The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-03-28
LONDON, March 10.

LONDON, March 10.
Lady Florence Dixie, who was attacked SAT-
urday by two men disguised in womens
clothes, says the men spoke no brogue. She
remembers seeing her st. Bernard dog drag
one of them backward. The affair is puzzling
every one, There issno clew 20 the assailants.
The gardener pOttnk geraniums thirty yards
from the scene neither saw nor heard any
thing of the occurrence. Lady Florence say
she called to her husband fOrhelp. She state
she should be sorry to attribute the outrage TO
the Land League
NEW York, March 70.
ODonovan-Rossa said to-day he was very
certain that no Irish organization had any
thing to do with the assault upon Lady Flor
ence Dixie. Irishmen," he said, "dO not
make war upon women" In Dublin Mr..
Forsters life was spared on many occasions
because he shielded himself behind women.
He very much doubted whether the assault
had ever taken place. Lady Dixie was
crank" and perhaps her love of notoriety
had led her to promulgate the story. But he
Thought it more probable that the base hire.
lings" of the British Government had
planned the whole affair for the purpose of
exciting the British pOpulace against tba
Irish"
Mr. Sheridan, who was seen in the office of
the Irish World, said: 81 look upon the affair
as an attempt 10 disparage the Land Leaguel
| and to prepare the public mind for the con.
templated slaughter of the men who are now
| on trial in Dublin. believe the assault was
| planned by some Of the emissaries Of Dublin
| Castle. I do not believe that Lady Florence
| Dixie was a cOnsenting party. / have too
/ high an opinion Of her to imagine for mo
| ment that she would lend herself to purpose
80 vile. Her mother, the Marchioness of
oueensbury, is one Of the most popular
women in Ireland. Lady Dixie has proved
| that she at least sympathizes with the Irish
! people. I know of no reason whatever why
the Irish people should entertain the smallest
dislike towards her, unless, indeed, the
letters which she has recently written
on Land-League matters might be supposed
| to furnish some grounds for hostile feelings
toward her" These letters, in my opinion,
were severe and perhaps unjustihable crit
| icism of public movement and it's officers,
but at the same time the criticism was par
dOnable. If the Government should succeed
In establishing anything like a desperate feel
ing against the Irish people in England, II
would only result in increased destruction of
property and deeds of violence in which the
upper classes win themselves suffer equally
with the Irish. The rabble of the English
cities furnishes all the ingredients necessary
for the formation of the most dangerous and
uncomfortable mobs."
Mr.. Patrick Egan was seen at late hour at
the Grand Central Hotel having just returned
from Waterbury, Conn. With reference 20
the assault upon Lady Florence Dixie he said
that after reading very carefully all the news.
paper reports Of the alleged occurrence he
had arrived at the conclusion that the entire
story is either a lie out Of whole cloth or thai
the unfortunate lady IS the victim Of an
halluoination. He was certain that NJ
ITishman would be guilty of a coward
ly attack upon defenseless wnman
and regarded the attempt TO give any
political cOlOring 10 the affair as very absurd
Lady DiEie's recent unjust criticism Of thu
Land-League leaders had awakened some feel
Ing but It partook rather Of pity and con
tempt-oertalnly not hostility. If IL was provei
that the attack really had occurred he shoult
be inclined 10 regard Il as the result Of SOM
family complications. But the whole stOr,
looked highly Improbable. IL the attack ha
occurred, as asserted, either herself or tn
dog would bear some marks Of the knives. j
was hardly possible that the steel Of her corse
should have turned aside tw successive stab
as she had stated