The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-09
VENGEANCE.
Carey, the Irish lnfofmsr Shot
Down BY an lnvincible.
The South African Coast the Scene oil
the AssasslnAtion-The Avengsf
Arrested:
lcablc Dispatch from i,ond8n.l

Arrested:
lCablc Dispatch from fond6n:1
A sensation was produced In the House oil
Commons by nm official announcement that
James Carey, the Irish informcr, had been
shot and killed by member OF the Order oi
Avengers OF tho Irish society IT Insincih'cs
rs.ey hid consented TO lose his identity and
the Government had stipulated that II would
secure his safe transportation to any part Of
the world selected by him rs the place Of
his future residence. After Carey left Dub.
In h~ appeared 70 be lost However It wa
Understood that fortnight ago he had be-
come convinced that hts whei eabouts weg
known to the lnyinciblcs, had appealed to tha
Government tor protection, and had beer
quartered In Newga Q Jail for saf ~. The
Detectives, IL IL understood had advised tho
GbVefhmeht that Carey was fast losing his
reason, being haunted with the conscious.
ness that he was closely followed by Irish
avengers, and was In constant danger 81
as 40 sinaton The Government ut this tin
undertook to smuggle Carey away with suGl
scurecy TINT none but those actually havira
the undertaking under their persona
charge should know what became OF him,
excluding even the most prominent Govern.
ment officials People were cautioned
against believing any future ttorics about
the inturmer, up n the ground that 1t would
DO ab olutely impossible for but two or
three persons to ascertain anyth ny about
him, and that such stories rs might happen
10 gain currency would undoubtedly turn
out to be ins entlons to confuse the trail
Nothing more was heard OF Carey until the
Parliamentary announcement was made
that, from the official information given by
the government. II appears that the man
who killed Carey 10 named ODonnell The
Government had often received private in
formation concerning meditated attacks
upon Carey, and had many suspected Irwin
ciDles under surveillance, but the officers
have no knowledge about any person
answering q Donnells description Carey,
II turns out, was bound for Tort Elizabeth,
Africa lie had regained good deal Of h I
pretty well convinced that his identity and
destination were unknown He was pas
senger on the Melrose Castle, owned by Dom
aid Currie. There Is no reason to suppose
TINT any one alb ard when the ship left Lon.
don knew anything about Carey. When tho
vessel was made fast to the dock a, Port
Elizabeth, In rather jubilant manner the
informer supervised the landing Of his
baggage. He then boarded the gang plank
ana walked down to the wharf. The mo-
ment he stepped upon the wharf man
stepped up to him. placed pistol close to
his breast over his heart, and fired Carey
staggered and fell. Tut before he lost his
footing his assailant fired another ball into
his bian The assassin was for q moment
supposed to be q mailman, but when he
fiouIished his weapon and cried out, THAT
" James Carey, his soul, |"
the officers OF the Melrose Castle at
once realized the situation. over.
In chains The murderer was soon identi-
tied as stranger who had boarded the Mel
rose {; site at Cape Town, and booked HIM
self foI Natal. No one knew his business,
and on board the Melrose Caste he had
shown no interest in the man he killed He
loitcred about until Carey went ashore, and
then walked after him and shot him dead
upon the dock
The pris, ner. O'Donne.l, refu. es to mako
any statement Investigation here shows
that man answering ODonnelfs descrip-
.-1n booked from london to Cane Town
A.-ssyd the ship kin'auns Castle another
vesssl Of the Donald Currie Lane which left
LondcA several days before the Melrose
.nstlc dN The kinfauas Castle was adver.
tised to MAKE connecSnN ut Cape TowI
with the Mel A.. Castle for Metal It puzxlel
the officials no y nDonneir.s.S. learned that
Carey was TO leave tor Cape Town by
the Melrose Castle He seems TO have
absolutely determined that he Nose
TO 20 ahead and wait ut Cape
Town rather than risk the govern
ment keen inspection Of the persons who
boarded the Me rose Castle nj London. The
ministry appear to be somewhat dazcd at
the completeness of the information POS
sessed by the Invincibles, Of which this
assassination furnishes complete proof
Carey was travelling unuer the name OF
Power. His family were with him. Carey
embarked ut Dartmouth. From Madeira he
wrote letter 10 the authorities, in hich he
described the voyage, aud said he had sh red
in conversation III which Invincibles and The
miscreant Carey We're especially denounced.
He said he intended to forget Ireland ever
EXISTED