Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-10

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NEW York, January 9.--The Office
Of O'Donovan Rosa, the so-called dy-
namiter, At 10. IL, and IA Chambers
street, where Rosa prints his paper,
the United Irishman, was, about 4
o'clock this afternoon, the scene Of an
effort to assassinete the man who, faith
ful to the cause of the dynamiters, they
think was traitor to their principles.
The victim was Captain Thomas Phelan,
man closely identified in previous
years with the Irish movement in
Kansas City, No., where he resides,
and is superintendent Of the work-house.
He was brought to this city by letter
sent to him by John T. Kearney. The
intention to kill him had seemingly been
premeditated for weeks. The enmity
against him arose from an interview
with him published in the Kansas City
Journal fortnight ago, wherein phclan
apparently divulged the secrets Of the
dynamiters. The captain arrived in
this city only three hours before
he was attacked. When he reached
here he went to Kearney's house, 452
west Twenty-ninth street, and the two
went at once to Rossa's Office. A few
minutes after he entered that Office he
was attacked. Chambers street is
usually crowded in the afternoon. To-
day was no exception. People who
passed No. IL were startled by
the sudden appearance on the side
walk of man bleeding from
several wounds about the body who
fell to the pavement. just after him
came another man, who rushed diago-
nally across the street and into the
City-Hall place. The bleeding man
cried Murder y as strongly as he
could. and Officer Leayy, of the
Fourth precinct, was attracted to
the spot. The officer started az
ter the runaway. Turning into the
City-Hall place he saw no one run
ming, but went up to a man whose
appearance was like that of the man
who had fed from Chambers street, and
accosted him. YOU'RE mistaken, my
FRIEND" said the man." But the officer
noticed a spot cfblood on his trousers, and
drawing his club seized him. The man
tried to get away, and in doing so show
cd two bloody hands. The policeman,
with great trouble, took his prisoner
back to where the wounded man
lay. did this man stab your"
asked Leayy, pointing to his prisoner.
Phelan raised himself to half-sitting
posture and let his eyes rest upon the
man. Then, quick as flash, the pros
trate man drew pistol from his hip
pocket and fired it at the prisoner. The
policeman grabbed for the pistol, and in
his effort to secure it let go Of the pri-
soner, who again started to run.
His liberty was not for long.
He was soon retaken and marched to
the station-house. Here he gave his
name as Richard Short. butcher, of SCI
Tenth avenue, and denied all knowledge
of the stabbing. He acted as one Of
Tended by his arrest and spoke
no word except in answer to
interrogatories. When asked how the
blood came to be on his hands he re-
piled insolently, with strong Irish ac-
cent, Sure, didn't | tell you was
butcher. That's bloody work, yer
know. ] guess" The wound by the
pistol-shot fired by Phclan was found to
be slight bullet had come from Red
Jacket" 32-calibre revolver, and
struck the left side of the abdomen,
after penetrating an overcoat and other
clothing, and had well spent its force
before reaching the flesh. The pris-
ener was locked up.
An ambulance took Phelan to Cham
bers-Street Hospital. After Surgeon
Kirby had bound up his wounds at the
hospital Phelan said he was a native of
ireland, and forty-nine years old.