"When aroused this morning <'ase
c < ? ? showed considerable nervousness,
but ? was quite collected. and thanked
the \\ :rde: s for the iron.y little kind
ro-i-s the> had shown him while he
? ?'<! pied the de.t t it eel I."
\ t the it.quest the governor of the
prison and tin thief warden testified
that death was Instantaneous Dr
Man It r was jtsked hy Soli. itor Duffy
whether there was any 'truth in the
state!. etit published that <\i'. Hit nt 1 -i
been Insane He replied:
'I taw no ev'd. tv e of insanity 11
? 'fd in a sane in.inner to tin- eti'l "
Ml t)'.> I! :e I'. be: . of I'asen ? :, \ s famil>
were I'rot est a n t s, ;. t.?i lie wa Im-ugli'
up In that laith, but became a t "iivt rt
'o Roman ''.itholici-tn within ttie la-t
few week- < ?! .Iuti? he was reg
istered a iiieml-.-r of the Itoman Catholb
i '1 urcii. atwl siii e that time Fathers
Mc<'at re'l and ?' ii ??\ . of l'din Grove
? 'lunch, near the prison, have been
n.ini'Met irm t.- him. lie :ved his
fir^" ajtd only Communion at T o'clock
tins morning. when in a. .-i.-litl .tt i..ass
in his ? < 'ric "f his attendants said
t ka t his overpowering love for God
;-t.d Ireland win most striking Ac
cording To In.- attendant. the las: words
of the hi t|eaii|cd man. apart from his
prayers, were. "1 die for my country."
Father Mct'arrell said that he found
Casement to lie a beautiful character,
.?iii'l that he never Instructed any one
in his religion \v ho showed himself a
quicker or more promising learner.
