Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1883-08-04 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE MURDER OF JAMES CAREY.  LATEST PARTICULARS.  EXAMINATION OF THE MURDERER.  (Continued froia Page 6.) CAPETOWN, Tuesday. O'Donnell was examined to-day before the magistrate at Port Elizabeth on the charge of murdering James Carey, the informer. According to the evidence given, Carey and O'Donnell were drinking in the second class cabin of the Melrose, half-way between Table Bay and Algoa Bay. O'Donnell suddenly shot Carey in the neck with a revolver. Carey staggered away. O'Donnell followed, and shot him twice in the back. Carey died in two minutes. No dispute took place before the shot. O'Donaeil's own account is that he was a Californian ! , digger, and had lost largely in a silver mine. I He did not discover the identity of Carey, who I was travelling under the name of Power, until seeing the fact stated in a Cape paper. From that moment he determined to kill him. A ' girl who was with him he calls his niece. The prison was guarded last night by Volunteers, an attempt at rescue being feared. O'Donnell is six feet high. He has grey eyes and dark hair. He has evidently been drilled. He is about forty-five years of age. A supposed infernal machine found in the possession of O'Donnell, proved to be only an ordinary galvanic battery. O'Donnell is paralysed in one hand. The identity of Carey was suspected by the steward and another of the crew of the Kinfaun Castle soon after leaving Dartrstouth, from his likeness to the portraits, and from the number and names of his children. He was clean shaved at first, but could not shave himself. His razors were all new. His identity was not really established until his arrival here. Carey's demeanour on board was imprudent, and he lived freely. He provoked a row in the hotel at Capetown by his ostentatious abuse of the English. His arrival here took.ple.ce on Friday morning. He left in the Melrose on Saturday evening. Mrs Carey this afternoon, before the magistrates, said after her husband was shot she asked O'Donnell —" Did you shoot my husband ?" He replied, 'Yes; I was sent to do it." CAPETOWN, Wednesday. The examination of O'Donnell, charged with the murder of J. Carey, the informer, was continued to-day. Carey's son, aged 15, stated that his father and O'Donnell were on friendly terms from the beginning of the voyage. They frequently played at cards together. This testimony was corroborated by other witnesses. A remand was granted for the purpose of procuring the evidence of the steward of the Melrose on behalf of the prisoner. An Irishman named Kelly, from Wexford, was on board the Kiufauns Castle, and landed here. Mrs Carey states that her husband was suspicious of him. Au Irish meeting was held here last night to raise a defence fund for O'Donnell.  CAPETOWN, Thursday. There is nothing fresh respecting the assassination of Carey, except that O'Donnell turns out to be an American citizen, a native of Ohio. The examination will be resumed tomorrow.  NEW YORK, Wednesday night. Felix Lynch, a member of the Ancient Order of Hibermans at Rochester, New York State, says—Carey's photograph had been distributed among the Irish all over the world. He (Lynch) went to Quebec to kill Carey, according to orders received from the Invincibles, the Quebec Lodge being ignorant of his presence. He asserts that O'Donnell received similar orders. The O'Donnell who attempted the outrage at the Mansion Rouse, London, is in this country. At the Dublin Police Court on Wednesday 92 persons were fined 10s each for having lighted bonfires in the streets in celebration of the murder of Carey. Several persons were sent for trial for having injured buildings by tearing down' gates and shutters for fuel; and four men were sent to gaol for a month each for baying assaulted the police.  STOCKTON TOWN COUNCIL A quarterly meeting of the Stockton Town Council was held on Friday morning, when Councillor W. H. Benington occupied the chair, in the absence of the Mayor (Alderman Thomas Nelson).