The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-23
THE MURDER OF CAREY.
The Story of the Crime as Narrated by
O'DonneH.


London Central News.
The Central News has been allowed to tran
scribe from documents in the possession of
ODonnelPs friends the story of the occurrence
on board the steamship Melrose, chiefly as mar
rated by the prisoner in the course of an inter
view. O'Donnell at every opportunity inveighs
bitterly against the versions of the shooting as
prem editated and unprovoked affair put for
ward by the Crown. He asserts that young
Carey has invented in after-thought the most
important part of his evidence. From London
derry, he says, he went by way of Belfast and
Liverpool, and thence to london, where he
booked in his own name to the cape He de-
clared that until after they touched at Cape
Town he knew no more about Carey or thought
about him than the man that never was born"
did you not hear him discussed when you were
in Ireland2" "Oh, hundred times; and 1 said
about him what everyone else saying.
heard much about him that I knew the
Phoenix Park affair only small part of the
murders he did or had hand in. and used to
say Hanging would be too good for him." "It
was no idea about him carried you to South
Africa2" "That can be proved, for 1 had told
my friends soon after came to Ireland this year
would give up America and go to the cape OF
Australia. would not go in one ship with Ca
rey for 100000 II knew of 1t. wonld expect
the ship to sink"
'Had you no suspicious on the voyage out2'
mo. The thought of his being Carey never
once occurred to me, but once twice I'll own
noticed things that would make me think he was
detective or man on the run for something"
You got TO be friends with him2"
every soon. There were not great many on
board, and he and soon found we were both
Irish; believe there were only four or five on
board that were Irish, and except when
he'd get moody and black ike and when ne was
in IL dispute with any one. he agreeable,
and he would make no to any one; in fact, he
forced
himself often on me, and got somehow to feel
for the family; they seemed poor, and liked the
children"
"Wen, you heard the evidence given by some
of the witnesses, that while you were quietly
sitting down you shot Carey in their presence,
and said you were sent to do it2"
Prisoner VERY angrily) -"But you don't mean
to tell me that any one believes that2 Must not
they all know that if was sent to do harm to
him, or wanted to do harm or hurt to him, 1
had hundred good chances On the voyage
OUT and many of them can tell you that,
Many dark and stormy night we used to be
alone, smoking and chatting in hooks and
corners on the deck till o'clock at night. Ask
any of the ships people about that 1t was a
terrible rough passage out to the cape, and if
anyone that was after Carey on board, God
help us, he could have been shot and pitched
overheard twenty times many Of those nights
without anyo seeing 1t. Sure, the witnesses
swore that before the magistrate.
"Why did you book on TO Natal when You had
booked in London only TO Cape TOWN.
"I had all through an idea / might make up
my mind to do that, ard long before we got to
Cape Town Carey persuaded me to come along
with him, as we had got to be chums. think
the Kinfauns people knew this before we got to
the cape"
O'Donnen then stated that when he found out
who Carey really was he tried to avoid him.
At length, Carey asked O'Donnell abont his pis-
toll and whether he then had il.
81 sold it at the cape" replied o'Donnell
evasively. "Why do you askl'
because can tell you it might have got YOU
into trouble; you alarmed people when you fired
at the flying fish"
at alarmed no one who had not cause to have
faor n. hio hr.sar ~ - lia1n x,Al
Carey started as If stung, and went off, return
ing in "a while. After standing e moment mood
lily, he suddenly taxed ODonnen i'll challeng-
ing tone with Ills changed manner.
O'Donnell declares that at this instant he real
lied he was in tue grip OF a bully and a muir
derer, who would fasten a quarrel on him If he
found out he was discovered Carey appeared
as il he expected that any Irishman who found
HIM out was surely sent TO XIII him. Scarcely
had o DOnneli uttered some observation as to
the rnmor about "Carey" (Which if the man
were Power could not offend HIM than Gin the
clapping of your hands," or, he says, "while
you'd be marked NJ" the two men were on their
feet and in grips, each one of them pistol in
hand. ODonnell says that tia whole thing was
so instantaneous that he hardly did anything
but half mechanically till all was over. "Both
OF us, no doubt" he says" were somehow in a
state TO go off at half-oOck,"
al distinctly reeOlect" says ODonnell, 81
gave glance to see whether it was pistol or
knife, or what thing he drew, but it was a
| vover. When | whipped out mine with my
| right hand, my left hand gripped in his collar,
| being paralyZed found my grasp on him gone,
and that with his greater strength In two sec
, onds was beat, AS he was crushing me down
against the end OF the table, seeing him put his
| pistol to my face made grab at it and fired.
| My belief is, though may he mistaken, that at
| the moment snatched or dashed the pistol out
of his hand fred, II may be it fell from him,
but it wen the floor six feet away. He rushed,
partly shopping, if TO pick it up, and fired
again, not delibera tely, but for my life l really
thought fired but the one shot the second time.
telyou his son picked that pistol off the floor
afterward, and there is not one word of truth in
his story about his getting IL out of bag"
''Did Mrs Carey come up to yOu2"
"She did, and sorry for her, and tell
You was sorry for the children took her hand
and said: Mrs. Carey, had to do it in self-de-
fense didn't do it otherwise Then quietly
gave up of my own accord my revolver To the
officer, and held out my hands to be ironed."