1 Dunedin, Orwell Park Dublin 26-5-16 Private Dear Mrs Fitzgerald - I am in
receipt this morning of your
letter upon the case of your
husband, & I assure you
I would be willing to do
anything in my power to
help you. This whole business
has broken my heart, but
there are others who have
suffered more, a great deal
more, than I have. I feel confident in
telling you that if things
go well & if the country
recovers itself soon, these
sentences may not, will 2
not last six months. The
prisoners will all be restored
to their homes, & released.
I am also satisfied that
under any circumstances
these sentences, such as
that inflicted upon your
husband, could not be
justified - could not be
defended . He was tried
before a court-martial where
he had no proper means of
making a defence or
calling witnesses or proving
his innocence & I am
sure that sentence can
never stand when
people are restored to 3
reason, & the passions of the
moment have passed away. I wish you could send me
the speech which your
husband made in Bray,
after which he was sent
to Mountjoy. Be assured of my
sympathy. & believe me Your obedient servant John Muldoon P.S. Capt Donelan M.P. to
whom I fancy you have already
written authorises me to say
that he will co-operate in
every effort on behalf of
your husband JM