The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-01 00:00:00

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FURTHER EXAMINATION OF O'DONNELL

The Norhant Castle, whinh arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Sunday evening, brought the continuation
of the evidence given before the Natal magißtrates,
when 0 Donnell was charged with the murder of
James Carey. The follcwing is a summary of the evi-
dence :

Richard Edward Hull Beecher deposed that he was
the officer of the watch on board the Royal Mail
steamer Melrose on Sunday, July 29. At 2,45 p.m.
he heard the report of a pistol and two more reports
in ',Dick succession. He heard shrieks of "Murder 1"
from the second cabin, When he proceeded there, on
getting down the stair' s he saw some people at the
end of the second table from the 3tairs. The prisoner
was there, seated on the settee at the starboard side.
The boatswain was on the prisoner's left-hand side,
the prisoner's right hand being in front. The pri-
soner's back was turned to witness, who went up
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behind, and put his left hand on the back of the pri-
soner and his right hand under the prisoner's arm,
thinking he had the pistol. Witness pulled the pri-
soner's arm behind him, and the boatswain then took
the pistol out of his pocket and handed it to witness.
It was a five•chsmbered revolver, two chambers being
loadtd and three discharged. Three shots were fired.
He could not swear who was the owner of the pistol.
Witness did not notice the prisoner and deceased
together on Sunday.
Dr. Everitt deposed that he was a surgeon and
member..of Parliament. Oa Sunday last he was called
to see a man who had been shot on board the Cape
Royal Mail steamer Melrose. He found the body of
the deceased lying on the floor. The body of the
deceased was subsequently pointed out to Dr. Ensor.
Witness had been told the man's name was Carey,
but he did not know him. Carey was breathing, with
difficulty. Parish was kneeling by his aide and hold-
ing the wound to prevent the flowing of the blood.
Witness examined the wound, and, seeing that it did
not account for his condition, he had him placed on
the saloon table. He then found two wounds behind,
on the left side. Witness attended the deceased until
he died, which was in about half-an-hour, doubtless
from internal hemorrhage, He saw no shots fired.
He hal seen the machine, and believed it was an
infernal machine. It was a plain, little box, with a
strap and a lock. He thought it the best thing to
throw it overboard.

Mrs. Carey, who looked greatly distressed, said that
she was the wife of the deceased, James Carey and
came out in the Kinfauns Castle, with her husband
and seven children. She knew the prisoner O'Donnell,
who came from London in the same boat. They used
to speak to each other. O'Donnell landed in Cape
Town with them. Her husband was the nfftn who
gave the evidence in the Irish trials, She left London
by herself, and her husband met her at Dartmouth.
She had never seen O'Donnell before, and her husband
and O'Donnell never talked together about the trials.
They were steerage passengers, and O'Donnell was
second ()lass. Wormington, a detective in Dnblin,
put the nalle "Power" on their boxes to avoid de-
tection. She did not know who paid their passage.
money. Witness went on to say that she recollected
Sunday, July 29, when she saw her husband run-
ning toward her saying, "Maggie I am shot, and
O'Donnell shot ma." Witness asked prisoner who
shot him, and prisoner replied, " I shot him ;
I was sent to do it" Prisoner said, "Your name
is not Power; it is Carey." Mrs. O'Donnell, said to
her husband, "You are no informer, O'Donnell.'
Witness did not shake hands with O'Donnell. The
prisoner was sitting on the seat. O'Donnell during the
day had asked witness, previous to the murder, where
her husband was, when she replied, "On deck," when
prisoner said, "Call him down." Witness did so and
the prisoner and deceased had some beer together.
O'Donnell and her husband used to play dice on deck.
The passage out took 21 days, and during that time
O'Donnell and her husband were on the best of terms.
Prisoner bad told her that he had left the ship in Cape
Town. O'Donnell was jealous of Carey ache had been
too attentive to his wife on the Sunday afternoon. On
Sunday she left deceased and O'Donnell together.
Deceased was standing, and O'Donnell and his wife
were sitting on the settee together. She did not see
the first shot fired, but heard the third. She did not
hear any strong words pass between them, and never
heard her husband threaten to shoot O'Donnell. After-
wards she fainted and was put into a cabin. Sbe had
no money and did not know what she wonld do. She
supposed her in *band would have looked for employ-
ment. Mrs. Carey, who had conducted herself in It
most beceeeirg manner, and for whom evident sym-
pathy was manifested in court, having signed her de.
positions, left the court.

Harry Greenhough said he was a second-cla.s pas-
eenger on board the Melrose for Natal. On the Sunday
afternoon he was on deck between one and half•past
and heard O'Donnell say, "He shall not leave the
ship.' He was not certain whether he said "he " or
" she " The deceased and the prisoner were on tbe
best of terra'.

Thomas Francis Carey, an intelliger4 looking lad,
sad—l am 15 years of age. When my father was shot
I was on the stairs leading to the second•clas3 saloon.
I saw my father standing near one of the cabins on the
starboard side. He was smiling and talking with
O'Donnell. I saw Mr. O'Donnell draw a revolver
from his inside pocket, and fire one shot at my father.
The bullet struck him in the neck. I cannot say
whether the prisoner stood up, but I saw him fire
a second shot. Just at this moment my mother
ran out. My father ran into rr -
6121 M Donald
has shot me." We used to call O'Donnell M'Donald
on board ship. My mother was holding my father
when the third shot was fired. I was standing near
the berths at the time. I /took from my father's
pocket a cheque for £lOO. It was drawn on the South
African Bank at Natal. I found the cheque this
morning. I gave the cheque to my mother this morn.
ing. She knew nothing of it nutiLthen. My mother
can neither read nor write. Mr. Dallmont, chief
detective in Dublin, gave the cheque to my father.

The prisoner pleaded "Not Guilty," and said that
he acted in self-defence as Carey pulled a revolver out
of his right hand pocket.
The prisoner was then taken from the dock, and
after a short interview with his agent was conveyed
the Northend Gael.