Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-12-26

O'Donnell did deliberately kill Jane
Carey, and he deliberately killed hin
because he was James Carey. Their,
was no struggle. Carey made no at
tack on O,Donnell. O'Donnell neve
set up the plea of selfdefense. Ha,
he been permitted to tell the trutl
the himsy subterfuge of selfdefens
would never have detracted from al
act he considered meritorious in tn
sight of God and man. He knew tn
consequences Of the act and he woul,
have manfully accepted them.
"Had Judge Denman permitted hin
to speak before pronouncing sentence
as he was bound by the law to do
O'Donnell would then have told tn,
whole truth and vindicated himself
His savage denunciation of the British
crown while the officers of the cour
stifed his words and dragged hin
from the docks TO his cell were no
the furious whining of a coward bu
the frenzy of a baflled and homes
man, who, having deliberately done
what he considered a duty, and fol
which he was perfectly Indifferent t.
death, had been compelled, against
his.will, to occupy an ignoble attitude
and who burned to escape from mis-
taken advisers.
81 convey to the Daily News, OH the
highest possible authority, the true
story of the killing of Carey and the
events which have made up the train
or its consequences.
"O'Donnell did not know Carey, Oh
the voyage from England to the
Cape. He was not a member of any
society. He was merely a rolling
stone. He had wandered restlessly
over many parts Of the American
States, incapable of peaceful residence
He had moved about in Ireland, and
spent some time in England. With
no definite aim he was going to
Australia. Nervous and restless
almost to the verge of insanity, in
different to natural ties, and reckless
of his actions, he took with him fol-
companion an unfortunate who was
neither maid nor wife, fact sufficient
to show that he had not gone on O
commission of vengeance whose fulfil
ment would fill the world with his
name and turn the fiercest glare Of
notoriety on his character and habits
He had an unascertained constitution,
al disease which at times deprived
him of some mental faculties and all
but paralyzed his will. The circula.
ton of his blood was so uneven in his
left side that the left arm was fire.
quently palsied, and he had learned
the use of an electric battery which,
when found in his possession after the
tragedy, was promptly thrown over
board as an Internal machine. So
unstrung was his nervous system that
it was absolutely necessary for him to
abstain from alcoholic liquors, which
he had not tasted for two years. He
was a Donegal peasant, tall and
strapping, but feeble, nervously, rude
and unable to read or write. But he
had learned the truth that every peas
ant in Ireland knows-the truth of
the ruin of his native land and the
degradation of its people by England.
He knew that the latest instrument of
that ruin and degradation was the
James Carey. He had no
suspicion that the man with whom he
had played cards and drank an occa-
sional glass of beer was this monster.
But the news was ahead of the ship,
and local paper at the Cape con-
tanned IN excited article denouncing
the government for pulluting Australia
with the wretch. O'Donnell heard
this article read and was shown
wood-cut of Carey, whom he at once
recognized. He instantly resolved to
kill Carey, out of sheer instructive
sense of duty as an Irishman. On
the impulse of the resolution he said
to the man who had shown him the
"I'll kill himw rs was
sworn on the trial. O'Donnell forgot
The man and incident, and Cubitt's
appearance was surprise.
From the moment he formed his
purpose he never wavered in it. But
he knew it would not be easy to kill
Carey and he could not afford to
make the attempt and fail. Carey was
we'll armed, vigilant, and suspicious.
O'Donnell determined to ship with
him to Port Elizabeth, 90 with him
10 the farm Carey had told him he
was going to take, and then, without
,oncealment of purpose or motive,
show that there was no spot on which
IN Irish informer would be safe.
O'Donnell became nervous and ex-
cited. In reckless hope of calming
himself he drank, the morning of the
fatal day, glass of whisky. 1t
robbed him of selfcontrol. He was
not intoxicated. hut his discretion was