with all the efforts of Charles Russell in cross-examination failing to alter his testimony. The Times lost the case, Beach's career was at an end, and Parnell, who had always insisted that he was opposed to violence, was completely exonerated. Beach published the story of his life, Twenty-five Years in the Secret Service, in 1892 and it had a wide circulation, but he had to be constantly guarded, his acquaintances were hampered from seeing him, and he suffered from peritonitis, from which he died on 1 April 1894. He is buried in London. References Clark, Joseph. "The Spy who came in from the Coalfield, A British Spy in Illinois", Journal of Illinois History, vol 10, no. 2, Summer, 2007 Cole, J. A. Prince of Spies: Henri Le Caron, London: Faber & Faber, 1984 Edwards, Peter. Delusion. The True Story of Victorian Superspy Henri Le Caron, Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2008 External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Autobiography of Thomas Beach at Project Gutenberg 1841 births 1894 deaths British intelligence operatives British spies People from Colchester English emigrants to the United States People of the Fenian raids Members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood Union Army officers Burials at West Norwood Cemetery Military personnel from Colchester