National Republican., 1883-02-05
ALLEGED AssAssTNs
Grlnning In the Dublin Dock ut their
Accusors-Tho Phoenix Park Tragedy
Hearing i'm Court.


Hearing I'm Court.
DUBLIN, Feb. 4.--Jamcs Carey, member
of tho corporation; Joseph Brady, u stono-
cutter; Edward O'Bricn, II shoemaker
Edward McCanery, van driver Peter Carey,
mason; Laurence Hanlon, q carpenter
Peter Doyle, coach builder, and Timothy
Kelly, coach builder, eight Of the men re-
Gently arrested here, woro charged at tho in
vestigation to-day with the murder Of Lord
Frederick Caycndish and Mr.. Burke in
Phunix park. A witness named Fitzsim-
mons identified Councillor Carey as being
connected with the conspiracy. Great cX-
CitCmcnt was visible among the occupants of
the dcnscly crowded courtroom when the
eight prisoners were placed in the dock.
There was painful pause when tho witness
Fitlsimmons wus called. Tho prisoners in
the meantime shook hands with each other
and joked among themselves, nodding to their
friends. The clerk of the court then read
the charges against the prisoners, that they
did, on the 9th of May last, loloniously kill
and slay Lord Frederick Cavendish and
Thomas Henry Burke. Tho reading of the
charge was greeted by tho prisoners with
% burst of loud laughter, which created
painful sensation in the court. Two
long-bladcd dissccting knives, sharp as
razOrs, and Snidcr rifle were produced, and
il was proven that James Carey sometimes
visited the loft where they were found con-
cealed between the ceiling and flats of the
house in which they were found. 1t was
shown that tho cuts in the clothes and wounds
of Lord Cavendsh and Mr.. Burke were in
! hicted by similar instruments. The evidence
| of DIR. Porter was followed with most extra
ordinary interest The prisoners leaned over
the dock, apparently drinking in every word.
DIR. Porter said that the wound that trans
! fixed Burke's heart enabled him to judge of
| tho length of the weapon, which must have
been nine or ten inches long. DIR. Myles de-
posed that some of the wounds of Lord Fred
cricll Cavendish and Of Mr. Burke corre-
! sponded exactly to tho knives produced.
Brady was identified by witness rs the
driver Of the car on which the PhUnix park
assassins rode. Brady and McCailrcy were
| identified by woman as being Mt the scene
| Immediately before the murder. The pris-
oners, during the opening of her examination,
quietly shifted their places in the dock Upon
! her turning to identify them there was some
controversy as to whether they ought not to
resume the order of their standing in which
! OBricn and Brady had been identified by Mr.
Hands. Mrs. Hands, however, easily identified
| them. George Golden, an old park ranger, de-
| posed that Mt 720 o'clock on the night of May
| q car, with five men driving furiously,
! passed within ten feet of him mt the Chapel
| I2od gate, and he identified Brady as sitting
| on the side. This was felt to be strong evil
| dcnce. The excitement in the courtroom in
creased as the carefully lined chain was un-
| folded. The prisoners ut the close Of God
den's testimony, relapsed into their passive
attitude of attention, Brady alone occasionally
smiling and whispering to his companions
! Powell, the son of u small farmer, identified
! Brady and McCailery us lurking under the
| trees of the park on the evening of the muir
der. After passing the men he met Mr..
Burke driving on the main road in cab. As
each prisoner was identified there were loud
acclamations in the court room, and the mag
istrate threatened to have it cleared. There
was considerable COmmOtiOn when all the pri-
soncrs were placed in the dock and remanded
until Monday.
| Over 100 persons suspected of being con-
nected with secret organization are reported
| to have left this city, but it is believed they
| have not yet succeeded in quitting the king
| dom. The police have ten more warrants
! to execute, and search is being made in Br-
mingham, London and Manchester for the
| persons against whom they have been issued =.
| Three informers are expected to be produced
| tomorrow or on Saturday next, If the inquiry
be adjourned to that day, who will give fur
ther details concerning the existence Of a mur-
| dcrOus organization.
One of the persons examined yesterday in
the kilmainham court house has offered TO
| become an informcr. over fifty persons who
| are connected with the conspiracy to murder
government officers, have gone to America
since the arrest Of the persons now under
examination on the conspiracy charge