Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1883-09-15 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE MURDER OF CAREY.  ARRIVAL OF O'DONNELL AT MADEIRA.  A correspondent, telegraphing from Madeira on Thursday, says: The Union Company's Royal Mail Steamer Athenian, with O'Dennell, the assailant of the informer James Carey on board, hove in , , sight of the island between eight and nine o'clock this morning. A close watch has been kept upon all unknown visitors to the island. Parties of the local police fully armed held the shore, patrolling the Bay of Funchal throughout the night, and unsuspecting strangers wandering in that direction bound themselves subjected to a cross-examination more rigorous than pleasant. Further than this, the instructions which had been sent by Lord Granville to Mr Geo. Hayward, the British Consul, were so stringent and imperative that strangers were strictly forbidden to board the ship, and it was only with some difficulty that I, with the special correspondent of the New York Herald, made my way to the , deck of the Athenian. It was just eleven o'clock when we arrived alongside, and I was enabled to have a few words with the prisoner. hound him closely guarded by two members of the Cape police, fully armed and accoutred. He looked with interest on all passing around him, and appeared far less concerned about his position than his guardians did about the safe custody of their prisoner. O'Donnell is a tall man, with a bright look, and seems to be in the prime of life. From a casual look at him, nothing was apparent of the alleged paralysis of the hand. Indeed, he struck one as being what is generally described as an awkward customer to deal with. He was dressed in the same clothes which he wore when the deed was committed, O'Donnell was interested in hearing of the latest news since the mail steamer left Capetown. He was ' grateful for the sympathy with him which the ' Irish irreconcilables of America had expressed, and said so in a few words, winding up his remark by stating his fervent belief that he was not destined to end his existence in this world by the hangman's rope. In t4is connection I thought it might not be amiss to announce the decease of the scientific Marwood, and ; accordingly did so, but the only response from O'Donnell was an attempt at a smile, ' which resulted in a dismal failure. From the officers of the ship I learn that the prisoner ' has maintained a very quiet demeanour ever since , his departure from Cape Town. When at sea be sleeps in one of the deck-houses, being con• stantly guarded in the day-time. During the night one of the colonial detectives sleeps with him, whilst the other keeps on the watch, the I officers relieving each other every few hours. Throughout the voyage O'Donnell has spoken • freely of all the events which led up to the I shooting of Carey, and sticks emphatically to • his version of the affair—namely, that he only I fired in self-defence. He should, he says, have lost his own life had he not shot Carey. O'Donnell spends the chief portion of his tune in smoking, tobacco being supplied to him freely. The Athenian resumed her voyage r soon after noon, and may be expected to reach Plymouth Sound on Monday next.