The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-03
CONFESSED.
Two of the Phoenix Park Murderers
Plead Guilty
An Open Court, and Receive the sea
tcnce OF Death.

DUBLIN, May 2-Patrick Delaney
and Thomas Caffrey, two more OF the men
charged with participation in the murders of
Cayendish and Burke, were arraigned for trial
this morning They created sensation in the
court room by pleading guilty to the charge
against them. Both were sentenced to be
hanged June 2
Before Caffrsy had pleaded guilty he was in
formed by his solicitors that the crown gave
no hopes of mitigation of the sentence of
death, which would bepassedu upon him. When
Delaney was called upon to plead, he said: 4
am guilty of being in the park at the time Lord
Frederick Cayendish and Secretary Burke
We're killed, but 1 aid not commit murder. 1
plead guilty." The judge explained to him
that this really amounted to plea of limo
cence, Delaney then formally pleaded guilty
He said: Il was brought into this at first
foolishly, not knowing what 1t was l was
forced from my work to go to the park We
had to obey the orders of the society or take
the consequences. When got IN the park I
could not get away. 1 saw the murders COM
mitted, but took part in them.
went to the park on Kavanagh's car.
He speaks the truth 90 does Carr.
The murders were committed by
1t5
else, have saved Lawson's life at the risk of
my own. was put on to shoot him by Muliett
and Brady. The only way to escape the task
was by calling the guards attention"
Judge D,Br1en in passing sentence De
laney said he had duty to perform He had,
at the previous trial of the prisoner, for at
tempting to shoot Judge Lawson, pitied him,
because he showed some feeling for his wife
and family. The prisoner would see TO what
misery they had been brought by the wicked
system of conspiracy.
is Faa
wore smile. The consequence of the plead
ing guilty was again fully explained to him,
but he persisted in his plea On being asked
whether he had anything to say why sentence
should not be passed upon him, Caffrey re
piled in a loud, clear voice: All have got to
say. standing on the brink of the grave, is thai
did not know what was going to happen until
twenty minutes before the murders were COM
mitted l was bound to go to the park under
penalty OF death"
The Judge in passing sentence, said there
We're no means of judging the truth OF the
prisoners statement He did not decide that It
was necessarily wholly untrue.
The grand jury has been summoned to meet
tomorrow, to lind bills against the men who
are charged with conspiracy to murder
/. Cork, May "A prominent member
of the nationalist party, named Murphy, has
been reTnanded for trial. for refusing to testify
at private inquiry
EXHIBITION AT AMSTERDAM.
AMSTERDAM, May 2. The king
opened the Universal exhibition here yester
day The American department Id not yet
complete
BULLION
LONDON, May 2.-The amount of bull
ion that went into the Bank of England on bal
ance, to-day, was E197,0oo
THE NEWSPAPER ATTACK ON MINISTER
SARGENT.
LONDON, May 2.-The Times pub
fishes special from Berlin which undertakes
to explain the misunderstanding or misrepre-
sentation Of the part of The North German
Gazette in respect to the republication in
New York paper of Minister Sargents report
to Secretary Frelinghuysen upon the pork
question The point of the special CORES.
pondents explanation is that whai
was published the day before yesterday
by The North German Gazette, was in reality
the report of Mr. Sargent to the state depart
ment at Washington. 1t was printed in order
to show that The North German Gazettes late
personal attack. which Mr.. Sarge mt would
have been Justly entitled to consider gross
infringement of the newspaper upon his priv
iIeges as foreign ambassador, was based upon
Observation-Disclosures by the New York Handle
Zeitung OF Mr.. Safgents report The North
German Gazette IN reproducing the report
prefacas 1t by paragraph Whlch The
Times correspondent character1zes as q veal
and transparent attempt upon the part OF TIA
management to excuse their unwarrantable at
tack This is the only excuse youchsafed by
the Berlin paper and it Is the general opinion.
here that while the apology is humble enough.
it must be regarded, nevertheless, as entirely
Inadequate, since il conviets The North Ger
man Gazette of a gross misrepresentation OF
the truth.