The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-05-18
A DOUBLE ASSASSINATION.

The New Chief Secretary for Ireland ana
His Assistant Murdered In DnhIIn-Es-
cape of the Assassins Before Their Atro-
eious Crime Was Discovered-Great Xxx
element In England and Ireland-The
Feeling in This Countrywide Deed Ex-
eerated by the League Leaders in Amer
ica.-Land-League ManIfestoes.
NEW YORK. May g.
A Dublin cablegram to the Herald says: "
/ terrible tragedy occurred here tonight Lord
Frederick Cavendlsh the new Chief Secretary,
and Mr.. Thomas Henry Burke, the Under Sec
| retary were assassinated in Phoenix Park
/ About half-past seven o'clock they left the
/ Under Secretary's lodge to walk over to the
| Chief Secretary's residence to dinner. When
within one hundred yards of the Phoenix Mon
ument they were attacked by four men wear
| ing slouched hats. 1t is supposed that Mr..
Burke was first assailed, and stabbed through
| the heart Lord Frederick Cavendish attempt-
ed to defend him, but he, too, was stabbed by
| the assassins. They repeatedly plunged their
knives into the breasts of their victims, and,
! having cut their throats they got on a car AMI
/ drove rapidly from the park by the ChapelizOd
| gate. A few minutes afterward man walk
/ ing along the park road found the bodies COW
! cred with blood, and at once informed the pO-
! lice, who had the bodies removed to the
| Stephens Hospital A slight examination was
made, and it was found that Lord Frederick
| Cayendish's arm was also broken.
The news rapidly spread, and created the
| widest excitement and CONSERVATION in the
| city. Lord Spencer and the Vice-Regal party
were just going down to dinner at the lodge
when the news was sent to them. Some MEM
4 bers of the household were at the opera at the
| Gafety Theater, and were sent for. When the
cause of their departure was known the ex-
! citement was intense, and proposal was made
to stop the performance, which was ultimately
! cut short
Lord Frederick Cavendish only arrived in
| Dublin this afternoon along with Earl Spencer,
/ the new Lord Lieutenant. He was present at
the installation ceremony in Dublin Castle, and
/ left there with Mr.. Burke, his feIlow-victim,
! early in the evening.
1t is stated that some lads riding bicycles in
| the park saw the attack and the murders,
which were the work of less than a minute.
| Many people were within a few hundred yards
| of the scene of the assassination, but no one
| appears to have been near enough to inter
! fere. When the bodies were first found, Lord
| Frederick Cavendish' s lips were moving, as if
he was trying to speak, but he showed no fur
! ther signs of consciousness.
| 1t is needless to add that the assassinations
are attributed to the Fenians, although this
must be pure conjecture. The assassins were
| seen entering the park a car, and driving
! rapidly along the main road, and from all ac-
| counts they must have encountered their VIC
! tins as they were crossing the road. Robbery
! could not have been their object, as nothing
| on the bodies was touched
The details of the tragedy as follows: A
| boy named Jacob states that while bird s-nest-
| ing in the park he saw, about two hundred
! yards frem where he was, and close to the
road, group of men as if wrestling. He
! thought they were roughs, and did not pay
any attention to them. He then saw two men
fall to the ground and four others jump on
| car and drive off to Chapelizod, which lies in
! direction opposite to the city. They drove at
rapid pace, and he could not give any des-
| cription of the appearance of the men. A
| gentleman named Mcguire and a friend who
were on tricycles shortly before had passed Mr..
Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish when on
| their way along the main road through the
park, and on their return journey they found
the Chief Secretary lying in the center of the
carriageway, and MIR. Burke PROSTATE upon
the pathway. Both gentlemen were lying in
large pools of blood. They informed the po-
| lice at the park gate of what they had seen.
The police at once proceeded to the scene of
the murder and conveyed the bodies to the
hospital. On examination it was found that
Burke had received several stabs near the re-
gion of the heart and his throat had been cut
almost completely across. His clothes were
absolutely saturated with blood, and the hem
Orrhage must have been tremendous. His
clothes were also torn. His gloves had been
torn in many places, and his hand bore marks
suggestive of a fierce encounter with his as
sailants. Lord Frederick did not wear gloves
He had been stabbed in several places about
the chest. One wound was through the right
lung and penetrated deeply.
At the time of the dreadful occurrence the
park, as might be expected on a lovely even
ing, was crowded in many places with people,
1t is a remarkable fact, and one suggesting
that the murderous onslaught must have been
short, terrible and decisive, that many persons
sitting and walking within few hundred yards
of where the bodies were found heard nothing
of the affair.
Great excitement prevails throughout Dub
lin, and widespread Indignation is expressed
over the event
LONDON, May g..
At the London clubs and other late West-end
resorts news of the assassination of Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Under Secretary
Burke was received with feeling of stupefac-
ton followed by expressions of the bitterest
resentment