The Labor enquirer., 1883-05-05
Irish News.

CORK, April 3O.-O'Connor, a former
prominent Land Lacquer, committed to
prison, declined to give evidence at private
inquiry in the case of several Of the accused.
DUBLIN, May 2.-Patrick Delaney and
Thomas Cafrey, two more Of the men Charg-
ed with PARTICIPATION IN the murders of Cav,
endiSh and Burke, were Mraigned for trial
this morning. A sensation was created in
the court room by their pleas Of guilty to
the charge against them. Both were sen
fenced to be hanged on the second of June.
Before Cafrey pleaded guilty he was in
formed by his solicitor that the crown gave
no hopes of a mitigation of the sentence of
death which would be passed upon him
When Delaney was called up to plead he
said: II am guilty of being in the park at
the time CavendiSh and Burke were killed,
but did not commit the murder. | plead
guilty." twas then explained to him by the
Judge that this really amounted to plea of
innocence. Delaney then formally pleaded
guilty. He said: 81 was brought into this
first f0OIishIy, not knowing what it was |
was forced from my work to go to the park.
We had to obey the orders of the society or
take the consequences. When | got into the
park could not get away. | saw the muir
deTS committed, but took no part. | went to
the rurk in KayanaughS car HeSpeakS the
truth. So does Carey. The murders were
committed by Joe Brady and Timothy K,IIy,
and by nobody else. | saved Judge LawSon7S
life [ was put on to shoot him by MulIett
and Brady, and the only way to escape the
task was by calling the guards attention )"
When Cafrey was placed i'll the dock his face
wore a smile. He persisted in his plea of
guilty. On being asked whether he had any
thing to say why SCI tenCe should not be
passed on him, Cafrey replied in a loud
voice: All have got to say, standing on
the brink of the grave, is, | did not know
what was going to happen until twenty min
utes before the murders were committed. |
was bound to go to the park, under pain of
death" Judge OBrien in'paSsing sentence
said there were no means Of Judging the
truth of the. prisoners statement, but he did
not intimate that it was necessarily wholly
| untrue.
CORK, May "A prominent member of
the nationalist party named Murphy has
been remanded for trial for refusing to tes-
| tify at a private inquiry.
DUBLIN, May 3.-AgainSt Peter TnOn.
mo l." John Welsh and P. j. Sheridan the
grand Jury have returned true bills for muir
der. Welshand Sheridan are in America
and IynOn is supposed to be there. 1t is
understood the government will demand
their eXtraditiOn. Lawrence HanIOn, James
and Joseph Mullet, and Daniel Delany have
also been indicted on the charge of attempt
ing to murder the juror, Dennis Field and
numberof others. James MulIet was ar
rai!gned this morning on the charge of con-
spring to murder, and pleaded guilty. VIM.
Maraney also pleaded guilty to the same
charge. Several other men charged with the
same offence are expected to also, plead
guilty. Lawrence Hanlon was next arTaign-
! ed on the charge of attempting to murder
DenmS Field. He pleaded not guilty and
his trlal began. A man named Hawkins has
been arrested here. He will be arraigned to-
morrow With Eugene Kingston and others on