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Arrest of the Fenian Leader

The Canadian Raids in ’98, the Castle authorities were beforehand. In September 1865, O’Leary, Luby, O’Donovan Rossa and several other prominent Fenians were arrested. The office of The Irish People was raided, and the paper wai suppressed. James Stephens eluded capture till November. He wa« lodged, when at last seized, in Richmond Prison (Dublin), but, [...]

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