THE PHŒNIX PARK ASSASSINATIONS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1106, 17 May 1883, Page 1

THE PHŒNIX PARK ASSASSINATIONS.

Carey's Evidence. (From the Freeman's Journal), [Continued.] the last interview with number one. Carey then said that he heard from Joe Brady that Fitzsimmons, who had already given evidence in the case, had found the Winchester rifle and the two knives which had been produced in court. Mr Murphy then asked—WheD had you the last interview with that man called No 1 1 About, the end of September or the Ist of October. Where had you the interview with him 1 At Blackrock Station. What was he speaking to you about there? It was about the articles that were found. And as to how they came to be found 1 Yes, to give an account of it. Did you resign at any time the position of the four who were to have charge of the Invincible Society 1 Yes. To whom did you give your resiguation ? To this gentleman. Is it to No. 11 Yes. Did he lake your resignation from you 1 He said he would not then. L was to say nothing about it for eight or ten days, till he would see whether it would be accepted or not. When you got money from this man was it in notes or gold 1 I got notes once. Were they Irish or English 1 All English. The prisoners were then put forward, five at a time, and Carey said he identified them as belonging to the • Invincibles.' He made aa exception to the case of Whelan, who had never anything to do with the society, he stated. He thought also that Joe Smith did not know of the intended assassination when he was in the Park on the 6th May. Counsel for the defence then said that Carey's evidence had come upon them by surprise, and they asked for an adjournment to consider whether or not they would cross-examine the witness. The magistrates acceded to this application, and the case was adjourned till Monday. Monday's proceedings. Summarising the proceedings in the court-hou«e at Kilmainham on Monday, the Express of Tuesday says : All the prisioners were put forward yesterday morning, and when James Carey again made his appearance in court, under the protection of police, he was hissed and jeered at by the occupants of the dock. He wus at one taken in hand by Mr Walsh, who proceeded to cross-ex-amine him as to his connection with the Fenian Brotherhood, and the motives wh»ch led to the assassinations in the Phoenix Park, but the actual occurrences to which the witness deposed en Saturday were not touched upon. Witness left the table, followed by the jeers and jibes of the prisoners. He did not pass the dock, but vaulted over the barrier behind the Crown counsel, and disappeared down the narrow passage leading to the side lobby, accompanied by several constables in plain clothes. Georgp Godden, the Parkranger identified Thomas Oaffrey as one of the occupants of the car on which Brady and two others, whom he could not identify, were seated, and a laboring man named Neill pointed out Fitzhnrris as the man whom he had seen standing beside a cab in the Phoenix Park at twenty minutes to seven o'clock on the evening of the 6th of May. At the conclusion of this evidence, counsel for the Crown applied that the prisoners, with the exception of Joseph Smith and Patrick Whelan, should be returned for trial on the charge of conspiracy to murder, in which was involved the

overt acts deposed to in evidence. Whelan they were willing should be admitted to bail, and as to Joseph Smith, they believed, as had been stated by Carey, that he did not know what he was bronght to the Park for, and they would accept his evidence on a future occasion if necessary, to show what he saw taking place there. The inquiry was adjourned until morning, when the deposition will be read over by the magistrates in presence of. the prisoners. WHY CAREY JOINED THE ' INVINCIBLES.' The following passage is taken from tho cross-examination of Carey by Mr Walsh on Monday:— When yon became a member, of the Order of Invincibles was it with the object of serving your country that } T ou joined ? Well, yes. ; And at that time, when you joined with the object of serving your country, in what state was Ireland ? In a very bad state, A famine, I think, was just passing over her ? Fes. The Coercion Bill was in force and the popular leaders were in prison 1 Some of them were. Parnell, Dillon, and others ; the right of public speech was prevented ? Yes. Any man might have been arrested without warning and thrown into prison! Yes. And was it because you despaired of any constitutional means of serving Ireland you joined the Society of Invincibles ? I believe so. There would not be so many recruits only for that.