The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-08

and Under Secretary Burke were shot dead
this evening in Phoenix Park.
THE NEWS At THE CLUBS.
London, May 6.-At the London Club. and
other late west-end resorts, the news of the
assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish
and Under Secretary Burke was received with
feelings of stupefaction, followed by express
sions Of the bilterest resentment
A WALK TO DEATH.
London, May 6.-Lord Frederick Caven-
dish and Earl Spencer had remained at Dub
lin Castle, engaged in the transaction of Off
cial business until O'Clock this evening, when
each drove to his respective residence. After
dinner Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr..
Thomas Henry Burke, Under Secretary for
Ireland, went for a walk in the park. They
were shot close to the chief secretary's lodge.
No arrests have been made.
THE OBJECT NOT ROBBERY.
London, May 6.-It is said that after the
act the murderers Immediately drove off.
There seems to be no clue to the assassina
ton at present, but the police are taking most
extraordinary measures to discover the per-
petrators.
A large quantity Of notes and gold coin, be-
sides 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 Dublin, and
widespread Indignation is expressed over the
event.
The telegraph offices are besieged for later
news, but owing to the lateness of the hour of
arrival of the news in London nothing of the
outrage is as yet known here among the gen.
eral public.
ATTACKED BY THE ASSASSINS.
London, May GA later telegram from
Dublin says it now appears that Lord Freder-
ick Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke
were stabbed and not shot. They were both
strolng in the park, about half mile from
the city gate and quarter mile from the chief
secretary's lodge, when a car drove up con-
tanning four men, two Of whom jumped down
from the car and attacked Lord Frederick
CavendiSh and Mr.. Burke, stabbing them both
several times in the throat and breast. The
victims struggled hard for life, and in the
struggle became separated. Their bodies
were found some ten PAGES apart. The TRACE
dy occurred about ten minutes after o'clock
in the evening, and in broad daylight. The
bodies were first discovered by two young
gentlemen who were riding bicycles through
the park, and who Immediately gave the
alarm to the police. Surgeons soon reached
the spot, but the police were already convey
ing Mr.. Burke's body away to town, where the
examination showed life to be extinct. The
upper part of the body was perforated in a
shocking manner and presented a CHASTITY
sight. Proceeding further, the medical men
reached the body of Lord Frederick Caven-
dish, which was being conveyed away from
the park on a stretcher. The body of the
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wounds, in addition to which his left arm was
also broken and torn as 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 is held. The locality of the ont
rage is terribly marked with blood. The
spot where the body of Lord Frederick Cav
endish was found was absolutely deluged,
while Mr.. Burke's body lay in a pool of blood.
THE CREW OF THE JEANETTE.
New York May 6.-The Herald publishes
the following:
Irkutsk, May S, Morning.-The following
dispatches have just been received here by a
special courier from the Jackson Herald cor
respondent on his way north to the mouth of
the Lena:
Dispatch No. I. Deer Station, Kemurach,
in the District ofVerchnaransk, April 10, 1882.
A rumor is current among the fungus natives
that five men have been found by the fungus
at the mouth of the Lena. They describe one
as wearing gold-faced uniform. Noras tells
me that Captain belong wore his uniform
coat under his ulster at the time Of the land
ing. give this as rumor, but it is remarka-
BILE that the news spread among the fungus
with great speed.
Jackson dispatch No. 2. Forty miles be-
low Kelarach, April IL, ISS2.-A Cossack
lEstafette) special says: Express Just arrived