Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-10
AMERICAN DYNAMIrERS.
One of 0'Donovan Rossa's Chief Hench.
men AssassIuated for Revealing
the Secrets OF the Clan.
The Dying Wretch Puts Bullet into
his Assailant, aud Calls himself
Follower of Bob Irgsrsol,

me lying wretch Fuis bullet INFO
his Assailant, aud Calls Himself
Follower of Bob Irg-rsou
NEW YORK, jan. Sat O late hour
tbs afternoon several men rushed out
Of No. y Chambers street, in which
building is located the oil re oil
O'Douovau Rosa and the United
Irishman. Ia few seconds after,
man covered with blood tottered down
the stairs to the hall way and sank on
the front stoop. while his blood cover.
ed the sidewalk In a stream. The most
intense excitement al once took place
aud crowds dIck Y f5cEed to the
scene Several off ,ers rushed up aud
seeing o few m-n making towards
Chambers street and the city hall, fol.
lowed them. One OF them, a 'ail man,
was captured aud brought back to
where the dying man was lying,
"is this the man who stabbed yOu?n
asked the tllrer
Yes, that is the man, said the
bleeding man. but, by heavens, il
Pm going To die IN die game: and
there will be two OF Us
With that, and before the bystand
eTs could atop his intentions, he drew
a revolver snd fired two shots in quick
succession at the man standing before
him Ole bail took effect in the thigh
Of his would-he murderer. This in.
/ creased the excitement. The neigh.
! 0orhood became wild with all sorts of
| runors.
! The man who was stabbed was Capt.
Themes Phelau OF Kansas Gil Y aged 80
and his assail4ut whom he says stabbed
him, gave his name "a Richard Short
Of No. So Tenth avenue.
An ambulance WAS SUNNI med and
| Phelan was taken TO the Chambers
street hospital dying. He Is stabbed
Ia the necs, breast aud several other
| places. There were rumor- that he
| gave awAN secrets Of the Feuiau organi-
zation The police claim TO have letter
from O'Donovan Il sss to the
wounded man, telling MIN 10 come on
| To- New York to his Office that he had
Important business for MIN To attend
! TO
Phelan was asked by Foreman Cot
| treil II he wanted priest
No" he replied, / don't want
/ anybody, / don't believe in any reli.
einn 1 am follower Of Bob Inger-
| soil"
The news Of the stabbing aud shoot
! Ing spr ad rapidly aud inquiries we're
made on all sides as 20 VINO Phelan
and short were. Pnelan appeared 10
/ be known to many men identified
with several revulu iOn4rv sucietiss
! o. Donovan Z sSa WAS condemned by
a number NJ his com patriots for giving
/ mn Al IN aH Fhaf
an inter lew printed in the Kansas
| CITY Journal, lurported to be had
with Phelan, giving the details of
/ dynamiters IN II gland. Threats were
made against on nuvsn Ro-sa's life.
and II IL stiI at his Immediate
friends had de ermiurd 10 form a body
guard TO protect him.
Short, 10 WAS stated, came 10 this
country With the mRu who in the sum.
mer IL 1852 shot 40 Jim MrDermoit
In Capt Ryau's barrOom Ia Chambers
street. He is said 10 be a native of
| Cork, where he was one Of the prin-
cipal leaders Of the movement directed
! by O'Donovan RUssa,
A lOug interview ia the Kansas City
Journal WIS published Uy Phelan
lately. Phelan was one OF the
1 originators OF the skirmishing fund,
and was at one time suspected OF
being the famous mo /" mentioned
nv the informer Carey in his evidence
! He has been an IRISH Nationalist all
his life and has heen always promi-
nent in Irish revolutionary move
ments.
Short II Is said, ia one OF the Irish.
men VINO wac driven 10 this country
! by the treachery OF Jim McDeTmOtt OF
TCoklyn, who Is now b, Ii, we'd b, be
In the pay Of the British government
Phelsn's clothing was cut la several
! places, under which werea number Of
wounds -Four stabs Ia the back were
! slight. Two more, one just be-
low either shoulder, were about
two inches dep. The seventh
/ WAS In the right side ~ the n, ok, au-
other penetrated the ch, st aud each
/ arm had received thrust. The right
arm was almost severed at the shout
der.
Coroner Martin came to the hospital
I 10 TAX the wounded msn's ante NOR
tenn statement Phelan said that he
would give tho tue story, and pro-
ceeded:
"Ou last Sunday week. an inter.
view between my self and the local
EDITOR OF the Kansas City journal was
published In the Journal The paper
~ now In my pocket. 81 erwards
received a letter from JDo n. Kearpey. |
asking me TO Cime 70 this |
city telegaDhed hun that / /
would bo here JlnuaFy v hen L /
arrived today [ called on X srney. !
and together we went 10 O'Dunovan