Show Shorts Ball NEW YOUK February 7An immense throngof Irish Nationalists members of the Fenian brotherhood dynamiters and others were at the Toombs police court this afternoon when Richard Short who stabbed Captain Phelaii in ODonovan Rossas office was arraigned arra-igned for examination The police force was also well represented When Phe lan appeared and Short had been led to the bar Shorts counsel said he would like to know if Phelan had been searched Judge Patterson replied that he supposed he had but directed the police to search him The sergeant put his hand among the bandages which supported Phelans left arm and pulled out a Colts fiveshooter with along a-long barrel There was a quite a i rel1 tewh i ive sensation in court when the revolver was discovered Short laughed nervously nervous-ly but seemed relieved when the weapon was taken from the captain Shorts counsel asked the Court for an adjournment on the ground that he had just come from Albany and was unprepared for the examination The prosecution opposed the adjournment adjourn-ment The judge finally set the case down for Saturday next The prisoners counsel made a motion to reduce his clients bail from 3000 to 2qOObut the Court denied the motion saying that the bail was none too much ina case like this |