St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-11
Capt. Phelan Said to Be Resting Easy,
With a Chance for Re-
c0Very.
The Assailant Arraigned and Remand
ed to Await the Result OF
Phelan's Wounds.
A Prominent Chicago Nationalist Inter
viewed, and Talks Pretty Freely
on the Subject.
The Kansas City Interview from Which
the Difficulty is said to Have
Originated.
A CHANCE FOR PHELAN YET.


consultation with him. To his friend Phelan
said he came here to explain certain matters
| to Rosa about an interview in the Kansas
City Journal He now believes he was de-
liberately entrapped in Rossa's Office to be
murdered.
"Tom," said Reilly, 'whep I knew you in
Kansas you were always too quick with your
pop to be caught in suap. Why did you
let them catch you this way?'
81 didn't get time" returned Phelan,
''and besides the room was so small and the
attack so sudden that could not get my
| pistol out.'
Reilly said to a reporter, afterward, that he
knew Phean well, in Kansas City, in 1872,
| when he once prevented him from fighting
| duel with man named McCaffery. He said
while Phelan was man of spirit and quick
to act if aroused, yet he would take a great
deal of abuse before getting angry.
| Captain Thomas Phelan was comfortable
! tonight, having little fever and no pain.
His wounds are healing and the hospital sur
geon says the prospects are encouraging.
Phelan in an interview denied some state
ments published regarding himself.
SHORT ARRAIGNED AND REMANDED.
! Richard Short, the man who stabbed Cap
tain Phelan yesterday, in O'Donovan Rossa's
office. was arraigned in court to-day. : few
people were present Short appeared calm
and collected. The prisoner was remanded
to await the result of Phean's injuries. Later
he was seen in the cell by reporter but re-
fused to say anything. At the hospital the
physicians said Phelan's condition hau i'm
proved since midnight and twas barely pos
| sible he might recover
| WHAT THE CHICAGO NATIoNALIsTs SAY.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-The Irish Nationalist
of Chicago, whose recognized chief is 2. W.
| Dunno, have received no information Of the
stabbing of Capt Thomas P. Phelan in
! O'Donovan Rossa's Office in New York, except
such as appeared in the newspapers. Phelan
is well known among the Chicago followers
of Rosa, and is warm friend of Dunno,
with whom he spent several days couple OF
months ago. Dunno was taking lunch in a
down town restaurant with couple of
brother Nationalist when found by a Daily
NeaCs reporter. The stabbing Of Phelan was
! the subject of conversation, az it has been
among nearly all Irishmen.
'I know Phelan," said Mr.. Dunno, ''and
think knew Kearney, if he is Jack Kear-
ney, of New York"
"What do you think was the cause Of the
cutting!"
''The assault grew out of a misapprehen-
sion, believe. l don't think it is possible
that Phelan is a traitor, as / said. | know
| him to be an honorable gentleman, jealous
and patriotic. / know little or nothing of
my own personal knowledge Of the inside of
the matter O'Donovan Rosa published in
his paper the Kansas City interview, but
made no comments. know, however, that
he did write to Phelan and asked him if the
interview was correct, but l don't think
Phelan sent reply. The next heard was
that Phelan had gone on to New York. |
suppose he went there either TO tell Rosa
that he was not the author of the interview
or to square himself with Kearney."
''Do you believe that he was trapped?"
''That don't know; believe this, how
ever. that Capt. Phelan is not the man TO give
his brother nationalists away in the news
papers. He would not give them away at
all, but If he should he could get better pay
| from the British government. There is not
a man of us here at the table," said Dunno,
looking around at two other nationalist,
''who has not been approached by English
! detectives, There are some Of us that they
cannot bride, though, and Capt. Phelan is
one of them. No, it is my opinion that Capt.
! Phelan was not the author of the interview,
| but the people Of New York might have still
believed he was, despite his denial,
and decided to punish him. 1t
is a misapprehension, in my belief, though |
don't know enough about the case to form an
! opinion"
| "Who is Richard Short, who did the stab
blngl"
~ don't know him at all.'
ole was In Chicago once"
''That may be, but / don't know him
Perhaps he travelled under some other name
He couldn't have been in Chicago long, be
cause train with all nationalists aud never
heard of him.
THE KANSAS CITY INTERVIEW.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. l0.-The inter
view With Capt. Phelan heretofore mentioned
as published in the Journal, of this city, on
December 81, is devoted chiefly to the rela-
ton Of plot to blow up the steamer Queen,
and description Of the manner of manipu-
latng their mysterious dynamite machine.
The story as told by Capt. Phelan is substan-
TALLY as follows:
In June, 1888, he made a voyage TO
Europe to secure information which would
prevent the extradition Of =. J. Sheridan, the
great Irish agitator, and his removal TO Eng
land. He visited Paris and accom- plished bis
mission. Meanwhile, however, the British
government abandoned the effort 10 extra
dite Sheridan aud the matter was dropped.
Continuing the story Pnelan said before
leaving New York be met number Of Irish
agitators, among them John r. Kearney. Who
blew up the Celedonian railway station at
Glasgow, and afterwards escaped to America.
lie sailed in the Begravia au1 KcarDey was
to follow three days later in the Queen, and
they were to meet in EdInburg. He knew
tat there was a plan 10 biow up the Queen
after the passen gers landed at Liverpool.
| When the men met at Edinburg
Phelan asked Kearney why be
bad not carried It out Tic latter
/ replied be had placed a sufficient quantity Of
/ dynamite To blow the pyramids in the yes-
I sells hold, but when the ship arrived al Liver
/ pool she anchored 10 the stream and the pas
sengers were taken of IN a tender, and
/ Kearney was not permitted 70 20 into the
! hold. So be came away leaving In The yes
( sci fifteen pounds OF dynamite, which would
1 probably explode about two weeks later after
/ IL had begun 70 rot aud imperil hundreds Of