Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1882 — AN AWFUL CRIME. [ARTICLE]

AN AWFUL CRIME.

A— Minatlw •* «hs New Chief s«cretmrjr for Irelaaf MM His A—HrtMt. A terrible tragedy was enacted in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on tbe afternoon of tbe 6th inst. Lord Frederick Cavendish, the new Secretary for Ireland, and Thomas H. Burke, were attacked by assassins and stabbed to death. They were both strolling in the park, about half a mile from -the city gate and a quarter of a mile from tbe Chief Secretary's lodge when a car drove up containing four men, two of whom Jumped down from the car and attacked Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, stabbing them both several timee in tbe throat and breast. The victims straggled hard for life, and in tbe Draggle became separated, their bodies being found some ten paoes apart The tragedy oocujred about 7:10 o’clock in the evening, and in broad daylight Tbe bodies were first discovered by twq young gentlemen who were riding bicycles thrWhgh the nark, and who immediately gave the alarm to the police. Tho Burgeons soon reached the spot but the police were already conveying Mr. Burke’s body away to the town, where an examination showed life to be extinct The upper part of the body was perforated in a shocking manner, and presented a ghastly sight Proceeding farther, the medical men reached tho body of Lord Frederick Cavendish, which was being conveyed away tram tbe park on a stretcher. The body of the Chief Secretary displayed some dreadful wounds, in addition to which his left arm was broken and torn, as if he had put it up to protect his breast Lord Cavendish was quite dead. The looality of the outrage was terribly marked with blood. Tbe spot where the body of Lord Frederick Cavendish was found was absolutely deluged, while Burke’s body lay in a pool of blood. When the bodies vere first found Lord Frederick Cavendish's lips were moving, as if he were trying to speak, but he showed no further signs of consciousness.

Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish was the second surviving son of the seventh Duke of Devonshire. He was boro at Compton Plaoo, tbe Sussex seat of tbe Cavondish family, Nov. 80, 1836. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was private secretary to Lord Granville from 1859 to 1864, when the latter was President of the Council. In June, 1864, he was married to Lucy Caroline, second daughter of Lord Lyttieton. He was a Liberal in politics, and, since 1865, he has represented the Northwest Riding of Yorkshire in Parliament. Since the formation of the Gladstone Ministry he has been Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Ho was appointed Chief Secretary only two days before he was bo foully murdered. Thomas H. Burke was appointed to tho position of Under Secretary lor Ireland about 1870, during Mr. Gladstone’s first administration.

Phcenix Park, the scene of the awful crime, contains 1,750 acres, and is one of the finest pleasure resorts in tho world. Parnell says he is horrified beyond expression, and feels that the tragody will bo most damaging to the Irish people. The Land League leaders issued a manifesto expressing horror at the assassination, and urging meetings to denounce the crime. James Mooney, President of the Land League of America, has issued an address calling upon the brethren in Deland to use every effort to bring to justice the assassins.

The result of the atrocity is the co-operation of all parties in Parliament with whatever measures the Governmeut may deviso with reference to the Irish situation. The Conservatives have already expressed themselves to this effect, and in the preseut temper of the English people there is little reason at present to look for opposition to Gladstone’s policy. The Land League leaders have been among the first to tender their unreserved support to the Government, and for the first time in many years Great Britain is a unit as rogards Ireland.

In the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone announced that recent events had necessitated a recast of all measures relating to Irish affairs, and Mr. Darnell, who appeared clad in mourning, stated his belief that the Dublin murder had been committed by a class whioh had always opposed him. At Maynooth the police arrested a man giving the name of Moore whose appearance corresponds closely with the description oi one of the murderers. He protested that he had just landed from America, but manifested the utmost tropidation when arrested. It is said that the assassins, in order to destroy all traces of their identity, murdered the car-driver who drove them away from the scene of the butchery in Phcenix Park. Lady Cavendish received a telegram from the Ladies’ Land League of Dublin, saying the Irish people had not sunk so low as to murder one who had brought a peace-offering. English opinion is settling down in the belief that the assassination was the work of Fenian thugs who were hostile to peace and reconciliation between the Dish Land League and the English Liberals. Mr. Gladstone himself entertains this opinion. The Pope has instructed the Irish Bishops to request the clergy to execrate tho assassination from their poipits. American Fonians are considered responsible for the butchery of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke. John Boyle O’Reilly and Patrick A. Collins, of Boston, telegraphed Parnell authorizing a reward of €5,000, on behalf of the Irishmen of Boston, for the apprehension of the murderers of Cavendish and Burke.

The Marquis of Lansdowne gave notioe in the House of Lords, on the 9th inst., that he would drop the motion against the Irish policy of the Government, but asked that there be no yielding to popular demands without the adoption of compensating measures for strengthening the law. George Otto Trevelyan was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, and a new election was ordered for Hawick. Hamilton, permanent Secretary to the Admiralty, has gone to Ireland to take Burke’s place fer six months. An important development in connection with the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr. Burke was obtained by the Dublin authorities on the 9th inst It appears that two young mon employed in a railroad shop'were witnesses of the tragedy. They were riding through Phoenix Park on bicycles when the four assassins attacked their victims, and the natural impulse of the two men to rush to the assistance of Cavendish and Burke was checked by the threat that if they approached nearer the bloody knives would bo turned on them. They therefore sought safety in flight A Dublin dispatch of the 11th inst says that “Sir William Y. Harcourt has been apprised that an Irishman now in Liverpool claims to have refused au offer of .£IOO in Dublin to assist in the murder of Cavendish and Burke, and says he can put his hand on the assassins.” The New York ITeraUTt correspondent cables from London on the Ilth : “It is understood the Irish bill is now complete, and that it provides, in complicated ways, for reforms in arrears, dividing concessions between landlords and tenants with tolerable evenness, and is, in this respect, nearly identical with the bill drawn by Parnell.” A SINGULARLY-INTERESTING Case Was lately referred to in the Brooklyn Eagle,. It was told by Mr. W. A. Davenport, connected with the house of Messrs. Butler, Pitken & Co., 476 Broadway, New York, and concerned the marvelous cure of Mr. Ezra D. Clarkson, near Newark, N. J., of a terrible case of rheumatism, which other remedies had failed even to alleviate. He was on his way to a hospital when Mr. Davenport met him and induced him to try St. Jacobs Oil, with the result named.—Cleveland (Ohio) Practical Farmer.