The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.

TRIAL OF "SKIN•TRE-GOAT."

PINAL SILAVITUDI FOS LIE&

James Filsheiris ems again charged on Wadi:Kooky
morning brio • Mr. 'strike ()Brien end • twist ',try
with brine scretrory sitar Up, feet to the murder of Mr.
Burke in the Pots iin the Oh of Kay, MM.
FOOS' independent witnesses were railed who proved
that the prtoaer au in lb* perk neer the *c .o. of th•
murder oath. evening 111 q 901111tiO ; end it., the medical
evidence the case for the Urown closed.
Kr. Murphy replied, &q.t. which the Judge summed
up. Th„ jo,y, alter so tiheencii of about 40 minutes,
found • verdict of goll'Y ; •n• the Judge sen.etiCet him
to penal servitude fur tie. The pneoner appearid
lectly dumbloundici by the sett 113C4.
EXECUTION OF DANIEL CURLEY.

Daniel Carley was smesutsti in Kilmainhatn Gaol on
Friday moraine. The sun shone brightJy, end • crowd
gathered in the vicinity of Ole guL A guard of Gr. n odious
was on duty, and a strong body of police end Marines
patrolled in trout and kept the crowd bark. W,th regard
to the condemned man he ass visited on Thursday for the
la.; time by hi. Owed., =eluding hie wife and three
children, his father, father-to-law wi'el mother, and
brother-in-law. lii, undect ad that ihe interview with
his tether and heutber-ia-'ew ou of • cheerful character
Up to the moment of farewell. when Me conettet's fortitude
broke down, and when hi. wife we, admitted to else him
tn. ...tong ong very affecting. A departure trim the
stria rm., of the gut wi made and upon it se,. mes.
Curley we. allowed to take • I ten of her husband's heir.
After his relativu had left him Curley we. main cloest•Al
with his epiritual &dem re, mho remained with him until
Isle In the coshing. H • slept badly du• lag the night. At
vs early hour he we' •ttett.l.ol by tee Canon
Hainedy and the Rev. F.ther O'Reilly. After being with
toe rev. geatleineu for • quarter of an hour the culprit
wee ;taken to the ch.pet, where mum we. =defeated
and the condemned in to rec .bed the sacrament A
groan of women outside the geol, about that Woo, were
engaged in oaring the L'tsoY fr tbe dying. The crowd
nns not nearly so large a& on aloaday. Among the p -onto
were the (Attlee end fetherdn•larr of Carley. The first-
named had intended to they. toade some remarks to thane
a-semisiml, hut be atercerds ren tunited his Cot nuon.
No attempt we. made to get up any hostile man:Natation
of feeling. Al eight o'clock to the moment the Nook flag
was run up to the head ot the nigstalf And announce I ts
those oat=dro that the law had been vindicated. Upon
seeing this a murmur of sympathy mut from hi crowd.
It was noticed that tie (Ultra fell on hie knees and
prayed. Curley walk, d to the scaffold with but little
maistance from the werdort who accompsnled him. The
convict uttered the responses in a firm voice. When a few
yards from the scaffold the-• wu • halt and Marwned
proceeded to puoi...n him. When the overshoe ICY 0111 r
• cSISMISOIItd usan stood eft c , and beton hia arms were
at ia the strap. he uncels-ti out his rieht hand, sad,
sing hands with the governor. said "Good bye, end
thank you." He then contootted preying until be reached
the scaffold, which he ascended lightly. Marwood was
• quickly at his side, and at precisely eight o'clock the drop
Curley msde to eteisment, and from what could be
learned death must have been almost instantaneous.

One of the convict's teat acts was to write • better to his
wife and children. His wife keep. a small shop, which
was closed on Friday, toe door being ornamented with
crape. The following ere extracts from the letter My
deer and moat.,., beloved wife and children—l take this
opportunity. the hut on this deceitful earth, of saying •
few words to you, hoping that you will forgive roe for the
step I took with regard to my trial ; I mean for not trying
to save myself as other, did. But I could not stoop so low
or king rayed( to do so. My dear wife, I will die es I
have lived faithful to my principles and my country's
cause. DINIf wife, I wid request of you to keep • vigilant
watch over our dear children; keep them to their school
and religion, and of the street as you yourself know that
I dread to see children getting ha run of the street. If
you think it well to change your widowed life you can do
so with all my wish end blowing, and i never like to see
anyone tied. But my dear wife, if you over change your
111., be very careful in your choice iu • companion of
deceitful men. It was very hard to tear my trustful
heart from you and oder it to Gol. And what • trial:
Yes; the base and brutal deceiver should be the cause of
mutating two loving and trustful hearts, My deer wife,
I will auk of you to be attsntive to your religious duties.
No matter how much you are engaged in the burineel of
the world, never neglect them. I snail die with the hope
that we shall meet in the Kingdom of Heaven. Deer
wife, I am sure you will be glad to hear that Idle in peace
with all men. Welling my enemies. Remember me to
your deer father and mother, and all Mende—B.4l.ve me
to be your faithful woo loving husband, Dadelm.CUetai "
An inquest wu held during the morning, when the
ususl formal evidenee wu given. The jury found that
death had resulted foom • rupture of the spinal cord, the
result of hanging, in accordance with the mature, of the
court. There wee some expression of pain upon the face.
The body was buried tweid, that of Brady.
Daniel Carley was the organiser of the baud of assassin&
It was he who fix.ci their puitions and arranged the plan
of the murder lie was chairmau of the executive tour
of the Invincible', and c must wl with Janus Carey on
many occasions in carrying out criminal dukes, being,
In fact, the leader of the sang. He told the story of the
murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Kr. Barks to
the assembled conepiratore on the night of the sesuebas-
Coo, and afterwards dropped into the letter box of each
of the Dublin newspatwr offices • card with the words,
"Executed by order of the Inrieciblea Curley after-
wards plotted the murder of Krivariseh, the car-driver, as
• person who knew tin much. He woe by trade a
carpenter, hie habits of indu.try and sobriety had Named
for him • reels ruble position, and at the time of his
arrest he was abort etartins in business on hie own
account. 00 his c roviction h.) delivered an cretin.,
which she counsel for the other prisoners have Ilium con-
fessed left no doubt as to the tru•li of the informer's
story and ensured t cc. nvictione .4 the others. He said
he did not fear d ,sth, aol itm'ared that the British
Government were his avow, fl enemier, admitting further
that he was a Fenian, and woull die with the Fenian
oetk he had taken unbroken. It sus eubsequentlr Moved,
however, that immediately after hi. arret Curley offered
to tort Informer. but wa. lons' ailed by Carey.
Marwood, while walking in the suburbs of Dublin on
• Thursday, undrr an escort of four jiolicemon, WU recog-
nised, and booted vehement'y. Ile and his guard took
refuge in a cab, and drove off.