St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-12
Capt. Phelan Said to Be Resting Easy,
With O Chance for Re-
cOvery.
The Assailant Arraigned and Remand.
ed to Await the Result of
Phelan's Wounds.
A Prominent Chicago Nationalist Inter-
viewed, and Talks Pretty Freely
ON the Subject.
The Kansas City Interview from Which
the Difficult v is said to Have
Originated.
A CHANCE FOR pHELAN YET.

consultation Will 10 ulb iIlCuu
said he came here to explain certain matters
to Rosa about an interview in the Kansas
City Journal He now believes he was de-
hberately entrapped in Rossa's Office to be
murdered.
Tom said Reilly, ''when knew You in
Kansas you were always too quick with your
pop to be caught in II snap. Why did you
let them catch you this way9"
81 didn't get time" returned Phelan,
''and besides the room was so small and the
attack so sudden that could not get my
pistol outs
Reilly said to a reporter, afterward, that he
knew Phelan well, in Kansas City, in 1872,
when he once prevented him from fighting a
duel with man named McCaffery. He said
while Phelan was man of spirit and quick
to act if aroused, yet he would take a great
deal of abuse before getting angry.
Captain Thomas Phelan was comfortable
tonight, having little fever and no pain
His wounds are healing and the hospital sur
geon says the prospects are encouraging.
Phelan in an interview denied some state
ments published regarding himself.
SHORT ARRAIGNED AND RENAMED.
Richard Short, the man who stabbed Cap
tain Phelan yesterday,in O'Donovan Rossa's
office. was arraigned in court to-day. A few
people were present. Short appeared calm
and collected. The prisoner was remanded
10 await the result of Phelan's injuries. Later
be was seen in the cell by reporter. but re-
fused to say anything. At the hospital the
physicians said Phelan's condition had i'm
proved since midnight and was barely pos
sible he might recover.
WHAT THE CHICAGO NATION ALIsTs SAY.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-The Irish Nationalist
of Chicago, whose recognized chief is P. W.
Dunno, have received no information of the
stabbing of Capt. Thomas P. Phelan in
O'DonOvan Rossa's office in New York, except
such as appeared in the newspapers. Phelan
is well known among the Chicago followers
Of Rosa, and is ii warm friend of Dunno,
with whom he spent several days a couple OF
months ago. Dunno was taking lunch in a
down town restaurant with a couple OF
brother Nationalist when found by a Daily
NelcS reporter. The stabbing of Phelan was
the subject of con versation, as it has been
among nearly all Irishmen.
~ know Phelan," said Mr.. Dunno, ''and
| think | knew Kearney, If he is Jack Kear-
ney, of New York"
"What do you think was the cause of the
cuttingl'
''Thc assault grew out of a misapprehen-
sion, believe. l don't think 1t is possible
that Phelan is a traitor, as | said. l know
him TO be an honorable gentleman, jealous
and patriotic. l know little or nothing OF
my own personal knowledge Of the inside OF
the matter. O'Donovan Rosa published in
his paper the Kansas City interview, but
made no comments. know, however, that
he did write to Phelan and asked him if thu
interview was correct, but l don't think
Phelan sent reply. The next | heard was
that Phelan had gone on to New York.
suppose he went there either TO tell Rossa
that he was not the author of the interview
or TO square himself with Kearney."
'Do you believe that be was trappedl'
''That don't know; believe this, how
ever. that Capt. Phelan is not the man to give
his brother nationalsts away in the news
papers. He would not give them away al
all, but if he should be could get better pay
from the British government There is not
a man of us here at the table," said Dunno,
looking around at two other nationalist.
''who has not been approached by English
detectives, There are some of us that they
cannot bride, though, and Capt. Phelan Is
one of them. No, 1t is my opinion that Capt.
Phelan was not the author of the interview,
but the people of New York might have still
believed he was, despite his denial,
and decided to punish him. 1t
is a misappreheusio in my belief, though
don't know enough about the case to form an
opinion"
''Who is Richard Short who did the stab
bingl''
Il don't know him at all"
Gle was in Chicago once"
THAT may be, but don't know him.
Perhaps he travelled under some other name
He couldn't have been in Chicago long, be-
cause train with all nationalists and never
heard OF him."
THE KANSAS CITY INTERVIEW.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. lO.-The inter
view With Capt Phelan heretofore mentioned
as published in the Journal, OF this city, on
December 81, is devoted chiefly to the rela-
ton OF plot to blow up the steamer Queen,
aud a description Of the manner Of manipu-
latiug their mysterious dynamite machine.
The story as told by Capt Phelan is substan-
tally as follows:
In June, 1888, he made a voyage TO
Europe to secure information which would
prevent the exiradition Of p. J. Sheridan, the
great Irish agitator, and his removal to Eng
land. He visited Paris aud accom- lished his
mission. Meanwhile, however, the British
government abandoned the effort TO extra
dlie Sheridan and the matter was dropped.
Continuing the story PheIan said before
leaving New York be met number of Irish
agitators, among them John p. Kearney. who
blew up the Ccledoniau railway station at
Glasgow, aud afterwards escaped to America.
He sailed in the Belgrayia AMI Kearney was
to follow three DAYS later in the Queen, aud
they were to meet in Edinburg. He knew
that there was a plan to blow up the Queen
after tue passengers landed at Liverpool
When the men met at EdinburZ
Phelan asked Kearuey Why he
had not carried It out. The latter
replied be had placed a sufficient quantity Of
dynamite 10 blow the pyramids in the yes
sells hold, but when the ship arrived al Liver
pool she anchored in the stream and the pas
senCers were taken OF in a tender, aud
kearney was not permitted to 60 into the
bold. So be came away leaving in the YES
sci fifteen pounds os dynamite. which would
probably explode about two weeks later after
it had begun 70 rot and imPeril hundreds Of
lives. Phelau determined 10 20 To Liver
pool and warn the officers kearuey pro-
tested that il would be suicidal. Phelau.
however, persisted and visited the queen,
informed officers and learned that they had
received cable message from New York
fifteen minutes after the vessel landed de-
scribiag the plot, which led 20 a discovery Of