St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-02-16
The Dublin Murders.

On Saturday sensation was caused
IN the Dublin courthouse by the ap-
pearance of Michael Kavanagh, charged
with driving the car at the time of the
murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish
and Under Secretary Burke, as a wit
ness for the government. The court
room was crowded and there was great
excitement manifest among the hearers
and in the demeanor of Kavanagh him
self. His testimony was as follows {:
On May 8 he was at the Royal Oak public
house III Park-gate street and was
there hired to drive a car by four men
Brady and Kelly and two strangers.
kavanagh then pointed to Patrick De-
laney as one of the strangers. He
drove the four men into the park by
the Island Bridge gate to the Phoenix
monument, and along the main road to
Cough monument, and there they got
down. Councillor James Carey and
Daniel Delaney were on the seats at
the side of the road in the park. De-
laney said they were watching the
chief secretary. Soon after the men he
drove said that there was no sign of
Fltzharris witness saw him coming
with cab from an opposite direction,
and saw four men alight from the cab
The cab stayed long way up the road,
with the horses head turned toward
Dublin. A short time after, he saw
Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr..
Burke approaching arm in arm
James Carey and Delaney, who had
come back from the place where the
car was waiting, Joined the group.
Witness heard some one say, at is the
tall man" Kavanagh was then or
dered to go farther away by some of
the cOnspiratOrs.
As he did so, witness heard some
one Che could not tell whom) repeat,
'Mind. it is the tall man." Delaney
instructed witness (Kavanagh) to look
sharp and be ready to start. Upon
this he drove nearer to the waiting
group, which included some persons
he did not know. While he was wait
ing, carman nicknamed Nowt passed
him driving passenger named Nolan
toward Dublin. He was then passed
by some bicyclists. As the men came
along either Carey or Delaney raised
Il white handkerchief. This was the
signal for the assassination. Soon af-
ter the handkerchief waved witness
heard Secretary Burke cry ''Oh :" this
was, he thought, like the cry of man
in death agony. Looking around he
saw one man fall the other, who had
an umbrella, was lying on the ground
already. He was not certain who
struck the fatal blows. Directly after
Brady, Kelly, Delaney and Carey
mounted the car and Kavanagh drove
off fast, round by Chapelizod, on to
PalmerstOn park, where he was paid
Il. On Sunday morning he met Bra
dy again at Townsend street and re-
ceiVed % more. Brady afterward
bought him harness. He allowed the
car to remain as it was for some time :;
aiterward he had it painted.
Kavanagh testified also to being en-
gagged by Brady on the night juror
Field was attacked, and his testimony
confirmed that of previous witnesses,
and added some statements, as that
Kelly, having lost his hat on mount
ing the car after the assault, bought
another in Townsend street, and that
at the gas works two of them wrapped
some kind of swords in paper and
threw them in the basin. Brady paid
for the car on this occasion also. Ka-
vanagh had been twice in Phoenix
park before May 6 with the four men
whom he drove on the day of the muir
ders. He had been sworn into the
society by Kelly, and his task was ''to
drive the bows"