Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-10
DOOMED TO BE HANGED.
THE PHOlNIX PARK ASSASSINS
UNDER INDICTMENT

Judge O'Brien Sets To-Day for the Conn
mencement of the Trial-A Charge
Which Was the Death knelI of the
PrisOners-A Plea for A DELAY De-
MED.
DUBLIN, April 9.-The court house
where the trial of the Phoenix Park assas-
sins took place was besieged this morning
by crowds of persons eager to gain adj
mission. The authorities, however, only
admitted persons called in the case and
fifty reporters, and they Were let into the
building at an early hour. Judge O'Brien,
who is to hear the case, took his, seat on
the bench at Is minutes past IL O'Clock.
when the work of swearing i'm a
| grand jury was proceeded with.
MallOn, the chief of detectives.
and few privileged spectators were
also present. The prisoners Brady. Kelly.
Delaney, COffry, Curley and Fitzharris
were brought to the court house at 8
| O'Clock. They were escorted by a whole
/ troop of dragons. The solicitors for the
| prisoners, who appeared for them at the
! examination in Kilmainham court house,
were present. Judge O'Brien informed
the grand jury that the case of
the attack upon tIlrOr Dennis Field
would not be brought to their notice until
after the ordinary business of the COM
mission had'been disposed of. Address
ing the special jurors, he spoke at some
! length of the Importance and gravity of
! the PheniX Park murder case. He point
| ed to the existence of regularly organ
! lied secret societies, drawn and held to-
/ gether for the purpose of committing muir
! der. Those members of such societies
who were actually guilty of taking the
/ lives of their fellow beings and those
! guilty of assisting and encouraging them
In their deeds were guilty of murder. The
| latter were equally guilty with the former,
| but mere membership in such society,
! even though 1T might be formed with the
| general object to commit murder, did not
| ofnecessity make all the members guilty of
! that specific crime. If the Jury believed
/ the evidence which the crown would pro-
duce it was their duty to bring in a true
! bill against the persons accused. He
dwelt on the enOrmIty of the crime which
has, as if by magic, brought dark cloud
over the bright and favorable prospect
that, it had seemed, was about to open
for Ireland. The Judge proceeded to
inform the jury that the Crown would
allege that the murder of Lord Frederick
Cavendish was not part of the original
design of the Phoenix Park assassins, and
that he was victim on account of being
at the time in company with Mr.. Burke.
The Crown would claim, however, that all
| the persons present at the time of
the murder were responsible for the
killing of Lord Frederick Cavendish,
and were, therefore, accessories be-
fore the fact, and that those of
the band who were not present were re-
spOnsible only for the murder of Mr..
Burke, which was premeditated act on
their part. The lives taken on the 9th of
May last were sacred and dear to the peo-
pie. He had not, for his part, the least
misgiving that the jury would be found
faithful in the discharge of their Onerous
duties.
The grand jury then retired. 1t is
selected from special panel, drawn from
the residents of both the city and county
of Dublin. There were very few claims
for exemption from service.
The grand jury soon returned to the
court room with a true bill against
Joseph Brady, charging him with the
murder of Lord Cavendish and Under
Secretary Burke.
Brady was arraigned and pleaded not
guilty.
An application was then made for a
pOstpOnement of the trial as preparations
for it were not complete.
The counsel for the Crown opposed any
longer pOStponement than till tomorrow.
Mr.. McCune, Brady's solicitor, said that
A. NJ. Sullivan would act for Brady if time
was allowed him to get ready.
Judge O'Brien said that the case must
proceed tomorrow. If Mr. Sullivan was
not ready to take it in hand, he (Judge
O'Brien) would appoint some other per-
son to act for Brady. The trial OF Brady
was then set for tomorrow, and DIR. Webb
Adams was assigned by the court to de-
fend the prisoner. Curley, Kelly, Thomas,
Cotfry and Fitzharris were next each ar
raigned separately. They each pleaded
''Not guilty." All were held for trial.
Brady, when placed in the dock, wore as
careless and defiant demeanOr as he did
at the hearing.
The grand jury also found true bills of
murder against Joseph and Lawrence
HanlOn, William MorOney, Patrick De
laney, Pagan and Joseph Mullett.