The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-10
THE IRISH HORROR.

Lord Cavendish and Undcr Secretary
f8urke MurdereG ~ Dnbliu- Irish
Men Eserywherc Doaouisce the
Deed.
DUBLIN, May ga terrible trag-
/ edy occurred here tonight. Lord
Frederick Cavendisl, Tie lew Chief
Secretary, and Mr.. ,.....,as Henry
! Burke, the Under Secretary. were
assassina teiin PheniA Park About
| half past Z o'clock they left the I'm
der Secretary's lodge to walk over
| to the Chief Secretary 3 residence to
dinner. When within one hundred
yards of the Phoenix Monument
they were attacked by four men
wearing slouched hats. 1t is sup
posed that Mr.. Burke was first as
sailed and stabbed through the
heart. Lord Frederick Cavendish
attempted 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
car and drove rapidly from the
park by the Chapel-Izod gate.
On examination it was found that
Mr.. Burke had received several
stabs near the region of the heart,
and his throat had been cut almost
completely across. His clothes were
absolutely saturated with blood, and
the hemorrhage must have been tre-
mendous. His clothes were also
torn. His gloves had been torn in
many places. and his hands bore
marks suggestive of q fierce encoun-
ter with his assailants.
Lord Frederick did not wear
gloves. He had been stabbed in sew
eral places about the chest. One
wound was through the right lung
and penetrated, deeply. When the
bodies were first found Lord Freder-
ick Cavendish's lips were moving as
if he were trying to speak, but he
showed no further signs of con-
sciousness.
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 fellow-victim, early
in the evening. After dinner Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Mr.. Thom-
as Henry Burke, Under Secretary
for Ireland, went for a walk in Phe-
nix Park. They were both strolling
along about half a mile from the
city gate and quarter of mile
from the Chief Secretary's lodge.
Lord Spencer and the Viceregal
party were just going down to din.
ner at the lodge when the news was
sent to them. Some members o.
the household were at the opera al
the Gayety Theatre and were sent
for. When the cause of their depar-
ture was known the excitement was
intense, and a proposal was made to
stop the performance, which was
ultimately cut short.
| MIR. Burke had long been regard
ed with extreme disfavor by the Ma
tionalists of Ireland.
An extraordinary Cabinet council
was convened to-day.
London society, beginning with
the Queen, who sent telegram o
coincidence to the family of Lord
Cavendish, has made denrorstra-
ton of sympathy as remarkable a.
that which occurred on the death o
President Garfield.
DUBLIN, May S.-Foley, one o
the men who was first to see Lore
Cavendish and Burke after the as
sassination says that when he anC
his companion, Mcclure, were oppo
site the Viceregal lodge they observ
! ed men laying on the rosd, one the
right side and one on the foot
way. / saw that the man on the
footway had his throat cut. and
shouted out "Maguire, it's mur
der !" He asked me was / sure.
said ''yes," a and he said don
leave them ; I'll go for the police.
then went to the man layil G or
the road and asked him a question
to see if he was alive. He merely
turned his eyes. By this time thu
Royal Irish Constbulary arrived
But little clue can be obtained as
to the assassins and many arrests
are probable,
The House of Lords and Com
mons have adjourned until to-mor
row.