Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-31
The Staying Of the InfOrmer Carey.
DOGGED TO DEATH BY o'D0NNELL THE AvENGER-
DUBLIN DELIGHTED.

DOGGED TO DEATH BY o'DONNEIL. THE AvENGER-
DUBLIN DELIGHrED.
Later advices about the killing OF Carey. the in
former exclusively published IN The STAR yester-
day afternoon), show that he was shot while land
ing from the Melrose at Port Elizabeth. ODonnel
his Slayer. is In custody. The government had
taken special ami expensive mea sures to protect
Carey, and selected Africa the safest place for
him. but 1t IS doubtful II he knew his destination
before sailing. 1t was not revealed to the police
who took him from Dublin 10 London. 1t appears
that ODOnn"ll dOTged Carey rom Dub!il. Carry
was travelling under the name OF Power. His family
were with him. From Mateira he wrote letter
to the authorities in which he described the voy-
age, nd said he had shared I'm a cow PrSatOn IN
which the invincibles and 'the miScreant Carey"
were especially denounced. He said le in'ended 10
thorities believe that 'DonneIl is man who WAS
i'm plicated three years ago IN the attempt TO blow
up The Mansion House in Lon ion and who escaped
with Coleman Co New York. He surrendered HIM
self quietly. He was placed In irons, and was
handed over to the police at Port Elizabeth. The
DeNS OF CareyS death caused many exhibitions OF
delight on the streets Ia Dublin. \ large crowd
gathered last night in front OF Clrey's late resi-
H Gns t1e tS WAS
had taken most elaborate measures to prevent his
escape.
- JAMES CAREY's CAREER.
hes Carey, the notorious Irish informer, whose
fate affords a tragic sequel to the PhGn Park
assassinato received the rudiments OF education
the Irish national schools and ut fourteen years
OF age was apprantced to q brcklayer. In 1865 he
was an a'JlVp ana trusted "B or lieutenant In the
Fenian Brotherhood. then under the control OF
James Stephens. He succeeded 10 the centerSh1p
OF the bricklayerS. and sonemasonS' circle, and
was conspicuous in the Fen1an fiaSco OF 1867. He
WIS fortunate In escaping arrest In 1876 he was
unanimously elected to the treasurershlp OF the
Fenian directory: Soon afterward he drew sus-
his trade and starting in business contractor.
He commenced to build cottages for himself and
in year or so was comfortably. II not afiuant,y,
situated. At last an andit OF the accounts was
demanded. The demand was conceded. No flaw
could be found in the items OF receipt and eXpen-
diture, tut vague feeling OF distrust remained
even among the auditors, and Mr.. Carey resigned
his charge OF the money bags.
He next appeared an advocate OF a plan to
boycott goods OF English manufacture. H made
charges against a Scotch firm OF contractors OF
using inferior material and labor In paving and
sewerng the city OF Dublin. The investiga
that followed left the impression that Carey had
the work .'botched" purpoScly. TO ruin the Gale
to the town council He was among the first TO
join the so-called ''lnvincibie" conspiracy. and
sn OF It, a n 1t w he vi Who EN-
in the science Of assassination arranged the plans
for the removal" OF obnoxious individuals, and
finally betrayed his associates, and in his last
character, that OF 1nformer, displayed COO, cal
eTan ,n depth Of ,S Which
very officials who employed him.
THE DOOM OF IRISH INFoRNERs
The fate or Bailey, who murdered in Skip
per's alley, Dublin, In the latter end OF 1881,
should have taught Carey how little dependence
he could place unon police protection when his
services were no longer required. THIS Bailey
gave information to the authorities which enabled
them to make one OF the most extensive seizures
OF arms and ammunition ever achieved by them
In Ireland. Twenty-Five rifles, ten revolvers
12 600 rounds OF ammunition, an immense store OF
dynamite, illuminate OF mercury, detonating caps
Bailey's 1nst.umentallty. How did the govern
ment reward him? Aft a fortnight they with.
Police fs fa from him. Sus
would have lessened the British eXchequer
by about $. The wretched man begged
pleading that his life would be I'm as much
jeopardy In Lonian as in Dublin. The represent
becoming responsible for such on extravagance.
Bailey was turned adri.t His landlord would not
let him back into his miserable tenement His
employer would not give him another hours
work He was forced with his family into the
workhouse. Even there the paupers turned
durable that he ventured into the outer world
again with the desperate resolve to beg or steal
as muen as wo9S 1,s tnoe MN 0us OF sne county
per's alley. and two bullets in his head told from
what quarter his death sentence had come. No
cue has ever been found to justify an arrest for
Other Irish informers. too, have been uniformly
foredoomed from the moment they Appeared IN the
mer friends. Pierce Nagle was the first traitor OF
importance in the Fenian ranks. To his revela-
tions were due the convictions OF the staff OF the
Irish People newspaper, and the first executive OF
the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood - Luby,
OLpaTy, htCkuaLu. oDOuOFan nOSod anu Tie EeSt
After bis nerartOuS work had been accomplished
he disappeared, and for eleven years nothing was
heard OF him. But the vengeance and hatred nf
| an Irish conspiracy is everlasting, and in 1876
eleven years after his treachery) it overlook
Pierce Nagle. One cold. gray autumn morning
his corpse was found under London railway arch,
and huge cheese knife d,iven through the back
and penetrating the neart told that he had not
died from natural causes
Warner, the Cork infOrmer, who was the first to
reveal the existence OF the Sedtious spirit In the
army, was attacked year or SO subsequently in
Clontarf He was severely wounded but did not
die then, and his assailant, who was taken on the
spot, got on with twenty years penal servitude:
Warmers wounds haStened his death, and added
to the agony OF his last moments.
Talbot, to whom the lifelong Imprisonment OF
Sergeant Mccarthy and other military Fentans
due, escaped for f1ve or six years. but fu was
only respite. not repreve He was eventually
shot through the head In Hardwicke street, Dub
lin, after leaving q brothel. He died in terrible
pain. which was Intensified by the bunglIng OF
surgeons who attended him, and who, In probing
for the bullet, explored every inch OF his era
MUM
Another military inforner named Meara was
shot dead In public house In Bishop street,
Dublin, before he had ended his appearance as o
witness In the c0urt-martiaL
The last inf0rmer who suffered the death
penalty previous to Carey was q man named