The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-07
THE oAvEND1sH-BuRKE AssAssrSs
fixing the Crime Upon the Irishnen ON
1rfal I'm Dublin.


driver. Peter Carey mason, lawrence Hsulon,
| carpenter Peter Doy3s. coach builder and Tim
otny Ksliy, coach builder. eight of the men re-
Gently arrested here. were charged st the inyest-
| cation to-day with the murder Of LoTa Caveno1sh
and Burk in Phoenix FSrk. A witness named
Fitzsimmons identified Counsellor Casey as being
connected With the conspi-acy
FitzsimmeDs deposed that he rented room ON
South Cumberland street. Aom James Carney.
He discovered in the loft of the house two knives
and rifle, which he produced soon after Carey's
| arrest.
Great excitement was visible among the occu-
pants OF the densely crowded Court Room when
| the prisoners were placed In the dock. There
wss painful pause when witness FitzsimKons
was called. The prisoners In the meantime shook
hands with each csher, jeked among themselves
and nodded 70 their friends. The Clerk of the
Court read the charge against the prisoners that
they aid, on the 9th of May last teloniOusly kill
| and slay Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas
| Henry Burke. The reading of the charge was
| greeted by the prisoners with a burst of LOUD
| laughter, which created painful sensation in
Court
Fitzsimmons continued his testimony as fol-
| lows: A rifle and two Knives were found among q
lot of rubbish; they were not much concealed. A
fortnight sfterward he went to the Police and de-
| livered the knives and rire. Amid intense excite
dissectiDg knives, evidently as sharp as razors
and Snider rifle (quite new. The knives went
eagerly examined by the Magistrates. While THU
| was proceeding there was inst a shade OF uneaa
| ness visible among the prisoners.
| In support OF the evidence against Carey, Dl
| clothes and the wounds of Lord Cavendish and
| Burke were inflicted by instruments similar to
those produced in Court.
Witness Fftzsimmons deposed that James Carey
| found.
DR.. Mylesdeposed that some of the wounds of
| Lord Csyendish and Burke corresponded exactly
TO the knives produced.
| as one of the four men lying near the scene OF
| the murder. and Brady as being ciose by shortly
| before Ii was perpetrated.
| A female witness confirmed the evidence of the
witness Hands, HANDS ldeT tihed Brady as the
| driver of the car on which me Phoenix Park as
| latter attempted TO smile, but soon afterward
| broke Into profuse perspiration.
| Inspector Smith was next examined. He said
| the rifles and knives were concealed between the
| ceiling and states OF The house in which they
The evidence of Dr. Porter was followed with
| the most extraordinary interest The prisoners
leaned over the dock apDsrantly drinking in
every word. DR.. Porter said the wound that
| transfxed Burke's heart enabled him TO Judge Of
| the length of the weapon, which must have been
Room was crowded to suffocation After another
witness had identified Brady and McCaffrey as
being at the scene Immediately before the muir
der, the case remanded until Monday.
Hands was severely cross examined. BIS wife
| also identified O'Brien and Brady. George Gold
en-, park ranger, Identified Brady as one OF theP
five men on the car the evening of the murder,
and driving furiously.
| Powell, son of a small farmer, identified Brady
| and McCsffrey as looking under the trees OF the
| park the evening of the murder. AS each pris-
| oner was identified there were loud exclanlstions
in the Court ROOM anc the magistrate threatened
| 10 have II cleared. Howell, after passing the
men, met Burke driving on the main road in the
| car Considerable commotion was caused when
al the prisoners were placed N the dock and re-
| manded.
Eight OF the Dublin Conspirators Recently
| Arrested Charged With Completely In
Them.
DUBLIN, Feb. 5-The investigation Of Lhe
murder conspiracy charges was resumed to-
day. The Court was crowded. Michael Kava-
naugh, the carman, marched into the pris-
oners' dock between two policemen. This
new departure caused much speculation.
The prisoner has low, retreating forehead,
sinister appearance, and looks anxious and
nervous.
A little girl witness. Ellen Brophy. identi-
fed Kavanaugh as the driver OF the car con-
tanning the men who intended to kill Field,
the juryman. Besides Kavanaugh Joseph
Brady and Timothy Kelly were also ar
raIgned in connection with the attempt to
murder Field.
After the hearing of the evidence against
the prisoners accused of the attempt to mur-
der Field, the two Careys, two Mullets,
Whelan, Brady, Kelly and Kavanagh were
charged with the murder of Lord Frederick
Cavendish and Burke. The reason the in
vestigation of the attempt sgainst Field was
taken up is that the authorities intend to
complete the evidence in the case TO- day,
and then ask that the prisoners be re-
manded. The Identification of Kavanagh
by Ellen Brophy wss particularly complete
She says she spoke to him, asked him whom
he was waiting for. she saw him when go
ing on messages three times in half an hour
Immediately after her return the third
time she heard cries OF murder" and at
once ran TO the door. B that time there
were two men beside the driver on the ears
the third man was just mounting
identify Kavanagh. She was severely
cross examined, but never faltered.
Much time was occupied in proving
| the letting of large room in Peter street to
James Carey, ostensibly as reading room,
but really for the purpose of drilling men,
He left the room in October, 1879
William Winter was placed on the stand
to prove the letting Of Temperance Hall,
Cufferd street, to Patrick Whalen for drill
ing purposes. He failed to identify the
prisoner. The witness, amid great laughter,
denied the term witness for the Crownl
| was applicable to him.
A witness named Clinton, who let the
room on Peter street, used as drill room,
identified Brady and James Carey. The
seizure of arms at Whelaa's honse was
formally proved. Alter the evidence OF
1 finding ammunition, revolver duO Two
ggers in Joseph Mullett's house, the pris-
0aers were remanded until Saturday, next
/ The sensation of the day was the reading
Eof extracts from the books found when the
Fenian Armcry, Crosskevin street. was
lseized. The diary Of Patrick Whelan records
This appointment as Treasurer of the kxecu-
tive Irish Republican Brotherhood; Pur-
chases in London of rifles and electric bat
terry; meeting of the Executive to consider
the resolution, which was afterward pro-
posed at the Rotunda meeting of the Land
League BY the Nationalists, and the NEE ing
to consult on the advisability of sending
James Maher to America to. consult "Our
Chief" lanes Stephens. This reference tt
Stephens particularly caused laughter
among the prisoners and people. One page
of the diary reads:
Prior to the death of John MahoHey the /. X
had lost its former effectiveness aud prestige
It was no longer dreaded as Tevol utio0aEy body.
IL had become mere tool in the hands OF Pariia-
mentsry aspirants.
Another book contained list of mem.
bers OF the Workman's Club. The Polio g
Inspector admitted Whelan was former iy
arrested, but not tried. A policeman t. sti-
fed to finding the murdered body Ba' 1ey,
informer. The prisoners counsel dec Jared
} this matter wholly irrelevant
The Crown counsel replied be as pre-