The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-03
0'D0NNELL GUILTY.
AND SENTENCED TO &c HANGED.
The prl.oa.r Greatly Excited on a.4rl.s the yss.
dIet-as had Cheers for ireland and Catts (;
for EsslAnd, bat Yesterday hs WAS Calm
and Rellsnsd-Hs Hopes for a Respite. +.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The Judge in summing,
up the o o'Donnell case expounded the law
in relation to murder and to granddaughter.
and said that unless the jury was COM
vinced that tho prisoner had acted in self.
defense in shooting Carey, he was guilty
Of murder. The judge, during the sum-
ming up, said that young Carey was eyi.
IDENTIFY untruthful. The jury returned O
verdict OF guilty OF murder and the judge
sentenced him TO be hanged. 80
0'Donntll was pronounced guilty Of muir
der about nine o'clock. The judges charge
to the jury was In several respects almost
equal TO death sentence against 0'Don-
mel, and the prisoners counsel aeemed TO
give up all hope when they heardit One
Of the strongest points in the charge waS
that iftwo men qualreled and one killed
the other the determination to kill might
have been formed after the first excite
sided and could be consld.
cred premeditated. This was understood
to favor the theory Of the prosecution that
though Carey may have been goaded into
an assault upon 0'Donnell, the latter acted
in selfdefense only in a nominal sense.
The refusal OF the defense to call upon
0'DonnelI's alleged wiie-his "woman,n as
the prosecutor termed her-to testify was
evidently considered by the court as j1sti.
fying the defense that she would have been
obliged to testify against o'Donnell. f-
o'poSNEIL's DEspAIR.
A subsequent instruction 10 the jary,s
when they returned to ask question, was S
still more fatal to the prisoner. The jury
asked II 1t was murder for ono man to
shoot another whom he believed was about
toshoot him. The judge replied that 1t
might or might not be. But in this case
no evidence had been produced to show
lha! Carey intended to shoot. General
Pryor contends that up to this time his
client had some chance for &C.
quittaI, but that this settled the
jury against him. In O few
moments the Jury came in again with their
verdict Of guilty. 0'D3unell seemed to be
in agony, and uttered a cry Of despair.
Regaining partial control Of himself, he
stood up with defiant air to receive sem
tence. Alter 1t had been pronounced,he +
said: "Judge, want to say something that
will forever ring In the hearts OF the Irish
people. Judge Dsnman pretended not to
hear the request and asked the clerk what
0'Donnell wanted. The clerk said he
said "oh," and the court officials gresped
o'DonneIl and hustled him away He
struggled, fought and yelled all tho way
out Of the court and down the staire,
shrieking, "rhree cheers for 1telandl u
Goodbye to the United States!" "To
hell with the British crown!" etc. He was
confined in Newgate. An excited crowd
around the court room was dispersed BY q
false announcement that 0'Donnell had
been acquitted.
o'DoNSELLs DEARiSG.
LONDON, December 2.-After areireshing
nights aleep o'Donneil ate a hearty break
fsst and conversed freely with the wardens
during Sunday. He expressed no surprise
at the verdict, although he confessed tie
j1ry'shesitation inspired him with the hope
that he might escape the extreme penalty,
Of the law. He highly praised MI. Rus
sells able defense. He still maintains that
he Is innocent OF the murder. st1Fa'
All day 0'Donnell displayed extreme (,
indifference, and even bore a iaunty air. I
He does not seem to despair ol respite.
He says his friends outside will move
heaven and earth TO obtain his release. &
Fleming revisited theprisoner Sunday and
remained long time. He says 0Don-
nell is in good spirits and is prepared for.
the worst. A brother OF 0'Donnell will
visit him Monday. Despite rumors to the
contrary the prisoner will probably remain
at Newgate, where he will be banged, prob:
ably December 17sh. Ample precautions
have been taken to prevent q arescue. Two
warders remain with 0'Donnell night ard
day and are answerable for the aale keep.
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