Kickham as there seemed no necessity. This document would later form the basis of the prosecution against the staff of the Irish People. The document read: Arrest and suppression On 15 July 1865, American-made plans for a rising in Ireland were discovered when the emissary lost them at Kingstown railway station. They found their way to Dublin Castle and to Superintendent Daniel Ryan head of G Division. Ryan had an informer within the offices of the Irish People named Pierce Nagle, he supplied Ryan with an "action this year" message on its way to the IRB unit in Tipperary. With this information, Ryan raided the offices of the Irish People on Thursday 15 September, followed by the arrests of O'Leary, Luby and O'Donovan Rossa. Kickham was caught after a month on the run. Escape Stephens would also be caught but with the support of Fenian prison warders, John J. Breslin and Daniel Byrne was less than a fortnight in Richmond Bridewell when he vanished and escaped to France. The last number of the paper is dated 16 September 1865. Death Stephens died on 29 March 1901 in Blackrock, Dublin and after his funeral on 31 March he was brought to Glasnevin cemetery. His pall bearers were James Bermingham, Michael Davitt, C. G. Doran, Michael Lambert, William Brophy and William Hickey – all '67 veterans. Honours and memorials His house in Kilkenny was on Blackmill St. near St. Mary's Cathedral. The house still stands today and a plaque displayed on it marks the house as his birthplace. Stephens Barracks in Kilkenny is named in honour of Stephens and is the headquarters of the Stephens 3 Infantry Battalion. Ballina Stephenites GAA are named after Stephens, and their grounds are named James Stephens Park. References Sources Seán Cronin, The McGarrity Papers, Anvil Books, Ireland, 1972 T. F. O'Sullivan, Young Ireland, The Kerryman Ltd. 1945 Desmond Ryan, The Fenian Chief: A Biography of James Stephens, Hely Thom Ltd, Dublin, 1967 Leon Ó Broin, Fenian Fever: An Anglo-American Dilemma, Chatto & Windus, London, 1971, . John O'Leary, Recollections of Fenians and Fenianism, Downey & Co. Ltd, London, 1896 (Vol. I & II) Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Rossa's Recollections, 1838 to 1898, Mariner"s Harbor, NY, 1898 Dr. Mark F. Ryan,Fenian Memories, Edited by T.F. O'Sullivan, M. H. Gill & Son, LTD, Dublin, 1945 Joseph Denieffe, A Personal Narrative of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, Irish University Press (1969),