The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-12
PHELAN'S FOEMAN.
A PROMINENT iNVlNClBLE CARVED BY
A BUTCHER,
Because He Submitted Too Freely to the
Insinuating Reporter-The Attack
Made in Rossa's fice-SuppOsed
Canse of the Trouble.

Phelaa. prominent Feaian leader and local
o!hcta! u han'as City, occupied cot in the
Chamber street hospital Saturday morning,
n#i appeared nearing dissolution. Pursuant
70 summons from John f. keaney,
Phe!ln reached this city Friday under the
Impression that he was wanted for consulta-
tioa al some scheme for Ireiahi's benefit
Having called upon kearney, the pair re
fai'ei to ODoroyan Ro sa's Office,
wherc one Rocky Mountain O'Briea
api Richard Short, known as the
"Avencer7 IL the dynamite gang, wera met.
"ithoas warning Of any kind Short drew
large Rnije ami logan slaShing at Pnelan,
infiictlag altogether seven frightful wounds,
which have lett him, as the surgeons say
The vert cut up man that ever came undo
taaIr 6anaS' Short was promptly arrested
AMI identified by his victim, whose ante
iAurtem examination elected the foregoing
facts.
I.e present theory as to the cause Of the
assassination is that his recent freedom o.
discus ion OF dynamite prospects through the
pres ani otherwise has given oflense to hi
colleague, and that ne was lured to New
YORK 10 be mur Tered
Inquirns at the no pital at noon Saturday
elected The information that the captain
had much improved and hopes were ex
pressed by some OF the attending physicians
Tor his ultimate recovery, unless lnfiamma-
ton sats in. Short, who did the stabbing,
was arraignel i'll court Saturday morning
and formally charged with the stabbing
His counsel worked hard to have him admit
ted TO bail, but the judge declined ON the
grOuod, That the doctors refused to declare
his victim cut OF danger AMI he was com
united u tite tOmhS.
No event in the history of O'Donoyan
Rossa's organization has eau ed such ex-
citemeAt among Irish Nationalist in this
city as this attempted a : .iaati)l It was
on SATURDAY asserted 10y several men who
are regarded a. being in nossa's conlidane,
that the desperate assault, which Short
made on Paelan was caused by Phelan's
interview with The Kansas City journal
C'Donovan Rosa arrived at his Office
at 10 O'Clock in the morning He
saii This is terrible | can't account for it.
thought PhelaH's interview very strange.
| stamp it as a fal ado1I that thu Fenian
brotherhood ever approved of the carrying
Of dynamite Z. Englaul in an ocean steamer,
or OF blowing w vessel even if she had
not "a soul on board OF her | never knew
what Phelan dii in England, and never
heard that lie had anything TO do with Sheri-
dan's case" Rosa di nos appear to be
particularly anxious to ind out anything
about Short, as he was not present in the
/ Tomb's police court when Short was ar
| raigned
The leading points Of the alleged interview
/ Of Phelan printed in The Kansas City Jour
nal are as follows: "Be,ore leaving New
York" said the captain, Il became ac
quantei with number Of leading Irish
! agtators, among them John F. Kearney.
who arranged the explosion in the Calelo.
Man railway station al Glasgow. Kearney
blew up the station ami a part of the gas
work, in that city. Rewards aggregating
1000 pounds sterling, or SlO.0 of oul
money, were offered for the apprehension OF
Kearney and he va, obliged to escape to this
country. kearney had been an employee of
the Caledonia Central railway sailed in
TIL steamer Belgravia, and Kearney was to
| follow me three days later in the steamer
| Queen. l knew that All attempt would be
made to blow up the Queen ten hours after
| sac landed at her dock in Liverpool bu'
| | did not know The details OF the plot
| kearney was intrustcti with the work l re
| turned t. Glasgow, whore almost the firsi
| man met was kearney lie looked woe
| beEona and | knew something wrong
| had happened. Where is the QueenH !
asked, In ! r dock at Liverpool was the
| answer lie han showed NE where the acid
! from the machine which was 70 explode the
| dynamite had eaten through the lining of hi
coat aud told me the story of his failure K
| accomplish his undertaking."
! John T Kearney denied emphatically
| statements that were attributed to him.by the
morning papers lie says That he dill not in
! vite Phelan Ia come ou here; that he wrote
| asking of him some eX plantation of the extra
! ordinary interview in The Kansas City Jour
| nal, stating that he st.l had perfect CONF
| dence in BIN and was ~till his friend After
taking drink with rh-lan, in tie BARRON
| under Ro>Sa's Office, We went up stairs It
! RosSa's office. Phelan took a seat al Rosa
| desk, and he VAS there bat few
| minutes when a man dashed int
the door, ani after exchanging
a'few words, which | don't remember, wit
Pnelan. attacked him didn't see knife
| ana wouldn't know the man again if say
him. The thing occurred in the twinkln
Of an eye. Igot cat as quick as / could, am
| came home. k5ayuey alleges that Will
he was with Phei2u the latter talked an
grily, and said he would shoot Rosa, or any
body, Who questioned his patriotism Pat
| rick joyce said that Fhalan's interview wa
al outrageous publication ana he hal no syn
pathy for tuelau Shorts victim Is a IA
tive Of Tjpp"rary