The Osceola times., 1885-01-17
WAR IN IRELAND.

NEW YORK, January ~.
Yesterday at about p. IN. several men
rushed out of No. ~ Chambers street,
{, which building Is located the oiilce of
O'Donovan Rossa and the United ir'sH-
man. In few seconds afterward man
covered with blood tottered down the
stairs to the hallway and sank on the
front stoop, while his blood covered the
sidewalk in stream. The most intense
excitement at once took place, and crowds
Gockcd to the scene. Several officers
rushed up, and seeing few men making
toward Chambers street and City Hal
Place. followed them. One of them,
tall man, was captured and brought back
20 where the dying man was lying.
"Is this the man who stabbed you"
asked the officer.
"Yes, that is the man." said the bleed
ing man, "but by Heavens, II I'm going
to die I'll die game, and there will be two
of us"
with that, and before the bystanders
could realize his intentions, he drew
revolver and fired two shots In rapid sue
ccsslon at the man standing before him
One of the balls took effect ia the thigh
of his would-bc murderer. This still
further increased the excitement, and the
pcichborhood became wild with all sorts
of rumors. The man who WAS stabbed
proved to be Captain Thomas b Phelan,
AGED forty-ninc, OF Kansas City, and his
assailant, whom he says stabbed him,
gave his name as Richard Short, OF Sol
| Tenth avenue.
An ambulance was summoned, and Phe-
! Ian was taken TO the Chambers street
| Hospital in dying condition. lie Is
| stabbed in the neck and breast and sew
eral other places. There were rumors
that he gave away some oil the secrets oi
the Fenlan organization.
The police claim to have a letter from
| Rosa to the wounded man, telling him to
| come on to New York 10 his Office, that he
| had important business for him to attend
| to.
Phelan was asked II he wanted minis.
ter or priest.
'No,"hc replied, ~ don't want any,
body. | don't believe in any religion.
am follower of Bob Ingersoll.'
The news of the stabbng and shooting
spread rapidly, and inquiries were made
ON all sides as TO who Phelan and Short
were. Phelan appeared to be known to
many men identified with the Irish
revolutionary movements. Rosa was
condemned by number of his CON-
patriots for giving publication In his pa
IN, INF. i..,., In
the Kansas City Journal, purportng to
be had with Phelan, giving a detailed ac-
count of the operations OF the dynamters
in England. Threats were made against
Rossa's life, and it was said that his i'm.
mediate friends had determined to form q
body-guard TO protect him.
Pnclan was one of the originators o
the skirmishing fund, and was at on,
time suspected of being the famous
"Numbcr One" mentioned by the in
former Carey in his evidence. He has
been an Irish Nationalist all his life, and
has always been prominent in Irish revo'
lutionary movements.
! Short is said to be one OF the lrshmen
who was driven to America by the treach-
cry of James McDermott, of Brooklyn,
who is now believed to be in the pay OF
the British Government as a spy.
| On reaching the hospital Phelan became
very weak from loss of blood, and Coroner
/ Martin was summoned to take his ante
mortem statement. In answer to tn,
usual questions the wounded man said his
name was Thomas Phelan, and that he
lived in Kansas City, Mo. lie then mad
the following statement:
IN iaat spndoy .vaot, ,here uos nm Intar
! view between myself and the local editor o
the Kansas City Journal published In that pa
! per, n copy OF which, containing the inter
| view. is now In my coat pocket and which
| am willing to give to the Coroner received
| a letter from John 4. kcarncy, of IJl " es
| Twenty ninth street. New York, and tele
graphed him that would come to New lorl
| ON January sth. ! arrived to-day. Janunr,
! 18th at twelve O'Clock, and called on kearnel
| at his place OF business in Twenty nintl
! street kearney and ! went to ODonoNni
/ Ros-as office. Rossa was not In. maj
| named Rocky Mountain oBrien. came II
! They shook hands with me and asked how
wasfeeling. O'Brien then left the office. \ maj
| whose name, think, Is Barker, came int,
! the office with knife In his hand. lie strucl
| at me and tried to stab me In the chest Will
| ] was sitting. l wuried off the blow. and h
| made several cuts M me and succeeded II
! stabbing me several times then ran dow
stairs, and he followed me, stabbing me sev
! cral times on the.way down. ran into thu
! street and Barker was brought before me OF
| the sidewalk. recognized him as the MAJ
| who stabbed me. ! was introduced to Bar
kcr on my return from Europe at Rosa
! Office, and met him once since Mt the sam
! place While | was lying on the sidewalk
supposed that Barker was going To stab m
again, and shot at him. kearncy was pres
| ent when Barker stabbed me. Besides thos
! | have named, there were two men II
! Rossa' office at the time was stabbed whom
| do not know.
Phelan received six terrible cuts, tw,
In the back, one In the back of the neck
one in the left arm and two in the lei
breast. The doctors at the hospital ar
of the opinion that his injuries will prov
fatal. O'Donoyan Rossa was seen short
ly after Phclan had been removed 10 tn
hospital. lie appeared greatly astonish
ed at what had occurred lie said h
knew nothing of the causes which led 4
the stabbing of Phelan, and refused T.
make any statement.
Barker was arrested, while trying TO es
cape. He was taken to the Fourth Pre-
cinct station house after being idcntine,
by Phelan. Al the station he gave tn,
name of Richard Short lie denied al
knowledge of the stabbing, but whel
asked how his hands and face becam
bloody, he became silent and refused I,
ulSNeI lutincI udcStlonss llc was lOtkc'
up and will be taken TO the Toombs thi
morning.
Kearney, who accompanied Phelan 3,
Rossa's Office, is one of the men men
toned by Phelan in the interview pub
lished in the Kansas City Journal a
having been implicated IN the plots t,
blow up the steamer Queen aud Tn,
Glasgow railway station.