New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-10


of murtlerv and saw a commotiOn in front OF NO.
12 Cbambers-st. ran to the place and saw man
stagger and fall on the sidewalk. He was covered
with blood. / asked him what was the matter anu anu
he gasped out Pm stabbed ne made inG,iop for ne
that his assailant had gone Ill that dlrecti1,hi;
overlook a short, stOnt man. who was waking ,k ~
rapidly along City Hall.place and caught hoia OF
him. sYou have got the wrong man. he SAID. |
noticed that his hands were bloody and arrested
him. The wounded man identified the prisoner, ,n /,
saving: He Is the man who stabbed me- WIN
m1cn GOODNESS the prisoner remarked: That is not
true. l never you before Some men prestenS9
tried to stop the flow OF blood ron tne ne risonSr
mans left arm was standing with the prisoner re
close by. Suddenly the wounded man areM a. a. ~, @
volver with his right hand and fired shot. e} go
of the prisoner and took away the revoVsr. w hs
turned about again the prisoner was forcing n HIS
way through the crowd. He ran toward Cent;e-s,,.'
hut quickly overlook him and brought hum back;
Some reen from the cdI1 t up ,nv re
quest l left the wounded man IN their care az an u
took the prisoner TO the police station lie stoutLy
denied all knowledge of the stabblng, De1ore hc
was locked up"
WILD RUMoRs-HOw ROssAs OFFICE LOOKED.
Immediately after the affair occurred the street
opposite No. ~ was filled with an excited crowd Oh
people, The report flew from mouth to mouth hrst
that O. Donovan Rosa had been stabbed and killed,
and finally that that notorious Fenian had STABBED
a fellow Irshman. Some of the people in the build
ing where the stabbing took place went INTO hoss
room ten minutes after the ailray. but it was de-
serted The two witnesses taking advantage of the
excited crowd on the 81 ilewaik, had fled. counsel
lOr Nolans Office boy picked up IN the dark man
way the dirk knife with which the stabbng had
been done lis blade was bright, but sInearcd wl.n
fresh blood. piece OF cord and shoestrlhg were
wrapped about the handle to prevent its slipping
through the grasp of the holder. The weapon was
delivered to Ward Detective Shelvey Room no. , =
has the word "R ROssa y painted III large letters
across The glass face OF the door Under this haho
is q printed notice as follows:
No smoking no loud talking on Politics. or ersons
allowed in ,s room ~ EvSl{ c one mere iSe CnnnS @
This notice is signed by George Smith chairman,
and Patrick Joyce. secretary Neither koSsa nor
Joyce was on hand yesterday; Ihey were not seen
at the office at all during the day. e., r
There is a small room and a large room inside or
the Office. The small room is the sanctnm IN whlch
Rossa composes blood-enrdl1ng editoTiaIs 'oT .me
columns of his paper, The United htshmdn. mere
was every evidence of desperate struggle ana hsht
in the large room yesterday AFTERNOON lax was
spilled over the floor and table, chairs were upset
and the stoyepipe had been knocked away. Spots
of blood were the floor aud chairs, showing that
the attempt at murder began IN the once. Bloou
had formed at the base of the telegraph pole III the
street. Sometime in the afternoon some one put an
iron bar held by brass paddock across the door oil
the Office, and after closing it up departed.
Thompson and Smidt, the printers whose once is
only divided by thin partition from the room
where the attempted assassination took place say
that the struggle was extremely fierce for a lew
minutes before the persons ran out INTO the nail
They heard nc, loud talking or quarrel hut the
crying Help several times.
"rhose two .loafers in the entrance down stairs
were even ont of the way ", sad dhompson' nnson
"Two fellows who are all the time hanging
around the entrance. They are known AZ O'Donovan
Rossa's bodyguard They hang around ths stree, Zee,
the entrance when they crossed the street 10 get
drinks"
WHO THE TWO MEX ARE.
Captain Phelan has long been identified prom-
HI Al. o,I Il anti NJ il
country He was thought at one time to have been
the man who shot James Carey. tine informer. as he
was absent from Kansas City at that time, and his
description tailed with that of Patrick ODounell.
He was OF the originat0rs OF the Diminishing
Fund and at one time was thought to be the No
mentioned by Carey in his evidence. Short or
Barker, who tried to kill him. is said to have come
to this city from Cork in the summer Of lss2 with
Ryans barrOom in Cbambers-st. IL is SAID that
Rossa's lite was threatened for publishing III ms
paper the interview with Phcan IN The hdnsas Cny
Journal. Phelan's action in tellng everything so
freely greatly ncenscd the Irish dynamitcurs oil this
city.
WHAT KEARNEY SAYS.
John T. Kearney moved from No 402l2 East
Fifteenth-st to No. 452 West Twenty-ninth-st.. a
few weeks ago, and keeps the liquor store at
the latter place He is about thrty-ive years of
and slightly under the middle size, with d irk hair
and mnsache fresh complexion and laugh
ing gray eyes. HIS hands as small
and white as q woman's. He talks readily,
with marked Irish brogue. TRIBUNE
reporter found him in his store last night talking
with several other Irishmen Kearney SAID
Captain Phelau came to my place TODAY about
o'clock. He had sent telegram before taat, say
ing he would get here on Thursday lie showed me
a letter from Rosa asking him to get some sub
| had already read the interview published
in The Kansas City journal. Phelan felt that it
might cause some trouble, but he said he would
nt tptc laGfh IIn
me TO 20 down 10 Rossa's Office with him. and be-
fore We. started he changed his revolver from his
p1P saS Fbeaa T the dc 2esSar n
lie served four years IN the War of the Rebellion,
fighting under General Logan. For time he was
a lieutenant in the Washington police force bnt
he has lived in the West much Of tha time since
the war. He is feet in height and strong an
OK. Lately he has been superintendent of the
Kansas City Workho
"What happened in Iossa's office :" the reporter
inayIsd Ross, wa. not There and We sat down to
wait. The only other persOus i'll the room at the
time were two old men, WHO were strangers to mo
was reading raper when a short. stout man
tered the Office, and began TO talk in q
notice of the man, but don't think ! ever sa him
before Suddenly there was qua rel. looked mp
and saw Phelan trying to get his pistol out of Ills
pocket. The short man was holding his arm and
trying to stab him. Seeing there was going tO he
trouble of the office to the street and
straight home. did not see anyone hurt because left
SO suddenly. do not know any man by the name
OF Parker or Short and know nothing about the
cause of the quarrel with Phclan. did not try to
get Phean to come to this city. He of his
free WILL"
"What truth is there in the interview published
in The Kansas city JOnrnaIW
"Well now that isn't fair. If should say that
the interview correct, might DC tying rope
about my own neck. l was in Ireland six years
ago.
"What feeling has been caused among the irish
NatiOnaiiSts III this city by Phclan's talk -
MANY think that Phean is traitor, He knew
that perfectly well. but he said he WOuiI blow
man who tried to mOiest him into eternity. Every
one OF us knew that he was dead shot,"
What were your own eelingsP
81 have been friendly with Captain Phclan. but
th0nght That mtcrvlew was not slnare. | haYa