Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
WAR IN IRELAND.

WAR IN IRELAND.
i one Of the Originators or the Irish shin
mishlng Fund Fatally Carved IN O'Dono-
vnn Rossa's once in New York BY One .
| fhe Iattor.s Friends-The Supposed Re-
NEW YORK, January 10
i Yesterday at about p. m. several men
rushed ont Of No. II Chambers street,
/ In which building is located the Office Of
| O'Donovan Rossa and the lLEnifed Irish
man. In = few seconds afterward man
covered with blood tottcred down the
stairs to the hallway and sank on the
/ front stoop, while his blood covered the
sidewalk In j stream. The most intense
excitement at once took place, and crowds
| aocked to the scene. Several officers
rushed up, and seeing few men making
| toward Chambers street and City Hall
| Place, followed them. One Of them, q
| tall man, was captured and brought back
to where the dying man was lying.
ttIs this the man who stabbed your"
! asked the officer.
Eyes, that Is the man." said the bleed
/ ing man, s.but by Heavens, II I'm going
| to die I'll die game, and there win be two
| of u.s."
With that, and before the bystanders
| could realize his intentions, he drew .
revolver and fired two shots In rapid sue
| cession at the man standing before him.
One of the balls took effect in the thigh
| of his would-be murderer. This still
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neighborhood became wild with all sorts
of rumors The man who was stabbed
proved to be Captain Thomas b Phelan,
aged forty-nine, of Kansas City, and his
assailant, whom he says stabbed him,
gave his name as Richard Short, Of SCI
Tenth avenue.
Ian was taken to the Chambers street
Hospital in dying condition. He 10
stabbed in the neck and breast and sew
eral other places. There were rumors
that he gave away some of the secrets Of
the Fenian organization.
The police claim to have a letter from
Rosa to the wounded man, telling him to
come on to New York to his Office, that he
had important business for him to attend
to.
Phelan was asked If he wanted minis
ter or priest.
s.No,nhe replied, 81 don't want any
body. / don't believe in any religion. I
am follower of Bob Ingersoll."
The news of the stabbing and shooting
spread rapidly, and inquiries were made
on all sides as 10 who Phelan and Short
We're. Phelan appeared to be known to
many men identified with the Irish
revolutionary movements. Rossa was
condemned by number of his COM
friofS for 0ivfnO puh1ica fiOy II, his M.
per this week to the interview printed in
the Kansas City Journal, purporting to.
be had with Pheian, giving detailed ac-
count of the operations of the dynamiters
in England. Threats were made against
Rossa's life, and it was said that his i'm.
mediate friends had determined to forma
body guard to protect him.
Pnelan was one of the Originators OF
the skirmishing fund, and was at one
time suspected of being the famous
.sNumber 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 Jrishmen
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 spy.
On reaching the hospital Phelan became
very weak from loss of blood, and Coroner
Martin was summoned to take his ante
norton statement. In answer to the
usual questions the wounded man said his
name was Thomas Phelan, and that he
lived in Kansas City, Mo. He then made
the following statement:
On last Sunday week there was an inter-
view between myself and the local editor Of
per, copy OF which, containing the inter.
view. is now in my coat pocket and which
a letter from john f. kearney, of 45s West
Twenty ninth street. New York, and tele-
sth arrived Aew arx
9th at twelve O'Clock, and called on kearney
at his place OF business in Twenty ninth
street. kearney and went to O'DOnovan
Rossa's office. Rosa was not in. A man
named "Rocky Mountain" O Brien. came in
wasfeeling. O'Brien then left the ofiice & man
whose name, think, is Barker, came into
at me and tried to stab me in the chest while
was sitting. awarded OFF the blow, and he
made several cuts at me. and succeeded in
stabbing me several times 1 then ran down
stairs, and he followed me, stabbing me sew
eral times on the:way down. / ran into the.
street and Barker was brought before me ON
the sidewalk. recognized him as the man
who stabbed me- ! was introduced to Bar
once, and met him once since at the same
place. While was lying on the sidewalk
supposed that Barker was going to stab me
ent when Barker stabbed me. Besides those
| have named. there were two men in
Rosa office at the time was stabbed whom
do not know.
Phelan received six terrible cuts, two
in the back, one in the back of the neck,
one in the left arm and two In the left
breast. The doctors at the hospital are
OF the opinion that his injuries will prove
fatal. O'DOnovan Rossa was seen short.
iy after Phelan had been removed 10 the
hospital. He appeared greatly astonish-
ed at what had occurred. He said he
knew nothing of the causes which led to
the stabbing of Phelan, and refused to
make any statement.
Barker was arrested, while trying to es-
cape. He was taken to the Fourth Pre-
cinct station house after being identified
by Phelan. At the station he gave the
name of Richard Short. He denied all
knowledge of the stabbing, but when
asked how his hands and face became
bloody, he became silent and refused to
answer further questions. He was locked
up and will be taken to the Toombs this
morning.
Kearney, who accompanied Phelan to
Rossa's Office, is one of the men mem
toned by Phelan in the interview pub.
Iished in the Kansas City Journal as
having been implicated IN the plots to
dow up the steamer Queen and the
Glasgow railway station.
Vessel Ashore Remote From succor.
PORTLAND, ORE, January q
The Signal Station af Cane uoncock