Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-10
SENSATION IN NEW YORK.
Bloody Work i'll O'Donoyan Rosa
Office.

Bloody Work i'll O'Donoyan Kossa's
Office.
Especial by telegraph to the RECORD MON
New YORK, January 9th-At late hour
this afternoon several men rushed out of
No. y Chambers street, in which building
is located the Office of ODonoyan Rosa
and the United hisln.aa. In Il few seconds
a man, covered with blood, tottered down
the stairs to the hallway and sank on the
front doorstep, while his blood covered the
sidewalk in stream. The most intense
excitement at once ensued, and crowds
floclled to the scene. Several officers rushed
up, and seeing few men making towards
Chambers street end the City Hall, fol-
lowed them. One of them. tall man. was
captured and brought back to where the
dying man was living.
Is this the man who stabbed you :.
asked an officer.
- Yes, that is the man. said the bleeding
man; but, by heavens, if 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 q re-
yolver and fired two shots in quick success
sion at the man standing before him. One
of the balls took effect in the thigh of his
would-be murderer. This further increased
the excitement, and the ncighborhood be
came wild with all sorts Of rumors.
The man who was stabbed proved 10 be
Captain Thomas F. Phelan, of Kansas City,
aged 80, and his assailant, whom he says
stabbed him, gave his name as Richard
Short, of SO Tenth avenue.
An ambulance was summoned, and Phe-
Ian was taken to the Chambers-strcet Hos
pital, diving. He is stabbed in the neck
and breast, and several other places. There
were rumOrs that he gave away some OF the
secrets of the fenian organization.
A printer named Schmidt, who had 4
c0mpOsing-room on the same floor next to
O'D0novan R0ssa's office, said . was
Standing at my work, when suddenly |
heard a noise in Rossa's Office, with the
upsetting of a table, followed by loud,
angry words and curses. This continued
for some seconds, when something heavy
was thrown against the wall. a man cried
out something that sounded like Help
but | am not sure whether that was the
word or not Then the door was banged
open, and four men ran down the stairs,
each trying to push the other out
of his way Blood was trickling
down the face of the last man. They
were half way down stairs when the man
with blood trickling down his face got the
lead OF the others. then ran and opened
a window of our Office, which looks out on
Chambers street. Then | saw the man
with blood on his face fall ON the sidewalk.
put his hand to his hip pocket, pull a re-
y0lyer and fire at one Of the three men,
which one I cannot tell, as | did not get
good LOOK at him | think however. that
he must have been shot, because he pulled
up his coat, placed his hand to his back
and stumbled forward as if he was going
to fall on his face. A policeman standing
on the corner caught him by the shoulder
and arrested him. A great crowd of people
gathered around the man lying on the side
walk. Several iircmen came running down
the street, and did something for him in
the way of dashing water iii his face and
giving him whisky
Did you see O'Donovan Rosa among
the four men, Mr. Schmidt p was asked.
" can't say that did
The police claim to have a letter from
Rosa to the wounded man, telling him 10
come on to New York to his Office; that
he had important business for him to at
tend TO.
PheIan was asked by fireman Cottrell if
he wanted Il minister or priest. No, he
replied, '' don't want anybody. l don {
believe in any religion. ann follower Of
Bob IngersoI.'
The news OF the stabbing and shooting
spread rapidly, and inquiries were made ON
all sides who Phelan and Short were.
Phelan appeared to be known to many
men identified with several irish revolu-
tiOnary societies. Rosa was condemned
by number of his compatriots for giving
publication i'll his paper this week to an
interview published in the Kansas City
jovrnai. purported to have been had with
Phelan giving Il detailed account of the
operations of the dynamiters in England.
Threats were made against ROssas life, and
il is said his immediate friends had deter
mined to form a body guard to protect him.
Short, il was stated, came to this country
with the man, who in the summer of 1852
shot at Jim McDerm0tt in Captain Ryan's
bar-room in Chamber street He is said to
he native OF Cork, where he was one of
the principal leaders of the movement
directed by O'Donovan Rosa.
a long interview in the Kansas City
Joaraal was published by Pheian lately.
Phelan was one of the originators Of The
skirmiShing fund, and was at one time sus-
pected of being the famous No. l . men,
toned by informer Cary in his evidence.
He has been an Irish Nationalist all his
life, and has been always prominent in
Irish revolutionary movements.
Short is said to be one of the IrlShmen
who was driven to TINS country by the
treachery of Jim McDermott, of Brooklyn,
who is now believed to be III the pay of the
British Government.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
New York, Ianuary 9th - Phelan's
clothing was cut in several places under
which was no wound The four stabs in
the back were slight, the two just below
| either shoulder were two inches deep, and
the seventh was i'll the right side of the
neck Another penetrated the chest, and
each arm received a. thrust, the right arm
being almost severed at the shoulder The
surgeons said the assailant Isust have been
very powerful man Thepatient showed
great fortitude during the dressing of the
wounds.
THE WOUNDED MANS STATEMENT.
Coroner Martin came TO the hospital to
take the wounded mans ante-mortem
statement. Phelan said he would give q
true story, and proceeded
"on last Sunday week an interview be-