used the pseudonym Captain James Martin at the Home Rule conference in the Bilton Hotel. Having establishing himself as a journalist in London, he made a return visit to America to see John Devoy in 1871. He secured a position with the New York Herald as a journalist.
During the Home Rule conference at the Bilton Hotel, Captain James Martin operated under an assumed name. Following his success as a journalist in London, he visited America in 1871 to see John Devoy and obtained a position as a journalist with the New York Herald.