The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-21
THE MORNING MESSENGER SUNDAY MAY o. 1871
Another Murphy Riot.

90 Another Murphy Riot.
THE AUTHOR OF "THE CONFESSIONAL UN-
Masked" IN TROUBLE.
The wretched Murphy has again come in
for rough handling in consequence of his
aoominable trades against Catholics and
Cathoiicity. Whitehaven has been the
scene of the occurrence, which is described
in tones of breathless horror by the local
papers. 1t seems that on Wednesday night
week Murphy appeared in the Odd Fellows'
nan, Whitehaven, to lecture on F" The
seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church, !"
ont he had scarcely begun before he was
| forced to stop by tho yells and hooting of q
body of Irish miners; and fearing that
bodily violence might be done him, his
supporters escorted him out of the hall,
and assisted him to escape from the excited
| mob outside.
A local correspondent says That, violent
as were the proceedings of Wednesday,
| they were nothing in com parison with those
OF Ihursday night, when . murder0us
attack was made upon Nurphy's person.
Nothing daunted by his narrow escape, on
Wednesday, about an hour or 80 before the
time liked Tor the commencement Of his
address on Thursday night, Mr.. Murphy.
proceeded quietly to the Odd Fellows Hall
with the view of evading observation, and
went into the anto-rOom adjoining and on
the same floor as the hall, from which it il
divided by space Of about six feet. The
entrance to the building il through . long
covered passage leading from the street,
and up six fights of stairs. After Murphy
had gone into tho ante-room a band of 800
Roman Catholic miners from the 1Cleator
Moor marched down CorkickIe ten abreast.
Upon reaching the hall the band halted,
to the building and the stairs. At this time
there were only fifteen OF sixteen of Mar
phys friends in the hall, and it wanted up
wards of half an hour of the time when
the discourse was to begin. The lecturer,
unaware of the purpose of those who were |
waiting for him outside, left the ante-room !
in order to proceed into the hall. The |
moment he made his appearance he was |
seized by the mob. He was dragged down |
the stairs by his savage asssilants, and
struck at and kicked numerically the
whole way. He was then dragged into the
passage, knocked down, kicked, raised up,
knocked down again, and kicked till he
was covered with blood, which gushed from
his wounds and splashed the walls. He
was then dragged down the passage, the
brutal treatment going on the whole time
until he reached the door opening into the
street, and there, it is said, an attempt was
made to kill him outright by man who
drew weapon for the purpose. At this
juncture, however, some persons interfered
TO save the now insensible victim of the
ruffianly violence. They got him back
into the passage, the outer door of which
him up stairs to the ante-room.
The band having done the work which they
lad set out to do, marched back in tri-
lmph t. Cleator Moor, cheering as they
proceeded through the villages on the way.
IN the meantime bed was made up for the
nsensible man in the an: e-room, aud medi-
al men were soon in attendance upon him.
were administered to him, but
t was some time before he manifested any
'ign of life, and-h condition was such
hat he could not be removed to his lodg-
ngs. A visitor to Murphy, on Friday
which lad been maze up Tor MN, unau1e
% move. His head was swathed in ban
lagos, and his face bruised, cut and swollen.
There is q shocking wound above the left
ts socket. His body is all over black, blue
md purple from tho kicks which he has !
eceived. On Friday morning he was how
ring between life and death, and it seemed
% if the balance might az easily incline
me way as the other. A large number of
'aven to preserve order, but they seem to
ave been taken by surprise by the attack
aving been made 80 long before the time !
nnounced for the commencement of the I
ecture.
The latest news from Whitehaven is to
he effect that at noon on Saturday Murphy
Vas rather better, and hopes were enter =
aimed that, with care, he may recover. He
. suffering from congestion of the right
nng, and it is feared some of his ribs are
roken. He is still, however, very ill. 1t
ow appears that Murphy was rescued
Pom his asssilants by Superintendent
little and q body of policeman, who came
p just in time to save him from being
llled on the spot.-Dublin Nation, april
9th.
PROGRESS OF CATHoLICITY IN THE
United STATEs.-We extract the follow