Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-26
MRS. CAREY.
Interview with the Wife Of the Irish
InfOrmer-O'D0nnel Crime Delhi.


ACKNOWLEDGMENT Crime Delhi.
crate.
The New York Herald special correspondent
on board the steamer Garth Castle, which ar
rived at Plymouth, England, Monday, sends the
following account Of an interview he had with
Mrs. Carey dnring the passage from Madeira
to Plymouth.
1t was very difficult to get access to Mrs.
Carey and the other witnesses In the O'Donnell
case. Mrs. Carey and her seven children
came aboard in AlgOa bay and registered under
their own names as second class passengers.
Shortly after as the authorities had not announc-
ed their intention of sending an escort to guard
the family. it was thought prudent totransfer Mrs.
Carey and her five youngest children, named
respectively Peter Patrick. Maggie Maria and
Francis to two contiguous cabins at the extreme
end of the after part of the ship to keep their
whereabouts strictly private if possible through
out the voyage.
IN sECLUsION
Mrs. Carey remained in seclusion, passing her
days in attending to her children and taking
her meals with the stewardess, who specially
attended her, and only varying the dull monot-
ony OF her life from day to day by coming on
deck at nightfall for a breath of fresh air. Hav-
ing succeeded in finding the location Of Mrs.
Carey's cabin. went to see her, first sending in
my card to prepare her for my visit.
MRS. CAREY.
o. sofa as / entered saw the figure Of
rather tall, quiet, comedy woman in black, alb
sently handling baby on her knee, while with
her one disengaged hand she tried to tidy the
much-rumpled frocks of two other tiny child
ren-Magge and Mollie. Mrs. Carey seems
under forty. She must few years ago, have
been decidedly pretty. She has regular clear
cut features, the lines of which have been
blurred and have lost their freshness from sor-
row, and perhaps from drink. Her hands are
coarse, but her speech is soft and agreeable.
SAD TALE.
'You will have heard, Mrs. Carey" said l
presently, 'that am anxious to hear some
thing of your sad story from your own lips. if
it is not too painful for you to tell it?''
''Sure, sir" said Mrs. Carey, you may we'll
call it sad story. but l have nothing to tell
except what has been in the papers"
II went away from England so suddenly"
said /. patting the baby's cheek. "that hardly
read the details of the last part of your I'M
happy case. Do you think that O'Donnell went
out to the cape on purpose to shoot your hus-
band?"
Indeed, never set eyes on him till the
other day."
PLACE OF THE MURDER.
"ODOnnell and person called his wife were
seated in the second-class saloon. believe at
the time of the murder. Was your husband
seated or standing 2"
"O'Donnell and the woman were seated on a
settee when l saw them." said the widow. and
himself [she has very touching way of speaking
of her dead husband as himself was standing,
l think. but perhaps he was sitting Indeed. l
don't rightly know, for had gone into the cabin
with the child The passengers used very often
to meet down stairs and rest on the settee."
DRINKING TOGETHER.
clad O'DOnnell and your husband been drink
ing together"
''They had"
'HOw long before the murder"
"Just before it,"
~ have heard" said l, ''that Dublin detec-
tives have got proof that O'Donnell went out on
purpose to kill your husband. Have you heard
nothing yourself that proves this?'
"NO. nothing; it's not much those detectives
won't find out, she replied.
A FRIENDLY ASSASSIN.
''Was O'Donnell very friendly to you all?'
''He was; we met him first at Dartmouth,
and he used to play at dice with Carey and
others. He professed to be fond of children,
and his wife seemed to take a great fancy to
one of my girls, and the child used to call her
'Aunty'"
THAT makes the murder appear a doubly
cold-blooded acti''
at does, bitterly replied Mrs. Carey
'Can you recall exactly what happened on
the day of the murder? O'Donnell and your
husband had been drinking together, you say"
THE MURDER.
'Yes, he himself had called me to come up
out Of the close place with the children, but
had not felt inclined and went in the cabin
W.
himself was. He was told Somewhere on deck
Soon after heard him say, You will come
down and have a bottle of beer won't you?'
Then heard himself come down, and then
shot, but took no notice Of it, thinking it was
only cork pop. Then there was "a second
shot. and himself came toward me crying, ooh,
Maggie, O'DOnnelrs shot me! l ran out and
We fell down together, and that was the end
Of it,"
DELIBERATE CRIME.
"Dld not O'Donnell want to shake hands with
you afterwards?'
''He did. He held out his hand to me and
said, Shake hands, Mrs Power. Your names
Carey, isn't it? Don't be hard on me. was
sent out to do it,
THAT seems proof that the crime was deliber-
ate. does it not?"
'.Oh, there's proof enough" replied Mrs.
Carey. forgetting the remark she had made at
the beginning Of our conversation.
HER CABIN BARRED.
am inclined to believe that her memory Is
impaired. Here thought well to interrupt the
conversation, having first obtained Mrs. Carey's
permission to visit her again the next day.
However. the rumor of my interview having got
about. tue way leading to her cabin was barred.
and had. therefore, to continue the talk in a
new way before we reached Plymouth. Mrs.
Carey made the replies to fresh questions put to
her, which l need not repeat. The only new
facts likely to be disclosed at the coming trial
will be with reference to ODOnnells career and
will probably tell against him. In her opinion
O'DOnnell is an Invncible. Possibly he NAV be
made to say something about them. So far as
she knows no new light will be thrown on the
Phoenix Park tragedy.
Mrs. O'DOnnell or the person so called, limited
to her on the Kinfauns Castle that O'Donnell
was dangerous. but asked her not to tell her
husband. Mrs. Carey fancied. however, that the
warning applied to herself. Mrs. ODonnell was
seen in tears several times during the VOYAGE
out and was also heard implOring o DOnnell not
to do it. O'DOnnell was heard to say to some
person, whom he spoke of as he, possibly or
possibly not" meaning Carey. All these state
ments must be received with the greatest eau
ton. for Mrs. Carey often contradicts herself.