Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-19
THE OLD WORLD.
Ireland.

4The Phoenix Park Murders-AnOther In- J former the Stand IA Mysterious 5 Band of Assassins and Their Bloody Work.
 Il DUBLIN, Feb 1S.-In the hearing of the prisoners charged with the Phoenix Park
 murders yesterday startling sensation was caused when James Carey, the town council slor, one of the prisoners, stepped into the
 witness box. The prisoners were taken by surprise, and during his testimony they missed, interposed sharp remarks and other wise showed their utter disgust. During portions of his evidence they listened with 5breathless attention, but generally they affected an indifference which it was plain to see was not wholly unassumed. The witness gave an account of the organization and ob
 jects of the society of invincibles, of which ! he had been treasurer, which had for it's
 purpose the extirpation of tyrants. It had
 250 members only and was composed of
 picked Fenians. The prisoners, he deposed,
 were members of the brotherhood. He de tailed several attempts which had been made|
 to assassinate MT. Forster on one occasionl
 he escaped by waiting aboard steamer at| SKingstown they waited for him until theI last railway train had left on two other oc! scasions the plan failed owing to the failure of watchers; when Mir. Forster left Ireland he3 was followed to the depot by fifteen invinci-I 'bles, who, however, found no chance toA ,carry out their scheme. The witness minute. |ly detailed the movements of the conspira-5 tors on the morning of the murder. A pial could have been heard to drop when Careys detailed how he saw seven men meet the twoa gentlemen. He said Curley, Joseph ' -U first Brady and Kelly were next andN |McCaffrey and Patrick Delaney came after. Lord Frederick Cavendish and MT. BurkeH were allowed to pass through by the first three and the last four men faced right about. | When Carey again looked the two rear men had closed in on the two gentlemen. TheS witness continued II saw Joseph BradyH raising his left hand and striking a manE dressed in gray suit. That was all I saw. Here there was a sensation in the court room land loud cries of ttHuch." timed my own movements accurately during tho day. What II related occurred at 7:17 p. m. After left the park met at the Island |quainted with Mr. Burke's appearance, and .had accompanied me for the purpose of 'pointing him out. The witness repeated the Conversation he had after the murder with |Brady, who stated that he had stabbed MT. Burke and afterwards settled Lord Frederick
  lMr. Burke and put knife in his throat 'Brady said: s.Lord Frederick Cavendish, when he spoke struck me with an umbrella. IthenN made at him. He held up his arm and I sstruck it, He ran into the road" The wit ness detailed his conversation with Brady,
 who said he stabbed Mir. Burke in the leftI shoulder. The other gentleman came up andA ,called him rufian. He ran after him intoI the road and settled him. He then lookedi around and saw Kelly coming away fromi
 Burke's body, and he and Brady went and cutI
 Burke's throat Brady had two knives; af-
 ter the murder Curley saw Brady wiping al
 bloody knife on the grass Curley waitedI
 until the murderers were on the car and theni
 got into cab and came to Dublin He putt #a card into the box of the Dublin express; office, stating what had been done. The1
 next day he gave similar notices to the lTsssI Tunes and the Free8sG7s's Jo147aGs. Thel
 cards read: Executed by order of the'
 Irish Invincibles."