The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-12-21
"DIED FOR IRELAND"

Patrick O'Donnell, the Slayer of Informer
Carey Hanged in Newgate Prison, Lon
don-Calm and Collected to the Last
Victor Hugo Addresses a Letter to
Queen Victoria Asking for 1.-THE Doomed
Mans Pardon-Feeling at Washington
Regarding highlands Treatment of
Americas Request In His Behalf.
LONDON, Dec. II, s:15 a. m.-Patrick
O'Donnell, the slayer of James Carey, the
notorious Irish informer, was hanged in
Newgate prison at 1902 o'clock this morn
ing.
The weather was cold and stormy, yet de-
spite this fact large crowd assembled out
side the prison walls as early as seven
o'clock. O'Donnelrs brother passed t. o
and fro in most detected manner and ex-
cited great sympathy
The execution occurred without a hitch.
O'Donnell was calm and collected. He made
no statement from the scaffold. He was no.
tilted at half-past seven to make ready. AT.
ter communion had been administered,
Binns, the hangman, entered the
CELL O'Donnen submitted to the
operation of pinioning with a
smile, O'Donnell walked to the scaffold
with great firmness, and refused all assist
ance from the wardens who stood around
him. While standing on the drop he looked
around unconcernedly. Binns performed
his duty quickly. The moose was placed
exactly as Marwood used to place it.
The lever of the trap was pulled precisely
as the neighboring church clocks were Strik-
ing eight. The doomed man fell eight feet.
The black flag, which is the signal always
used to announce the completion of an ex-
ecution, was then hOisted By this time
twenty thousand people had gathered in
front of the prison, but the throng was quiet
and undemonstrative.
ODonnell rested easily and during his
last day continued as cheerful as before his
trial. His appetite was fair, but he seemed to
enjoy smoking more than eating. He was
visited in the afternoon by Father
Fleming and another priest, and
seemed attentive to their exhortations The
Strictest reticence is observed by the prison
officials A special guard of twenty-four
men has been on duty inside the prison day
and night. and several detectives are sta
toned outside. The streets in the vicinity
OF the prison were quiet all day. Some I'M
easiness being felt about Binns' drop, it was
thoroughly tested and the machinery again
Overflauled. All seemed to work well. The
exclusion of representatives of the press
from the prison and the difficulty of obtain
ing information cause much dissatisfaction.
The arrival of Hangman Binns was Sc
cret, and his departure will also be con-
cealed. The police allege that plot exists
among the Invincibles to kill Binns before
the hour fixed for the execution, if possible
When O'DonnelPs brother left him Sat-
arday evening, after short private inter-
view, he was asked if the prisoner had made
any new statements HE said, answered
the brother, shat he had never felt any re-
greet for killing Carey, and thathe feels none
now. He also said that he would make this
declaration and that these would be his dying
words" Being closely pressed, the brother
said: For fear anything should happen to
him between now and Monday, my brother
sent for me aud asked me to put before his
friends his last statement. He intends upon
the scaffold to say the following words: &
killed James Carey, the inforlner. | am.
not sorry for killing him and / never have
been. Not only that, but all London,s.
wealth would not buy me or induce me to
give any one away
O'Donnell also said that he felt comfOrted
because the fund which had been subscribed
for his defense would be divided among his
wife and other dependent relations. He
died for Ireland, and would die like brave
man. O'Donnell's brother was DESTROYS Of
burying the body in conSecrated ground, and
was Mortified to learn that the remains
would have to be Inferred in the prison
yard. ODonnelPs brother stood outside of
Newgate Prison this morning until the
black flag was raised.
Victor Hugo wrote to Queen Victoria Sat-
urday asking for the pardon of O'Donnell.
In his letter he says that the Queen of En-
gland, who had shown more than once her
greatness of heart, would grant O'Donnell
his life and accept the unanimous thanks Of
the whole civilized world.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-There is great
dissatisfaction here at the result of the APP
plication of the Government for stay of
proceedings in the O'Donnell case. One of
the principal causes for dissatisfaction is the
long delay in the reply of the British Gov
eminent to the request of the President.
The refusal to grant the stay of proceedings
was not unexpected. 1t is probable that the
Senate will prepare new article to be
added to the existing treaty, STIMULATING that
in future trials American citizens charged
with crime in foreign countries can have a
portion of the jury made up of their own
countrynlen.