New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-10
smApBED IN ROSSA'S OFFICE.
o,,,sr pHELAN BADLY WOUNDED


-,. RESULT OF DISCLOSURES MADE By .sr n'n RICH. c
HARDING FENIAN PLofS-h'' ~''"
ARD oho n,nonoysu Rossa's office on the tnird
The avoi 20 20 Chambers-st was thrown open sud
door OF NJ O'clock yesterday afternoon ana
ueniy ~ 81. man. with his neck and face pleeo-
ehgn"y .'aoa running down his clothing, rusheu
tps Snu h.II man of stOuter build foiiow
p'o "s -. clashes ut the bleeding man with
nlm sus :sa h.v;no blade eight inches long. Inc
am. staopercd along the hall. which Is al
ylSa aark even at MONDAY, until ne reacneu tho
w"es.1s. crooked fight of steps loading down III
w rhombers-st. His pursuer followed niui
suuah the dark hall, still making vicious onras'S
.s..s The bleeding man cried out, He'p' NUT
~ and fell rather than ran down the s'airs III
tis haste to get to the bottom -
~, "Snss-;os of the wounded man and the noise OF
.,ssr,se as he strove to defend himself prough'
s ,hs occupants of the offices on the oor 10 thcir
80. Two men had followed the assalianc anu
~. vict,m from Rossa's Office into the nun anu
s,ooa watching them, As the other people OH .iie
aoor Looked out to see what was the matter 'no
man with the knife and the TWO WITNESSES
a.,.d luan hastily into Rossas Office and closed
tbe door behind them.
ro,xryG OUT THE MAN WHO STABBED HIM.
r.unsalIor Nolan and Printers Smdt and Ihomp-
- ,vhose offices adoin Rossa's and who saw inc
ss,d ~ the assault ran down the stairs after the
,rnrnded man. They found him lying on his lace
an the sidewalk bleeding profusely. small crown
RAJ already gathered around him. Some iremen oil
rnsins Company No. z, who saw the man
tan ran up with pail of water ana
dashed some In the face OF the prosHa'e
man. Then they laid him on his osch
With his head resting against telegraph poie.
Fireman Cottrell asked him if he wanted priest
or minister sent for and he replied:
mo I don't want anybody. don't believe IN
anv religion. am follower of Bob lngersol' !
am Captain Thomas +. Phelan, superintendent OF
tbe Kansas City Workhouse. They tried to mur-
der up there"
inst then the stout man who had done the stao-
hing. came out of No. IL and started to walk IN
concernedly away Phclan pointed him out to 70
lceman Levy.
.Tbat is the man who stabbed mc,' he said.
The policeman ran after Phelan's assailant ano
overtakng him in City Hall-place said as he
slapped him on the shoulder:
"Iwant yon."
"What do YOU want with me 7" asked the man
surly.
Levy noticed that the mans hands were bloody
and took him back until he was confronted with
bis victim lying ON the sidwalk.
ais this he man who stabbed youi !" asked Levy.
"Yes.s responded Phelan and as the policeman
started with the prisoner to the surprise OF every
one the Kansas City official pulled pistol from
his hip pocket and fred shot at the prisoner
The weapon was we'll aimed ana the
hall tore through the overcoat and undercothing of
the stout man grazing the abdomen. The
policeman left his prisoner, ran back to Phean and
A.. n i'm
prisoner took advantage of his Liberty and ran
away. Levy chased him along the sidewalk ana
caught him at Center-st. Twisting piece OF cord
about his wrist he took him to the Oak Street
Police Station, which he reached about the
time that an ambulance had carried Phelan
t. the Chambers Street Hospital
At the station the prisoner described himself as
Richard Short, age forty. native of Ireland ana
by occupation butcher, living at No. SCI Tenth
ave. To tho questions asked by Captain webb the
prisoner replied that he knew nothing of the man
who was stabbed, and denied all knowledge OF the
affair He was locked up and all communication
with him forbidden by the Captain.
FHELAN's WOUNDS.
The call for an ambulance was given by Assist
ant Foreman Murphy of Engine No. z. While wait
ing for the ambulance to arrive the
wounded man handed 10 him a fine hunt
ing case gold watch aud heavy gold chain,
asking him to give his name to the policeman. and
TO take charge Of the watch Murphy placed tho
watch and chain in his pocket and nfterward
turned them over to Captain Webb Of the Fourth
Precinct. On the lid Of the watch was the follow
ing inscription:
PATRIOTISM.
Captain Thomas Phelan.
From his Irish friends,
Thanksgiving,
1888
When Phelan arrived at the Chambers Street
uo,n;fo oi his eli was soaked with hood. and