, 1882-06-14
The Assassina,ioms i'm Dublin.

49, h0ANO'
Mr.. Patrick William Mcguire, Up, AIMS
street, deposed in reply to the Attorney
General-On Saturday evening | was out
On a tricycle. with a friend, Mr.. Foley. [
went to the park with Mr.. Fo.ey and enter
ed by the North Circular-rOld. We went
around by the peoples gardens to the
Cough statue. 1t was then a little after
z O'Clock as near as | can go to the exact
hour. We turned up the main road to-
wards the Phoenix column. We passed.
several persons, but took no notice of them.
We came to two gentlemen OH the foot,
path on the left hand side. They were
cOnverSing. l did not know either Of
them. We passed them and proceeded to
the Phoenix Column. J went round it but
Foley did not. We came back along the
main road, in the direction Of the Cough
statue. [ should remark that as we were 90
ing out we took notice of he two gentlemen,
who seemed to be smiling at rs as we
were passing, their attention being attrdc-
ted to us. | was going faster than Nlr.
Foley, who could not get up t0"e. On
our way back we saw a gentleman OH
the road in a pool of blood. From the
time we first saw them until we saw
the bodies on the road should say
about six or seven minutes elapsed.
To the Coroner.-1 saw Mr.. Burke lying
on the footpath. [ recognized them as
the same gentlemen on account Of Mr..
Burke's peculiar ty of dress. | did not
know who they were at the time. There
was a distance OF about 20 feet between
the two gentlemen.
To the Attorneys enpraI.-To the best Of
myrecollecti0n Mr. Burke's body waslying
with his feet out towards the bank across
the footpath. He was partly on his side.
/ ! perceived from a mark of blood on n
neck that he must have received Il wound.
The other body was lying ont on the
roadway about l5ft. from the edge OF the
footway. He appeared quite dead. Mr..
Burke was enc OF The gentlemen we passed,
and | think that the other body was that
OF the other gentleman we passed. When
l saw the bodies | slacken pace. | shout
ed to Mr.. Foley, who was a little behind me
that a duel OF a murder must have taken
place, and to stop and give assistance
while | went on to get help. In proceeding
down | got as far as the Cough statue,
where ] saw two Royal Irish conStabularY,
whom | called, telling them Of the occur
renee, and asked them if they were ON
duty. They said they were not. l asked
them to go to where the bodies were. l.
heard afterwards that they did not so. l
proceeded to the park gate, and when a
little distance from the gate saw a head
constable and a gentleman, and | told
them of the occurrence, and they appeared
to go on to where it took place. AT the park
gateSI saw ametropolitan policeman onduty.
He told me he should procure assistance.
I told him it was a matter OF life and death
and to hurry on, SO he then went to the
lodge and told one of his assistants who
put on his uniform. They both got on a
car and drove to where the bodies were.
/ followed them on my machine. The Oo-
dies were lying in the same place, and a
crowd had gathered round. Some of the
Guards who had been on duty at the
Viceregal Lodge placed the body of Lord
Frederick CavendiSh on a Stretcher. The
bodies were then removed to SteevenS'S
Hospital. After passing the two gentle
men in the first instance on our way to the
Phoenix, [ don't r~ecCllect seeing any per-
son on foot or on a car. Having rounded
the Phoenix and coming back again | met
nothing and saw nothing to attract my
attention until | saw the bodies.
Lieutenant Greatrex, Royal Dragons,
ed.-Last Saturday | was in the Phoenix
Park with my dogs. ] had come up from
the magazine in the direction Of the Chief
Secretary's lodge. | know the Phoenix
column. ] came out on the road immedi-
ately opposite the monument on the Dub
lin side, the Phoenix being on my left.
That was at about a quarter past Z o'clock
as near as | can go. | was walking fast