The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-01-14
PHELAN TRAGEDY.
The Surgeon Reports that His Patient Is
Progressing and the Wounds are
Healing Rapidly.
o'Donovan Rossa States that Papers are
In the Possession OF tho President
that Prove Pheian to be .
British Spy.


sENTED.
NEW York, January 13.-The surgeon
at Chambers Street Hospital last evening
reported that Captain Phelan was progress
ing very satisfactorily. Most Of the wounds
In his head and chest are healed. Captain
Phelan's wife and daughter arrived from
Kansas City and were at once taken to the
hospital. The meeting between Phelan
and his wife and daughter was very affect
Ing. When Mrs. Phelan and her daughter
arrived, Phelan was In conversation with
his friend, F. W. 0'Relly. To the latter
Phelan said that the papers that published
interviews with him have misrepresented
him. Mr.. 0'Reilly took down a brief
statement which Phelan dictated and
furnished to the reporters. Captain Phe-
lan's statement was as follows:
Almost all the statements that have
been attributed to me by the newspapers
are incorrect To commence with, never
said wanted Bob Ingersoll when was
lying on the sidewalk bleeding TO death.
At the time some one suggested clergy
man. may have been unable to speak,
and some unfeeling rascal said TO send for
Bob Ingersoll. On being brought TO this
hospital n Catholic clergyman was sent for
and / was anointed."
Phelan also denies that he fired two shots
from his pistol, and says II he had come to
New York with the avowed intention OF
doing bodily harm, he would have brought
n different weapon. The statement attrlb-
uted to him, that he could prove that Rosa,
Joyce, Carney and others are traitors Is, he
says, absolutely false. Phelan concludes
his statement by saying that there is some.
thing further he would like to say, but Will
wait until he gets stronger.
Mr.. Phean denied himself 10 all report
ers yesterday, saying he had been so mis-
represented by them that lie did not care
TO grant them any further interviews. Mrs.
Phelan and her daughter had prolonged
interview with him, during which Foreman
Murphy, OF Engine No. Z, TO whom Phelan
gave his gold watch and chain and Grand
Army badge, when lying on the sidewalk,
called and handed 10 Mrs. Phelan her hus-
bands property
Late In the afternoon Surgeon Bull or
dered Phelan's removal 10 another ward
and placed him under the guard Of police
man. DIR. Bull thought such precaution-
nrv measure ought 10 he taken. as he re.
garded II nossihle that some dynamIter in
the gllse Of friend. TO gain access 10 Phe.
ian ana finish the work that Short began.
All articles of food sent 70 the hospitai for
Caotain phelan are carefully inspected 10
nrevent his beIng noisoned.
O'DonOyan Rossa's Office was closed all
the morning Yesterday, but reporter met
him in a street car and asked II he thought
n trap was set for Captain Phelan by
Short and other dynamiters, 10 which Rosa
answered:
"No, sir. Phelan deserved all he got and
should have been killed outright. | sus-
pected Pheian for long time, and when he
wrote me four months ago for money and
list of my Kansas City subscribers, didn't
want him 10 suspect that had my susplc-
ions OF him, so sent n friendly letter con.
tanning a partial list but no money. He
can talk as lie likes about his errands to and
from this country, but know that for a
long time President Arthur has had In his
possession papers that prove Phelan 10 be
a British SPY. lie Is another jim McDer.
mott. Richard Short did lust right In what
lu.
have been a pity had he died without
priest, as his belief is akin to Ingersolrs.
However, he is not dead and when he talks
about shooting, amt afraid Of him and I'll
tell him so.n
"Was lie not commissioned by the dyna.
miters TO 20 10 England in 1882"
ale was, and betrayed them then"
The theorv that Phelan was held nv the
o,t,ar ,,,ar ,,;h,Ia Short moda tho ottacL on
him finds many hplievers. Shorts friends
ore hnsv nrenarIng a nlonsible story NJ s.lf.
dafense for him INT have rather overdone
tha rnot,er Kearnav,a st.tament agrees
wifi phaIan that oRyien and he wore the
III, ,,orsons nrase,, aycorI Tho nrIncInaIs
IN the room when tbe attack beyan. He
s,ici,s 20 The storv M hot words and n
,,'",Io, h, pbolon coward bis nis,ol nocLet
as ,ha immedIate canse of The attack
0,pr,an an ,ho other hand sovs tLere ware
severaI nersons in the room AZ the time hut
does moi name them II "a snrmised that
,hasa ,ddI,ionaI narsons NAV materIaIlze in
the event ~ Shori,s defenSe needing The
hnis,srins ~ hard swearing ConsIderahIe
comment has heen excited Inv the fact that
so nonv NJ phelan,s Kansas Civ friends
Should be in The cItv NJ the time he came
hare 7, ia os,inat.d that phalon came on
hore ovnac,,ng ,rnnhIa and that hIs enemies
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dor = ions editor,ai defense of himselS and
yo',,nnis,Ior ~ ,,,, En,Ijsh Coyor,r,an,
,r,nariIv and pheian IncidentaI,v n
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