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Yesterday ~ about ~ sceeal nen
nshd uut ~ No ~ chamhtfa street,
il which building " located th0 oiilee "
Uhpunyan lllan and llu inhai ffi4h'
ula- IN ipw seconds aii fwarl q man
covered with blood toiiorod down the
stairs 10 ihc hallway and sank on the
front stoop, while hls hiool covered the
alcWalk ina stream The most Intense
excitement NJ onc' io1h place, aud crowds
noeked Ia thc scene. several officers
rushed up, and seeing iow men making
toward Chambers street aud city Hall
Place, followed them ono of them, q
hl man, WIS captured and brought back
to whore the dying mhn was lying,
"ls this the man who stabbed your"
asked the officer
ayes, that is the man" said tho bleed.
Ing man, "hut by llcaycne, II I'm going
to die IN die game, and there win be two
OF u.s."
with that aud before the bystandcrs
could realize bis intentions, he drew u
revolver and fred two shots In rapid sue.
cesslou at the man standing before him.
ono Of the balls took effect In the thigh
OF his would.bc murderer. This still
further increased the excitement, and the
nelghborhood became wild with all sorts
of rumors. The man who was stabbed
proved 10 be Captain Thomas B Pbelan,
aged forty-nino, of Kansas city, aud his
issallaut, whom he says stabbed him,
gave his name as Richard Short, OF SOL
Tenth avenue.
An ambulance was summoned, aud Pie.
Ian was taken TO the Chambers street
Hospital In diving condition. lie IL
stabbed In the neck aud breast and soy.
eral other places. There were rumors
that he gave away some Of the secrets OF
the fcnlan organization.
The police claim to have letter from
Rosa TO the wounded man, telling him 10
come on TO New York 30 his Office, that he
had important business for him TO attend
| 10.
Phelan was asked II he wanted minis.
ter or priest.
"No,"b replied, az don't want any.
body. | don't believe In any religion.
am u follower Of Bob lngersoll.n
4 M a .l.i. a IL. Nt..f.
spread rapidly, and Inquiries were made
on all sides as to who phclan and Shorl
were. phclan appeared 10 be known u
many men Identified with the lrlsl
revolutionary movements. Rosa wa
condemned by number OF his com
patriots for giving publication In his pa
per this week 10 the Interview printed II
the Kansas City Journal, purporting t
bc had with Phclan, giving detailed nc
count Of the operations Of the dynamlter
In England. Threats were made ngnins
Rossa's life, aud II was said that his lm
mediate friends had determined 10 form
body.guard 10 protect him.
phclan was one Of the orlglnators o
the skirmlshlng fund, and was at ON
time suspected Of being the famou
"Number One" mentioned by the In
former Carey In his evidence. lie ha
been an Irish Nationalist all his life, ani
has always been prominent In Irish reyo
lutIonary movements.
Short IL said 10 be Que Of the lrlshmcl
who was driven 10 America by the troach
cry ol james McDcrmott, OF Brooklyn
who is now believed TO be In the pay 0
the British Government as q spy.
On reaching the hospital Phelan becam
very weak from loss Of blood, and Coronc
Martin was summoned " take his ante
mortem statement. In answer 10 III
usual questions the wounded man said hi
name was Thomas Phclan, and that h
lived In Kansas City, Mo. He then mad
the following statements
on last Sunday week there was m Inter
view between myself and the local editor q
the Kansas cry Journal published In that pa
per, u copy OF which, containing the Intel
view. N now In my coat pocket aud which
am willing TO give 20 tho Coroner receive
q letter from John y. kearnny, 0f in Wci
Twenty ninth street New York, aud tels
Rrauhed him that would come to New iOr
on January rth. arrived to-day, Jinuaf
9th ~ twelve o'clock, and called on kfnfnc
at Ills place 90 business IN Twenty mint
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Rossa'a office. Rosa was not In. A ina
named "llOcky Mountain" OBrien. came
They shook hands with me and asked how
vasfecling. OBricn then left the Office. ina
whose name, l think, N Barker, came Int
the office with knife In his hand. lie struc
: At me and tried 10 stab me In the chest whll
! was sitting warded OF the blow, and j
|, made several cuts At me. and succeeded
stabblng me several times. then ran dow
stairs, and he followed me, stabbinR me se'
eral times on ihe.way down. ran Into III
street aud barker WIS brought before me 0
the sidewalk. recognized him as the ms
who stabbed me. ! was introduced 20 Ia
! ker on my return from Europe at k0ssa
Office, and met him once since nt the san
! place. While | was lying on the sidewalk
/ supposed that Barker was going 10 stab n
again, and shot NJ him. Kcarney was pre-
rnt when Barker stabbed me. Besides tho
i have named, there were two men
liossa' office at the time was stabbed who
. do not know.
a Phelan received six terrible cuts, tw
In the back, one In the back Of the nee
one In the left arm aud two In the le
breast. The doctors at the hospital d
: OF the opinion that his injuries will pro-
!. fatal. o'Donoyan Rosa was seen shoI
|, ~ after Phclan had been removed 70 u
, hospital. lie appeared greatly astonls
: ed at what had occurred. lie said
: knew nothing Of the causes which led
the stabbing Of Phelan, and refused
make any statement.
4 Barker was arrested, while trying 10 Z
4 cape. lie was taken 10 the Fourth RI
, clnct station house after being identl1'
3 BY Phelan. AZ the station he gave u
q name OF Richard Short. lie denied |
I knowledge Of the stabbIng, but VIII
+. asked how bis hands and face becar
J, bloody, be became silent and refused
q answer further questions. lie was lock
4 up aud viii be taken 10 the Toombs u
q morning.
!. Kesrncy, who accompanied Phelan
q Rossa's ofilce, ls one Of the men me
= toned by Phelan 10 the Interview pu
' lIshed In the Kansas City Journal
4 having been implicated IN the plots
a blow up the steamer Queen and
Glasgow railway station.
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