The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-19
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gun to-day by Justice Patterson, at the
Tombs court Tho courtroom was
rilled with spectators. Capt. Phelan's
arm still hung in sling. Police Ser
geant Cook took charge Of tho captsir's
large revolver, which Phelan carried la
ms pocket.
Snort came In later, accompanied by
counsel, He looked triils pale.
The prosecution called Phelan Ia tho
witness stand. After being sworn ha
said, IN response 10 questions by his
counsel;
"My name Is Thomas Phelan; live
In Kansas City; on tho 9th at January
1 was sitIing IL Ros-a's office, with nay
side Ia the / bile, aud my back To the
door Richard Short came IN with
u long knife in his hand
and said, 'now | have got you'll now |
have got YOU" Then no plunged the
knifeinto my breast; he pulled IL out
and stuck u into my side; tried 10 gee
away from him 10y running around the
table, but he managed Ia strike me thr-e
times; two M u VINO were IN the room
ran ont aud tried tn escape; got out
at length aud made my way 10 the
street; became acquainted win snort
last July"
On GRO Pholan said:
~ have resided In Kansas city
twenty-eight years, with tue exception
of the time was in the army aud the
three wears / lived In Washington; |
visited Ireland, England, and Wales;
| landed ut Queenstown aud
rom there went To Cork;
| didn't meet any persons |
knew at either of those places; | never
was IN the employ of the British govern
ment; | never made tho acquaintance oi
any government officers while abroad
had conversations with British de-
tective, but did not know no was
Bri ism detective until no lett my COZ
troll"
Al this point counsel for the prOsccu.
ton objected To the scope o the cross
examination, ani suggested IL he con-
fined only 10 tho assault.
Phelau: "ike reason ! used koar.
NEVIS name and told what he had said
aud what he had done, was because he
orenly hnasted OF what he had done IN
England"
til Saturday next aud the request was
granted,
Capt. Phelan afterwards denounced
the adjournment as unjust, and said u
would caGsc him TO lose time and
money.
The court Il ecided that the examine
ton must be confined To the evidence
OF the assault.
Witness on crOss-oNamination con
tinued. He said: 81 cameto New York
last January for two purposes; one, u
visit my sister, Mrs. Levy, al
Northampton, Massachusetts and TO eX
pain to certain persons an article ~
/ the Kansas City journal. | had talB
with kearney ahot the article ana my
| purp, So in coming here. He had tolo
! me- that the boys down NJ the oilic,
were angry with me for talking To re
porter- IN the way the article represented
that l did. He also said somethln,.
about an article in O'DOnnOvan Ros
p.per. [ told him no man could pub
| lish lie on me without my bringing
him TO account for it. When went L
Rossa's Office | had my little boys re
vulyer with me. | don't Know whethe
| it was loaded or not; | hat
been arrested twice in Kansa
City, once for tearing dowr
on Saint Patrick's dav, a picture in I
store representing lrisbnen as apes
| the second time for carrying concealed
weapons; | was charged once with stab
bling a man named Trout Norton; die
not boast about this affair or say
would do il again il any body lnsulte'
me; the article in Lh,
Kansas City journal did no
call me an infOrmer; IL said / gave in
! formation that dynamite was cuncealtC
in the "Queen;" did give that iniorna
ton, anu would DO 50 again, under SIM
liar clrcums auces: il is true, TO Ger
tain extent, that an English detective
got into my confidence; told him my
name, where | came from and where
was going.
A Fatal snow side.
SALT LAKE, Feb. IA special from
Little Cottonwood says: AT ST.
last night snow slide swep
through the mining camp of Alta
| destroying three-iourth of the town
killing sixteen persons, including hvt
children. Particulars are promised to
| night. The following are the names o
those killed in the Alta snow slide:
JAMES WATSON.
S. WHITE.
| JERRY REAGAN.
BARNEY GIBROW.
| DAVID Z. VAN.
TIM MADDEN.
FRED CULlMAN.
MRS. FORD ana child.
| MATTE hickey,
and tour children Of Ed. Ballon ana tW'
Cinnamon.
ASSIMILATION AT ALTA.
The startling news was brought here
th,s evening That tie town of Alta haC
besn nearly wiped ont by an avalanche
1t has been showing for week
Ths flll is twelve feet deer
on the level, and it is still
storming hard. Last night, soon atJei
3 O'Clock, tremendous volume OF snow
swept down over the Emma name
works, doing no damage there
except taking the smoke stacf
| along. Then it struck tht
town and crushed about three-rourths
| of it, but fortunately mAuS
of the houses were deserted for the VIII
ter. The place is built al the foo
of The converging gulches and snow
slides have Il fair mark. TUCK
er's boarding house was -, swep
away and his hotel crushed, Tho Nal
leio works, including buildings anc
tramways Were crushed. Tive
men at this mine happened tt
be in the drift and escapeC
luiury. Stckley and fuckers anC
! Wailace's stores were injured slightly
Pope IL Simpsons drug store was
the only building That entirely
escaped. large. portion o
the lost people were in the boarding
house and the hotel. Twenty-eight il
all were buried. Twelve were
dug out alive this morning
rhe rest are undoubtedly dead
Men from the City of Rocks mine anC
Evergreen have formed digging force
TO get out the bodies. Three had beer
taken out at last accounts amid muct
difficulty and in heavy storm anC
severe cold. Timothy Madden was
not dead when brought out, bat dice
soon after. The bodies OF James Wat
son and Mrs. John Ford were also taker
out quite dead. The following is the
correct list of those not yet recovered:
| ANDREW s. WHITE.
BARNEY GIBSON.
| FRED COLLIN SON.
MAITIE Ii INKEY.