New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-08
THE CRIME AND ITS EFFECTS.
rpY CABLE TO THE TRTBuSE.l

1o>noN Nav THE intelligence of the assassi-
...,ior of Lord Frederick Cavendish, Cher Secre-
=, tor Ireland. and Mr.. Burke, Under Secretary
1r;sb Dopartment, in Phunix Park, Dublin
Oorlv last evening created most profouilu So'''S
.,or in London. The news rcached 'no
o;,v TOO late to be printed Ill "'o
-.,;ror, issues of the few papers puDished
,..,o on sunday but extra editions soon male 'ne
III oooua;nted with the particulars OF the
1ostardly act. and until late hour al nleh' 'n0
o;,,, was in fermcnt for news, and the newspaper
offices were beseged by those in quest oil 'ne ia'eS'
information. ,.
Tho details Of the tragedy circulated tins morning
-, o,,ordrent in some particulars. 1t appears
that unon the termination OF the ceren'on'"i u
swearing in Earl Spencer, the new Lord Licu'e"
ort Lord Cavendsh left the Castle lh'enuins -
.,-ooood IN foot TO the Nice-regal Lodge
,.hiob ;s situated near the centre OF fh@hA
Park Half an hour later MI burAe
sorowed on a car. and overlook Lord OaVeh-
dish near the Park gate. He then dismissed 'ne
car and walked with the Chief Secretary lo"aiu
the Lodge. They had just arrived opposite Tie
odce boinp then about 200 yards from the
pho,nix Column. when they were attacked. II
was then about half past o'clock, and was oroad
dovlipbt. The attack was so sudden anu
silent that it scarcely attracted any notice pu' Ihe
semitic was observed from the gardens OF the VICE
,cool Lodge by Earl Spencer, who had arrived
shortly before Imagining that it was merely
at n DOllCeman
90 600 what was the matter. Though the murder
took place IN rather secluded part OF the grounds
there were three or four other witnesses, at dls
tance. of the occurrence hut no outcry having ap-
nreutly been raised no one seems to have suspected
Che desperate nature of the encounter, and 1t was
tboueht to be only drunken brawl. All accounts
nprce that the assassins were four IN NUMBER anu
drove Park car, but none of the spectators was
sufficiently near to be able to identify either inc
cor or its occupants The only evidence IN TINS d-
,oct,on ia TO the effect that the car was red
hacked one, and that after the murder
it was driven rapidly toward Chapei
Izod suburb Of Dublin. FROM
.bo patnre of the wounds death must IN each case
have been almost instantaneous Lord Cavendlsh
bad wound in the right lung and wound in the
neck either of which must have proved instantly
fatallaud,Nir Burke had his throat cut completely
across and a stab in the base OF the heart.
Immediately upon the discovery of the murder
the Park gates closed, and every nook
was searched for the aSsaSsins but without avail
and up TO the time of this dispatch being sent IN
hoy hoe
1he impression has gained ground that Mr.. Burke
alone was the object of the murderous attack, as he
had been identified with the policy of Coercion I'M
der Mr. Forster. and that the assailants were un-
aware Of the rank of their second victim.
Mr. Burke has been for ten years Under Secretary
for Ireland Having male himself obnoxious to
the Land League he was frequently advised to have
al escort, but he declined to adopt the suggestion.
The inquest was begun at Dublin to-day in order
70 allow the removal of the remains for burial The
funeral Of Lord Cavendish will take place al Chats
worth House, and Lord Harrington left London to-
night TO superintend the arrangements. Lady
Cavendsh will start for Chatsworh House OF
Monday.
Tie Attorney General for Ireland started for Dub
jim on the mail train tonight, and the train
veyed tbitber the select contingent force of Lon
don detectives.
Al Indignation meeting of citizens Will be held in
Dublin tomorrow. A Cabinet Council held
this afternoon and there also an infOrma meet
ing Of the chefs of the Conservative party, Sir
Stafford Northcote waiting afterward upon Mr.
Gladstone to assure him of the unanimous support
Of that party in the present critical position of Irish
Affairs. The motion on Monday in the House Of
Commons will not therefore, be proceeded with,
and il is expected that the House will adjourn
without uansactng any business. At the Cabinet
Council the adyisablity of procaiming martial law
IN Ireland discussed, but il is believed that
ceelslon was arrived at
~ an interview with a newspaper reporter to-day
'iI' Tarncl expressed his pain and horror at the
Outrage ana his apprehension that such an afro
clouS. unproyoked crime must proyo damaging to
the interests of the Irish people lie could not con-
ceVe that any section ofthe Irish people had plotted
deliberately against the life of Lord Cavendish and
was surprised that the police should not have been
Aoie ana should apparently have taken no steps to
"a'ch over him. lie added: "It seems to me as if
There Is some unhappy destiny presiding over Ire
iand' which always, the moment when there seems
aposslbility of some chance for country, comes
suddenly TO destroy the hopes of her best friends"
Ihe post Of Chief Secretary for Ireland will be Of
Tered TO and accepted by Mr.. Chamberlain, it is
now believed.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE CRIME.
GENERAL rREss DIsPATCH.l
LONDON, May THE Obsnrer'S dispatch from