New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-07
RICHARD. SHORT ACQUITTED.
ruv ,,rpv DELIBERATE FOR TWO HOURS.
,rsr,cy VAN BRUST AsroSIsHED AT THE
rug pYSAMITRRs YELL

TIE 1uRY DELIBERATE FOR TWO HOURS
JUSTICE VAN Dnusr AsroSIsHED AT THE 'h'Di0'
THE pYSAMITERs YELL
..;, Thomas Phelan was recalled TO the
.tsna Yesterday by Mr. Brooke, IN tne .li his
R,cnard Short and testified that nc l'i Sav here
life for So 900 when IN Cnlcago on Mr.
proote opened the case for Short saying ne
move that Phelan came to t1ls CIV clS ood that
vengeance on Rosa and faiesn Walker j.
Fnt Of No. SO Laight-s, swore that Pas'an
after his return from Ireland sara ansas City and
ing 70 put ms aoS hare and "fx" Rosa and Pat
iovet lie had spoken of Professor Mezzeroa No No
John F. Kearney to whose pb nauO went sC when he
came mere testified that Phelan was unueI INC and
fmence of liquor, revived Rosa and Joyce 4 Se
wore he was going to iSsrs drank whsey
ne TIM Tomas Barter, II an named nre az" II,
another named Callahan, and thira n,d his abnse
IF Rosa When Short came IN he maze aasantad
on the folly of talking to reporters M hoa ey
this and applied vile sp I'LL Ks aG who said to
Short: "Phelan is drunk and mas p,sV 81
FINALLY Phelan said to ShOrt:l Shut up, you ro'
ten-beaded, broken-nosed Iooi; f Sr lave this
Office he moved his hand toward his pockss a. dat
10 get his pistol At tho same tle lnY and
fav nader n paper on the table, was exposed.
PSe,an grabbed for it, but Short got 1t ana snga
4 de yyO together
bsgan KeaTney got out as quickly as ne COMIC.
He saw tive or three daggers lying around hos.a
rooms Henry Mc0strach sarpentea Rosa
John Brooks in behalf ofithe State identlned tnS
ten.inch dagger i'll court as the one ne naS h
on the landing outside of Rossas onico ai'oi 'n'
Thomas ]. Barter, bookkeeper, of No. 242 East
Thirtieth-st and James Cclahan Ger sbt in
Rossa,s office. Phelan had said to, Snort " yer
hans os' Won think Pm an informer" and Short re;
phcd:, Perhaps you oh are; w was begun,
and and" Barter and COlahan, like the others He'd:
Patrick NJ White, of the BoweTy, ana ? -; nee
Adams had seen Phean and Short SbagTt Waking
leisureiy away from Rossa's den. 10 hod rsed
Kearney, recalled admitted that ne nao oi use"
fbe name William Smith on the otner sue,
.so Ss had correspondod with Phelan under the
name of John Wallace" He denied that ne hau
ever written Phelan that his Phelans) lie was III
Colonel Fellows produced letter written IN
September 1883, by Kearpey to Phelan, Oh WHICH,
the following is the conclusion -
DEAR CAP: am exceedingly anxious to know %na t
II is You have to tell that win surprise me- nave
been much surprised OF late at many t Gst
that could act on me in this manner lit mas any ren
tion gentlemen friends here tne des 9 IN vonr
next what Is for am beginning TO seriously tn Az 90
surprising some OF those fellows dsrs so @ns go doing
You will hear Of something before 1 leave Sew,
York There is q mysterious something nostns
around that to- me is at present undehnabe All know
or az Least think is that 1t reference TO our late
Dermott that Kearney and Captain Phean would DC De
murdered AS far am concerned VIII give sOS b 0
fbem an opportunity TO kill me, but IL VIII ony ue
when have an equal chance of closing the mouth
sanderer That: what men gets Snaness and the
making Of the almighty dollar knaeH G eo an5eay ~
which people nave te anu mmacuIae patriot Gould
and can say amen to the curse OF CromWe ns as
certain portion Of the Irish race mere LII 'HiS '' "0
With renewed expressions of deepest thanks am.
George s. Smith, of Alexandria, Va, who was
ton. in 1875, swore that Phelan's reputation for
yeracity was bad in Washington inc witness Is
would not believe him under OATH. Patrick Joyce
took oath to the extensive array OF cholce daggers
in Rossas office, some OF them coheai iod liz S
Texan cowboys. The one in court Iooked Ike
cowboy gift Irvine on the handle and all.
Richard Short, with pronounced 9rogue ana ana
nervous impetuOus manner, rehearsed the taie tolu
nv Kearney He denied that he belonged 70 any
secret organizations. Phelan, he SAID, USED we
language toward him. grabbed IOf we We Mas 40
cited that he did not know what he was dong;
he might have inflicted forty wounds. lie tnOugnt
MS rue carrea anv weapon Dr. Kirby and Police
man Levy recalled, swore they nOtlced no trdces
OF liquor about Phelan after me ng4t borrs each
MIR Brooke and Mr.. Fellows took Two n0nrs eaca "a
in summing up. The jury retired at 10Y an9 AZ
$50 returned with verdict net g guilty" a
demoniacal veil from the threats OF snort lrlends
;nstantiv filled the courtroom, which the police
detectiyes and court officers almost as oqulekiy
onelIed Justice Van Brunt exclaimed promptly
and incisiyely: Gentlemen OF the jury, must
sav that am astOnished at your verdict lou are 2
discharged from further attendance on TINS Court.
Shorts friends hurled avalanche OF lcrce con-
CALCULATIONS upen him and ran him out Oh cout'
THE MAYOR ON THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Mayor Grace has written TO the Tax Commission
srs severely arragumg the Board OF Assessors tor
neglect of duty. Ia the making up aovertlseinent
and disposition of assessment Isis, unreasonao.c
and. in the Mayors Judgment, unlawful delay bas
characterized their entire action lie SAYS
that it appears 10 HIM that four ski
full aud competent assessors and Their
clerks by an intelligent division OF labor
could make ready the advertisement OF any assess
menf list within thirty days after its reception II
annears by the ssessorsI annual report that up 70
January 29 last lists aggregatlng $3,O49, l6O 81
that were received by them between 1878 and
1855 had not been advertised while recent lists OF
unimportant amounts yet involving equal labor OF
preparation had been disposed Of Since
6e called attention to the suD)ect.
peIiod of three mouths, the Mayor
saws the assessors have advertised lists involving
Si675474 6S, including neatly all the old yet I'M
portant lists referred to, while their work during
the entire year 1884 in adyertlsing lsts involved
$500 922 10. The loss to the city OF interest on
assessments by failure OF the Board OF Assessors u
complete the same within the time to whlca inter
est was certified and included by the Controller ha'
been SAB. 100 IA.
POSSIBLE MURDER OVER DRINKS.
James McCaffery a rum shop keeper at Ientf
and Erie sts., was committed to the CITY frisol