The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
The Axenger.


lPatrick O'Donneil the latest victim OF the swift
machinery OF English retTibutive law, has public
history brief and recent as scarcely 10 require
a Tecapiiulaiion. Black as was the conspiracy that
eliminated in the assassination in PhGnix Park
Dublin. May 6, lsS2, of Lord Frederick Cavendish,
the newly-appOnled Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland.
and Under secretary Burke. IL was rendered douby
black by the occurrences attending the detection OF
the mHrdeTers ami the trial conviction and execu-
tiOn OF part of them. The Government having O6-
tanned information upou which the arrest OF nine
OF The eonspiIstors including James Carey and his
promise of pardon for himself, turned Queens evil
dence, and hrs testimony, reinforced by that OF
otbers OF the cOnspiratOrs who sought by the same
70 the galows. After the trial and conviction of
The lnylncibles the detectives advised the Govern
ment that arey was fast losing his reason. being
closely followed by Irish avengers. and in
slant danger OF assassination The Government at
this time undertook 10 smuggle Carey away with
such secrecy that none but those actually having
the undertaking under thsir personal charge
should know what became OF him. including even
The most prominent Government officials. People
were cautioned against believing any future stories
aDout the inforner, upon the ground that il would
be absolutely impossible for bit two or three per-
such stories as might happen to gain currency
would undoubtedly turn out TO be Inventions
made 10 confuse the trial. Nothing more Was
heard of Carey until the evening of June 30. when
The announcement was made in Parliament that
james Carey had been tracked by IN avenger and
shot on sbipbOard The aVenger was arrested, and
the facts of the shooting were soon made public.
somewhere early IN June U DOnnell lived in Ire
lan0, and July engaged Il passage for himself and
a woman who passed as his wife and they were
known as Mr.. and Mrs O'Donnell on board the
kinfauns Castle, on which they embarked. snd
which was bound for the Cape On board that
sci Mrs. Carey and her children sailed the same
day from London. July 6, at Dartmouth, James
Carey joined the vessel. On board Carey was
known as James Power and his wife Mrs. Power
On the way out from England 10 the Cape Carey
and o Donnell, the prisoner. were undoubtedly on
very friendly terms. The vessel duly arrived al
Capetown. and then the passengers W o WEI
Ing on TO Natal had TO disembark from the Kin
fauns Castle and embark Oh auOther vessel called
the Aelrose Castle Among those who did were
James Carey, his wife and children Saturday, the
left Cape Town. touching in the first instance al
at about quarter TO 4. the prisoner and James
JnTey were down near the cabin they occupied.
when UDonnel took from his coat pocket
ar.5 e 5FtvGflveg, loaded % in in FIVE chambers aud
10 have struck him on the right side, to
have passed round il and gone out at the back in
1urng his coat as IL passed out That the first
shot tired Directly aiterward the man injured in
this way staggered. ana when his back was toward
the prisoner the latter fred ut him a second shot,
ana then third shot Tie inEormer then fell.
An attempt was then made to stop the blood from
his throat aud a surgeon at once attended 10
him. but in less than half an hour he was dead
man.
O'Donnell was ut once seized and placed under
arrest. When questioned he said II rot
guilty OF murder. What did was in selfdefense
MIR. Carey pulled n revolver out of his right hand
pocket and snatched ii out OF his hsnd.' The
gVenger was brought to England. and HE trial be-
gan November 90. Then for the first time the
people saw the mGn who had slain the de;ested