The Dickinson press., 1883-08-04
IRISH

James Carey, the Informer. Shot on
ShtpbOard Near Port Elizabeth,
Cape Colony-He Dies on Reach.
ing Shore, and O'Donnell is the
Ma me of the Avenger.
A London dispatch of July Both says:
Intelligence has just been received here
that James Carey. the informer in the
Phoenix Park murder cases, was shot dead
on the 30th at Port Elizabeth, while land.
ing from the steamship Melrose, from
Capetown. The deed was committed by a
fellow-passenger named O'Donnell. O'Don-
nell took passage here by the steamship Kin
faurs Castle, which left Dublin on the 9Th
for Capetown, where she transferred her
passengers, who were destined to Port Eliza
beth, Natal and other coast ports, to the
steamship Melrose. He is in custody. The
report of the shooting of Carey caused in.
tense excitement in the West End, London,
and in the house of commons, The govern
ment had taken special and expensive
measures to protect Carey.
1t appears that O'Donnel do gged Carey
from London. Both sailed in the steamer
King Faun's Castle. The Daily Telegraph
says the government has little doubt that
l OoiOy W0S 4OA1UWcu lIOm DuDllu. 1u6y
believe that the Fenians had taken most
elaborate measures to prevent his escape.
According to the latest accounts, the MUIR
der occurred at sea. Carey was not killed
outright, but died shortly after he was
shot. ODonnell surrendered himself
quietly, He was placed in a cell and hand
ed over to the police when the Melrose az
rived at Port Elizabeth.
Carey was travelling under the name of
Power. His family were with him. He
embarked at yarmouth. From Madeira
he wrote a letter to the authorities, in
which he described the voyage and said he
had shared in conversation in which irwin
cibles and the miscreant Carey were espec.
tally denounced. He said he intended to
forget that Ireland ever existed.
The new of James Carey's death caused
many exhibitions of delight on streets in
Dublin. A large crowd gathered in front
of James Carey's late residence, cheering
loudly because the informer had
lieve that O'Donnel is a man who was im-
plicated three years ago i'll an attempt to
blow up the Mansion house, London. and
who escaped with Coleman to New York.
The government selected Africa as the safest
place for Carey. 1t is doubtful whether he
knew his destination before sailing.
James Carey was a member of the mum.
clpal council at Dublin, and was among the
score or more of individuals arrested in
that city on the 18th of January last on sus-
picion of having taken part in the assassi-
nation of Lord Frederick Cavendish and
Under Secretary Burke ON May 6, 1882.
On the 17th ofthe month following his ar
rest Carey astonished the world andincensed
the Irish element by turning inforlner and
giving away his pals" From the moment
that Carey, to save his own neck, betrayed
his associates in the tragedy, in the prepare
tion for and enactment of which he himself
bore a conspicuous part, he was a doomed
man. On the conclusion of the trial he was
kept in Jail, being allowed an occasional
mouthfal of air outside the prison walls un-
dern police escort. But unless constantly
under. police protection, Dublin was too hot
for him; indeed, the whole world was not
large enough to hold the man who, however
justly, had sent four of his brethren in
crime to the gallows.