Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-27
O,DONNELL HANGED.

rrecutfon of Patrick O'Donne1l, the Muir.
derer OF Informer Carey, at Newgate
Prison-Thc Steamship Assyrian Monarch
Searched for an Alleged Hescuhn3
Party.
LONDON. Dec. II.
Patrick O'Donnell, the slayer OF James
Carey, paid the penalty OF his crime WIFI
in the walls of Newgate this morning. Ine
drop fell at precisely eight a. IN. Last
night O'Donnell went to bed about ten
O'Clock, and remained apparently asleep
until $50 this morning. At six O'CLOCK
Father Fleming came to the prisoner anu
remained in prayer with him LOT solne
time At the conclusion of the prayers the
sacrament was administered to the con-
demued. O'Donnell then partook of a light
breakfast, which he appeared to eat with
some relish. At 7:45 O'Clock the prison
bell began tolling. A similar warning was
heard from the belfry of ST. Sepulcher's
Church, on the Holborn Viaduct. Directly
after the Governor of the Jail with the head
Warden entered and O'Donnell was at once
led to the pinioning-room, situated about
halfway between the condemned cell ana
the prison ward. There he found the exc
cutioner Binns awaiting him, together with
the Sheriff of London, three wardens and
the prison doctor. Binns deity bound
O'Donnell's arms with leathern thongs, the
convict submitting quietly.
The procession was then formed, the pris-
oner being in the center, and slowly march,
ed to the prison-yard in which the scafold
had been erected. They passed SO close
to the few spectators who had been admit
ted to witness the execution that they could
have touched O'Donnell, but for the lattice
work which separated them. The scaffold,
which was quickly reached, had the APP
pearance of an ordinary shed. The hempen
loop, however, hung omniously from a
cross-beam above. The shed was half
boarded up, SO that O'Donnell and his at
tendants as they stood there could be seen
by those present only from the waist up
There was no delay, and no sensational
scenes under the scaffold. Binns lost not a
moment in placing the white cap over the
victims face and adjusting the moose. A
moment after O'Donnell disappeared, and
a quvering cord was all that remained to
show where he had stood. The Governor
and Doctor gazed for moment into the
swung and then turned away. Outside TIE
Jail a considerable crowd had assembled,
but dispersed directly the black flag was
hoisted. About twenty police were drafted
around the walls on the outside. The body
of O'Donnell, after hanging one hour, was;
cut down, and later in the day an inquest
was held when the usual verdict was re-
turned. The interment then took place, the
remains being placed in a quantity OF
quick lime under one of the flags of the
corridor. known the "Blrd-cage Walk
O'Donne1I's brother paced to and fro oppo~
site the flagstaff in a most restless and de-
jected manner, exciting the sympathy Of
all present.
The steamship Assyrian Monarch, which
left New York on December 4, arrived at
Gravesend yesterday morning and was at
once seized by the Government police, be-
cause of advices from New York that there
were aboard party of American lnvincl.,
bles on mission to rescue ODonnell and
infiict punishment upon the officials en-
gagged in his prosecution. The officers noti-
fed the passengers that no person aboard
would be allowed to go ashore until his
identity as person not possibly subject to-
suspicion should be established, and that
all the passengers must submit to an ex-
animation of their persons and luggage
Several American passengers made such
an effective protest that the three detectives
assigned to the work of investigation de-
cided to regulate the Decentralization by the
passenger list. This, however, was dlScov-
cred to be missing, and the discovery
caused great excitement. The detectives
then gave those aboard until to-day to res
store the passenger list, with immunity
from search until that time, but assumed
full police control of the vessel and placed
all aboard under surveillance in the mean
time. 1t was stated late last night that the
detectives had salts actorily sing led out the
suspects and would allow the other passen-
gers to land this morning.