Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1882-05-13 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

DESPERATE STRUGGLE. ESCAPE OF THE ASSASSINS.  --Intelligence of one of the most horrible tragedies ever heard of in recent years was received late on Saturday night to the effect that Lord Frederick Cavendish, the new Irish Chief Secretary, who had only been sworn in that day, and Mr. Burke, the Under Secretary, had been stabbed to death in broad daylight in :Phoenix Park, Dublin, early on Saturday evening. Bono, Saturday, 12 p.m. Early thie evening the bodies of Lord Frederick Cavendish, the new chief Secretary for Ireland, and Mr. Thomas Burke, Under Secretary, were found lying dead on the main road of the Phcenix Park, within forty or fifty yards of the Viceregal Lodge, and within 100 yards of the Phcenix Monument. Both bodies had been stabbed in four or five places. The cironmetancea under which the bodies were discovered are shortly these :—A Mr. Magnire, of Amiens Street, and a friend, who were riding on tricycles, found the bodies in the place mentioned. A boy named Jacob states that while bird-nesting in Abe park he saw, about 260 yards from where las was, and convenient to the road, a group of men, as if wrestling. He thought they were roughs, and did not pay much attention to them. He then saw two men fall to the ground, and fear others jumped one car and drove off towards Chapelizod, which lies in the direction opposite to the city. They drove at a rapid pace, and he could not give any description of the appearance of the men. Maguire and his friend, who, as stated, were on tricycles, had shortly before 'passed Mr. Burke and Lord F. Cavendish when on their way along the main road through the park, and on their return journey they found the Chief Secretary lying on the main road, in the centre of the carriageway, and Mr. Burke prostrate upon the pathway Both the unfortunate gentlemen were lying in a large pool of blood. They immediately informed the police at the Parkgate Station of what they had Peen. The police at once proceeded to the scene of the murder, and conveyed the bodies to Stephen's Hospital. On examination it was found that Mr. Burke had received several stabs near the region of the heart, and his throat had been cut almost completely across. His clothes were absolutely saturated with blood, and the hemorrhage must have been tremendous. The clothes were also much torn. His gloves had been torn in many places, and phis hands bore marks suggeetive of a fierce and lengthened encounter with hie assailants. Lord Frederick had no gloves upon his hands. He had been stabbed in several places about the chest. One wound was through the right lung and penetrated deeply. At the time of the dreadful occurrence the park, as might be expected on such a lovely evening, was crowded in many places by citizens, and it is a remarkable fact, and one suggesting that the ouelauOit must have been short, terrible, and decisive, that many persons sitting and walking within a few hundred yards of where the bodies were found heard nothing of the affair. After the procession to-day, the Chief Secretary, who had taken part in the proceedings, had discharged his formal official duties in connection with the ceremony of installation, and immediately returned on an outside car to the Pho-nix Park gate. When walking towards the Viceregal Lodge he met Mr. Burke, and both gentlemen proceeded  hage  together. Mr. Brute is an unmarried man, and was about fifty years of age. He was appointed to the post he held at the time of his assassination by Mr. Gladstone'e late Administration, and was popular amongst many classes of the Dublin people.  Gladstone'