The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-06-05 00:00:00

EXECU MN OF CAFFREY.

On Saturday morning Thane/ Carey was egfcated in
Kilniatnham riot for the murder of Kr Thom., Burke.
He ur the !omit man whir him forfeited his if. for the
Pricionix.park murder. Next Satiorday Tiro Kelly, the
youngest culprit, aged 19 years, and the Imt up to the
present, will be hanged. Delany. the other man who
pleaded guilty to the murder. we reprieved. C affray was
deeply penitent. At half-past six o'clock. the Ray. Caxton
Kanneuy and Rev. Mr. Family ente.-ed the prison, amid at
own praceeded to the cello( Lbs doomed man, whom tipsy
Conlucted to the chapel. Hare Caffrey erigag religious
ixarcise for some time, and rrceiyed th• Holy Comma nion.
The creed outside the prison numbered SOO Person*,
composed chiefly of boos anal women, and members°, the
labouring clam. Just eis the prison mock chintsd the that
etrolte of the eighth hour the title blank 114 WY flan
announcing that Harwood had complemi his work.
About SO or a 100 of th us in the crowd knelt down'
crossed them...dem, mid oil erred up prayers for the repose
of the tout of the depart id. Cadrey's mother and other
relatives broke down compl•tely whai the awful signal was
displayed. Tee decreed taaa's brother suddenly burst
into a peroXilatn of grief, and wandered about aunlemiy
for • few moin-nte. Inside the gaol the proceedings were
of the wet formal but solemn nature. Alter Caffrey
bad beard tame and had performed his Baal reilgioaa
dull-s in toe cooped. the little 11,0CeSii011 Was formed at
• quirt.' us eight. W aim leaving the chapel Wray
sad ho hoped his fate would be • warning to all young
we I against iinaing secret ao navies. Half sray to the
place or exscuti oh be was met by Ham° rd. lie did not
seluos the eligauset emotion during the proCael of pinion-
ing. The csigorit gl.nced hurriedly •: tie scaffold, •
slight tremor 'menial to overcome his frame, but it eras
only momentary, and with • firm step be ascended the
steps Waring to the platform. Then h• turned to the
clergyman, warmly shook hands with them. thanted
thew for their services, and expressing his great expecta-
tion of f orgleanees in the twai worli, stood ready for hie
fats, Desch did not result from rupture of to. spinal
cord, but trete asphyxia, no that death vaa not rust tuts.
Genie Caffrey made no statement and left no declaration,
beyond toe cue be had roads some time moos &knitting
the justice of hls rentingo. H. was twenty-four years of
age, and wag', like his brother, fir along period employed
us say porter. At one Mtn he din the *rimy. fits
wile 41041 some tan. sine., Inning chill. the issue of
the marriage. HI had hem at one tine, in the amyl ry-
m•nt id James Carey, the informer.
The inql•-st on, the holy was fix ol for niue o'clock, the
cornier wins Dr. Hut, en.l lit Will 1•111 Atrx xolor
Carte te.trited that the canna of death was &spay sic
produced by hanging. and • verdict was returned accord-

Inge following letter is said to have been written by
Caffrey to his mother:—" Kilmainham Gaol, Jane let,
1003. half .peat eight o'cico,k p.m. Dear Mother,—! writ*
you toes. f-se lines tor the last time In this world, and
hope sou will ~Ifor up all your sorrows along aritl Fly
raMainas in atonement for goy crime, ant all the SUN
of my pout lige. I hope you will forgive all who have
done me harm in this world, as I forgive them fr on the
bottom of my bout, as I expect to act foogireuees from
may merciful Father in Heaven_ Dear mother, I am
just alter rec•i•,nt the H ily S icrement of confirmation,
.and I ato quit. prepared, with the help of God, to go
before the js.igment-aeat of Justin-. Make cure to mind
your reinvent, yourself, and toe child, and I hope to meet
you 'owe day in heaven, rrhare there will be no more
parting for all eternity, and there, in the company of our
wagged It Aber and all the saints, we will praile our
blew...lß ',thrower tor evermore. T.li all inquisog foicnds
I that I hope no one will ever throw • slur ca my child o-
anyone b 'longing to me for the death I bad te surfer, and
pop. you will never have canes It blush when my nests
is sookeo. as I am paying the full penalty of my crime
in tuns worli. anis I hope I will not have to soder in the
next Whenever you Dee this bettor pray for nue. No
nacre in thie world, from YOU/ loving sin. Tgoists
CAPIPLIZT. Larry. Mary. Catherine, K amy. Jeuluol.
K enema, and Busy, pray for Ole. IrtOrd hare mercy on my
sol r
A New York correop indent telkgraptis that the respoase
to the &Kral in the /risk World on below( of the Istni,te,
of the insrderere deem • I ,n Dublin is the subscription
of • lun ausountiog to MO dollars by 39 subscribers.
This shows either a greet decline in the indium,* of the
paper, or a nearly tosol Atwood, of sympathy in the
object for which the to alley was mated.
The Dublin Gazette of Fri by night contains notioGs that
Johanna Browne, of Droinoulton, Kern, ha, been
awarded IVO for the murder of her husband; Michael
Kanualaugh, Kern, £O3O, fir personal in
; Eden McCaulide, game piece, LW, for personal
injurie• ; !Gottlieb Furman, Killarney, Kerry, DA for
personal injoriee ; Petrick Ferry, sob-conetable, now
stationed in Rorcommoo. £lOO for injuries indicted on him
while stationec in einint, Kerry; Pat irk ,DGeoh.,,.
C itilcarcaron, Kerry, £lOO for injuii • ; John Nolan, of
C irk, 1100 for injuoies inflicted at fiellvduff, Kerry;
Patrick S allivan. or Colontter. K err. £,OO for inj ;
Chtford, Lissaboughla, K.,rry„ £lOO for injuries.
The Oavtte a'so contains the notice o: ihe appnintmeote
of Mr. Karma licks Coghill C. miner and ot The 0 Donovan
to be Deputy-Lieuteciants of county Cork.
The Anchor Line steamer Belgravia, 4040 tons, left
Valenti* on Fri ley for New Y. rir, *kb TS emigrants.
The work of the committee of 'Kr. Tokio', Fund" for
gala year is now rapidly drawing t • claim. Toe install-
tose have already d soetched 4,10) emigrant, (out of a
probable total of b,900 5,30 U) from the districts in Kayo
and Galway committed to their charge foe emigration
purposes under the Arrears Act. The population of these
districts am oulated to 44,000 at the beginning of the year,
wlsch will thus have been reduced by about 11 per cent,
making an appruciabie diderence in the comfort of those
who remain. The Poor-Law lospector for the &etre; he.
reported to the Looal Quvernment Board that • very large
number of the persons sent away went in such en lapover
Whet condition that they must ultiosti-ly have come on
the rare, and that had they done so—in Belmallet Union,
for instance—the coat would have been raised to over 20e,
is the pound.
On Thursday, in the Dublin Police-court, James Walsh,
sg-d W. • printer, was charged with having on the
_pre-
. 'mous oiebt maliciettsly damaged the premises of Kr. J. D.
Field, the well-known victim of the Invincible,. Kr.
t Field 1. &omen having (woo evidence that the fanlight
' had been•smashed, this prisoner, to answer to the magia-
' trate', said that he was drunk, and wanted to get into the
. police-station. When arrested, the prisoeer said that
I if he had a revolver he would shoot Kr. Yield. Acoord-
ing to the police evidence he was quit* Bober. The pria iner
wail sentenced to two months' imprisonment, wan hard
labour.