Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-27
DUBLIN DEPRAFITY. E:
DETAILS OFTHE ASSAULT UPON AND
~ MUADER OF DETECTITE cox.
Beii-f that Assailants Contemplated Muir
der-DOmiciliary Visits by the Police
Michael Davitt on the Right of the
Starving People to Support Tisceilane-
Gus Notes. .i
GREAT. BRITAIN.

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der Secretary Burke, and they appear san
guine of effecting their arrest. ~
1t is stated that one detective fred al
last night on the Middle Abbey street, wa.
previously warned that if ne left the police
Office he would be shot. Coxs assassin
has SIX bullet wounds, two in the head
one IN the shoulder, one in the neck and
wo in the wrist There was lively
exchange of shots for a. few
seconds between the officers and men.
bowling or Do1an. the murderer of Detect
I've Cox, is brass filter in. Gross Neyir)
street. One of the two other men arrested
last night is named Devine. He was re-.
leased from prison only few months ago,
after having served a term Of two years .forr
burglary. He is known as a bully at "a
disreputable house here. When arrested
ne had two reyelvers in the breast pocket
Of his coat, and eighteen rounds of, ar1mu-
milton. Detectives have been on duty all
evening. At about 1890 they noticed
thirty suspicious looking persons Withdraw
from crowd on the opposite sidewalk.
leaving party of ten, with whom the de-
tectives had the. encounter. The Off
GERS crossed the street and Cox approached
1olan, whom he suspected OF having arms
III his possession. As the detectives ncared
the group man shouted, s..Now fire. and
Dolan Immediately discharged his revol!
yer. Eastwood ran towards Dolan,rs and
after wounding him wrenched the revolver
from his grasp Meanwhile another of tie
party fired twice at Eastwood, one bullet
penetrating the latter's. hat. :; DeEine
knocked Eastwood down and was about to
draw revolver to shoot him, when he was
seized by q constable on one side and a
soldier on the other. The soldier drew
his sword bayonet and held it across De-
Vines throat. "a threatening. 10
kill him instantly = if he
moved. A voice in the crowd shouted,
shoot the soldier.H Matters appeared
threatening at this juneture, but The police
confronted the crowd with reyolyers and
threatened to fire. This action of the po-
lice and the brandishing of his. sword by
the soldier coused the crowd to keep back
until Cox and the prisoners were carried
away. Dolan is in the hospital and not
expected to live. He says he and the party
he was with are all good men. and he does
not care if he dies. The police state a
whistle was blown as they approached. the
group, and that the word to. fire was re-
1peated three times. Another constable, as
well as Eastwood, used his revolver, firing
two shots r at a: Dolan and three. at
Others of the party. Dolan lives close to
where the Fenian armory was recently dis
covered The police at g this morning
broke into the house of William Mood
ward, an organ builder. OF Cutie street. and
arrested him on the charge of being con
:nected with the murder of Detective Cox
Woodward has been imprisoned under the
coercion act, on suspicion of being con-
concerned in the murder of the informer
Bailey. The police are expected to break
into other houses during the night. The
mob followed the cab in which the detec-
tives were conveying Cox to the hospital,
and fearing attack, the officers presented
their revolvers out of the windows of the
cab, and reached the hospital in safety.
Detective Eastwood identified Woodward
as man he saw on Middle Abbey street
about the time of the shooting. The police
arrested Patrick Ryan, a tailor, on sus-
plclon OF; belonging to the party, When
the Fenian arsenal on Nevin street., was
seized during the summer, Ryan was ar
rested. He was kept in custody under the
coercion act, but subsequently liberated. !
Dolan, whose condition is unchanged.
but expected to recover, observed reck-
less demeanor in the hospital. While the
doctors were examining his. wounds and
searching for the bullets, he exclaimed:
"Probe away, and be damned to you."4
Further inquiry tends to confirm the opin-
Ion that the men were waiting for. some
one with intention of numbering him. The
moon was shining brightly at the time of
the ARRAY. 1a -. 81; ffs-,.-...-- .-.l - i
ii Ryan. was arrested in Brabazon, row. in
the house. where arms were. seized some
time ago. He served in the American
army 1t is evident from the circumstan-
ees connected with the murder of Cox that
1t will be: necessary for the authorities to
keep aabody of constables, strong enough
to deal effectively, with more desperate at
tempts likely to: be. made. to shoot the
police in a life and death struggle between
authority and ruffanism. -. -. ..r..I 7
= The board has been ia the habit of hold
ing meetings at the upper end of Abbey
street near the postofice. The lord i leu
tenant and director of criminal .inyestica-
ton made an inquiry to-day into. the cir
cumstances of the killing of Cox All. the
officers engaged in the affair were exam
ined. 49, a,~,.-...ss. =
9 Archbishop McCabe, speaking at Har-:
ODDS Cross to-day. denounced the murder
in the strongest terms. He asked the PEG:
pie to use THEN: influence to drive. away, Sc
'cret societies and wrong-doers. Last night
he said they were no doubt: abroad for
deadlier and more tiendish work., but their
intentions were frustrated by the vigil,
lance of the police - s.s...i-,s. - -. =
Davitt ina speech at Navan last even
ing. eulogized the action of the Irish Par
liamentary party. Action in Ireland, he
said, must always be. pa ra1nonnt to work
in Westminster. Z Referringsto the threat
ened famine in the west Of Ireland, he
declared that tenant farmers. should not
,starye., They would compel the govern
ment that prevents them from living on
the soil to support them during the winter.
In case they were unsuccessful in getting
the governments to.do; its duty, he pro-.
posed to make the landlords support the
people. If: Gladstone did not apply the
surplus arrears estimate to save the ypeo-
pie, then no rent should be paid from No
'vember until May. :; sze9 sds L. 7zc<,..l r.,
Portions of the arrears s,irpluss he said.