Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-01-29
FoREIoN NEWS.
IRISH AFFAIRS.
FIVE Persons Charged With Conspiracy
to Murder q Special JufOr-Tes.
timony Of a Young Lady.

DUBLIN. Jan 81.
Joseph Brady, Timothy Kelley, Lawrence
Hanlon, John Dwor and Miles Kavanagh.
carman, appeared in Kilmainham Court
House today, charged with conspiracy to
murder Field a special juror. The court was
crowded and carefully guarded. Alice Car
deposed that on the evening of November
27th, shortly after six o'clock, she saw a car
with three passenger RS and driver stop in
Hardwich street. Three men got of; she
knew two of them. They were Kelley and
Brady. She frequently saw them at Millets
public house. She saw them follow Field.
whom Brady stabbed she saw the glitter of
a car sword, or dagger; two men were be-
hind Brady. When Field fell he was again
stabbed by Brady or Kelley. Three men got
on the car and drove off. Kavanagh was
driver. Witness positively identified Kelley,
Brady and Kavsnagh.
A long cross-examination followed, but
the testimony of the witness was not broken
down. The prisoners were troug' into Kill
mainham Court House by a private passage
from the jail. The counsel for the crown
stated that he intended only to prose-
cute the five prisoners in the dock for at
tempt to murder Field. The used were
represented BY four counsellors- Several
castle officials and many ladies were present
in the court
The girl witness denied telling her parents
that she saw the attack upon Field. An ac-
cidental conversation some days after with
the police caused her examination. She did
not Inform in consequence of the reward
of 500 pounds she saw Brady stab Field in
breast and face he spoke to Brady. The
prisoners smiled at the evidence and joked
among themselves. The girl refused to go
on the witness stand.
The next witness for the same reason also
refused to go on the witness stand. They
were examined from side bench. Michael
Farrell, brass filter, aged l6, deposed that
on the evening of the attack upon Field he
saw three men standing at the corner of
Hardwich street; car was on the opposite
side of the street. Witness knew Brady,
Kavanagh and Kelley; kavanagh was in
charge of the ear; the other two men were
near.
Connolly, a solicitors clerk, swore that on
the evening of the attack upon Field he was
on his way home through Frederick street,
and heard cries of murder he ran and saw
Field on the ground; prisoner Kelley was
just behind him and made his escape through
the crowd. Kelley who had brushed against
witness had a weapon partly conceald under
his court. The witness followed him and
saw him get on car, upon which he threw
weapon; a stout man jumped upon the other
side Kelley lost his hat in jumping on the
car the stout man had a revolver. Witness
passed the car at fifty yards and was stopped
by a man, Pan, a provision dealer, proved
that he picked up hat mediately after
the occurrence.
At this stage of the proceedings sixteen
other prisoners, against who general charge
has been brought of conspiracy to murder
government officials. were placed in the dock,
five under examination.
VIM. LAME, an informer, brother in-law
Pool, who is charged with participation in
the murder of Detective Cox, deposed. He
was a sworn member of the Fenian Brother
hood in 1867. He attended, with Pool, the
meetings of the Irish Republican Brother
hood. Pool was the Curley that used to be
there. Witness here created laughter by
his inability to recognize Curley in the DOCK.
Witness attended meetings with the prisoners,
Brady and Mahoney.