The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-01-17
STABBED MANY TIMES.
A SENSATION IN DYNAMITE CIRCLES.

STABBED MANY IlMhS.
A SENSATION IN DYNAMITE CIRCLES.
Captain rhelan Murderously Assaulted in
G'Donovan Rosa s O fiji ce Because of AL
legged Treachery to the Irish National
Cause-Covered With Wounds.
In ODonovau Rossa's editorial office,
on the third floor of the building 10, II aud
IA Chambers St, New i ork, at 3:15 o'clock
on the afternoon of Friday, the 9th inst.
Captain Thomas nhelan, Superintendent
of the Kansas City Workhouse, an Irish
Nationalist, against whom some of the
dynamite faction appear to have had a
grudge, was stabbed ten times with
declared in an ante-mortem statement
that the assault was cold -blooded plot
to murder him because he had revealed,
or was accused of having revealed, sec
refs OF the Irish Invincibles.
Captain Phelan is an lrishman OF 40
years aud man of splendid physique.
He is nearly six feet tall, broad-shoulder-
ed and dark complectioned. A small black
moustache, trimmed close to his lip. and
tinged with gray, adorns his long. full
face, the most striking feature Of which
is the straight and prominent nose. He
is married and has wife and child in
Kansas City. He has reputation in
Missouri of being dead shot with either
the rifle or revolver. Ia June, 1888, he
was prominent enough in the inner circle
of the Dynamite brotherhood to be Sc
lectcd to 90 to England to defeat the
efforts the English Government were
then making to secure the extradition of
Patrick J. Sheridan on the charge of
treason. He strongly resemblcd O'Don-
nell. the Irish Invincible who assassinat
ed Informer Carey, and he boosted on his
return that he had narrowly escaped be
ing arrested by English detectives for
O'Donnell while the latter was a fugitive.
He reached New York that afternoon.
In one pocket of his overcoat was copy of
tho Kansas City Journal containing his in
terviev with that paper. In his right hand
hip pocket was thirty two calibre, nick
ell plated revolver. It's five chambers were
all loaded. He went at once to kear-
ney's saloon, in West Twenty ninth St.
arriving about noon. They rode down
together in car and climbed the three
flights of narrow stairs that lead to Ros-
sa S sanctum This consists of two very
small Offices at the western end Of mar
now corridor. with offices opening upon
it at either side. Rosa had gone out
and Cagtain Phelan sat down in the
outer Office of the sanctum. Things be-
came lively the moment Capt. Phelan's
identity became known to the men in the
office. They both jumped in and abused
him roundly for having talked to a news
paper man. kearney had already up
braided him for the same indiscretion
and Captain Phelan appears to have re-
sented it when the stranger dynamters
took hand in the fault-f1ndlng. Ac-
cording to Phelan an Irish agitator known
as Hockey Mountain O'Brien came in
suddenly and exclaiming. "IIow are you,
Captain Phelan?' shook hands with
Phelan aud went out again.
STABBED IN THE OFFICE.
Ia about haifa second after he had
gone the wordy war. which seems to
have been suspended only just long
enough to let O'Brien greet him, changed
to a fisticuff encounter. One of the men
in the office planted his fist in Phelans
face as the latter sat in the chair. Phel-
an reached his hand back ward, and then
Kearney for the first time noticed the
crease that his revolver made in his over
coat. An instant later a thick set man
of athletic build, with SLOUGH hat and
dark complexion, jerked open the door
suddenly and spraug into the room with
a bowie knife ciinched in his right hand.
Phelan recognized him as man who
had been introduced to him By EDss2 as
a ''new barker" He struck at Phelan
from behind. and Phclan twisted around
in his chair aud warded off the blow of
the ugly weapon with his arm. kear-
ncy says he had run away before that.
The assailant struck at Phelau a second
time and missed his aim. but just as he
staggered to his feet he slashed him in
quick succession III the back and the
neck. Phelan threw up both arms and
forced his assailaut into the hallway.
The occupants Of the other offices fled in
alarm. The two unknown men who
were in Rossa's office and started the
quarrel took to their heels. too, leaving
Phe!an and his assailant alone in their
battle. Phelan got no chance to reach
for his revolver. He simply strove to
ward Off the blows of the bowie-knife
with iung that ho broke out OF an Office
Il, II LII ~, IL,
and once in the chest. Another blow
sen. the knife into his left arm below the
shoulder with such force that the weap-
on broke the bone. The last blow was
CHANGING one at the right arm. 1t cut
down to the bone and almost completely
around it. When Phelan received the
wound the two were at the edge of the
steep winding double flight of stairs
were spattered with blood, and trail of
blood marked ths floor from the Office to
the landing. Great gashes we're cut in
Phelan's overcoat, and it was soaked
with blood that poured from his wounds.
The assassin who proved TO be but
cher named Short, member of the dy-
Mantle gang, tried to escape but was
captured. Capt. Phelan was taken to a
hospital, and wonderful to relate is now
recovering rapidly. The physicians say
he is a man of most remarkable vigor.
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