Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
THE pHENIx, PARK muRDEns.

burke Only, and Slew Cavendish Be-
cause He Happened to BE Present,
~ ~ uig n DUBLIN. Ireland, February 10.
Joseph Brady, Timothy Kelly. James Carey.
Town Counselor; Carman Ntz-Harris, Law
| renee Hanlon, Joseph Mullett, James Mulett.
| Edward O'Brien. william Maroney,.. David
Curley, Daniel Delaney, Pagan and Thomas
| Doyle were arraigned to-day. -
y Michael Kavanagh. a carman. turned In
former against the prisoners charged with
conspiracy to murder the Government officials.
| The thirteen are charged with conspiracy 10
murder Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish
| and attack Field. Great excitement ensued
when Kavana1h was placed in the witness
seat. Kavanagh apparently labored under
great excitement. On being sworn, he deposed
that he drove Brady, Kelly and two other men
whom he did not know to Phenix Park on the
evening of the ASSASSINATION of Cavendish and
Burke. James Carey and Daniel Delaney were
| on seats on the side of the road in the park.
Delaney said they were watching the Chief
! Secretary.
| Entering into fuller details, he deposed that
| on the 9th OF May last ne was at the Royal Oak
| public house ON Park Gate street. He was en-
gagged by four men--Brady and Kelly and two
strangers. BRADY here uttered a loud gut
tirai threat, but no distinct words were heard.
| There was NO laughter to-day among the pris-
oners when Kavanagh identified them.) Kava-
nagh then pointed to Patrick Delaney as an
4 other of the men present IS He drove the four
men into the park by the Island Bridge gate to
Phenix Monument, and along the main road to
Cough Monument, and there got down. They
said there was no sign of 'skip the goat, mean
ing James Fitz-HarIis the carman, Fitz-Harris
| here shouted: " Don't call me nick-names."
| After the prisoner had said there was no sign
j of, Fitz-Harris, witness saw him with a
| cab coming from the opposite direction and
! saw four men alight from the cab. The cab
4 stopped a long way up the road, with the
| horses heads turned toward Dublin. a short
time after he saw two gentlemen approach n.y.
! and heard cry. On looking around he saw
1 one gentleman fall. He did not see the other
fall. but the four men he drove to the park
jumped on his car and drove away. Brady sat
on the right side of the car. (Kavanagh iden-
titled FtZ- II arris as the driver of the cab) he
| deposed that he saw Lord Cavendish and
| Burke approaching. Some one among those
he drove said the tail man was to be assassin
ated. Kavanagh said he subsequently drove
by the Chapel road round town to Palmerston
| Park. Kelly alighted at the terminus. Brady
paid him 81. ae.t .E.I f...t
After the men lefG witness drove to the
park; had alighted there; he put a nosebag
| on his horse while wait ng. He heard a per-
| son speaking to James o. Brien. Delaney aft
erward instructed him (Kavanagh) to look
sharp and be ready to start. Upon this he
drove nearer TO the waiting group, which in
cluded some persons he did not know. Two
gentlemen mot Lord Cavendish and Burkel
were approaching arm in arm. James Carey
and Delaney, who had come back on the car
from the place where it was waiting, jumped
down and Joined the group. Witness heard
some one say: sit is the tall man" Kavanagh
was then ordered to go further away by some
| of the conspirators. AS he did So witness
i heard some one. he could not tell whom, re.
| pea: Mind, it is the tall man." As the gen.
temen came along either Carey or, Delaney
seized a white handkerchief. While he was
waiting, a carman passed by driving pas.
senger around towards Dublin. He was
a'so passed by some bicyclists. Witness
said on looking around, he thought he
saw only one of them fail, AM saw the other.
who had an umbrella, was lying on the
ground. On driving from the scene of the
murder, they took the turn to the left, and
tn N crossed the bridge to the right along
1ncascare Road. Delaney directed him where
to drive. He drove rapidly until he reached o
point three miles from the park. Here Tim
Kelly alighted. He then drove round tc
Leeson Park, and stopped at a public house
near Lesson bridge. Brady then paid and dis.
missed him.. On Sunday morang he met
Brady again at Townsend street and received
two pounds sterling. Brady afterward bought
him a harness. He allowed the car to remain
as it was for some time afterward, and then
had it painted. On the night that Field was at
tackled he was on the College street stand,
Joe Brady again engaged him. They drove
into Fleet street. Delaney then got on The
car, and they drove to Hardwick street, where
they alighted. They told him to watt While
4 waiting Kelly and Lawrence Hanlan came up
Kavanagh said Kelly lost his hat when he
mounted the car after the attack on Field.
The car fe1 by circuitous route. In Town.
send street Kelly bought another hat At the
gas-works Brady and Kavanagh wrapped some
kind of swords in paper and threw them into
the basin. Brady again paid for the car on
this OCCASION He iKavanagh) had been twice
in Phenix Park before May the g. with the
four men whom he drove on the day of the
murder. Thomas Doyle was present when he
i was sworn into the secret society. He identi.
fed Doyle as having told him he must, on the
day after the swearing, drive anywhere they
required. Prisoner, Doyle hereupon ex.
claimed: Its lie!" -
Kavanagh sad he was so near the scene of
the assassination that he heard one. of the vic
tins cry OH .. .. .,.t o..
The tall victim Burke) was lying in the road
after this exclamation; the other victim was
standing in the road with the umbrella in his
hands. Kavanagh afterwards saw him lying
in the road, as before stated. 9
bioccasion told him they were a ter Judge Law.
son. KavaDagh said he became an imformeI
on Thursday last. He had been sworn into o
society by Kelly. laT The task assigned him was
to .'drive the boys" vff '3 ?
Kayanagh said that Doyle told him that
James Mullett and a lot of big people were al,
tached to the society IS 1ti iHd p
Ils, Upon Kayanagh entering into further de-
tails rs to Various times that he drove the as
r no mn
4 Harris called him a Liar" il3l1-Ia 800 ,
i During the readng'of b deposition Kaya.
nagh leaned back in bis seat resting his head
on his hand with a logged expression of
countenance. 'a'n'"Tl $500 '| 4.
Kavanagh's evidence is felt to be conclu.
sive. Little can be added to ii, as the Crown
viii not accept the evidence of the actual plr.
Elephants The prisone' g evidently feel that
the game is up. All of them now exhibit de
fant demeanor. except James Carey, who sits
motionless, gazing fixe1ly at the bench. The
others move about and hold whispered con.
ferences, and sometimes laugh at any Incl
dent .,.ff. L. .fT' -.
As the examination progressed the prisoners
appeared in sheer desperation. Not one of
them looked toward the court except Hanian
4 On havanagh id entifying Delaney and Jane
Casey the latter of whom he said he knew
wei, there was such a connection in cotr,
that the Magistrate threatened to clear it.
Brady afterward somewhat recovered his
composure and en1eavored to smile.
Independent witnesses corroborated having
II seen kavanagh previous to the Phenix Park
l. murders at the public houses he mentioned in
his evidence as having visited before he drove
to the park. 1 9sfi itls.ai II nt
4 Doyle, Patrick Delaney and Fitz- Harris said
4 they had no questions TO ask Kavanagh. 81
/ Tim Kelly's counsel endeavOred to shake
l,xy