A FENIAN SHOT DEAD.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1136, 8 December 1893, Page 36

A FENIAN SHOT DEAD.

London, November 28. Two Fenians named Sheridan and Reid were arrested in Dublin on charges of drunkenness. Reid was released, but the same evening he was shot dead by his comrades who feared he had divulged some of the secrets of the order. Sheridan was detained in custody, as he was in possession of detonators, which he had attempted to explode in Tyrone place. The police declare that Reid was connected with 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 the charge of murdering Reid, and it is expected that other arrests will shortly be made. Mearns left Dublin after the Exchange Court explosion, andj only recently returned from America. London, November 29. Further discoveries of explosives have been made in Dublin. 'All the prisoners taken into custody in connection with the recent outrage in Dublin have been discharged except Sheridan. It has been ascertained that the secret society meets at a club in Tyrone Place. Dublin conspirators hid a' mttnber of

cartridges in the!'quays owing to the domiciliary visits of the police. London, December 3. The Fenians have issued a manifesto denying their complicity in the recent outin Dublin, and blaming a malcontent • section.