CAREY'S MURDERER.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3806, 26 September 1883, Page 4

CAREY'S MURDERER.

The following additional particulars of tho murderer of James Carey are from tho Cape Argus: — Shortly after his arrival in Port Elizabeth, Dr Ensor saw tho prisoner O'Donnoll in his cell. He is a man standing fully six feet high, with a rather unusually high forehead, narrowiim- at the sides He has not what any student of physiognomy would call by any 'means a bad face. The nose is straight and well shapen, grey eyes, dark hair,'and he is about 44 years of age. lie has the appearance of having either been in tho army or in a well-drilled constabularyforce, at all events his appearance betokens him as having been subject to military training of some kind or other. "Have you any relations with you?" asked Dr Eusor.—" Yes ; a niece," he replied ; "Susan O'Donnoll, a young woman of _ 18 years of age. She was in domestic service, tut her mistress ill-treated her, and I brought her away with me, thinking she might do very well out hero in South Africa. Finding things bad in Cape Town, I brought her on, intending to go to Natal." Dr Ensor then observed, " AYell, I will make it my early business to call on tho heads of the Roman Catholic clergy of this town, and tell them of the circumstances of your neiee. They may probably interest themselves in her behalf." O'Dounell then answered, witli much emotion, "Then that is all I care for.' Dr Elisor ordered whatever was necessary for the prisoner, and left him. In gaol, on Thursday night, O'Donnoll was most restless. HeVas heard throughout nearly tho whole of the night, whistling and talking to himself. Between 11 o'clock and midnight stones were thrown at the guard of Volunteers doing duty at tho gaol. O'Domiell consented to be photographed, upon the understanding that he had a shave first, and ho would be allowed to dress himself neatly for the occasion. O'Domiell gives the following particulars concerning himself :—" I am 48 years of age, and was born in the town of Manacl'addy, County Donegal, where my mother and brother, Dan O'Donnoll, and a sister, Maggie Duggan, still reside." Ho further states that when four years of age ho went with his father and his mother to tho States, but after a short absence again returned to Ireland. Subsequently the prisoner paid eight visits to America, and has, he says, several friends in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. AVhilo the struggle was going on between tho North and South, O'Donnoll returned to America from Ireland, but seemed to have taken-no part, in that war. Ho followed tho occupation of butler, though frequently between then and tho present time having visited his native land. His heart appears to have been centred in America, and ho took his citizenship papers on November G, 1876. On May 19 last ho again loft New York, with the intention of coming to South Africa, but, wishing to pay a visit to his friends in Donegal, ho landed in Londonderry, and spent some time visiting his family, when he again sailed from Londonderry, on roaf.a to South Africa. Prisoner states that the woman who came out with him is his wife.

When O'Donnoll landed on the jetty at Port Elizabeth, heavily ironed and guarded by constables, dead silence reigned until a few hisses were heard and then there was a loud outburst of cheers, completely drowning tho manifestations of disapproval at his act.