Scathlan 2

LITIR 0 DH0NALL 0 DONAILL Seo anois c6ip de litir a chur Dan Mhicheail Airt dearthair Phadraig ionsair na paipeir nuafochta i ml Eanair, 1884. Is cinnte gur fianaise a bhfuil anseo fosta ar an sceal a bhf ag Padraig 6 thus. Is leir fosta gur saoranach de chuid na Stat Aontaithe a bhf i bPadraig 6n bhliain 1879. Is beag leinn a bhl ar Dan agus dearfainn nach e a scrfobh an litir seo ar chor ar bith ach 6n stfl ata inti ta cuma ar an sceal gur maighistir scoile de chuid an ama a chur le cheile f. Ar scor ar bith is ff u r a leamh arfs cead bliain i ndiaidh a scrfofa. Sir, A gentleman in your last week's paper pretends to give a true account of the circumstances which led to the killing of James Carey. That account, instead of being true is romantically false. I, as Pat O'Donnell's brother, feel it a duty to refute the lies in that man's perverted account. The writer must have been actuated by a very malignant motive. I am almost sure that no Irishman would fabricate such a tissue of sheer fiction. The writer wants to exonerate the jury and judge by whom my brother was convicted to death. In the first place he asserts that O'Donnell, without cause or provocation, deliberately slew Carey, from the simple fact that he was Carey. This is a strange assertion indeed. I have contradicted statements that touched upon this point already and which appeared in many of the Irish papers. If this gentleman takes the trouble in procuring any pages in which my account of the deed (as it came from my brother's lips) appeared, he will find the origin of this tragedy. From the day my brother landed in England from Africa, to the morning of his execution, the only persons who conversed with him were his indefatigable spiritual director, Father Fleming, his counsel and myself. I am sure the accounts in question never came from any of those gentlemen. How then can it be true? . . b h . . f h' . . .t-.i t d h I v1s1ted my rot er twice a ter 1s conv1ct1on at ,·-.,ewga e an eac time he graphically detailed the events that led to the killing. I am sure he told me the whole truth and it differs materially from that which has been put before the public by this gentleman. I cannot see·why he would tell me a lie just three days before he went to meet his God. The writer of this epistle next says: "O'Donnell had no definite aim in going to Australia". What does he mean by this? It is well known that O'Donnell never mentioned Australia as his destination. There are many witnesses to testify that my brother always said that he would try Africa for a new sphere of labour. My brother knew that Carey was destined for Africa. He also knew that penal servitude was the greatest punishment imposed upon a criminal there. Besides, he had ample opportunities of shortening Carey's day witho~t fear of being made known if he wished to do so. And could he not kill Carey in Africa, if he were determined to do so ~ there h~ would not have to hang. for it? Do these facts not show clearly that 1t was not a deliberate murder but an act dol')e in self defence? This gentleman also denies the fact that rryY brother was an American citizen. That is false. It has been proved without doubt that he took out citizenship papers in Ohio in 1879. As for the re~~inder of the article I do not think it necessary to say a word. The sohc1tor who had charge of the case will, if he thinks it expedient, deal with it. 56 Yours truly, DANIEL O'DONNELL, Derrybeg.