Prosecutive report + Buffalo clips · p.94
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(Mount Clipping in Spoce Below)
Irish Nationalist Is
Moved
From Alden to U.s. Prison
Desmond Ellis! the Irish nationalist arrested for at-
tempting to enter the United States illegally for the
alleged purpose of buying ammunition for the Irish
Republican Army, was moved yesterday from the Erie
County Holding Center in Alden to a federal prison in
downstate New York. ...-...
Robert M. Murphy, Ellis' attorney. said Ellis, 29, of
Dublin, Ireland, .was moved -after Eugene F. Pigott,
county attorney,decided Erie County no longer wished
to house Ellis in its jail..
He was taken to Otisville, about 60 miles northeast of
New York: City. by U.S. marshals. Murphy said the
transfer will make it practically impossible for him to
consult with his client, who is seeking asylum in the
United States.
application for asylum and I don't know how we are
going to properly prepare for them," said Murphy.
Ellis was arrested Feb.6,aiong with another Irish
hationalist, Edward Howell, and three Canadians, as
hey tried to enter the county via theWhiripool Bridgt!
t Niagara Falls.
Howell, 3, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, posted a
$10,oo0 bond last week and was deported to Canada,
frorn which he was banned for life iast Friday after a
Canadian immigration official judged him “likely to
engage in subversive activity."
Al Highfieid,districtdirectorfor theCanadianLmmi-
gration Service,said Howell will be deported to Lreland
'in the very near future," possibly today.
".'Howell, Ellis, William O'Neill, william Gilroy and
James Kelly were indicted on charges of conspiracy to
enter the United 'States illegally. O'Neill, Kelly, and
e
grants in St. Catharines, were released Feb. 19 on bonds
of $5,000 each.
'A published report in Sunday's Buffalo Nevs linked
Ellis and Howell to the Aug. 27, 1979, bombing death of
Lord Mountbatten, the British Worid War I bero and
cousin ot Queen Elizabeth, saying “classified govern-
ment documents' painted Howell as the brains behind
the 1979 assassination and Ellis as the one who might
haye.Dut together the bomb. ... - '.... -,.. ..I.
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(Mount Clipping in Spoce Below)
Irish Nationalist Is
Moved
From Alden to U.s. Prison
Desmond Ellis! the Irish nationalist arrested for at-
tempting to enter the United States illegally for the
alleged purpose of buying ammunition for the Irish
Republican Army, was moved yesterday from the Erie
County Holding Center in Alden to a federal prison in
downstate New York. ...-...
Robert M. Murphy, Ellis' attorney. said Ellis, 29, of
Dublin, Ireland, .was moved -after Eugene F. Pigott,
county attorney,decided Erie County no longer wished
to house Ellis in its jail..
He was taken to Otisville, about 60 miles northeast of
New York: City. by U.S. marshals. Murphy said the
transfer will make it practically impossible for him to
consult with his client, who is seeking asylum in the
United States.
application for asylum and I don't know how we are
going to properly prepare for them," said Murphy.
Ellis was arrested Feb.6,aiong with another Irish
hationalist, Edward Howell, and three Canadians, as
hey tried to enter the county via theWhiripool Bridgt!
t Niagara Falls.
Howell, 3, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, posted a
$10,oo0 bond last week and was deported to Canada,
frorn which he was banned for life iast Friday after a
Canadian immigration official judged him “likely to
engage in subversive activity."
Al Highfieid,districtdirectorfor theCanadianLmmi-
gration Service,said Howell will be deported to Lreland
'in the very near future," possibly today.
".'Howell, Ellis, William O'Neill, william Gilroy and
James Kelly were indicted on charges of conspiracy to
enter the United 'States illegally. O'Neill, Kelly, and
e
grants in St. Catharines, were released Feb. 19 on bonds
of $5,000 each.
'A published report in Sunday's Buffalo Nevs linked
Ellis and Howell to the Aug. 27, 1979, bombing death of
Lord Mountbatten, the British Worid War I bero and
cousin ot Queen Elizabeth, saying “classified govern-
ment documents' painted Howell as the brains behind
the 1979 assassination and Ellis as the one who might
haye.Dut together the bomb. ... - '.... -,.. ..I.
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