladstone's conspiracy going ahead; and to dofcat that conspiracy, as much as for anything el6e, he traveled to France and to America. Hero is tho communication from Mr. James Stophens, written in Mr. Stephens' own handwriting MB. JAMES STEPHENS ON MB.

J. MODBBMOTT. When and whore did you come to know McDermott 1" I came to know Mr. McDermott in Dublin, after the return of tho Papal Brigade from Italy." What impression did he make on you He did not make a favorable impression. Ho was too demonstrative I might say too blusterous from my point of view.

In point of fact I considered him altogether too pretentious for his standing and abilities, and I novor could have given him auy high place in the organization. I continued to see him for some timo in Dublin before his departure for the States." What do you know of his connection with tho Campobello movement 1" I believe ho was one of those who most loudly advocated that wild and fatal movement. I call it wild and fatal, because there was not an atom of chance of its success and because its certain failure demoralized the O'Mahony wing i. tho' party who were acting with me in tho States. Alter that mad and most inglorious fiasco it was impossiblo for me it would havo been impossible for an archangel to do anything with the Irish in America for tho Irish in Ireland." "Was McDermott's advocacy of tho Campobello movement dictated by interested motives 1" "When I wout to Amorica in '60 1 was fully disposed to forget and forgive all shortcomings on the part of all parties, and to endeavor to bring them all together for united action in Ireland.

But at that time McDermott was looked on with so much suspicion and detestation that I think he was tho best beaten man I met in the States." What do you mean by the best beaten man I mean that ho couldn't find himself in thocompany of half a dozen Irishmen without being drubbed within an inch of his lifo. The Irish are not vile enough to Bet on a fellow Bix or eight at a time, but if McDermott happened to come across a group of six or eight honest Irishmen, the question was who would give him the hardest blows. And so I repeat he was tho best hammered Irishman in the Uuited States. How ho escaped death is a sort of miracle to me; but it would appear that the gods are prime protectors of blaokguards. Now I consider MuDormott one of the primest blackguards in Christendom, and consequently ono of tho foremost protges of these Olympian deities." "What proofs havo you of his being tho blackguard you represent him to be?" "I don't need any proofs beyond my words to prove tho man what I eay in the United States.

You could not go among any number of Irishmen in New York or Brooklyn not to havo overwhelming proofs of what I state; but from Ireland as well as from America I am convinced that overwhelming proofs against this mercenary and traitorous man could be furnished in abundance The charges against McDermott wero thoso of embezzlement, of having made the Fenian Brotherhood pay him for services aud sums expended which could novor be accounted for. So much for bis conduct on the other Bide but on this side tho charges against liim are of a more deadly nature. Tho friends iu Cork who had anything to do with him prefer this terrible charge against him: that ho was in tho constant company of tho deadly enemies of tho cause, hobnobbing witn tnom and even visiting their houses. How any man in McDermott's position could have baon invited to tho houses of the leading gentry about Cork aud entertained thore is incompatible with tho character of an honest Irish patriot. Why was ho invited to thoso houses, and why, if ever bo much invited, did he go to these places? As you write there are two Cork men in my presenco who can tell you what thoy think of his intimacy with the big wigs, magistrates and so lorth ol their district.

Only ask them what thoy felt when they heard that this trusted agent of the I. R. B. was being entertained by my Lord Tom Noddy and Sir This and That, Of course if McDermott were above suspicion he mioht do all this and more, aud our Cork frionds think that ho was only very clevor and playing on his entertainers. But this is a difficult game, only to bo played by the ablest of men, aud McDermott is a very ordinary man iudecd.

Beside McDermott did not inspire Implicit confidence anywhere, and this want of confidence would have stultified the ablest man." "Mr. Davis having interviewed me on tho above subject I hereby sign my name James Stephens." The steamer St. Germain arrived in the harbor one day bringing with it McDormott, and tho man Patrick Kiernan referred to In the statement of Eugeno Davis, That day, Kiernan came to my office, 12 Chambers streot, bringing with him an order from McDormott on mo for five dollars. The note stated that he, McDermott, was short of Bmall chango that he would call in next day and pay me tho five dollars and that Kiernan was without money. This now, thought I to myself, Is a movo to establish official relations with me in connection with his mission, and I will watch him without lotting him understand I have tho loast suspicion of his treachery, or that I seo through the game ho is playing.

But thero was tho poor mau Kiernan sitting down in my office, and ho looked as if he was poor indeed. But I had no loose five dollars to give him yet thoro ho was without having eaten any breakfast he said, and without having car fare to take him to the house of McDermott's brother in Brooklyn, whose address he had. "Here," said "hern iB a half a dollar for you for half of it you'll get somothing to oat next door at Leggett's, and for the other half you can get to Mr. McDermott's placo in Brooklyn. I gavo him instructions what cars and what ferry to take.

Mr. Kiernan went away and I have not seen him since. Next day McDermott came to my office, and with him was a young man, whom ho introduced to mo as a reporter for a Brooklyn papor, tho (manor Union Argus, or something that way ho called it I think. I told the two of them to be seated, and Jim was no sooner in tho chair than ho asked me, "Did you get that letter I wrote you from Dublin 7" "For goodness sake," said "do you want to got the whole world down on me Here am I forbiddon by the oouncil to Bay a word to anyone in the presence of reporters, and tho first thing you do is to introduce this gentlemen to me as a reporter, and then ask mo questions if I got this and that from you from Ireland. Oh no, Jim, I must keep my mouth shut In presence of reporters." "Ob," said he, "I don't bring this man in as a reporter.

I Just mot him as friond." "That's all right said we'll talk about Ireland soma other time." "Well then," said ho, "I'll call over to morrow and have a long talk with you." "Any time you like," said To morrow came and Jim came too. I heard what he had to say but said very little myself. I never let on that I had the least suspicion of him. He could do so many things in Ireland and England in spito of all England's watchfulness; ho was going up to Canada in a day or two to put a son of his to school there, and cauldn't ho do anything in Canada? I said I couldn't say, but that my policy was for Ireland and for Irishmento strike down the English flag wherever they saw it float. McDermott turned up in Canada soon aftor and there I will leavo him, while I speak of the arrival of the man who 3ent me the telegram from Franco and of tha arrival of other men whom SIc Dermott tried to ensnare in Ireland.

Four of these men were now in New York and McDormott was up in Canada; some of those men were violent in Bpealtlng of MoDermott, and sworo they would shoot him dead the first moment thoy got sight of him. It was not an affair of assassination at all, nor was it a question of breaking the laws of a country it was a question of punishing a man who had ruined the homes of many in Ireland a question of making an example of one who bd deliberately plotted and planned to trade upoa the liberties, the lives and the blood ot people, tsd ia McDermott in Captain Ryan's Baloon was tho result. It was no put up job" to bring McDormott into Captain Kyan's. Zmet him by ahanco at the Post Office be walked with mo toward my office, which is next door to Captain Ryan's. He asked mo into Captain Byan's, to treat me, and I went in.

Our conversation was on tho arrest of tho mon in Liverpool, on their approaching trial and on money for their defense he had offered to supply ono hundred pounds for their defense tho last time I mot him. I told him I was scraping up oil tho money I could that day, and was Bending it off that day, and that he had no right to bo creating hopes in me and than disappointing me. "I can't give you the hundred pounds to day," Bald ho, but I can give you fifty dollars." Well, said that fifty dollars will clear off the fifty you put down your namo for in the roll of honor, so let Us havo it, and hurry up, becauso I am on the run to meet tho foreign mail. He took from his pocket a blank check of tho Fulton Bank, Brooklyn, and filled it in for fifty dollars, payable to me. Hero, now," said hero is moro dolay.

I havo to go to Brooklyn to get cash for this, when you might as easily have given mo the money." Said Jim: "You'll havo no difficulty in getting tho money for It. Come across the streot to tho City Hall with mo and I'll get it." "No, no," Baid "you'd bo meoting too many and delaying too much, and I'll go it alone I must hurry good by." I mado liasto over to Brooklyn presented tho oheck at tho Fulton Bank, got tho fifty dollars for it, and as I was rounding tho corner to my office, in New York, Colonol Cavauagh, of tho Sixty ninth Regiment, struck up against mo exclaiming Rossa, what does this mean McDermott was shot in at Ryan's just now." MODEBMOTT IN CANADA. I will follow McDermott up to Canada, from which placo ho had just returned before he was shot at, and I will show a fow of his lettors from there. Thore is no doubt but his mission to Canada was tho mission of a spy for England, and he labored pretty hard to try and entrap men up thero. Tho day beforo he was shot at ho wanted, right or wrong, that I would give him a kind of authorization to go back thero to lecture there for the benefit of the organization," and to recruit thero for the dynamito school the celebrity he had acquired up thoro lately would bring him full houses at his lectures, and tho work would not be languishing for want of funds whilo he was out as a lecturer.

I listened to all, "took iu" all aud took him in, too. Patrick Joyce, of Fermoy, is Becretary to the Council of tho Feuiau Brotherhood, and to him I committed tho task of holding correspondence with McDermott. From tho way ho had usod my handwriting in Irolond and in Franco I had to realize that ho could uso my handwriting to oiiBuoro men into his Bclvemcs in Cauoda too. I wrote to aomo subscribers of the papor in Quebec, telling them to havo no counsel with certain people visiting there. I had a telegram from Mr.

Whelan, of the Montreal Post, asking me, "Who is James McDermott, of Brooklyn, and what is ho hero for '(" But as I know Mr. Whelan was Bimply a Land Leaguer and a sensible man, and as I did not want to let McDermott know I snspocted him, I telegraphed back to Mr. Wholan James McDormott, of Brooklyn, is James McDermott, of Brooklyn his business in Montreal is his own business. O'Douovan Rossa." Tho men of Ireland who had to go "on tho run" in consequonco of McDormott's schemes had arrivod in New York and had given their ovidenco bofore a committee of tho Council of tho Fenian Brotherhood. Every member of that committee pronounced McDermott to be the basest wretch that ever turned up in Ireland's history.

Another committee of men mot, none of whom wero members of tho first committee they examined the witnessos under oath, and that committee, too, decided that McDormott was about tho basest wretch that ovor appeared in Irish history. But he was now up iu Canada, and as it was well known that he was intriguing to got mon into trouble there, it was considered well to got him out of Cauada. And as I knew ho had beou laying his wires in complicity with the English spy O'Brien, who was employed in the Post Office to arrest in Liverpool on acquaintanco of mine in this city who was going across on mercantile business of his own, I instructed our secretary, Mr. Joyce, to tell McDormott it was a pity ho was not in New York to bo at tho "Bend off" wo woro going to give who, with Mrs. was to sail for Europe shortly.

McDermott immediately communicated this information to tho spy O'Brien, who was employed in the Now York Post Office, aud O'Brion immediately sets himself to work to fiud out tho day and tho ship on and in which is to Bail. Wo trace O'Brien to John McGroarty's hotel, Montaguo street, Brooklyn, which placo McDermott and O'Brion used to resort. uaed to resort at John SIcGroarty's, too, and thero he learned that McDermott and O'Brien know ho was going on a trip to Ireland. got raging mad ho rau into my office one day and threatened to havo Joj ce and mo shot that no ono but Joyoo and Rossa know he was going to Ireland, and now tho knowledge of it was in possession of tho English spies and detectives. I begged' of not to shoot just for a little while, but to sit down quiotly and listen to our story.

Then we told him nil. Ho abandonded hi3 intention of Bhooting us, and abandoned also his intention of going to Ireland. It is but just to Mr. McGroarty to Bay that only for him, Mr. might bo to day as tight a prisoner of England as aro tho other victims of McDermott.

When gove him an idea of tho game MoDermott and O'Brien were playing, John McGroarty put 'into 's possession all the communications that wero addressed to him from thoso two worthies. Tho manuscript of tho following letters, givon by Mr, in an interview to a Brooklyn paper are in my possession MOBE TBEAOHEBY. When McDermott reached this country ho sought his foster brother O'Brien, whom ho had introduced to Rossa. O'Brien told him that all was known, and described how (O'Brion) had beon caught trying to corrupt Patrick O'Geary, a member of the Clan na Gael. McDormott called upou a well known citizen of Brooklyn whom wo will call James Noonan.

The visits occurred at McGroarty's, on Montague street. McDermott held out his hand and Noonan refused to take it. Tho rest will be told in Noonan's words "I know, MoDermott, that O'Brien, your foster brother, is a spy, and I will giro you a certified check for 5,000 if you give mo his address. McDermott handed tho card of Inspector Newcombe, of tho New York Post Office, and said O'Brien could bo found by addressing Nowcomo. McDermott then referred to Fcathcratone's address and cried profusely.

I was convinced of McDormott's gnilt, aud told him so. I saw him off when he was leaving. As tho steamer left tho dock ho said 'Noonan, I hope 111 como back with as unsullied a name as I have now I' I thought that suspicious, and told Patrick Joyco, seorctary of tho Fenian Brotherhood, but he pooh poohed my misgivings, and eaid that MoDermott at his timo in lifo would not provo uutrtio. This O'Brion is yet in the city or vicinity. I learned that McDormott had traveled under my namo abroad, and that the drafts given to him on Mouroo of New York, were payable to mo.

McDermott showed me one for $3,500. He said he. used my name to protect his identity on his porilous mission. He then, last month, wanted mo to go to Europe. His idea was to have me arrested on tho other sido and convicted ou forged testimony.

Then ho would claim it was I who had betrayed the Cork conspirators from this side, and in support of his theory show tho drafts on Mouroo Co. payable to mo. He caused O'Brion, his foster brother, to write to McGroarty in Montague Btreot, asking when I was going. The following is the letter "Phivate 13tu July, 1833. "Dear Mr.

Is it true that leaves for Europe to morrow If so, please lot mo know by what boat, or if he intends leaving. I havo heard be does. Please put reply in inclosed envelope, and mail at once, 1 will see you early next week. Yours, "O'B. s.

This is important to our mutual friend, McD." Mr. McGroarty sont an evasivo reply, and received tho following "Yours received with thanks. Tho news I asked for is moBt important to onr friond. The moment you hear anything deflnito I will roly on your mailing inclosed. W.

RIOUAIIDS." This letter, although signed "Richards," was in O'Brien's handwriting. Receiving no answer "Richards" wrote again "Have you any news for mo? Let me know by bearer if ho has left or proposos leaving. Is his place of business, New York, and his private residonco W. Richards." When Mr. Noonan wont to look for McDermott ho found he had become invisible, and finally heard of Mb alleged arrest in Liverpool.

MR. O'DRIEN'S IDENTITY. O'Brien, the foster brother of McDermott, la a son of Octavius O'Brien, a solicitor of Dublin. McDermott's father and mother were respectively coachman aud nurse to Octavius O'Brien. McDermott in a letter to Noonan says "Octavius O'unen is my lamer, so j.

am not only his foster brother, but Bin brothe Roporter I see it stated in that samo Brooklyn paper that it was McDermott sold Dr. Gallagher and his party, and that it was you gavo Gallagher's name to McDormott? Rossa All thoso statement! are lies, and thoy aro put in circulation by liars. I could not give Dr. Gallagher's name to McDermott or to anyone else, because I did not know that Dr. Gallagher had gone across till I hoard that ho was arrested.

Dr. Gallagher's party hod on informer of their own among them, and I knew nothing of their business. I cannot call Mr. McDermott an "informer," inasmuch as he was not a member of any club of any organization, and was not in any of our secrets; he Ib simply a spy, who wormed himself into tho confidence of men, "put up jobs" for them and then Bold them. Carey turned informer to save his life this follow is worse than a hundred Careys, because his life was not in danger, and ho shaped himself to get his people into troublo and then sell their lives for English gold.

At tho hands of Irishmen ho richly merits Lynch law in whatever part of the world he would he met with. The next letter of McDermott to come to my hand shows a complicity between the informer Norman, of thoGiUasb.tr party, and O'Brien, tUo ot tbo Post BOSSA ON MODEEMOTT. The Recognized Leader of the Dynamite Faction Sheds Additional Light on the Career of the English Informer, EEC DERMOTT IN IRELAND. A Remarkable Letter Written to Rossa by McDermott, at a Time When the Latter was Playing into the Hands of the British Authorities. BETRAYING THE GALLAGHERS.

James Stephens, the ex Head Center of the Fenian Brotherhood, Expresses Himself Without Reserve. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. "O'Donovan Rossa's account of this McDermott affair has not been yet givon to Hie public," said a reporter to O'Donovan Rossa, "and don't you think it time the public should be properly enlightened regarding that matter You have been promising us to give it, and the timo ought to be at baud now for you to Bpcak." Rossa Yes, perhaps, it is time. I havo noticed these few weeks back that tho English telegrams pent over to us lmvo been trying to represent that tho gon tleman McDermott is put under arrest by tho English, and is in serious danger of losing his liberty lor a long time. But that is all Jim's own game he is "running" tho English Government now, and England instead of casting him into a dark dungeon seems to taliovery gentle care of him.

Look at this paragraph that I clip from the Corfc Herald of August 11 A person who had arrived from America, and who is supposed to be a witness in an Irish political trial now pending, was lauded ut Liv rpuul on Saturday from a special tender and taken in a closed cab to a Liverpool hotel by detectives. That "person" is our Brooklyn friend, Jim McDermott. Jim's story is a story that necdR to be circulated wherever the Irish race runs there is not a story like it in the whole Boven hundred years of England's history in Ireland. Jim McDermott is now virtually a member of tho English Government of Ireland. He "runs" Gladstone in hiB administration of English law in rreland, and Gladstone acts as Jim suggests.

Reporter How is that Rossa This is how it is McDermott is now supposed to be in jail, awaiting trial or indictment. This is 51c Dormott's own doing. It is tho situation ho desires Gladstone to put him in, and Gladstone puts him in it. It is necessary just at present to have him keep himself in some secure place, because no realizes that the men he has victimized have sworn to follow him to tho ends of the earth. Reporter Had you not better commciico the beginning and let lis know how McDermott got into the confidence ol men and how bo bctvayod them RosBa To commence at the beginning is a hard thing to do.

I have been tracing up backward, so to say, when McDermott's career of infamy commenced, and I cannot tlx tho beginning. With the light of recont events I see him in the pay of the Engliah.as long as I know him. Reporter Well, as the great poets say, "let tho dead past bury its dead," and let us commenoo at tho present. Just give mo tho true story of this late caper of his. Rossa Perhaps it is best to confine ourselves to that, and then we can work within limits.

Yet It is a large field and a long story an endless story, I may say for Jim still works. In hunting up, yesterday, some necessary references about McDormott's acquaintance in Brooklyn at a certain time and place, I found it necessary to call into John McGroarty's, Montague ajreot, Brooklyu the statesmen that conduct the municipal government resort at that hotel, I was introduced to sovoval of them, and. speaking of McDermott, they spoke of him with a kind of regret that he could bo so base. I Bhare that feeling with them at the same time I am obliged to come to the conclusion that a more in lamous Bpy and Informer cannot be found on the face of Irish history as a spy he wormed himself Into the confidence of men led them into traps, "put up jobs' for them, as wo say in America was all the time giving information to (he English and surrounding his victims with toils for their capturo and conviction. Glad atone, the Prime Minister of England, knew what McDermott was doing Gladstone knows that tho inen transported last week, on McDermott's secret evidence, iB all McDermott's work all Gladstone's work, I may say, because McDermott is only Gladstone's tool.

It is the usual way of governing Ireland English conspiracy to keep the peoplo in distrust of each other and in terror of English "law and order." I'll now tell my story, and you cau interrupt me. by asking mo some direct question wheuover you find me getting into any bohreeu you do not want me to travel In the beginning of thiB year George Smith, chairman of tho Council of the Fenian Brotherhood, was giving mo a return of some moneys ho received for revolution, ary work, and, looking ovor the list, I saw the name of James McDermott, Brooklyn, for $5. "Is this Red Jim 1" I asked. "Yes, said Mr. Smith, "and he said he'd call in next weok and give you $25." Red Jim did call in next week and gave me a check ou tho Fulton Bank, Brooklyn, for $25.

The check was good. Some time after McDermott called at my office again and told me to put his name on tho "Roll of Honor" as a $50 contributor. Ho did not pay me that $50, but his name was, with other names, kept standing in tho paper. Bo fore he wont to Ireland last Spring ho called in a few times to my office and lot on as if ho ran short of money. Ho would take ft blank check out of hU pocket and all it in for fifteen or twenty dollars and ask me to cash it for him.

I gavo hun the money, and the ohecks wero duly honored at tho Fulton Bank of Brooklyu. He no doubt got thoso checks returned to hhn from the bank and took them with him to the EngliRb authorities to show what a constant contributor he was to the Skirmishing fund, and how much he WHS in my confidence. He brought into my offico one lime a mau whom he introduced to me as Mr. O'Brien, foster brother of his. I asked this O'Brien to what part of Ireland belonged, and ho told me to the County Clare.

This O'Brien delivered mo a letter received for me from McDermott, from Ireland. I suou alter had to come to tho conclusion that ho was en English spy. Harry McDermott, Jim's brother, who is employed in some position of trust by Mayor Low of Brooklyn, took this spy O'Brien to my house in Brooklyn, ss it were to bring me to account for Bending Jim to Ireland. I happened to bo iu Now York, and the ro port mado to mo by my wife convinced mo that their business wa to elicit an admission that Jim was my agent in Ireland. I have no doubt in my mind that Jim aud O'Brien woro two of England's Bpies.

Whethor Mayor Low'a confidential man, Harry McDermott, is in with them or not is question tor consideration. Sonio months ago Patrick O'Geary, son of Daniel O'Geary, of Glauworth, reported to mo that O'Brien wanted to employ him as a spy in the English service. I instructed O'Geary to try aud get somo money from, him, so that I may be suro of my men, but O'Brien it seems "smellcd rat," or smcllcd vengeance, aud vanished. I asked Patrick O'Geary on Saturday last if ho would havo any objtotlon to make affidavit on tho mat. ter, and he said he would have no objection.

Hero is his affidavit, sworn to to proenca ol Commissioner George W. McCormick Patrick O'deary, ot 187 Eet Twenty sixth street, mott was an English spy. Eugeno Davis had a narrow escape McDermott's object was to make "the conspiracy" as formidable a tiling as possible to the English Government. So as to increase the value of his perfidy; the liberty or lifo of Davis, or any other man, was as nothing to him when weighed in the scales alongside of English gold. Hero iB one of his letters from Paris Paris, France, May 18, 1883.

Dear Jotce Tha cat is out of the bag, aud what has bothered and mystified and cost mo so much money lately is now clear, That old man, Tim Carmody, sold the pass in Cork. I could not be more thunder struck or confounded if the telegrams of this morning announcing ROBsa as an informer were verified. Eugeno Davis has had a narrow escape, but ho succeeded ia making things partially right there, and I hopo to do much good Btill in that quarter even bofore I leave this, which will be on next Saturday (to morrow) week tho 20th inst. I sail on tho 8. S.

St. Germain from Havro, and will, I hopo, arrivo on the 4th or 5th of June, Jours hastily, St. Stlvesteb. McDermott got tho English Government to telegraph the news through tho world that O'Donovan Kossa had become an informer. Thero in that lettor ho says "Carmody sold tho pass" Carmoily who is now hiB victim, under sentence of penal servitude for lifo.

McDermott did not caro what character or how ruony characters be blackened, so long as he was clearing out for himself a path through which to escape suspicion. I had a telegram from Frauce notifying me that MoDermott was coming to America in tbo steamship St. Germain, aud cautioning me to take no "drink" from him lest ho should poison me; and that the man who sent mo the message was coming out in tho next steamer that followed McDermott's steamer. McDermott came to New York in duo time and communicated with me from on board the steamer in the harbor, and called upon me next day, excellently mado up to carry on his game. The man who telegraphed to me from Franco arrived by the following Bteamer, aud brought mo two communications from Paris ono from Eugene Davis and one, from JameB Stephens.

Hero is Eugeno Davis' A STATEMENT. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a letter dated tho 27th in which a well known and trusted Nationalist of Cork, Mr. (at present in Havre) requests of me to furnish him with particulars regarding tho recent visit of Mr. James McDermott to this city. In the samo communication Mr.

adds that ho makes this request because he is firmly convinced that Mr. McDermott has boon giving important information for Bomo timo to the British Government relative to what is known bb the dynamite conspiracy in Cork. In acceding to Mr. 's desires let me not be misinterpreted or misunderstood. I have no positive evidence of Mr.

McDermott's treachery if treachery thore be on his part and until I am satisfied he is guilty, I will believe him innocent but having been askod to note down anything that might be of use in throwing light on his character as far as I could study it in Paris, 1 do so not to worry Mr. McDermott, but to servo tho causo, every champion of which should never be afraid to welcome tho scrutiny of his confreres into his actions, private or public. Mr. McDermott came to Paris from Antwerp little over a month ago, and was met here on the evening of his arrival by Mr. Patrick Casey and myself.

On that occasion ho told us that ho had been four days at sea, having left Liverpool for Belgium, aftor evading the Irish and British police authorities for weeks previously. While in Paris McDermott was vory anxious about the movements of anotner Irishman, a Mr. Pat rick Kiernan, nicknamed Skin tho Goat," who had arrived hero without a letter of recommendation of any kind from auy revolutionary or other organization. This Kiernan, while guardjjg au almost unbroken silence on his past career, had no objeotiou to proclaim himself a Bibbonman and a member of tho old I. R.

and said ho was willing to become a "dynamiter." Mr. McDermott openly declared more than once to Mr. Casey, myself and others that if he know Kiernan were a true man ho would send him down to Cas tlerslaud to do some work tnere. Still he suspected as many of us suspected this man, though wrongly, to be a Bpy, whilo, at the same time, ho was taking biro moro and more into his confidence in reference to matters which I thought should be kept strictly concealed from him as long as ho had any doubt of hiB honosty of principle. Mr.

McDermott, who used to say that all the money he was spending for the causo was his have expendod no less a sum than 10,000 francs during his stay in Paris. His bankers wore Monroe and he was known to thom as Robert Noonan, and was taken at his hotel and elsewhere as that of Saint Sylvester. The day of his departure for Havre (last Friday) ho went as usual to the bank for money aud hiB correspondence, returned. In itate of high Jubilation, observing that be Reporter And what is tho meaning, of all tiiat Rossa The meaning ol it lx Hint tho hid was working both ends of the wire. That letter, before it was mailed, was shown to I'iunkot, tho "crime outrage" magistrate in Cork.

It showed him that Jim was intimate with high officials in Brooklyn, and that they woro iu his confidence and iu my confidence. And then on this sido of tho water it showed Sheriff Stegman and Mm. Stegman that Jim was ovor on Important business, and that ho was to bo a man of lion whon bo rot nmed to Brooklyn. Ho was playing a big game, and though ho never camo on tho witness tablo to swear against his victims ho directed tho prosecution from behind tho scones. I think an organization deserves credit for running this secrot spy to earth.

I now remember that when McDermott's brother aud tho spy O'Hrieu camo to my house in Brooklyn my wife informed mo their ostensible business was to havo mo call on Sheriff Stegman for a letter from James MoDonnolt. How itkl thoy know ho had such a letter for me? Perhaps it was a put up job to got Mrs. Stegman and luysolf extradited on a chargo of conspiracy to commit murder ill England, EAGLE AGAI.VST (JAMB COCKS. A Battle in IVIiicu tilt) Hiril of i'jrceaom Dock all tlie Crowing. (San (a Barbara Press.

A fino specimen of tho American cnglo, caught ou ono of tho islands opposite Santa Barbara some timo ago, has beon kept tied up iu Iho yard of Birabcnt'ft Hotel for some time, awaiting a purchaser. This noble bird was sold Friday, and was temporarily placed in tho yajd of a gamo fowl fancier, who smiled significantly wheu warned that tho eagle might hurt hiH fowls. Tho grim looking bird had not been in tbo yard long bofore tho gamo cocks began to crow and strut up and down in front of tho strango visitor. Tho cnglo sat quietly in tho center of tho yard, apparently unconscious of tho presence of tho noisy giiuii) cocks, until suddenly ouo of them flow at him aud struck him upou one of his wings. Ho looked down upon tho littln chanticleer with a curious, inquisitive glance, ns much as to inquire what was tho matter? Then another bravo gamo.

foi struck him in the breast, while number ono hit him on the nock. Tho noblo bird now opened tils wings with lazy, leisurely swing, erected his chest feathers and his oyes seemed to blazo liko coals of lire. Tho American eaglo was becoming interested in tho business and rather angry. Again ono of tho golden pheasant fowls dashed ruc.ltlossly at tho eagle, grasping a hunch of feathers in its attack. Before it cuukl recovor from its charge tho eagle had extended one of its talons and seized the gamo cock by its nock, and by a dexterous swing laid it fluttering aud quivering beueatli its.

left foot. The second game fowl then charged upon the lingo stranger, whoso wings wero now half opuued and lazily rising and falling. As tho game cock struck it was mot with a blow from tho eagle's wing, and as it fell was caught in the open talons of the captive foe and laid struggling and dying upon the ground. Tho victor did not appear to be tho least excited, and, after thus disposing of its troublosomo adversaries, lazily stopped to one sido and scouted to relapse into a state of modila tivo reflection, overy onco in a whilo looking down indifferently upou tho bloody trophies of its powor lying dead at its feet. Largo chenillo scarfs of inch deep pile, and and fringed on tho edgo, aro imported iu delicate shades of pink, blue and cream color for piazzi wear at present, and (or head covoring after tbo opora in Winter.

White Canton crapo fichus, exquisitely ombroidorod, aro also imported In sizes largo enough to me as carriage maa tlCB, blo thing if ho did not; but I havo little or no apprehension on that score. Hence it ia that I am mystified unspeakably about tho Cork arrestB. Borne of them, it is true, are ludicrously absurd, notably that of James O'Connor, tho seed man, on Saturday night last. Why tho man actually crosses himsolf when ho hears of dynamite in any shape. Most of our best men in Cork have not even been searched and aro therefore above suspicion, and houco in any event I would recommend that one of the London men bo Bont to Cork immediately to take place, for no matter how it goes ho cannot remain useful auy longer thero.

Unless documents have been found of an incriminating character all the Cork men, including will havo to bo released quickly that is, of course, assuming, as we are justified in doing, that Deasy will keep "mum." Cork must not bo abandoned oven temporarily. It is the best manufacturing town iu the three kingdoms. I presume you saw tho cablegram I sent in my own namo at request. That was the day bofore the 20 draft came and which but for the Liverpool affair would have been but a flea bite alongsido what was actually required. however, intended to stand in the broach aud take my chances of having it refunded.

Now, I don't think any money should come here direct from America. There should be a depot in eithor France, Belgium or Switzerland. France is almost too closely watched to bo wholly safe I fear F. has got the copy I made in my own handwriting, of Pat Joyco'o ouro for the gout, but then my namo is not on it. I am at present afraid, not ou my own account, to stir much or to see anybody, bccau.Be the detectives are watching mo vory closely.

On Sunday last they accompanied mo to O'Connor's, at Blackrock, and remained right by mo till wo slipped off in the evening on a jaunting car for Bray. I have written to tho American minister at London about case and expect a reply from him to morrow. I hope something will be done Boon in London, and if nobody elso starts tbo ball there within ft week or bo IU.