James Stephens, Fenian - WANTED Proclamation: Stephens (James) Fenian. The Police Gazette, or Hue-and-Cry, Dublin, Tuesday, April 3rd 1866. With the Governor-General's Proclamation offering a...

James Stephens, Fenian - WANTED Proclamation: Stephens (James) Fenian. The Police Gazette, or Hue-and-Cry, Dublin, Tuesday, April 3rd 1866. With the Governor-General's Proclamation offering a reward of One Thousand Pounds for the arrest of James Stephens, following his escape from Richmond Prison in Dublin; also gives lists of deserters, etc. Lg. folio 4pp., approx. 45cms x 29cms. w.a.f. *Probably the most celebrated issue of this entire publication. Stephens' escape from custody rocked the administration to its foundations. In spite of the enormous reward, he was not re captured and made his escape to Paris & America. Stephens was the founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, better known as the Fenian Movement. (1)

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