The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-12
A DY.NAMITER'S DIRK.
the ASSASSINATION OF pnE1AN
Deliberately Planned and Carried Out by
o'Donovun Rosa aud Ills Followers.
Circumstances Connected with tho
Assault arc Rather Suspicious.

NEW YoRx, Jan. lo.-The general i'm.
preston among Irishmen this morning,
according to lato Vice President Of the
Irish National Land League, is that the
attempted murder Of Captain Thomas
Phelan was deliberately planned and car
ried out by o'Donoyan Rosa, Patrick
Joyce and few OF their followers. Rosa
has always advocated the policy OF carry
ing the war against England into this
country, and OF prosecuting Its friends, or
the men who were inclined to desert the
cause OF the dynamiters, to the utraost ex-
tremity.
The United Irishnlen has been in straits
recently. Subscribers have been falling
off and complaining that the leaders had
done nothing for the cause OF Ireland, in
Furnishing the traitors who were assisting
England by "blabbing" 10 newspaper re-
porters in this country. Ono Of tho oaths
which the members OF the extremists are
obliged to take, is that they will not
divulge the plans or intentions OF their
leaders under any circumstances, on pain
OF severe punishment. II the secret told
is wcighty enough to interfere with any
important measure against England, then
the person who voices the secret shall be
removed. tEt
o'Donovan Rosa is believed to be abse-
-lutely dependent upon the subscription
TO his publication, as arc dozen or two
men who are constantly prowling about
his Office. Any effort to interfere with
this source oil income, or any attempt to
attraCtit into another course, would merit,
according to these men, condign punisll-
ment. Tho subscriptions are for "the
cause" as exemplitied by Rosa, When
phelan, who is accredited with being n
fee speaker and generous Irishman, was
interviewed by friendly reporter on the
Kansas City Journal, he told more than
his promises should have permitted him,
from dynamiters standpoint. Ills de-
scription OF the attempt to blow up the
Queen was given with such wealth OF
detail as 10 carry conviction.
PuRLAS's STORY. X.
Tho story, such as it was, involved the
safety Of Irishmcn both in this country
and England; and Rosa, it is stated, re-
ceived demands from his followers that
the too free Captain should be punish
ed. Rosa, who does not care to place his
head in the lions jaws summarily refused
tcfliavc anything to do with the matter,
and consented, tits said, only after he had
been compelled to write the letter to Pho
!an, which eventually brought the latter
to this city.
The convenient absence OF both Rosa
and Joyce from the Office Of the United
Irixitmdn yesterday, while the butchery
was going on, is regarded as suggestive
that those persons knew OF what was
about to take place. 1t Is tho custom OF
the office that when neither Rosa nor
Joyce is there the door is double-pad-
locked and all entry into its mysteries is
impossible. :
Theclrcumstance that while both Rosa
and Joyce were at their homes the otlice
was crowded by half dozen men, whom
none OF the leaders acknowledged they
knew, Is considered at least us presump-
tive evidence that the attestations Of inno-
cence 60 for naught.
Rossa seldom visits his Office after 4
o'clock in the afternoon. His visit yes
terday, at dusk, aud the manifest ner-
vousness he displayed when questioned
IS to tho stabbing, were both unusual.
Persons familiar with Rossa's habits say
lie is always ready to boast Of the advance
made towards blowing England out OF the
British Channel. But in this case he do
nies absolutely that he had anyknowledge
OF the matter.
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