THE DUBLIN TRIALS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 80, 10 March 1883, Page 2

THE DUBLIN TRIALS.

THE PHCESIX PARK UXJ&, DERERS. THE PROCEEDINGS Iff THE POLICE COURT. STARTLING DISCLOSURES RE* GARDING THE CONSPIRACY. SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE OF THE ACCOMPLICE, kAVANAGH; (Per Mail Steamer.) James Carey, a mernbar of the Corporation ; Joseph Braoy^ a stone-cattei 1 ; Edward O'Brien, shoemaker; hdward M'Caffery, van-driver ; Peter Carey, mason ; Lawrence Hanlon; 'carpenter ;- Pete? , Doyle, coachbuilder, and Timothy Kelly, coachbuilder. ; eight men recently arrested here, were charged at the investigation with : the nan** dur of Lord F. Cavendish and" Mr Burke, m Phoenix Park. A witness, named Fitzsimmons, : identified Councillor C*rev as being connected with the conspiracy. Fitzaimmons deposed that he rented a room m south Cam* berland-street, from James Carey> He discovered m the loft of the house two knives and a rifle, which were produced after Carey's arrest. : .Great excitement was visible among; the occupants of the densely crowded court* room when the prisoners were placed m the dock. There was a painful pause when the witness Fitzsimmons* was called. The prisoners m the mean-" time shook hands with each other, and joked among themselves, nodding to their . ffriends . The reading of the charges tfiaV prisoners did feloniously "kill anaiTay ' -LoM'F.^Gavendish and Mr Barkej was greeted by the prisoners with loiia laughter.' As each prisoner was identified there were loud exclamations -m , the court-room, and the ' «jnagisjt(ate ({threatened to have it cleared. -There was considerable commotion when all the prisoners wereuplaced m thY dock tun* remandfl^i . -^ " " ..■?.. .; The identification of Kavanagh by ! ."Ellen Brophy was particularly complete. -She says she spoke to him and asked him whom he was waiting for. She saw 1 'him when going on messages three 'times m halt an hour. Immediately after he returnd the third time she heard .cries of murder, and immediately ran to 'the door. By that time there were two , menheside the driver on the car, and a : thud man was just mounting it. i( She > was only ' able to identify Havanagh. '•. .She was severely cross-examined, but vnever faltered. When Kavanagh was he blushed and smiled un- '[ easily. Brady when he entered the prisoner's dock had a swaggering manner. Kelly was pale but defiant looking. ' The sensation of the day was the read--1 ing of the extracts from books found . whenj the , jEjenian armoury iv Cross Kevin-street was seized. A policer .man- testified to finding the" murdered body ot Bailey , c the informer.; . ; PrjU soner's counsel declared this "'matter 1 was wholly irrelevant, to ± which the \ Crown k counsel replied 'helwaiS Iprj9pared 1 to prove that the prisoners wore mem« 1 hers of a conspiracy, to which he would ' trace all murders' in the cifijtn the tasfc few years, and he would prove; Bailey ' was cbhriecte'cTwitli the "discovery of the Fenian armoury. _ .„.». - \ Michael Kavanagh, carman, tnrned '.. informer agains the prisoners. : There 1 was no laughter am-msj the prisoners when Kavanagh identified, them. ' Kavanagh then pointed to Patrick Delaney ■'•■ as another of the men present.' He drove four men into the park by_ the Island Bridge Gato to the Phoenix ; Monument, and along the luaia rpadjto ~ GouglO f The cab stood a long 1 way 'up the road, with the horse's head turned towards Dublin. A Bhort time^afte'r^he saw two gentlemen approaching,-and-heard a cry. On looking round he saw. one' of ihe gentleman-fall. 1 '• ; JBFe diil tioV see the other face, but four .jinep,, whom; he drove to the parkjutnp9d on to bis car a;nd drove away. He deposed that he saw Lord-F^ Cavendish and Mr J Burke approaching, and "someone among those he drove said the tall man ' was to be assassinated. The two aentlemeri (iLo>d E.i Cavendish and Mr Burke) were approaching arm-in-ai'in^ James Carey v and Delaney, who had come back ori'-thYbar from the placewhere it was" Raiting, jumped down and joined the 'jjjrpnp. t Witness heard someone" say; "'.it'i^^ the tall map." Witness' said,' on, looking round ihe thought he; BaW'orily/one gentleman fall, and sjaTjFtn'at^e'-'ofcte'r^v'who had *an u mbr^ila, was iy {rig on ihe ground. On driVitSg froftrthe seene 1 " of 'the munier,* he ! ufaitil : he "' reached Ro6niree,-^hr'ee i t 'in\ie : s from the Park*; ':B'rddy"ffljen ■-paifr'and' hfrn. 6h;' .Sunday;' 'morning ./helmet* )Brady • Sgain/at'To^sena-streebt. and received', ;j dBS. nl Braay (:^tHt;wa : rd : bought i^iai the r h ! a ; % ss; fi . ';He' r «AWfy dS lub car ! j» redain 3 & it'wa? ! fb : r y sbine ; trme^ : aftferwardi he ! had'it:paintea ! . 'On'thfe'mght/tfield wa l s' ; nin ttie Cbifcage-stfeet stand, and Jp6 Brady ' agaip' engaged him., They drove 1 out to Fleet-etreet. Delatiey then and' they drove to HarwtcW-iktreet,- where, they alighted. They to'bim ]iH^waft' ' While waitjngj Kelly arid. 'Lawrence ftanlan came lip. As tHe\ / ex^minati6n progressed ithe prisoners appeared to be m sheer desperation, Npt'&rie' o\ them 'looked toward the warl; except Haul an. ;On Kavanagh iiibeb'tifying Delaney iand Jas. Carey,, the |atier,of whom, he sit id, he knew "there was such.ia commotion m Court that the Magistrate; threatened to^clear it. Brady afterwards endeavoured to smile. Kavanjagh said he Was so near; the scene of I the assassination that be heard one of the YtotfttS'-. cry, >.M Oh, ! " ; The ; tal^ victim (Mr Burke) wasJying m the road ifter this .exclamation. The other victim was . standing m ; the ; road ( with 1 an umbrella ;in his hands. •■ Kavanagh ■afteriWards saw hiinljing m the road as before jstated... .; > ..^ „, .],,., t;. | „^> n: ■thejprispnerseyidentjy feel that! the game is up. All of them now exhibit a, defiant demeapour, except. James Ckrey, who sat motionless, gazing quietly at the Bench. The . others ... moved about and held whispered conferences, and sometimes laughed at any little incident.

Kavanagh further deposed tuafc-|j|itz-r barria on one occasion told hitn,tha'6 v they were after Judge Lawsoh. i£avainagh said he became auinformer on^ixii^day; last. He had been stvorn- into; the; Bociety by Kelly. The ■ task* assigned! him was todrive " the boys." Katana»!ij in liis testimony, said DoyleUolH him that James Mullet and a' Tot of bi.» people were attached to the society. Upon Kavanagh entering into farther details as to the various times he drove the i assassins after the Phoen'x, Eark murders, Pitzhorris called him a liari George Molloy, a hatter, deposed Jthat Bradj and Kavanagh wrapped some £in3 : oi swords in paper and threw them into a basin. He had been driving twice in Pliceaix Park' before May 6 -with the four meu wdom; he drove'on=- the dij of the murders. Thomas Doyle was present when he was sworn intoLthevsbciety. He indentified Doyle as having told him he must sajj alter; swearing, that he would drive anywise thssy required. The prisoner Doyle here spoke; aud^exclaimed " It'^