The daily gazette., 1883-08-01
THE KILLING oF CAREY.


| James Carey, the iuformer, was accompa
| MED from England by his wife, who an
peared to be on intimate terms with the
Carey family during the voyage. Carey
died without speaking after he was shot.
O'Dounell is an Irish. American. He denies
that he knew who Carey was previous to his
| arrival at Cape Town. 1t is reported that an
| Internal machine was found in O'Donnell's
possession.
| The respondent of Reuters Telegraph
Company at Cape Town says U'Donnell
| only took passage for Cape Town, but
learning that Carey was fellow passenger
| he continued on the journey with him on
the steamer MelrosR and shot him when
that steamer was close to Algoa Ba !, in the
presence of the informer's family O'Don-
nell is calm. He is strongly guarded, as
rumors are afioat that an attempt to resc ne
him will be made. A fund to be used In
defending him is being collected.
Third class berths on the steamer KinfauI
Castle were secured on June 80 at the Dub
lin office OF Messrs. Donald Currie & Co. for
Port Elizabeth for AM. Power and wife
and seven children, !" which it is well known
was the exact number of James Carey's
family. On July 2 O'Donnell secured pas
sage for himself and wife on the same
steamer. Messrs. Donald Currie & Co.
were not aware until yesterday of the iden-
tity of Power with James Carey.
The Times pronounces the death of Carey
public misfortune 1t says he had been
an instrument of justice. The murder is
calculated to encourage daring and lawless
spirits to commit acts of violence. The Joy
caused in ireland by the informer's death
is proof that many elements of danger still
exist there.
The Daily News has the following special
dispatch, dated Cape Town, July 81: O'Don-
nell was examined before Port Elizabeth
Magistl ate to-day on the charge of murder
ing James Carey, the informer. According
to the evidence given Carey and O'Donnell
had been drinking In the second class cabin
just before the murder. When the steamer
was halfway between Table Bay and Algoa
Bay O'Donnell suddenly shot Carey In the
neck with revolver. Carey staggered
away and O'Donnell followed and shot him
twice in the back. Carey died in 20 min
utes.
1t is worthy of note that rumor pre-
vailed In Nationalist circles in London last
Sunday night that james Carey had been
shot. An item stating that he had been
killed was rendered to a news agency in
London at midnight on Sunday, but was re-
fused, as no authority was given for the
statement. 1t has since been ascertained
that telegram had been received at Paris
from Brindisi, which was forwarded to
London on Sunday night. reading: "James
Carey has been shot. Thank God.n As
the steamer Melrose, on which Carey was
shot, did not reach Port Elizabeth until
Monday, either the statement was
based on mere surmise or
I tatement which was openly made
ia certain Nationalist circles to the
feet that 1t had been prearranged to kill
Carey on the last Sunday of July was true.
authenticated runners are current that
O'Donnell is a relative of Joe Brady, one of
The Phoenix Park murderers, who was
hangei recently, and that viglants are cog
izant of the abode of Peter Carey. A fund
IS being collected In London to be used in
defending 0'Donnell.
DUBLIN, July 31.-A mob of men entered
some of the houses on Abbey street tonight
aud seized bedding, furniture and other ar
ticles with which to make bonfires In cele-
brstion of the death of James Carey. Effi-
lies of Carey were burned and mock funer-
ais were held in various Irish towns to-
light.