The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-05-10

Federal troops have in the past few days
had two combats with Flapa bandits, one
near Culvoe ,and the other not far from Flap
lapam. The maurauders were worsted in
in both fights, losing five men killed. The
bandits have recently made two des-
perate assaults on ranches near Solevento.
A band of ten attacked the Santa Cata-
rina ranch, ON the road from Cosomalopa
to Cordova, belonging to Senior Jose NJ.
Echa, and robbed that gentleman Of $4O0 in
bills and 500 in silver, and more lately
party of ten bandits made an assault
on the Retana hacienda, in the
district of Amicaceca, and COM
mitted horrible excesses. Senior
Jose Bermudez, the resident,w was murdered
while offending his family, his wife and
SON wounded, a baby of seven months shot
to stop its cries, and then locked up in a
trunk and lett to suffocate. The bandits
were sacking the place when some Of the
dependents got together. One Of them
killed one of the bandits, and after q sharp
fight the rest withdrew. Angelo Navarro
de Dosela, living at Pachenaca, discovered
a plot to steal one of her little boys and
hold him for a ransom. She is a woman oil
great spirit, and, going before the authori
ties, laid the case before them, and devised
a scheme whereby the would-be abductors
were captured. A band of bold thieves and
assassins are operating in Tabasco. A band
of thieves and garroters called the Black
Hand is operating in one of the quarters OF
the Capital.
PATRICK DELANEY and Thos. Caffrey, two
more OF the men charged with participation
in the murder OF Cavendish and Burke, were
arranged for trial at Dublin on the ID.
They created a sensation in the courtroom
by pleading guilty to the charge against
them. Both We're sentenced to be hanged
on the I'd of June. Before Caffrey had
pleaded guilty he was informed by his
solicitors that the Crown gave no hopes OF
mitigation of the sentence of death which
would be passed upon him. When Delaney
was called upon to plead, he said: 81 am
guilty of being in Aee park at the time
Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr.. Burke
were killed, but did not commit murder.
I plead guilty." The Judge explained to
him that this really amounted to a plea Of
innocence. Delaney then formally
pleaded guilty. He said: az was
brought into this at first fool
ishly, not knowing what it was. I was
had to obey the orders of the society or take
the consequences. When got in the parl
could not get away. I saw the murders
committed, but took no part in them.
went to the park on Kavanaugh's car. HI
speaks the truth. So does Carey. tt
murders were committed by Joe Brady an
Timothy Kelley, and by nobody else.
saved Judge Lawson's life at the risk of my
own. was put on to shoot him by Mullet
and Brady. The only way to escape tn,
| task was by calling the guards attention.
1t is thought Delaney's sentence will b.
commuted to life servitude.
AT Dublin, on the Sd, the Grand Jury re
| turned indictments for conspiracy to muir
der against Peter lyman Ono. 1."), Johl
| Welsh and j. Sheridan. Welsh ant
Sheridan are in the United States, an,
| lyman is supposed to be here. 1t is under
stood that the English Government will de
| mand their extradition.
The Dominion Government, having intro
| duced bill prohibiting riparian propri
| etors of the province from exercising thei
| right to fish for salmon above tide-wate
\ without license from the Minister of Marin
| and Fisheries, the New Brunswick Legisls
ture passed resolutions protesting agains
| such legislation as interfering with th
rights OF the Inhabitants of that provincs
AT Dublin, on the 4th, Lawrence Hanlo
was convicted of the charge of attemptin
| to murder Juror Dennis Field, and ser
fenced to penal servitude for life.
| The Freemdn's Journal makes the stat,
ment in recent issue that the dynamit
conspiracy formed in America, was bet1 aye
| to the British Consul at New York. 1t claim
that the name of every conspirator, an
also the name of the vessel on which b
took passage, was cabled to England in
mediately after the vessel sailed from Ne
| York.
FIVE German Socialists were sentence
to Imprisonment for circulating pamphlet
slandering Bismarck, a few days ago.
IT was authoritatively stated on the 4tl
that Peter lyman (the "No. 1"), wIo ws
recently indicted for conspiracy to murde
was in London instead of America, as pr
viously reported. He is said to be comm1
nicating with the authorities with a view
becoming informer.