The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-01-23

WAN IN tHclav0s
o. q the OrlElsators or shs Irhh SKIS.
m1ahing Fund Fatally Carved On O'nono-
W Ros~A's once In New York ~ One
the Latter'o Friends Tho Supposed L.
ward 81 Trenchery.
NEW YORK. January 10
Yesterday q about p. m. several men
rushed out Of No. ~ Chambers street,
In which building Il located the ofIlce OF
O'Donovan Rosss and the United Irish
nan. In few seconds sfterward man
covered with blood tottercd down the
stairs 10 the hallway and sank on the
front sroop. while his blood covered the
sidcwalk In stream. The most intense
excitement At once took place, and crowds
nocked 10 the scene. Several officers
rushed up, and seeing few men making
toward Chambers street and City Hall
Place, followed them. One Of them,
tall man, was captured and brought back
% where the dying man was lying.
ssIs this the man who stabbed your"
asked the officer.
eyes, that Is the man." said the bleed
ing man, ssbut BY Heavens, II I'm going
70 die III die game, and there viii be two
OF US"
with that, and before the bystanders
could realize his intentions, he drew
revolver and fred two shots In rapid sue
cession at the man standing before him.
One OF the balls took effect in tho 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 d Phelsn,
aged forty-nine, 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. He Is
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 letter from
Rosa to the wounded man, telling him 10
como on to New York to his Office, that he
had important business for him to attend
TO.
Phelan was asked II he wanted minis
ter or priest.
'sNo,"he replied, Il don't want any
body. don't believe in any religion.
am follower Of Bob IngersoL."
The news Of the stabbing aud shooting
spread rapidly, and inquiries were made
on ali sides as to who Phelan and Short
were. ,Phclan appeared to be known to
many men identified with the Irish
revolutionary movements. Rosa was
condemned by q number of his COM
patriots for giving publication In his pa
per this week to the interview printed In
the Kansas City Journal, purporting TO
be had with Phelan, giving detailed ac-
count Of the operations Of the dynamiters
In England. Threats were made against
Rossa's life, and II was said that his i'm
mediate friends had determined to forma
body guard 70 protect him.
Phelan was one Of the originators OF
the diminishing fund, and was at one
time suspected Of being the famous
Number 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 Irishmen
who was driven to Americs by the treach-
cry Of James McDermott, Of Brooklyn,
who u now believed to be in the pay OF
the British Government as q 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
the Kansas City journal published In that pa
per. a copy or which, containing the inter
sm Wiling r q 1--WE 20 G the Coroner received
Twenty ninth street. New York. and teic.
on January sth. arrived to-day. January
9th NJ twelve o'clock, and called on kcarney
At his place Of business IN Twenty ninth
street. kcarney and went TO O'DOnOvan
Rossas Office. Rosa was not In. man
named "Rocky Mountain. = % Bricn. came In
they shook bands with me and asked how
whose name, think, Is Barker, came into
the Office with knife In his hand. lie struck
Twas sitting iii warucd on The blow, and he
made several cuts NJ me. and succeeded In
etabbng me several times then ran down
erai times on thew ay down. ran into the
street and Barker was brought before me on
the sidewalk. recognized him as the man
who stabbed me. was introduced 20 Bar
kcr on my return from Europe nc Rossa's
ONCE. and met him once sinceat the Same
place. While was lying on the sidewalk
supposed that Barker Was going TO stab me
again, and ] shot ut him. kcarney was pres.
ent when Barker stabbed me. Besides those
I have named. there were two men in
Rossa' office nc 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 he hospital are
Of the opinion that his injuries will prove
fatal. O'Donovan Rosa was seen short
~ after Phclan had been removed 70 the
hospital. lie appeared greatly astonish.