Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-05-12
AssAssLNAT EONs IN LRELAND.

ENGLAND AND FEELING OF DEEP SORROW IN
WHICH THE CIVILIZED WORLD sYMPATHIzEs.
Last Saturday night the whole civilized
world was shocked by the announcement Of
the assassination in cold blood Of the repre-
sentatives of the Queens government in Ire
land. Soon after o'clock on that evening
Lord Frederick Cavondish, the new Chief
Secretary for ireland and Mr. Burke, the I'm
der Secretary, were stabbed and killed in
Phoenix park Dublin, in the most horrible
and cold-blooded manner. The crime is one
of the worst of kind which has become
painfully common in recent years. Particu.
lars are given in the London despatch follow
ing.
Particulars OF the Crime.
LONDON, May, G.-Lord Frederick Caven.
dish, the new Chief Secretary for Ireland,
and Mr.. Thomas Henry Burke, the Under
Secretary, were assassinated early this even
ing, while walking in Phoenix park, Dublin.
The early dispatches received here stated
that the two gentlemen had been shot, but
later information shows that they were stab
bed. Lord Oavendish and Earl Spencer had
remained at Dublin castle engaged in the
transaction of official business until g o'clock
this evening, when each drove to his Tespoc-
tive residence. After dinner Lord Frederick
Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke went
for q walk in Phoenix park. They were stroll
ling along about half mile from the city
gate and a quarter of a mile from the Chief
Secretarys lodge, when q car drove up con-
tanning four men, two of whom jumped
down from the car, and attacked them, stab
bling them both several times in the throat
and brea,t The victims struggled hard for
life, and in the struggle became separated,
their bodies being found about 10 PAGES apart.
The tragedy occurred about 10 minutes after
O'Clock in the evening, and in broad day
light Tho bodies were first discovered by
two young gentlemen, who were riding BIZ
cycles through the park, and who immedi-
ately gave the alarm to the police. Surgeons
soon reached the spot, but the police were
already conveying Mr.. Burke's body away to
the town, where an examination showed life
to be extinct. The upper part of the body
was perforated in a shocking manner and
presented a CHASTITY sight Proceeding fur.
ther the medical men reached the body OF
Lord Frederick Cavendish, which was being
conveyed away from the park on a stretcher.
The body Of the Chief Secretary displayed
the same dreadful wounds in addition to
which his left arm was also broken and torn,
az if he had put it up to protect his breast.
Lord Frederick Cavendish was quite dead.
The bodies were taken to Stevens hospital,
where they will remain until an inquest il
held.
The locality of the outrage is terribly
marked with blood. The spot where the
body of Lord Cavendish was found was ab.
solutely deluged, while Mr.. Burke's body lay
in pool of blood. IL is said that after the
act the murderers Immediately drove of.
There seems to be no clue to the assassins al
present, but the police are taking most ex.
traordinary measures to discover the perpe.
traitors. A large quantity OF notes and gold
coin, besides their gold watches, were found
in the pockets Of the victims, which showed
that the object of the crime was not robbery.
Great excitement prevails throughout Dub.
lin and widespread indignation is expressed
over the event. The telegraph offices are
| besieged for the latest news. Owing to the
lateness of the hour of the arrival Of the news
in London, nothing of the outrage is as yet
known here among the general public.
The murderers mediately escaped, leav.
| ing, apparently, in the park no evidence OF
their terrible work except large pool OF
blood upon the ground. The police of course
took immediate measures to capture them.
kilograms were sent to all the police stations
in Ireland and England, giving information
of the murder. A guard was placed over the
| spot where the crime was committed to pre-.
vent interference with the pools of blood,
but early yesterday morning, in order to al.
lay the excitement, orders were sent from
| Dublin castle to clear away the blood, and
the police guarding the spot were withdrawn.
| Some one reports that about o'clock on Sat
urday afternoon he saw a country car of pc
culiar build driving through Grafton street
1t contained four very suspicious-lo looking fell
lows with blackened faces, and wearing
slouched hats pulled down in front so as to
some extent conceal their faces boy states
| that while bird -nesting in Phoenix park he
saw, about POO yards from him and close to
the road, group of men who appeared tc
be wrestling. He thought they were roughs
and paid no particular attention TO them. lie
then saw two of the men fall and four Others
| jump into car and drive rapidly toward
| Chapel Izod. He is unable to give descrip
tion Of their appearance. The park was
crowded in many places at the time of the
tragedy. Many persons were sitting or walk
ing within few hundred yards of where the
bodies were found, but heard nothing of the
affair. The police paraded tho park shortly
after the occurrence and fruitlessly searched
| every hole and corner for the murderers.
A gentleman named Mcguire and friend,
| who were on tricycles, shortly before had
passed Mr.. Burke and Lord Frederick Cav
endish, when on their way along the main
road through the Park, and on their return
| journey they found the Chief Secretary lying
in the centre of the carriage-way and Mr..
Burke PROSTATE upon the pathway. Both
gentlemen were lying in large pools of blood.
Mr.. Mcguire says that not over five to seven
minutes elapsed between the time they pass
| ed the Secretary and the Under Secretary and
the moment when they returned and found
them dead
Searching for the AssasaIns.
Prompt measures were taken for the dis
covery and arrest of the assassins. Several
arrests have been made, and all suspicious
persons are watched, but thus far it is not
believed that the guilty parties have been
found. The British government offers a re-
ward of ESQ., 600 for the discovery of the muir
derers with immunity from punishment of
any person, not one of the principals, who
gives tho information. The fact that four
men could commit such q crime, with fifth,
the driver of the car, who must have been in
the plot, gives color to the opinion that there
must have been deep-laid conspiracy.
The Latest.
In the House of Commons last evening Sir
VIM. Harcourt announced the policy of tho
government toward criminal classes Trial
by jury is to be abolished, and a special tri-
bunal of three judges will try criminal cases.
1uo Judgment OF tue court must De unanl-
nous, and appeal can be made to the supreme
court, where majority will decide. The Alien
act is to be revived, secret societies are to be
suppressed, and vigorous effort will be made
TO suppress crime and intimidation.
disappointment is generally expressed In
Dublin at the failure of the police to discover
anything important concerning the identity of
the assassins, and the feeling is growing that
they have escaped.