Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-12
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
PHElAN IN IRELAND.
Closely Swallowed by the
Police.
ON THE WATCH FOR CAREY.
His Latest Exploits in
America.
THE LABoRs OF CONGRESS.
Differences That Must. BE
HarmOniZed.
THE FENIANS, VICTIM,

Captain Phelan's Career in the Irish
Cause-His Wife and Daughter Gone
to His bedside.
| KANSAS CRY, No., Jan. 1.-THE numer-
| GUS friends and acquaintance of Captain
| Phelan were most interested readers of every
thing the local papers contained concerning
| received announcing hopes for his recovery
| were eagerly scanned by large numbers.
| Although much is known by Irish patriots
| here concerning Phelan's connection with
dynamiters and revolutionists, there is de-
cided reticence on their part to tell what
facts they know. From conversations held
with several, however, it is believed that
when Phelan went to Ireland in May 1888,
his sole purpose was to execute an order is
sued to him by the revolutionists He left
here without informing his family where he
was going and when he reached New York
he wrote back that he intended visiting his
old home for the purpose of looking after a
legacy of about $1,000 which was to be left
him by an uncle. He visited his old home
in Ireland, but when he returned to this
city in September, 1885, he brought no $10,-
600 with him, and those who are familiar
with his affairs aver that he has had very
little money at any time since his return.
When he landed at New York paper of
that city published statement that Captain
Phelan was one of the eight men selected by
the revolutionists to find and kill Carey and
the statements were backed up by purported
interviews with Captain Phelan. To re-
porter Captain Phelan on his return to
Kansas City denied that he had been inter
viewed by any New York reporter and dis
claimed any connection with the Invincibles
although in reference to his object in going
to Scotland he said enough to make it proba-
BILE that had Carey been landed in that coun-
try it would have been Phelan instead of
O'Donnell who caused the death of the in
former. From conversation yesterday with
Irishmen here it would appear that Captain
Phelan was one of the eight OF ten men Sc
lected to kill Carey, it being stated
that he WAS appointed to watch the ports Of
Edinburgh and Glasgow; Kearney, Liver
pool; O'Donnell Dartmouth and the east
coast of England. and the assailant of Phe-
Ian another port. Since the attempted assas-
sination of Phelan considerable speculation
is INDUCED in and it is intimated that one
cause of the trouble between Phelan and the
others is the fact that he received nothing
abroad "a and Furthermore 't that tt the So,
900 he expected as legacy
was really to have come out of
the skirmishing fund. It seems certain that
Phelan expected trouble when he left here,
for he told only nationalists where he was
going and his family were led to believe that
he had only gone to ST. Louis
Lyman McCarty, general western passen
GER of
accompanied Captain Phelan from this city
to Chicago, leaving here last Tuesday even
ing. Although they travelled together the
entire distance and were together in Chicago,
Phelan made no mention of the object of his
trip to New York and it was not until
McCarty's return to Kansas City when he
saw the newspapers that he had any idea of
Phelan's mission. A peculiar circumstance
is the fact that while in Chicago Captain
Phelan purchased, at the suggestion of Nc
Carly, an accident policy for $4,000. Two
days afterward the assault was made on
Phelan and he will receive fifteen
if he lives, and is disabled that length
of time. The wife of Captain Phelan and
their oldest daughter, aged about eighteen,
left yesterday for New Y ork after passing
sleepless night They were tolerably com
posed until they arrived at the depot where
they the sensational accounts. The
daughter tainted twice and the mother was
scarcely less affected. There was quite a
scene in the depot until they got aboard the
train.