THE OUTRAGES IN DUBLIN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1082, 19 January 1883, Page 4

THE OUTRAGES IN DUBLIN.

(Pail iisili.Qazette, Nov, 21st.) 'Another daring outrage was committed in Dublin lust night, Mr Denis J. Field, one of the jurymen who convicted Walsh for the 1 etterfra'ck murder, being stabbed while returning to his home in Frederick street. Mr Field had almost reached the door ot his house at a quarter past 6, the street beine then pretty well thronged by persons returning home from business, when two respectably-dressed men drove up on a car, one of the ordinary city licensed vehicles, guided by a licensed jir>ey. One of the occupants of the car sprang down on the footpath beside Mr Field when the latter was a lew yards fiom his own door. Then the car was driven on the corner of the street, about eight yards further on, the driver and the second raa - remaining on the car. The assassin who had jumped down , carried a sword, which he had drawn before leaving .the vehicle. MiField did not see the danger, and instantly the fellow stabbed him two or three times with the sword There was a cry of horror from the spectators as the victim sank to the gionnd from the dreadful wounds inflicted. But the assassin was determ tied t ■ complete his work, for as the wounded -man lay at his feet bleeding he again p nnged the sword into the prostrate body several times. Two young men •rushed forward, but the murderer brandished his weapon, and ran to the corner where the car Was waiting for him. Springing to the seat, the car was driven rapidly down Hardwicke 1 street, which runs at right angles to Frederick stre.-t The two young men r ised cries of “ Murder,” and one of them, being a fast runner, followed the car for a consi ’erable -distance.; but he soon had te give up the | ursnit. Sonieother persons joined in the chase, and the vehicle was kept in view. It turned into Dorset street. The assassins were about to leave the car, but, looking back, tlr y saw the pursuit was being continued, and the horse j was tlio.i whipped up again, and the I car was observed to wheel round into j Syniot place, where bo'h it and its 1 occupants we-ro lost sight of. No ar- ! rests have been made npto the,present, in eoune. tion with the affair. An emergency bailiff name 1 Thomas ■ Mallon was also stabbed in Dublin hist night. While serving a .process in a house in Gardiner street three men attack- d him with knives. He was stabbed in tbe back of the head, the wound being very dangeron , Two men n-med Birmingham and Brady have been arrested in connection with this occun en e. Further arres’s hj ive been made in connection with the murder of Detective Cox. An inquest was -opened yesterday on the remains of the officer The head of tie Ueteciive Department stated t hut Cox was si nt wi-h other constables on Saturday to wa'ch a gang of men who were suspected of carrying arms and resorting to certain houses in the cit' for the purpose of organising outrages and assassinations. The Lord-Lieutenant yesteiday called on Sergeant Danvers, and told him he had drawn the attention of the Com mander-iu-Chief to his gallant c.-nduct in assisting in the arrest of the man Devine during the struggle. The three men in custody la sides tbe assassin, who is in hospital —John Devine, William Woodward, and William l.’yau - were brought up at ti-e Police Court in the afternoon, and after some evidence had been taken were remanded. A story which gave rise to curious conjectures was circulated through Dub'in yesterday. Judge Harrison had neai-ly all the judges and several members of the Inner Bar at dinner at his residence, Mountjoy equar,e on Saturday, and several of the Judaea on their way home passed down Sackville street about eight minutes after the murder. Some people go so far as to suggest that there was an intention to attack the judges, but the police believe that the prisoners had no such purpose, i At a meeting of the Dublin Corpo ration yesterday the following motion was adopted “ That wo, the Municipal Council of the Cky of Dublin, take this the earliest, -opportunity ot recording, on be ha f ot the citizens, our horror of the outrage perpetrated in our city on Saturday, by which Detective-officer Cox was assassin tod in discharge of his duty. . and our earnest hope that the . guilty may be speedily brought to justice,"