Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-07-10
Official lncapacity Which Permitted
the Escape of the Dublin Assassins.

lrish-Americans Believed to Have Per-
petrated the Murders.
Special to Chicago Times.
LONDON, May 23-Tuesday / had
an interview with distinguished citl.
z9n of Dublin, gentleman who has
lived in the city all his life and whose
high social position has given him the
entry into the best society. am not
at liberty to mention his name, but he
speaks with authority. The following
is the result of my conversation with
him. 1t is worthy of special note that,
despite his apparent conservatism he
is in favor of the extinction of land
lOrdism:
"What do you think of the part the
police have played in this affair of the
Phoenix park assassinatiOns
III am just as much ashamed of
them as at this moment l am of my
country. The detective force of Dub
lin is about as inefficient as it is posi-
ble to imagine. In the first place, you
know Dublin detective the moment
you see him; he might just as we'll
60 about in unirorm as in plain clothes.
so thoroughly is his appearance recog-
nized. A more polite set of officials
you can not meet. If you lose any.
thing and 60 to the detective bureau,
they will write it all down in a book
and take the greatest pains to put your
trouble into Official shape, and that's
the end of it. But the great blame for
the nOn.capture Of the assassins lies at
the door of the head officials"
"HOw sop
"FOr example, within seven minutes
of the murder, which, by the way, was
really seen by Lord Spencer and Col.
Cal6eld, the last-mentioned Official
had practically within call a posse of
mounted cOnstabulary. There is some
excuse for Lord Spencer losing his
head; he was so deeply interested in
Lord Frederick Cavendish, and was so
overwhelmed at the discovery of his
body, that he seems to have given no
orders at all, at any rate on the spui of
the moment. But Col. Caulfeld was
literally within few minutes sur
rounded by police, and close by there
were several men of the cOnstabulary
force, with horses ready saddled for an
emergency, and yet nobody thought of
starting them after the assassins. The
master of the horse, Col. Forster, was
not far away; he could have stopped
every avenue coming from the park,
and, indeed, could have covered Dublin
with mounted men on the fleetest
steeds. Now, Col. Caulfeld and the
master of the torse receive from
1900 to $4,000 year; their
chief duty is to be ready to do
something in an emergency,
HERE WAS THEIR OPPORTUNITY.
"A prompt alarm, and the dispatch of
mounted cOnstabulary officers within
at least ten minutes after the murder
ers left the scene of the tragedy.
would almost of certainty have re.
suited In capture; but l happen to
know that nobody gave any commands,
and discipline is so severe that no sub
ordinates dare move without authority.
Red tape is the curse of Dublin castle"
"And what do you think is the pros
pect now of capture? The idea on this
side of the channel seems to obtain
that the tremendous character of the
conspiracy is demonstrated by the fact
that nobody comes forward TO give in
formation"
"There are two sides to that question.
1t is perfectly true that there is a deep
and wide conspiracy. 1t is equally
certain that there are many persons in
Dublin who could put the police on
the track Of the murderers. have
made some personal inqui,ies among