THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 678, 12 January 1883, Page 2

THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS.

Two important arrests were made in Dublin on Dec. 14, in c mnection with the murder of Lord Fredk. Cavendish and Mr Burke. A private investigation was held at the Castle. Those arrested are Byrne, a painter, and Hanlon. a letter carrier. One is identified as being near tne car. Another despatch says that the detectives believe they have at length unravelled the Phoenix Park mystery. The police admit that in consequence of the recent redistribution of placards offering a reward for private information, arid of the arrests following Fenian outrages, a number of informers, when they found that the police already knew much, were inclined by fear to tell more. The police, t>y putting together the various items of information, have got what they lielieve to be a direct chain of information. The evidence began to thicken about the time of the assault upon Dennis Field. That affair was so similar in its circumstances to the Phcenix Park crime, th it from the first it was hoped that it would lead to a clue to the latter. Mr Jenkinson, who directs the criminal investigation of the depaitment, Mr Curran, Queen's Counsel, and Mr Mallon, superintendant of the detectives, had been engaged for a fortnight previous in a private enquiry. Hanlon, one of the suspects, is 28 years old, of small stature ; the other prisoner, Brady, is 35 years, tall, stout, and robust. They were confronted at the Castle on the day of their arrest with several persons, who at the inquest over the remains of Lord Frederick Cavendish testified that they had seen the Phcenix Park assassins drive away. Mr Curran, however, did not deem the identification of Brady and Hanlon sufficient ; but the prisoners were detained in order that they might have an opportunity to see them. It is thought that further arrests will be made in connection with the murder At the inquiry on Dec. 15 one of the witnesses was so astonished at the knowledge possessed by the police, that he fainted on quitting the room. The man, behind whose house were found the knives supposed to have been used in the murder, was examined on the 16th. Two of the knives have blood stains upon them. The police believe they know the driver of the car that cenveyed the murderers to and from the Park. They think he also drove the car on which Field's assailants rode. The latest information (Dublin, Dec. 17) received concerning the Phoenix Park investigation is to the effect that the LordLieutenant has issued three new proclamations, offering rewards for information leading to the conviction of ihe assassins ; and the authorities promise to insure that the names of the informants will not be divulged :—£looo to any accomplice in the crime, not the actu.d murderer, who \yill give information leading to the conviction of the actual murderers or accomplices, and £500 for information leading to the indent!"ication of any accomplice or of the horse and car on which the assassins rode, or of the assassins' clothes or weapons. These proclamations, although only issued on the evening of Doc. are dated Novell. The police believe tbat they have sufficient evidence to sustain a charge of conspiracy against the persons now in custody on suspicion.