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The Exeter Times, 1880-3-4, Page 7Moou 4, 1880 BIDOULPH'S TRAGEDY. (corrriNtmo mom .raett "rwo,) Witness --1 can't remember who were there. Mr. II, --Oh, yes, you can if you ch .ose; you know very well, Mr. Maernahon--1 doiet think it is proper for the Crown to say that. Be- sides, he is your own witness. Mr. IL—Yes, but we know he is an unfriendly witness, it was at the church you signed ? Wituess--Yes; in the porch. Mr. H. ---Was it placed there for signature on that Sunday? Wituese--1t was there that Sunday, and perilaps the net, for all 1 know, I it was ili a kind of a book. Mr. 11. --Who had charge of it? Witness --1.t was on a table,or some. thing like that, M. IL—Were there others there on the porch when you signed it ? Witness.—No ; there might have been, but I di not remember. Mr. 11.—Oh, yes, there were. Witn ess.—Yet, there were persons coming out of church. Mr.H.--Who did tell you about join- ing this Vigilance Committee ? Witness -1 do not know that I spoke to anyone. Ur. IL—Nonsense ; you must have spoken to somebody. Witnese.—No, I did not. Mr. H.—Theu who told you about the book? Witness.—The clergyrnan told we Mr. H.—Why couldn't you tell US that at first without all this bother. Who was the clergyman ? Witness.—He was the priest ; he suggested it to the whole parish from the pulnit. Mr, H.—Did he tell yon from the pulpit where you would find the book ? dou't know whether he did or not. Mr. H.—How (Ed you know there was a book? Witness.—I saw someone writiug their name, going in. Mr. H.—Well, how did you know it was the book ? Witness.— Rev.Father Connelly sug gested it kits there. }I. ---Do you mean he told the coogregation a book was there tot that purnose. Witness.—Yes. Mr- 11.—And that w is the first oc• easinn otyour joining the Commit- ' tee ? Witness.—Yes. Mr. H.—Wes that before you lost your cow, or afterwards ? Witness.—About that time, or per - Laps before. Mr. 1.1.—Where wore the meetings of the Committee held ? IVitnese.--There were some held at 'the school house. Mr. H.—What school -house? Wituess—The wamp School -house, 'on 'the 8th and .9th road. Mr. IL—That was the recognized place of meeting, was it? Witness --Yes. Mr. H. --Was there no other place of holding meeting? Witness—Not that I know of. 31e 11. --Did you ever attend any meet - Lige of this Vigi'aace Committee? Witness --Yes, some. Mr. H.—What was the first meeting you attended? Witness—At the achool.house, about the time I lost my cow. Mr. }L—Who was at that meeting? Witness—I was there. Mr. IL --Who else? Wane/la—Andrew Heenan, John Kennedy, and I think James Carroll. Mr. H. -How many were there? Witness—There might be twenty, or there might be more. Mr. IL --Was 111cLeugh1in there? Wituese—I can't say. Mt 11.-4lave you ever met him at any of ehescemeetings? e Witness-, Yes, I have. ''`e Mr. H.--4ny one else? Witness -'-.,Yes; James Carroll, Thom. as *der, Patrick Ryder, sentr.; I don't know about Patrick Ryder, jr.; I also net Iarnee Ryder, James Maher, Mar. tin UcLaugnlin and John Kennedy • I 'don't think James Maher, jr.; or ill. item Carroll were ever there. Mr. IL—Now, tell us what was done rt,t that meeting. What was your ob- ject? Witness—To preserve law and order, and have anything lost restored to the 'owner. That is all I know about the object. Mr. H.—To find guilty parties who , done wrong? Witness—Yes; as far as the law would allow. Mr. H. --Was it part of the declare. tion to keep wIthin the limits of the gave? Witness—Yes; 1 understand so.' Mr.H.—Has that been carried out 68 far as you Iron tv at all themeetings? Witness --Yes; it was. Mr.11,--I suppose. the Donnelly fetni. ly have been the source of a good deal of discussion at these Vigilauoe rueet- insts? Witness—Y.0Sthey haVet THE TTIVUES 111r..11.—It wits proeecute them that yete joined? Witnees—No; then/ to mole than others. • Ur. H.—How did you carry out that campaign About the cow? Witness—I suepectea the Donnellyes and we went on the Donuelly farm to look for it. 11.—How many went on? Witness—About twenty.five or per- haps thirty. "Air, 11.—That was your idea of pre- serving peace and order with your neighbors. Had you a warrant? Witness—No; not even a search war- rant. II. --I believe Mr. Donnelly too you up for that? . Witness—Yes, • Mr. II. --Who were preeens •on th occasion; any of the parties here? Witness --Yes, Kennedy, McLaugh- lin, james Ryder and Carroll. Ur. H.—Where did you find the co afterwards? Witness—In Mr. MoLaughlin's of woods. Mr. IL—Who had the direction the Vigilance Committee? Witness --There? was no directors. Mr. 11. --It could not have gone o without some one in authority. Wh told you whento meet? Witness—One told another, end a on; I did not know there was any head all (heword I got Wit,4 that there eva a meeting of the Vigilance Committee Mr. FL—Was there a president or ehairmari? Witness—Not that I know of. Mr. H.—What was your mode of proceeding? g? over waters. S. Was there no chairman? Witness I never SAW any. Mr. IL Men jllet Sat down to tal ee if they were around a tavern fire did they. Witness Yee. Mr. H. Sometime.; there was a differ env% of opinion. Hew was it settled Witness There never was a vot taken when I was 'there. Mr. H. All unanimous? 'Witness Yee. Mr. II. How many meetings hay you attended? Witness Could not say; may be tw or three; mar be four. Mr. H. When was the last meeting you attended? Witness I think it was after Ry der'a barn was burned. Mr. H. Who gave you notice to at tend that meeting ? Witness. Somebody; I don't know who. Mr. H. Who told yon? Witness. can't tell. Mr. H. Can ynn look me in the face ne swear you can't tell ; where watt he meeting held ? Witness. In the swamp schoolhonne Mr. H. How Boon after the fire was he meetirg held.? Witness. Sonia three or four' dew, Mr. II. How many members 'of the Committee were there ? Witnees. A. good few. • Mr. FL Were thete thirty there ? Witness.' I don't know; there might aye been. Mr. H. Any of the prisoners there? Witnees. Yes, some of them ; those risrmers 1 have mentioned were there. Mr. What Was discussed ? Witness. We telked over matters at no one seemed to know how the re started. or nnything about it. Mr. H. What did they resolve np- n &tine ? Witness. Nothing ; Mr. Ryder said e would law anyone he snapeotecl. Mr. H. Was anyone mentioned as eing onspecied ? Were the Donnellye amed ? Wftneas. I conld nnt say whether he Donnelly' wore named or not' Mr. 11. Can't you say, or won't you ay ? Witnees. I don't know: 111r. H. Were the Donnellys arrest- ? Witness. Yea, eornetime after that he old woman was arrested. Mr. H. Have you been at a meet. net of the Committee since that ? Witness. No. Mr. H. Have there been any infer- Itel meetings anywhere? Witnese. Not that I know of. Mr. H. Any at your botise ? Witness. Not that I know of. Mr. H. Wag there any underatane. ng bet weentyou and other parties as o what should be done? Witness. No. Mr. 11. Have you talked w mith mem- era of the Committee about the Ryder re: • Witnese. Yes; I said I thought Mr. vier bad evideuce agnigst the oll n ell ite. Mr. IL Did you get notice of meet - pa that you did not attend? Witno.s. No. Tar. H. Was there a meting after ie murder? Witness. No sir; not to the best of y knnwiedgre Mr. It Ilow many composed this ommittee ? • at w Witness. I have never heard. Mr. IL Were there a hundred 2 Wtuese. Yes; but sometimes a quarted did not attend. Mr. IL Was there mare than one Committee ? Witness. Only one that I know of, and that was the oue etarted by Father Connelly. 11 was now hal4ast six, and Mr. Macinahon said he would forgo the oross.examination until morning. He asked for the discharge of those against whom no evidence would be brought.' Mr. Hutolunson declined to make any statement of evidence against any of the prisoners, but said he would accept bail for Patrick Ryder, een., P. Ryder, jun., James Maher, sen., James Maher, jun., William Carroll, James Shea and Mrs, Maher. Quite a rush WES thell male by gent- lemen desirous of bailing out the pris- °nem. The [bonds were soon given, and the prisoners left the court room amid much hilarity ou the part of their friends. Those left behind seemed to feel their pesition much keener when they saw the others leaving the court room. LE ITER FROM FATHER CONNOL- LY TO HIS FRIENDS AT QUEBEC. HE BELIEVES THE k. MUSED PERSONS ARE NOT GUILTY. The following letter. writen by Rev. a Father Connolly, of Biddulph, on the ti * 19th inst., and addressed to a Qaebee journal, will be read with interest at this time:— "Snn—Might I take the liberty of telling my friends in Quebec not ta credit one half what is writen of me, by some vicious, vulgar oorrespondente from this place Of course lit will be at all times sweet and agreeable to the morbid apetites of bigots, and evil -do- ers, to see the name of a clergyman of any Church, but especially a Roman Catholic priest, connected in any way. no matter how remotely-, with crime, That five of my parishioners have been murdered in cold blood, and that others of my pareihioners are accused of the murder. has given me ft shock from which I elm never sufficiently recover. In the meantime, my friends may feei in no wey alarmed ie my regard. I trust I have never yet compromised my priestly character, and am sure there is no one in Biddulph can show me where I have compromised it here. That story of a Vigilant Committee is aII bosh. I never formed a society in my life outside a Temperance eiety, either here or anywhere dee. What I .10 do, was to a k rny people to sign e pledge to one another, that if ary•thirg stolen should be left on their premises, that they would endeavor to find out the owuer, and if possible the thief, so that he might be prosecuted accordiug to law; this step was not taken agaiust the Donnelly s any more than any one else. However, it must be said with the exception of the Donnelly., whose reputation was bad, I never met a more honesi or more upright yeople in every line of life than my present kroken• hesited parsihioners. There is no men whatever in this pines who !Aim es the persons now accused would be guilty of the crime laid to their charge. "I ern, yolirs, &a., "Joins CONNOLLY, hied. "St.Patrick's Presbytery,Biddulph,O," CONSUMPTION CURED. 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