Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-13
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
THE WOUNDED FENIAN
Slowly Recovering From
His Injuries.
0'D0N0VAN ROSA SPEAKS OUT
And Says Phelan Should
Be Killed.
THE SHERMAN-DAVIS DISPUTE.
A Warm Debate i'm the
Senate.
THE SHERMAN-DAVIS DISPUTE.
ROSA OPEs HIS MOUTH.

| ROSA OPES HIS
| A Savage Onslaught ON the Wounded
Fenian-ChaPters of Dynamite His
tory That Led Up to the Cutting.
New York, Jan. 12.-O'Donovan Rossa's
| Office was closed all the morning, but re-
| porter met Rosa in street car and asked
him if he thought trap was set for Phelan
by Short and others, to which Rosa an
swered: 'No sir. Phelan deserved all he
got, and should have been killed outright.
suspected Phelan for long time and when
he wrote me four months ago for money and
a list of my Kansas City subscribers I did
| not want him to suspect that had my suspi-
| cions of him, so I sent a friendly letter con
| tanning partial list, but no money. He can
| talk as he likes about his errands to and
from this country, but I know that for a
| long time President Arthur has had in his
| possession papers that prove Phelan to be a
British spy He is another Jim McDermott.
Richard Short did just right in what he did,
| though it turns out that it would have been
| pity had he died without priest as his be-
| lief is akin to Ingersoll's. However, he's not
| dead and when he talks about shooting I
amt afraid of him and I'll tell him So"
| in 1902 ''He was and betrayed them then"
The theory that Phelan was held by the
other men while Short made the attack finds
many believers. Shorts friends are busy
preparing plausible story of self-defense,
but have rather overdone the matter. Kear-
ney's statement agrees with Phelans that
O'Brien and he were the only persons except
the principals in the room when the attack
began. He sticks to the story of hot words
and motion by Phelan towards his pistol
pocket as the immediate aggravation of the
assault OBrien, on the other hand, says
there were several persons in the room at
the time, but does not name them 1t 10
surmised that these additional persons may
materialize in the event of Shorts defense
needing the bolstering of hard swearing.
Comment has been excited by the fact that
SO MANY of Phelan's Kansas City friends
should be in the city. 1t is intimated that
Phelan came on here expecting trouble and
that his enemies got the better of him.
A prominent nationalist to-day gave the
following version of the circumstances lead
ing up to the stabbing: Pheian went over to
England to blow up the Prince Albert me-
mortal monument. To do this he was- fur
nished with $4,000. Jim McDermott, the
him They met in England. Before leaving
this country McDermott was given banquet
at which it was intended Rosa should be
present. He sent instead the following note
My dear jim, am very sorry can't see you off
Give my regards to the boys. hossA-
It was afterwards shown that McDermott
took this letter with him. When he met
Phelan in England he exclaimed, what!
are you here too?' In reply Phelan asked
McDermott where he was going and he said
he was going to Cork. Phelan remarked
that he was glad of it as he had something
for him to do. To make himself all right
McDermott showed the captain Rossa's note.
Phelan in turn handed McDermott letter
addressed to Shorts niece. This letter was
really intended for Short. It was in cipher
and related to dynamite which Phelan says
was secreted near Castle Island in Kerry.
McDermott kept the letter and on the way
opened and copied it. He told Shorts niece
that he wanted to see Short. They met and
the informer again displayed the letter, which
satisfied Short that McDermott was an agent
of Rosa. The upshot was that Featherstone,
Deasey, O'Herlity and the Others were be-
trayed. Short when he reached this country
found out how McDermott got the letter
Captain Phelan when he got back was regu-
larly tried by the organization, but aoquit-
ted it being proven that he was misled.
This is the secret of how McDermott got on
to the organization in Ireland and gave the
men away. Phelan did not blow up the
monument and it is charged spent the $780,
900 in riotous living. His explanation, how
ever, was that he had been compelled to as
sumo the guise of an American gentleman.
Late this afternoon House Surgeon Bull
ordered Phelan removed to another ward and |
placed him under the guard of a policeman.
DIR. Bull thought such precautionary meas
ure ought to be taken, as he regarded it pos
sible for some dynamiter in the guise of
friend to gain access to Phelan and finish the
work that Short began. All articles of food
sent to the hospital for Phe1sn are carefully |
inspected to prevent his being poisoned.