Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-10-11
ENGLAND'S CAPITAL CASE.

Gen. Roger A. Pryor sailed from New
York last Thursday for England, having
been retained as counsel to defend Patrick
O'Donnell, whose trial for shooting James
Carey, the informer, will begin on the 18th
instant in London. EX-Judge Fullerton, of
New York, has also been retained as coun-
sci for O'Donnell, and will arrivein London
about the Goth. O'Donnell will be defended
by able British counsel, but beingan Ameri-
can citizen, his American sympathisers have
deemed it advisable toemploy counsel in this
country A large fund has been raised in
the United States to aid in the defence.
Mr.. Sullivan, of O'Donnell's counsel, re-
Gently gave London paper the following
summary of O'Donnell's defence:
Till the day after he reached Cape Town,
ODonnell says he never for a moment sus-
pected Power to be Carey. Seeing him to
be an Irishman, like himself, he chummed
with him and was kind to the children, be-
cause they seemed to be in misery. He was
further attracted to Carey by his occasional
moody, mysterious manner, and thought he
was possibly a political outcast escaping.
The day after they left the Cape it was ru-
mored that Carey was abroad. ODOnnell
was overcome by the idea that he had been
giving his hand to and cumming with such
villain. He lay awake all night moaning
and groaning at the thought, unable to be-
lieve or disbelieve. He had had-as the
Crown witness, Greenhough, not forthcom-
ing here, testified at the Cape-plenty of op-
portunities for throwing Carey overheard
on the way out had he suspected his identi-
ty. In order to draw Carey out, and con-
trary to his usual abstemious habits, he
drank rather freely the next morning (Sun-
day. with Carey. The informer, suspecting
nell, and on going into the saloon for beer,
said "What have you done with your pis-
tol, ODonnell 1t made me nervous when
you fired at those fying-fsh." ODonnell
replied, dying y 81 sold it; but why are
you afraid? Only man who had some
thing on his conscience would be afraid of
that'-or words to that effect. Meanwhile
Mrs. O'Donnell, not wishing to be dragged
into the row, had left them. Carey took a
hectoring tone, and, as some men who had
been previously sitting sprang to their feet,
he said, "O'Donnell, you are too ready to
go off half-cock," and grappled O'Donnell,
who took Carey's collar by his left and par
alyzed hand. Carey and he then each put
their hands in their pockets and drew out
pistols. Il came from part of America
where people don't wait to inquire into a
mans intentions when his pistol is against
your forehead,' l said," relates O'Donnell,
"and fred with nay right hand. Carey's
revolver went off and dropped on the floor.
It's owner staggered forward, STOPPING to
pick up his weapon. Seeing this, fired
again. Tom Carey then picked up his ia
theirs pistol"
Mr.. Sullivan is hopeful of convcting Tom
Carey of perjury on this point, and in re-
gard to his utterance to O'Donnell after the
Shooting. He has applied for postpone
ment of the trial to allow time for Green
hough and the officers of the Kiyaus Castle,
whom he will subpoena, to arrive. He
hopes to secure the services of Charles Rus
sell to assist him in the defence. Three
hundred pounds toward the expense of
O'Donnell's defence was received from
America on Friday. The prisoner is jaun-
ty and unconcerned, though his legal adj
visers warn him against taking matters too
ci1y