Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-11
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Xmas CTTz. Jan 1o.-Ths tatsryie,
VITA Capt Pheian, heresofore neo
TONED - Published In the yosrnaI .
tnls city, on Dec. 2lst, is denoted chief,
70 TIE reistion Of q plct Of the dyna
n tsrs TO blow 1P steau-ers and a.
seriptiou Of she manner of rpauiuolat
Tag their mysterious dynamite macaire
TIE story IS told BY Capt. PheI.n i sub
stanttally 80 follows:
In June, 1soS. be made a voyage n
~. to secare information vhiet
! SOLID prevent tie extraditiou of P. ]
SserldAn, the Irish s9itatoF, and his p.
movAi 20 England. He visited Pan.
and accomplished his mission, Mean.
while, however, the British 6ovsrnrpeu,
aoanaoned the Ell art 20 eytrsdite sheri
dan, and the matter Vas dropped. Con
tin1inR his story. Phslsn said that he
tore leaving New York be met a uau-
Der of Irssh aRitators, among theu,
Joan +. h-arney, VITO hlew nc the Gale.
ioeian h.llSay Station al Glssros .,
aud afterwards sac Aped TO America, He
sailed IN the B-igravia, and Kearney
sAs 10 folsoS thres days later on ths
Y l9en and they were 20 meet in Edin-
'orRh. he kne1 there was a plan 10
oioS up the Qisen after the passengers
landed al Liverpool. When the men
net al Edinburgh Pheian asked Kear-
ney way be had not carried out the
plan. The latter replied that he had
psaced Q SUFFICIENT quantity of dynamite
to BLOW up ihe pyramids, In thu vessels
hold. bat vaen the ship arrived az Liv-
srpool she anchored in the stream and
the passengers were taken in a tender.
hearney vas not permitted to 90 into
tue hold and came away, leaving in the
vessel fifteen pounds of dynamite.
which wo0ld probably explode about
two weeks later and imperil hundreds
Of lives. Pnelan determined TO 90 to
Liverpool and warn the offiosrs. Kear-
Dey protested that il would be suicid al.
Pheian, however, persisted, visited the
Queen. informed the officers and learned
tnat they had received cable message
from New York fifteen minutes after
the vessel landed, describing the plot,
which was followed by the discovery of
the explosives and the saving of the
vessel.
Phelan remained day or two at Liv-
erpool, aware that he was being con
stantly Swallowed by detectives. He
was approached by Inspector Msrsh, of
Liverpool, Head Constable Murphy, of
Ireland, and also Mr.. Jenkinson, Who
had charge of the criminal prosecutions
IN Ireland, all OF whom tried TO get him
In the service Of ths govern nsnt. They
told him the names Of several pretend
ed Irish patriots who were working for
the government. aud be began 70 see
how the asthorities secured spne of
their information. He could not con
lecture how they discovered the Queen
plot, as Kelly said 1t vas known opIg 60
hossa, kearney and himszlf. He sop
posed that ssms one dropped upon
Kearney's plans in New York.
Concluding his narrative, Paelan said
he was finally permitted 20 leave Liver.
pool. When he arrived at Glasgow be
foand that his valise had besn broken
open aud searched. This Was done, he
thought, by Q man who introduced him
self IN Edinburg a. Jos. Powers, and
whom Phelan believed 30 be a British
detective who had shadowed him from
New York and endeavored 20 get int
his confidence. Keafnoy had to lay very
low, bot Phelan succeeded in getting
them OF from England by Disgusting
himself and kearuey, and throwing the
officers of the track.
he described the mechanism Of the
deadly battery. Tue machine works
with fatal precision. Il consists of q
reservoir of acid which drips upon a
tube developed in sheets of tissue paper.
Il takes minute for the acid to ca,
through each sheet of paper. In this
c4ss one hundred and twenty sheets
were wrapped around the tube. When
ha IA alb a nafA kha 49,
runs through and upon the percussion
osp beneath, aud then comes the explo-
sion. The machine 10 noiseless and al
injury.
Speaking OF himself, the Captain
said he was a dyusmiter ous and out.
he belonged TO the Irish National Soci
ETY. aAd was obedient TO their call, hav-
ing participated in many Of their plans
for terrorizinR the English Government.
he determined to return to Liverpool
and save the Queen in order to protect
the lives of hundreds Of people who
woald sail on the next voyage, many his
own couatrymen, men, women and chill
dren, going to jsin friends In America.
The Crouch Marder Trials.
JACKSON. Mica, Jan. l0.-Samuel A.
Hoic1tno was acquitted Of the murder
OF JACOB Crouch tnis evening, the jury
being cot two hours and forty five min
utes. The same evidence applies ~
Judd Cfoa b, nov awaiting trial. The
latter's aequittal appears certain.
Amateurs Expelled.
new YoRK. Jan. l0.-The Executive
Committee of the Association Of ANA
teur Oarsnen today expelled John j.
Murphy and Andrew +. u Brien, both
Of Boston. for rowing in raoe upon
which $1,000 was vagered.
The Associated Labor Press.
PrrrsBURoH, Jan. lo.-The first an
nuel meeting OF the Associated Labor
Press was held in this city today. ].
NJ. Kelly, of Pittsburgh. vas elected
preside II, and T. T. Snlailey, Of Ohio,
secretary and rsamrer. fhe object of
the association 10 to form q closer ALT
anoe between labor js1rnals, and 70 ex.
change weekly letters on labor topics.
steazner Disabled.
NKw YoRK, January I0.--1he steamer
Nova Scosian, from Baltimore January
81 for Liverpool, via Halifax. Move
Scotia, reports that on Janugy 7th,
when 10 miles north Of Cape Henry,
she broke her shaft aud vas returning
TO Baltimore under sail. On January
9th she sighted the steamsr City Of
Washington. from New York for Ha-
vsna and Mexican psrts, which took
her In tow and brought her to anchor
of sandy Hook.
In the River.
CncINxATI, Jan. i0.-It IL rumored
that the small steamboat. Sallie Cooper,
plying on the Kentucky river, snak FIJI
dAy night near L,ockport. ky.. and that
the captain and his family with the
Grew we're all lost.
Extensive Fire nj Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Jan. l0.-The freight and
passenger depot, all the sheds, 100 load
ed ears. all the freight IN the depss, aud
also Liuk's hotel, were totally barned
tonight. Nearly all the books were
saved. sut the road records were de
s&royed. The loss on the depot IA
&l50.ooo, uninsured; on the hotel $500
fnily insured.
Caaeha smnxGifnG.
NEW Yoax, Jan. 10. -Lsoais Loeven.
berg arrived here Yesterday from Brieh.
ton. England The sospselnns Of the