St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-17
MAR in IRELAND.

One of the Originators of the Irish skfrs
mishingr Fand Fatally Carved in O'Dono-
van Rossa's Office in New York BY One 20
the. EATERS Friends-Ths Supposed Re-
ward ofTreachery.
NEW YORK, January 10.
Yesterday at about p. m. several men !:
rushed out of No. IL Chambers street,,
in which Building is located the office OF,
O'Donovan Rosa and the United Irish.
man. ina few seconds afterward man
covered with blood tottered down the
stairs to, the hallway and sank on the
front stoop,. while his blood covered the
sidewalk in stream. The most intense
excitement at once took place, and crowds
focked ta the scene. Several officers
rushed up, and seeing few men making
toward Chambers street and City Hall
Place.. followed them. One Of them, a.
tall man, was captured and brought back
to where the dying man was lying.
as, this the man who stabbed you?"
asked. the officer.
ayes, that is the man. said the bleed
ing man, "but by Heavens, if I'm going
to. die TM die game, and there will be two
| of us"
With that, and before the bystanders
could realize his intentions, he drew a.
revolver and fired two shots in rapid sacs
cession at the man standing before him.
One of the balls took effect i'll the thigh
! of his Would-be murderer. This still
further increased the excitement, and the
neighhOrhood became wild with all sorts
of runors. The man who was stabbed
proved to be Captain Thomas B.. Phelan,
aged forty-nine, of Kansas City, and his
assailant, whom ne says stabbed him;
gave his name as Richard Short, off8S1
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 We're rumors
that he gave away some OF the secrets OF
the Fenian organization.
The police claim tie have 81 letter from
Rosa to the wounded man, telling him.to
come on to New York to his office, that he
had important business for him to attend
to.
Phelan was asked if he wanted ii minis
ter or priest.
/
body. I don't believe in any religion.
am a follower of Bob Ingerson.' "
The news of the stabbing and shooting
spread rapidly, and inquiries, were made
. on all sides as to who Phelan. and Short
were. Phelan appeared to, be known tc
many men identified with the Erisf
revolutionary movements. Rosa was
condemned by number of his com
J patriots for giving publication in his pa
per this week to the interview printed IL
the Kansas City Journal, purporting tx
be had with Phelan, giving: a detailed &C
count of the operations of the dynamiter
in England. Threats were made agains
Rossa's life, and it was said that his i'm
mediate friends had determined to form
body-guard to protect him.
. Phelan was one of the Origlnators Q
:, the skirmishing fund.- and was at on
time suspected of being the 1amou
t stNumber One'' mentioned by the IN
: former Carey in his evidence. He ma
n been an Irish Nationalist all his life, an
has always been prominent in Irish reVo
lutionary movements.
e Short is said TO, be one of the Irishme
+ who was driven to America by the treacf
; cry of James McDermott, OF Brooklyn
! who is now believed to be In the pay
+
r On reaching the hospital Pheian becam
o yerv weak from loss of blood, and Coront
e Martin was Summoned to take his ante
n mortem statement. In answer to til
4 usual questions the wounded man said h
: name was Thomas Phelan, and that I
!, lived in Kansas City, Mo. He then mac
. the following statement:
y On last Sunday week there was an int
q
7. the Kansas City Journal published IN JnaI p
= per, q copy of which, containing the lnte
is view. is now in my coat pocket ana Wnicn
y y am willing to give to the Coroner. receive
q a letter from John F. hearney, OF 49z w
k Twenty-ninth street. New YORK, ana Lel
# graphed him that would come TO New o.
81 on january 9Th. arrived to- day. Janual
g. 9th at twelve O'Clock, and called on hearh'
10 at his place of business in twenty mn
: street. kearney and Went 60 o,Dotopi
Il, named eRocky Mountain 0Brlen. came
x Tbey.shook hands with me and asked now
10 yyasfeeIino o. Brien then left the office. a mi
e: whose name, / thing, is Barker, came in
m the office with Il knife in his hand lie stru
\ at me and tried to stab me IN the chest WI
q, i was sitting. warded off the blow, ana
10 made several cuts at me- and succeeded
IS stabbing me several times then ran doE
II stairs and he followed me, stabbing me sc
ne praI times on thesway down. ran into Z
an street and Barker was brought before me
:. the sidewalk recognized him as the m
us who stabbed me. WAS introduced to Bi
10 ker on my return from EUROPE az dso I.
ad office, and met him once since at the sal
- place. While was lying on the sideWal
IS, supposed that Barker was going to stab
IN again, and shot at him. kearney was pr
=, ent when Barker stabbed me- Besides the
o. | have named, there were two men
10 Rossa' office at the time was stabbed VIII
lis / do not know.
no Phelan received six terrible cuts, t
% in the back, one in the back of the ne
ge one in the left arm and two in the
II breast. The doctors at the hospital.
us of I'll opinion that his injuries will prt
nc fatal. O'Donovan Rosa was seen she
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