MURDER BY FENIANS.
(per press association.) London, Nov. 28. Two Fenians, named Sheridan and Reid, were arrested in Dublin on a charge of drunkenness. Reid waa released, but the same evening he was shot dead by his comrades, who feared he had divulged the s«crt>ts of the Order. Sheridan was detained in custody, as he was in posssession of detonators, which he had attempted to explode in Tyrone place. The police declare that Raid was connected with the former explosions in Dublin. In consequence of the discoveries, the guard over the public buildings has been doubled. There is great excitement in Dublin. A man named John Mearns has been taken into custody on a charge of murdering Reid, and it is expected other arrests will shortly be mada. Mearns left Dublin after the Exchange and Court explosion, and he has only recently returned from America. Nov. 29. All the prisoners taken into custody in connection with the recent outrage in Dublin have been discharged except Sheridan. It bas been ascertained that a secret society mcpfs at tlia nlnVi in Wilton T>l n «^
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Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 865, 30 November 1893, Page 2
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182MURDER BY FENIANS. Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 865, 30 November 1893, Page 2
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