Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1877, Page 6

n - o \ . fually concluded (hat it mlght be possible that G THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1877=TEN PAGES, MMW-_ o will forglve me. I hope all will forgive me. That's all { have to say. NOTIIING TO BAY. The crowi Inoked to Uarroll, who was calm, and in appearance more Intelligent than his companions. e merely safd: T have nothing to say, gentlemen, only [am fnnocent of the crime T am charged with.” Hlere Roarity broke in again with the renark, ** Well, that |s what 1 forgot. Excuso me, gentlemen. That ls an- other word I forgot, that I was rolng to dle an innocent man, T forgot to put that in, {1Tere Roarity’s volce grew tremuloud.] But 1 hope it s good for me, and as to them that prosecuted me and broiight me to this place, I forgive them from the bottom of my heart. I hope God will forgive them and forgive me, too." Carroll made no attempt to resumo his re- prison all the way from Gilberton, a distance of thirteen miles. Reveral of the relatives of the others, not having appliad at the appointed time, were mot admitted. To each of tho doomed nien was ASBIONED A CLERGYMAN, who attended bis charge In his dying moments. The reverend gentlemen were In attendance at the ccils of the men at dawn this morning, and altersard asgisted in the celebration of mass in A privale apartment, The clergymen were the Reva. Dantel M, Dermott, Fi N, J. Qately, 1L J. Depman, James McUovern, Martin Walsh, and Philltp Bereaford. Bnt three of the dloom- ed men were presented at one time, religions services being repeated at 8 o'clock. Al nccess to the men by othera than the Bheri and his assistants, and the spiritusl ad- visers, had Leen scruptlously avolded. They a mining boss of the Tehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company, for whose murder also Doyle, Kelly, and Campbell wereto-day cxecuted at Mauch Chunk. M'PARTLAN’S WORK. ORT OF MINKRUTON'S MEN 1N TUE NAST OF THE MURDERERS, Special Dispatch to The Tridune, ToTT3vILLE, Pa,, June 2L—Tn the fall of 1873, the Phifladelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Cotn- pany, whoso Presiilent, Franklin B, Gowen— also the President of the Reading Railroad—had formerly been District-Attorney of Schuylkill County, beenme fully convinced that theso frenuently-recurring outrages were the work of # ctiininal organization with far-reaching arms and adequately equipped with every possible means of screening the Instruments of fts ne- ‘farions deeds, They determined that the reign JUSTICE MOLLIFIED. The Awful Oblation Laid on Her Altars Yester- day. S8ix Men Go Forth to the Scaflold at Pottsville, Four Men Hurled to Plutonian ho: T are reported to have passcd the night. well, and | marks, apparently interrupted by hia assovlale. | of terror must cease. Mr. Gowen had scen its 8 rescil'lomanuch ot the ususl timo breakfast was served for cach, | He only whispered to the Sherif a few work even whilo prosccuting officer of the unk, though this was barely. touched by any of them. NURRIED PARTING WORDS. county, and hie knew that it could only be dune Carroll waa the only onc who did not bear a flower of some color. . While belng pinloned, Roarity, recognizing one of hls counsel, shouted: * Mr, Lavelle, I leave you my blessing, and leave It to all my employers.”? “God bless you, Jim," responded the lawyer. ‘The pricsts exhorted tho men foturn their thoughts to God, THE NOOSES WERE TIGHTENED, the caps adjuated, and the trap was sprung. Afier hanging ninetcen minutes the bodles weru taken down and deposited behind tho gal- lowa, BAGER TO DIB Cartoll, Munley, and Roarity expressed thele eagerness Lo dlc, and were apparently calm and resigned. The last-named this morning recelved letter from his father, wishing him to turn s thoughts heavenward, and, while admonlehing nim of his parents’ belief in his {nnocence, ad- yised him to coufessthetruthbefore God and the world. ¥ by sceret detectives, and that the detective who onerated for rewards, who was only paid upon the convictlon of tho offender, was not the man they needed. Ie nad had experience befors and he applied to TIE NATIONAL DETECTIVE AGENCT, Allan Pinkerton, an intelligent and broad- minded Beotchman, replied: * I will eecure an agant or an oflicer to ferret out the existencs of this Soclety, Whoever I get Is to Lse paid so much a week, no matter if ho finds out nothing. Ho Is bound tosme never, under any clreum- atances, to tako n reward for his services from anybody, and it he spends five years and ob- talns nothing In the way of information he must have cvery month or every week exactly the same compensation as If every week ho had traced o new murder, and every month had dis- covered o new consplracy, e fs nefer to zaln pecuniarity Ly the succeas of his undertaking; but, 08 a man who coes into this organization as a detectivo takes Lis lfe In his own hands, I will send no iman on this mission of yours, Mr. Gowen, unless ft be agreed beforchand, and I can tell him 8o, that ho never is to ba knowa In connection with the enterprise.’” On these terms was JamesMcParlan engaged. A few worits about 1118 ANTECRDENTS? Ilc was born in Ireland about 1844, in the Province of Ulster, Connty of Arnagh, There he staid until the ago of 190, when he went to England and stopped at Gute's lead, working for Cliristopher L. llewson & Bons on the Tyne, 0 chiemlenl workas then o year at Wall's End. Teturning to Ireland, ho found employmoot as stock-keeper {n the wholesale linen warchouso of Willison, Kirk & Sons, Belfast, In 1867 ho solfled {n the City of London for New York, and beeame an employe In the grocery storo of Me- Donalid & Hoas, Thicty-sixth steeet and Ninth avenne, His next work was in n_dry-goods store at Meding, Ortdans County, N. Y., whonce ne went to Chicago and beeams o private de- feetive In the employ of W, 8, Beaublen & Co. Iy the spring of {Sq.!hu went Into the emplo of the Uinkerton A euca‘ and fn Octobier, 1978, hio first went Into Schuyll hu County on his mis- slon against the Mollics. TIHE ONDER OF HIBERNIANS, THE INNER WORKINOS OF TIIE ORGANIZATION, AS DISCOVERBD BY M'IPARLAN, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, TorraviLLe, Pa., June 2L.—For a better un- derstanding of the work Lhat this intrepld man undertook, with his life In his hand, I will an- tlcipate o little, in onler to explaln tho working of this Order. The Mollics date back to 1842, —more than o generation, French's Y Realties of Trish Life ** speaks of them when thoy wera known as the Ribbonmen of Ircland, This Order sprang up at o timé when there was an orranized reslstance In Ireland to the payment of rents. The malcontents became known as Ribbonmmen, and they generally made thelr attacks upon tha agents of the non-resident Iand-owners, or upon the Constables or BaliliTs who attempted to collect the rents. Thelr ob- Ject-was to Intimidate and hold in terror all those to whom they owed money, or whowere employed In [ta collection, As n beanch of this society, and growing out of 1t, sprang tho men kuown os Mollle Magulres, and the name of thelr soclety stmply orosc from this circumstance, that In tho perpetration of thelr offontes, thoy tressed s women, and zeneraily ducked or beat thelr vietims, or inflicted somo auch punishiment as Infurlated women would bo lkely to admindater, Henca originated TIE NANME OF TUE MOLLI® MAGUNES. One of the first exccutlons of memnbers of this Order was brought about fu the same way as the executions of to-lay,—by the * squealing of somo of the accomplices,—am, a8 the law was then fn Ireland, tho punishment of death wos inflicted just as much for a conspiracy to mur. der as for the actusl perpetration of the offense, The Order was first known in the conl regions ns the Buckehots, sud in 1883 the courts of Carbon ‘Couuty becnmo powerless to exccute thelr processes In certoln cases, and to punish eriminals who belonged to the Buckshots. This waus during the War, and the military had to be valled in uld of the clvil authorities, and a miflltary court was organized, called a military conunisslon, which tried somo of tho offenders kunown s Buckshots, e There 18 no way of ascertalnlng when the Mollles succeeded In wetting control of the Anctent Onder of Hiberntans, but MeParian dis. A Solitary Wroteh at Wilkesbarre Perishes Miserably, ' Full Details of the Extraor- dinary Criminal Events. POURING IN. An almost uninterrupted tine of people hold- ing aidmission cards commenced passiug through the front prison mates at 9 o'clock. This was made up ' in varying proportlous of local and visiting officlals. Many Behaglkill county physiclans, about fifty journal- 1ata, representing every newapaper {n the county and the leading . journals of the large citics, Sherif's deputies, members of ju- res, and a detachment of the Coal amil Iron po- Ifce-toree, made up a total of about 160 persens admitted. MUNLERY AND DUFFY. At-twelve minutes after 1 o'clock, Thomas Munley and Thomas Dully appeared with thelr pricats and the prison oflicers, Dufly was kepe to the last, owing to rumors of reprieve, and he onlyof the six showed ncrvousucss. Neither of these made o speech, At 12:21 the drop fell, and fifteen minutes later the tiwo men were de- clared dend. Examination showed that all excent Munley dicd of strangulation. I1is neck was dislocated, The bodies of McGehan, Doyle, and Dufly were glven to fricuds, Tle others will be interrcd by the county, When the hangings were dompleted SHENIFF WENNER WAS CONGRATULATED, Notwithstanding the crowds, only ono arrest was made.~that of a drunken wornan, The removal of the hodles from the prison was attended by somo excitement, and the con- veyanves containing the cofilns were followed down Centre street by men, women, and chil- dren, 5 TIIE REIGN OF TERROR. LIST OF TIIE MUNDERS, AND CIRCUMSTANCES o EACH, Speetal Dirpatch to The Tridune, Porraviue, P, June 21, —To-day the hand of justice cut short tho first life of the band of murderers who lor years mado this vounty un- safe to live fn. The mills of the gods have fn- dewd ground slowly, but as the little crowd {n the prison elowly dispersed and the last of the aix werolelt dungling In the vir, there was not one that Qi not shudider as he thought how ex- ceedingly fine the grist was ground, KILLING OF DAVID MUNIR, ‘Theso murders began twelve years ago. David Miilir. & colllery-Buperintendent, was kflled in Foster Township, He wns shot on Aug, 23, 1865 upon Lhe pudblic highway, i brond day- Nght, within 200 yanls of the colllery, whero a large nuinber of men were congregated, all of whom must have heard the reports of the fire- arins, and many of whom must have been wit- ueszes of the oeeurrence, though no testimony conld ba elieited from any fastening tho com- misslon of the murder upon any suspected purty. Blznals were given to the murderers from the ncighboring hills fnmediately after tlie occurrence to enable them to cacape, KILLING OP LANGDON. ¥. W, & Langdon, n breaker boss, employed at a colllery near Anderson, Carbon Connty, attended a public meeting on tho 14th of Junc, 1462, and had a quarrel With some of the men. I1is friende urged him to leave, and he dld so. A few hours afterwards o was found by the roadslde besten to death. Jack Relinc was sus- peeted at the timo, but there was no evldence until Kerrigan *squcaled,” and ho was arrested In tho spring of 1870, On the Oth of Januury 1ast Jolin Campbell and Neft Dougherty were convleted of the murder In the sceomd degree for complieity fn tha crime. On the 16th of Jantiary Jack Kehoo was conzieted of the mue der n tho firat degree. Tho witnesses ngninst hin were mostly fellow-miners, and thelr testl- mony left no chanca of eseape, The reasan for the alfference in the sentences was Locenuso, whilst there was doubt of the hitentlon to take lifoIn the cases of Dougherty and Camptiell, there coulid be no doubt of Kehoe's premedita- tion .and deadly prrpose. On the 16th of April Judge Pershing sentenced him 3o Lo haugea, e was tho sixteenth thus seitenced. ITe Is now in jall pending annrgument on o writ of errar at the next term of the court, In tho summer of 1863 a moh sttacked the Jall ot Maueh Chunk, forced thelr way in, and released o humber of prisoucrs. In the fall of the samo year George K. Bmith was brutally murdered at Audenried, fn hisown honse and In the presence of hin family, The total of the next three yearn foots up fifty-five Ttecital of the Crimes which Led to Yesterday’s Culmi- nation. The Work of a Fearless Detective Among the *Mollies.” THE MULTITOLE made thelr way to the jall-yard, and spent the interval prior to the hanging fn discussing in gronps the all-nbsorbing tople of the execu- tion. The Purposes of the Organization Fully Reveated, THE SITR OP THE GALLOWS was in the farther extremity of the yard from the usual place of eatrance, and it was plalnly visible frem the convicts® celly windows front- ing it un three shles. These cefls, however, ap- peared to be unoceupled. ‘The high stone outer wall of the yard was within a few feet of tho rear of the scaffold, o frame structure for tne temporary deposit of the bodies of the victims futervening. A Bysiem of Fowards for Murdering in Operation. List of the Murders, and Clrcumstances of Exch. TUR SCAFPOLDS themaelves, which immediately adjoined cach othier, wererudely but substantially constricted. | Each was supplicd with two hanging-ropes, though upon but one only thees were visible, the others belng eolled up and concealed in a green covering thrown over the cross-beams. A nUMoR, It was currently reported that Dufly, one of, the Yost urderers, had, at the last moment, received Executive elemency, fu the shapo of & reprieve, deferring his fmmediate exceutlon. ‘Ihie rumor, however, lacked confirmation. Dufly {s the man in revenge fur whose beating by Po- lceman Yost the lutter wns shot. . TN ONLY WITNERS agninst him on the trial was James Kerrigan, and susniclon attuching to the cvidence of an avcomplico when not corroborated was the plea upon which his friends allegea the interposition of the Uovernor would be made. This cate, Lefore the Pardoning Doard, recelved more con- elderation than the others, the vote upon It beinz n tle. Tho presence of the Governor'’s Private Sceretary, Chester L. Farr, may lhave given rie to the report. WAITING. Alter several hours of patient walting, the witnesses of the cxeceatlon gradually closed up closer. to tho outatretched rope extending from one end of the yard to the other, whicn barred intrusion upon the reserved space n front of the gallews. The relatives aund friends of soveral of the men were allawed to witness tho drend spectacle. At 10:% the creaking of the fron gate at the apposite enid of the yard consed all”eyes to be turned thither, Two minutes Intor the MOURNFUL I'ROCRASION appeared and wended its way along the pave- ment towirds the seaifoll. Two of the con- dgemned wers bronght out,—Mctichan aud Boyle,—~accompanted by Fherlll Werner and Depnty-Sherifl John Bnyder, and attended each by nelergvinan, McGebun, with Fatlier Martin Whlsh, of Icekshervllle, Sehuylkill County, came tirat, atd Boyle, with Father Beresfond, of Tort Carbon. The remalnder of the cortege conslsted of the under-keeper of the prison, Mores Innte, and Dra, Ealladay and Layer, the ‘Tremont Prison physicfans, THE DOOMED MREN, with thelr stiendants, walked quickly, and neltlier guve the least indication of trepidation, ‘The entire party motnted the steps of the sealTold nearest In thele conrre, awl proceeded to tho furthest of the three, upou which ouly werevisiblethe suapended nooses. Upon taking thelr places the Catholle service for a dylog man was begin. - When the men lett thelr cells 1t was vontinued by the clergymen, Boyle and McGehan giving the responses {n firm and aud|- Hanging of o Oommon Murderer in Im- serno County, POTTSVILLE. A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY. CONDITIONAL REPRIEVE I'OR ONE OF TUE CON- DEMKED. Kpecinl Digpaateh to The Tridune, PruavrcLenia, Pa, Juno 2L—For two or three days past Gov. Hartranft, the stroke of wlose pen sent cleven murderers to thelr laat sccount to-tsy, has been, it might almost ba gald, conecaled down on the' Jersey coastto uvoid the fmportunitics of friends of the con- dotned men. Tuwlay, however, hie came up to theelty to meet his Attorney-General, the law ofllcer of the State, and the Adjutant-Genernl, his wllitary sccretary, and was closeted with them abl the morning in Atty.-Gen. Latta'soflico on Sixth street. Ho waa here fortwo Important reasons—firat, he wanted to be at the centro of the military power of the State In the event of any outhreak In the mining rezlons looking to the rescuie of the prisoners. With this view his Adjutant was in dircct telegraphle communiene tions with the different armories of tho city, whicro the militia inay be rald to have heey RESTING ON THEIR ARMS, for the inen lad been given notice to move at a moment's warning, But the more Important mutive for his presence here was tho necessity of holding this emd of a telegraphle wire reaching Into DPottaville, to which nlace be had® sent his private seerctary, Chester N, Farr, with a reprieve for Dully, one of the condemned men, The reprieve, however, was to be used only upon the happens ing of the contingeney that vno or mure of Dulfy’'s raitows compantons skould i the shapo of o statement or confesslon exeulpate Dufly, or ot Jeast throw eufllefent doubt on Nis. absoluta guilt to makic o future Investigation 13 the Nalit of the etatement of a dying muy advisahle. MIL PARI'S INRTRUCTIONS did not permit Wm to use the repriove until he bad comuuniented whit tho Qoversior by telegraphasto the charucterof any confesslon that mizht be made, and by return telegraph bal recelyed s order to uso it The tHovernor therefore awaited noy sush dispateh from Fare for several hours, and coastdered that his whols duty had been performed, when ab 1618 o'vlock Farr finally telographed bim that DUPPY AND MUNLEY MAD UBEN HUNG, and nothing had oceurred which ave causo for the luterposltlm of Exeeutive clemency, The aauke for thie sending ol this oxtraordinary messenger o the foot af the gallows | 4 tones, Tho demeanor of Boyle until the | murders In Behugtkiit County nlone; vovered that this organization in four countles with thls powerful paper {n Wis pockot, | geon telt was one of entire self-possesston, His NXNIY I, DUNNE, bt W be used only nnder such an extre | uohure was not assumed, and us the services | n well-known realent of Pottsyitle, and the Su- NO OTHER PURPOSK THAN REVENOB aniinary continzency, was . explained praceeded e oceaslonnlly inhaled the perfuma | perintendent of one of the largest cosl-minlng and murider, i it was pretty well shown that to me this afternoon by Attorney-General Lar, Mhe feading member of the Board of Pandons. Dufly, he gald, was the only one of the murder- 2ra of Yost concerning whose gullt thero was Til¥ SLIOGNTEST IPOSSIBLE DOVBT In the minds of the Board, Dufly was the originul cause ot Yust's death, because it was Dully whom he hail grrested and beaten, and it was Duffy's threat for vengeance und motlve tor murder that made Wm a fit subject for Ker- tlzan's tale of State’s ovidence to hings upol sut the Board considered thas the evidenco wgalnst Dufly was not so strong ns it was ngzalnst tho others, resting as 1t did mainly au the testimony of Kerrlgan, who was par- tleeps erlminds. With but fow corrohorating sreumstances, Mclarlan was umable to bring the crime homs to Duily, and the Governor the Order nover had any other objeet in the coal reglons, It was fustituted in New York, Match 10, 1871, and the preamble declared “that the Intent and purpose of the Order is to promote friendshlp, unity, and trao Christlan charlty among Its inembers, by ralsing or supporting a stock or fund of money for malntaluing the aged, siek, blind, and Infirm mcmbers, and for no other purpose whatsoeyer.” The officora were a Natlonal Delegate, Natlonal Hecretary, General President, Qeneral Vice-President, See- tary and Assistant Becrctary, Treasurer, and Bosrd of Diroctors, Also a Btate Delegate, Btato Bceretary, and County Deleyates, Also,s Prosident, Vice-Uresfdent, Secretarles, and Treasurer of cach lodge or division, No person was cliziblo to membership unless an Irishman or of TIrish descent, and a Roman Cutholle, born of Roman Catholle parents, It 18 not necessary to go Into the by- laws or the coustitution in detafl, only to ex- plain furthier that every division was bound to atrend holy communlon at least twice o year and to parade on the 17th of March, which was declared a pational holiday, The soclety was also Incorporantod under tho laws of the State of companies in the Schuylkill region, was mur dered on, the 10th of January, 1863, fo cold blood upon (he publie highway, within two miles of the Town of Pottsyille, while driving to his hone from one of tho colllerics that he had In charge. No arrests were ever made, nor was any informatlou cver obfalued that gave the slightest clew to the detectlion of tho nssassfus, In Carbon County there wero sumerous mur- ders of this kind,—prominent among them those of George K, Smith, F, W. 8, Langdon, and Graham Powell, all leading cool operstors, No one has cver been convicted on these charges. Alexander W, Rea was killed npon the pnblic road, near Centralla, Columbia County, on the 17th of Octoher, 1508, Scveral partics were ar- rested and tried, bud escaped by means of an alibl, Finally Patrick Hester, Patrick Tully, and Peter Mellngh wero triel at Bloomsburg and convicted fu Fehruary last. They wera eentenced to death, and wero to bo hanged Aug, 0, but a writ of error has Issued, OTHER MUKDERS, On the 15th of March, 1869, William I, Little hales, Buperintendent of the Gien Carhon Coat Company, was killed u‘\un the publie road tn of a beantiful red rose which ho helid In his hand, MURIHAN'S HEANING was that of n sincere and contrito penitent. Ho appeared to realize his awful aituation, sml re- peatedly Invked appealingly- to heaven. Toth aen kisscd the pricsts, amt shook Lawds with tho Bherifl, Boslo responded o a rumark of his attending pricst, with * Laln’t a bic sorry.” McGehun, In respouse o an Intimation that he was at liberty to say snytbing he destred, at onve addressed the asscmblage as follows; Qrsxreeaey: Thave nothing at ol to say'to you about my gullt of innocenco, or about them that leftmo fn here, or thom that noue anything clse to me. §only sak fargiveness of the wholo world, i I'have done o wrong to them, and Almighty Gud way forgive all Chrlstiang and all them that lo ever ereated In thls world, for tho sake of forgly- Ing my sins. Here the epeech was ended, Its conclnding portion husing been delivered in a somewhat tremulous, though firm and vigorous tone, HOW THEY DInD. Al things belng ready, both standing firm, at 11318 the drop fell with s thud, Hoyle died e stantly without o strugele. Mcfichan clevated his shonlders, twitched bis hands and, ratscd his Dufly might Gie cither wholly or partiully exeul- pateld by the dying confesstuns of the other murderers, With this possibllity in view, he provided for such a contiugenvey by haviug his private secretary on the ground with his re- prieve D bis pocket, The Governor and the A(uunwy-(iv:ncml returned to Harelsburg to- ulgt, ——— Teet slightly, At 11:33 both were pronouniced | Cuss Townahip, Behuyikil Connty, white returne dible that upon such a constitu- ON TIE SCAFFOLD, dead. oz howne from Vattsyilio. Severl peraons saw | tam as this aich P A TEW coull have been Talny deslgnca and the murder, but no nformation could v got, and o arresta were ever made, In the spriug of 1871 Alexauder Camplicll was rufused work by Morgan Powell, a boss of thy Lehigh Coal & Nuvieation Company ot Suminit 1L, near Mauch Chunk, and on tho 2d of De- comber, 1871, Powell wan shot, For this mur. der « Yellow dnck” Donaliue was haped to- day, Ou the ltith of Julfi‘. 5 ut 3 o'clock fn the morning, Benjumin F, Yost, o police oflicer HHPITTING WEATHUN, PorrsviLre, P'a., June 21.—Tho weather this morning at day-break was dull and hazy, and at 8 o'cluck a drizzling ruin began to fall, with- out, however, dimintabing the ctowd already in waiting outalde the jull, The ‘general suspen- slon of business thruaghout the swrrounding country, in deference to the extraordinary event ROARITY AND CARKOLL. At six minutces past 13 the Sherlfl, his deputy, the prison-keeper, and prison-pbysician reap- peared at the gallows with James loarlty and Juimea Carroll, who were attended by the Rev, 3. J. Gately, of Pottsyille, and Father Berese ford, cach of the vcondemned carrylng a cruclfix, Both seemed purfectly cotiposed. As the mors d such awful vile nsuumated ; but Mebar. lan's evidence leaves not a chiancs to doubt that such was the fact, Arriving o the county in Octoher, 1873, he Hirst stopped ut the lower eud, at Port Clinton, and then wont all over the rounty, stopplug from o week toaday Inaplace, Returning to Pinladelphia for a fortiight ot the cid of November, ke cumo back to Pottsville in of the day, aud the funeral-quict attendiing thy | tuary service was suld, the men gazed ixedly at | of Tausmquu, was shot by twa persons. For | December, aud remalued —arouud ubout preparations for the executlons, served to make | the cruclily, Rourity oveasioually heaving a deep éhh crime, which {s referred to hereafter, Me. | there untll Februury, when he ecttled wore fmpressive the tragle oceursence which | sigh, and glancing at the windaws of the cclls | Gehan, Boyle, Roarity, aud Carroll wers hunged | in Bhenandosh, . All this thne hewas forwardine & dally report to Supt. Ben Franklin at Phila- delphta. IHe jotued the Order In Shenandoah on Tuesday, April U, ‘'he meibers wmeant busliicss, and they did not have the Onler forshow, Ty did notbother themeclyes about Ly, and such artlcles In the constitutls such Ly-laws 28 they had no uso for tlmv&mld no atteution to whatever, ‘They pald thele to thoe State Order rc‘-jnl:vly. bt they never raded, never attended church, and never pald o cent fur the furtheraneo of he vstensiblo ob- {ul- of the suvicty. 'Thy lucciln{g when Mo Purlun Joined, under the name o James e Kenng, was held fn tho house of the Divislun Master, Thelr constitution required them to Liave at least four ofllcers, and yeb very fow of the divisions bothered themsclves about electing er thut u President, whom they culled -Master, AT THIS INITIATION there were 10 acting ollicers except the Body- Master, Tho constitution quoted above s that of the ' A ut Order of Ilibernlans of the S There Was o blghier grado etll, 5, which wus composed of del- nelana, Ireland, uid Scotland. From this Bosrd cinunated the shous aml pass- words, which weze gent tu the nativnal delegate Ju tbls country througlh o steward on the Iuwan 1 They Were techufeally known as the " ugd were neyer coutnunleated excepl marks this modt eventiul day In the criminal calendar of the State, The previvus nieht passed without unvenal Incident, but, svsn alter dawn, the town Lecamy urendezvous for groups of pedestrians from ail parts of the nelgbborlng country. ‘These are ntarly ull of the pourer cluss§ soie having trav- ¢’ many olles from their Lolues to bo pres- et unear ono end of the gallows, where the Jjurles of the Bherif had been statloned. KOAIITY'S BPENCIHL Dlilding the Sherifl good-by, Roarity added, & May Giod helpyou.” o then wmade a short address, He eald: Well, gentlemen, T want to talk o fow words. 1t 1s only u few words, 1 stsnd 10:cay before tho public, snd | inust say the truth for thom, 1 don't kiow whother they aro to come miter Thumas Dulfy bav leea convicted I $10 for the elwoting of 8 man 1 never saw—skoot- fug Ww . Taungqua—until §saw his pame na paper,~Thomas Duffy, 1 hope §am golng to my Lord, and ‘Thomas Duily ts u wan that (I wou's say fur fesr that [ mizbe bo 1ying) that [ uever suen biw the thlrd time beforo 1 saw him fu Fotteville Jofl, and what § can soy for blm ia Quiss [ mever beard bim o talk- ing abost Benlamin ¥. Yosh nor asbout tho shuoling afafr, nor suything conceruing thes thiug u and anotber thing Eway say for Mc- Givhau Boyle, 1may ray Lucver asked them tocume snd shoot Besjawin ¥. Yust, worany other man, 1f they ary 1o come after wo let thew way 2o, 1w satistied, and 1 hope for forzivencas frow tho world aad fruw everybudys £ Lopo tuey to-day. On'the 14th of August, 157.1! ‘Thomas (iwythe, a Justico of tho Peace reskilng n the boruugh of (lrandvilie, Schuytkill County, who hiad ls- sued a warrnt for the arrest of Willtam Love, a nber of the Anvieut Order of Hibernlans, ‘was shot awd Killed by Love bu the malu surect, Love eacaped aud has sluee svaled pursult, REWALD YOR MURDEAL, On tho 16th of Angust, two duys later, Gower Jumca, o yourg Welahinan liying ab Shenan- douty, for whose tnpler the Order hud offesed u reward, was Al in daylightat s plenic by "Phonias Hurley, tu the preseonce of several hune sired people. The reward was offered st acouns ‘f onvention, aud it was clatmed by twao pars tles, but u conunitter, appointed to "declde, re- porteal b favor of Hurloy, and bo got it. He s sull at lasze, Onihe st of September, 1875, Willlain Saw-~ fv.-r and Thomas Wren, imlalng-hosses at Rover tun, near Ashland, Bchuylkill County, wero shot and kilted ut 7 o'clock, ln the sight ol near- 15 100 Jisantey b 1 Dogle, ‘Thomas Mutie Jey, Charles and Junies (' Dounctl, utd one Me- harles O'Dounell wus killed, ¥ & self-constituted vigllance cowite e other O'Dounell and Doyle are fugi- Munley and MeAllfster wers arrested, aut Munley was banged to-day. “Thig last ou the terrble roll 1s Joln P, Junes, TUR JAIL, located on the summit of one of the wany Lills snrioun diny this place, Is the centre of attrae- e voncoruse on the way thither bours Iy darea e f il eré.. fucozsequen ¢ of some delsy, the persons entitied to adwissios to the jullat 8 o'k were cowpelled to rewain to walting outslde for more than half an hour, Meauwhile, the Immediste relatives of the condemued tovk thelr LAST YAKEWELL, Tlie scene was 4 trying one. The brother and two sbters of Ruarity were admitied ot 6 u'clock, snd, soon after, the aged aud fmpoy- esished father of Blugley, who bad walked 45 on payment of the ducs. Thas they went down from the npational delegato through the several oflicers, cach one turning -over the required amount of ducs ns le recelved * the goods,'” These were “1iR Goony " which McParlan first recelved: The pass-word Questlon~The Emperorand Don Carlos of Epain, They lll:l"fl togcther and the l’!n!ne'i right maintaln, Anawer—WiIl tenant-right In Ireland flonrish the peoplo unite and the landlords rnbduet Tha quarreling tonst: Questlon—Your temper is high, nawer—I have lomrru-on to The night password Quention—The nights are very dare, Anawer—1 hope they will soon mend ‘The sign: Question—The 1i(tle Ainger of tho right handto the carnee of the rizht eye, Auvnwer—Tho little fl’n?!r and thumb of the left hand to the fappel of the veat, ‘The quarreling toast was to prevent a fight, b4 nng-onu gave tho question and there was a disturbance aiter that, the offender tas surs of atrial, and quite lkely to bo dismissed. The Body-Master's tonst was -scldom learnod untll the end of the quarter. The f;flafll were changed cvery three months; and t was for the usc of Body-Masters, who, when travellng, could thus make known thelr rank to Body-Masters of other divisions, Onu more sample will sullice to shiow thae real purposo and animus of tho Order as repreecnted by the Board of 'Erin, which guave out * the {{ood-." ‘These were recelved on Baturday, Jan, 11, 1875, The pase-word : Question—Qladstone's policy must be put down, 1o fa the maln support of tho Deitln wn? Answer—Dnt onrcnmfilc lotde will not supporthis plan,, For true to thelr Church they will femly stand, - The quarreling toast: Question--tion't give TaY o Anget Answer—t will obey s friend, The night password ¢ Qnestlon—Tha nights aro getting ahortee, Answer—Thew will s00n bo at thieir ehortest. The Boly-Master's toast: Let every Trish patriot Enpousing Erin's cause, In College Green They muy he scen . There making Irish laws, Tho sign: Question—The nall of the right thumb across the bridge of {he noee, Answer—Thoe tip of tho forefinger of the left hand totho chin, PLOTTING MURDER. M'TARLAN'S STONY OF THE BUSINESS DONE AT THESE MELTINGS, Bpectal Dispatch (o The Tridune, Porraviris, Pa., June 21.—As will appear latory Mclarlan wea finally discovered, and so all motlve for keeping him off the witness- stand dlsappearcd, 1o first took the stand in the trinl of the Yost murdercrs In May, 1878, but his evidenco in that casc i1 not develop so much of tho working of the Order o3 that given In tho telal of the would-bo murderers of Will- fam M, Thomas, In this case John Kchoe, County Delegate of Schuylkiil County of the Ancient Order of [ibernfaus; Donnis F, Can- niny, County Delegate of Northumberiand County; Christoplier Donnelly, Treasurer «of tho Order In Bchuvlklll County; James Roarity, Body Master at Conldale; John Donahue, Body Mnster of Tuscarora; Michacl O'Bricn, Body Master of the Mahanoy City Division; and Frank Meltugh, Seeretary of Lhs same, and John Mor- ris nnd John Gibbous, members of the Shenan- doah Divislon of the Order, wers indicted for an ASBAULT WITIL INTENT TO KiLL upon Willlam M. Thomas, a Welsh miner knowi as Bally BIIL» McParlan then testiflcd that it was tho general practice of the Order to commit crimes, and that when there was an outrage to bo committed, in tho district where It waa going to bo committed, the divislon mas- ter of that dfstrict would clther apply to an- other division or to the County Delegate to grot men who were unknown to the partles upon wbom the outrago was to be perpetrated. These men would como and commit this out. rage, and he would give o guarantce that If they wanted a like favor In thelr locality he would send thamen, The men generally scleeted for that purposc wero strungers, The penalty for rofusal to do the deed was expulsion, but very fow ever refused. When arrests wors made, money was ralsed to employ counsel and then aclond of witnesses hrought to prove ani alibl, In this case Jack Kehoo told hhin that some- thing must bd dono to DRIVE OFF THE MODOCH, meaniog the Malors and Thomas. A county meeting was called and met at Mahanoy Clty. Kehog, as County Delegate, presided. Ono Dan Douglerty, a tnember of the Order, was callod nnmi nld that ho bad been shot ot by Jease Major, who belleved he trled to kil his brother George, and ho had come to tho conclusion that the probabilitics wore that the Majora were golng: to kill_lilm anyhow, aud he thought fhat (0 the Majors snd Dully BUL (Thotn- as) wers put out the way ho would havo peace. Ho was told to retire, and ho did so, Clhristopher Dounelly sald that ho would furnish two men to go and shinot the Majors, and Kehoe then et that 1t bolonged to the Shenan- doal people, O'Brien, Roarity, and McKenna (.\(ul’nrlmlymflx Thomas, and ho adviacd going. right np to him and shooting any time. Canning asked any help wus wanted from him, to- whicth Donnelly replied that this was a_sniail job, and the; cutili] easlly attend to it. Thay then separated, and in_pursoance of orders McKenna notitled his division, the Shenandoah, and @ meeting was called at about 9 o'clock IN THE DUSIL Threa men volunteered to g, and thoy wanted McKenna to go, so o was, of course, compelled to accede na readily as they had volunteered. ‘Thoy started the next day on thelr mission, but, when they got to Malunoy City, McKenua pers suuaded them that there Were too many military arnding.round the streeta, Thoy therefore re- him ot arned, and the next week two of the voluuteers, flurley and Doyle, sald they guessed that they would gmo up to Mahanoy City and **do™ for Thomas, and il‘!kl'd Mfihcrnutll he di‘«,il |lmt \\I'anl to u.‘ Me- ennn, strange Lo gay, d not care about go- Ing, but was qu|cl(g.fullow to prevent the ac- vomplishmunt of the erline. Nothing was done, and ho returned howme, und was taken sick, so Tio Iet tho job go on, Kehos began to get ims patient. Finally thesu three started ol one night, and {n the morning attacked Thomas in is stablo and left him for dead. Hia escapo was marvelous. Ho recelved four shots, some of them a dozen fect off, Giblous got $3.50 for this and Mclarlan helped bin away, Neltbor of the othicrs got anything, TUR ARUMANGEMRNTS for killing the Majors, i nccordance with Don. y's promisc, were niade at once. On the fol- lowing_ Sunday, June 6, s meeting of the Tus- carora Division was held in the brush ncar the town, ““Yellow Jack' Donahuo opened the meeting with the blasrhemous cercmnonial of royer, after which thers was a tavget-practlc n order to seloct the beat shot for the work of shootfug the Majors, Jiminy Kerrigan was successful, Among the other men appolnted was John J, Slattery, At ane thino this man had been a Demweratle candidato for Associate Judge, and had but narrowly escaped clection, Blattery mado somo cxcusé for himeelf, but offercd 85 to any ono who would taky his place, Volunteers were found, and the detalls of the murder arranged. Hut McParlan, whe, owing to sudden chiange of plan, was usiablo to pre- vent thoassuult un'Thomas, succeeded In having 1o Majors warned in tiuie, and the wurder was never consummated. 8o much for the murderous work of the Order, A8 TO FOLITICS. At ono of the County Conrentlons, not long before the Convention was called to decide who should bave thie reward for themurder of Gower James, Patrick Collins was there, the Demo- eratic ' County Commissloncr of Sehuylkill County, towanl whose clection MeParlan natd about $230. The Order was vaturally inclined tuward the Democracy, but when'tho latter proved unable to help them they turned tncle attentlon to cultivating the iepuulleans, It was charged and admitted since tho triol that Jack Kehioo recetyed $1,000 for his influcnce in curr:tut; Hartrauft through, aud It {s worthy of note that Judge Pershing, the man whom he helped defest, prestded at his trial, President Gowen referred to these fucts in the following clo/uent languagze in his ARGUMENT ON TIE THIAL OF MUNLEY: Crtndnat i 1l character, crimnal i Ly purpaics 1t had frequently a political object. You will ind tha leaders of this Suctety the princival taca in tho townships. Through the insirumentality of thole Order, and by its pawes, they wero obly to secure oftices for tiemaelves, You sco bere, anid now know that ane of tho Commissiuners of 1his county Is 8 munibes of the Grder. You kuow ihal a pre- vious Commissioner of this county wus a member of this Order, convicied of a high offense, and par- doned by the tivvernoz, You kiow thatl anviber County Comtalerloncr, before that, wass neober of this Ondve, convicted of uu uffvnse, and par- doned by tho Guvernor. Hish Constables, Chlels uf Police, €an lidutos for Asaciate Judgas, men who were bruated by thelr feliow were all the Hwe . FeoE S 5n|lly of murder. Ihave acen a enclety of mnr. erers and Assasslne having its members in the higheat place of this connty, I have seen them elected to Ml the ponltions of Constables and police officers, 1 have Aeen a trasted memb er of thal band of muriderera s Commissioner of thecounty, [ have aeen thie oreanlzation wield n political power in the Btate which law controlled the electionsofa ereat commonwenlth. 1 have received the Infor- mation of mectings hetween mome of the higliest ofliceraof the State and the chief of the murder- cra, at which large sums of money wero paid to necnre the vatesof thisinfernal Assoclation to tutn the tide of a State election, Further on in the argument, describing TilR NESULT OF M'PARLAR'S TESTIMONY, Preaident Gowen sald Then we cared o lnn(i'el‘ for the Mollle Magnires. Then we conld go to Patsy Colline, the Commin. sioner of thia connty, and eny to him: ** Duild well the walls of the new addition of the prisont digg the foundations deep, nnd make them strongs ut in good mnsonry and iron bars, for, 84 tho Lord liveth, the time will come when, side by side with Willlam Love, tho murderer of ‘Squire Gwither, you will enter the walls that you ara now bailding Tor others,” Then we conld sny to Jack Ketioe, the [11gh Conrtable of & great borongh in this country: ** We have no fear of you." Then we conld ray to Ned Monaghan, Chief of Tolice, and murderer, and assassin: *:Dehind you the scaffold fs propared for your reception.” Then wa could say to DPat Conry, Commissloner of this countyt “**The time haa ccased when a Governor of this Siato dares to pardon a Molile Magnire— you have had your last pardon.' Then we conld ¥ay to Johin Blattery, who was also elected Juiga of thls Court: **We know that of you that it were letter you had not been born than”that it should be knotn," Blattery, who was present at the Conventlon which réwarded Hurley for the murder of Gower James, haa been Democratie candidate for a scat on flie Bench of the Court of Com- ;nnlr; Pleas, and was defeated by n small ma- orits, Tlils {8 A SUNMARY OF TR RESULT, About roventy persons have been arrested In the coal reglon, Uf those, twelva linve heen, by ajury of their countrymen, found guilty of murder in the first degree, four of murder In the sccomil degree, and four of beine accessory to murder, sixteen of conspirncy to murder, rix of rerjnr_v. ono of assanlt with Intent to ki, elght of aiding and abetting a_murdes, ona of assault and battery, one for aiding in the es- cape of & munlercr, and severnl athers of lesser erimes. Tho sum total ot the timo of these senteices to Imprisonment footaup to 124 years and cight months, Eleven have received sen- tence of death, TIE POWELL MURDER. THE CRIME FOI WIHICH * YELLOW JACK" DONA- 1UR WAS HASGRED, Spectal Dispateh (o The Tridusie, i ToTTsVILLE, Pa., June 21,—Three of the five murderars explated by the ten livea lost to-day are “connected together, Powell was to be killed In return for the murder of Jones and o man_named Coleraine. - Jones escaped, and Coleralno left tho country In scason, Yost was afterwards killed in return for the murder of Jones, Morgan Powell was ‘THE PINST OP THE THREE to mect hia death. lie was a hbossof the Le- high Coal and Navigation Company at Bummit I, near Mauch Chunk, and {n tho spring of 1871 he refused work to Alexander Campheil. At tho next meeting of the Summit I Diviston ot the Molie Magulres, Campbell de- manded thot Powell'te killed. It happencd that just at this time Thoman P. Fisher had o grudge against John P. Jones, and he amended Camphell's proposition by toving that Jones be killed first. Flsher carricd his point, and C, T. Melfugh, the body-master, was fustructed to find men to commit themurder, Camphell sue- ceeded In getting command of the party, and determined that his man should bo put out of the way first. Ilo accordingly sent wonl to “Yellow Jack™ Donahue to rolect men for the job. Donahue volunteered to take charpe of the affair himsclf, amd sclected his brother, Matthew Donahue, Charles Mulhearn, Patrick O'Douncll, Patrick McKenna, and John Malloy to accompany bim. The laat two cama to the rendezvous at Tamnqua too Iate, and the others started without them. O'Donneil and Malloy wero nfterwards flned 85 cach for ab- gence. 1t was on the afternoon of the 24 of Detember, 1871, that the murderers sot out on thelr errand, On thelr way they wero jolned by Mellugh, who told them that Powell was in Willlams' stors with his son. They walked down to the bullding, where they wero joloed by Campbell, who sald that Powell would nat glyo any man a chance to work. While they wero talking, Powell came ont to return (o Linsford, and Donaliue stepped for- ward, leveled hia plstol, and fired. Tho can did not oxplode, and he cocked 1t ogoln and shot him through tho bedy. Powell exclaimed, “31Y GOD, I AM sioT " and the nennssing escaped into the bush., Powell lived until the Monday following. The price for this murder was $100, with the promlsc that a man named Coleraine, at Tamaqua, shonld also ba killed, A party sct out w&o tho Job, but Coleraine had disappearcd. Only 830 was ruised, ana this was paid to Douahue, Tho murs der created Intense excitement, sud a reward of $1,000 was offered by the company and $500 by the county. Two mun wero arrosted but proved thelr Innocence. . They were arrcated In the apring of 1878, C. H, MeTlugh, the body-master at Bummit Hill, who hin first been appainted to do the job, hay- Ing turnod STATE'S EVIDENUE, and the trlal was begun Oct. 19, 1576, The District Attornoy tried Douahuc first, Charles Mulliearn testiffed to tha full details of tha murder, and kis ‘story was fully corroborated, ‘The murder had been widely "discussed and nprmmx Ly the Mollies coznizant of the facts. John J. Slattery's teatimony [lmducc(l a pro- fonnd sengation throughout the State, ‘The witneas stated of personal knowledgo that the Notionat Order A, O, H, In New York, had contributed money to nuln‘ alich iylkill Count, murderer to escape from the country to Ireland, Ho asscrted that tho Onler throughout the breadth of the land was erfinfnal, and did not hesltate at bribery, Iraud, or murder. ‘His revelntions regarding the conduct of the politl- cal campalom in Bclu:(ylklll County, and the cor- rupting intiuence and power of the Mollics, was astounding, On the 2ith ho was convicted, be- ing tho tenth Mollls agalnst wiom this verdlct Lad been entered. e was firag sentenced to be hanged March 8, but, the usual dilatory motions being mado, tho last only on Salunlny last, it was postponed until to-dav, Thomas B, Fisher was tricd on the 15th of Docember, and finally sentenced on the 14th of June, ono week ago, to bahanged, Patrick McKeniia waa sentencod to nine years' imprisonment s an accomplice. Patrick O'Douncil, chariged with belng accessory before the facty in eurrying word to tho Tusca- rora Division that Powell was ta be killed, was vonvicted of murder In the first degree, April 13. A motion for a new trial Is now under ad- visemaont, o was the sixtcenth sentenced to death. On the 21st of December, Alexander Campbell, alrcady convicted of the murder of Jones, was convicted of this‘murder also., On the 1thot April Jolin Malloy, * Btutterlng Jdack," was put on trinl and four days later con- victed of murder in_the second degree, 1Mo rev ceived five years' hinprisomuent. Total, fur the killlng of Morgan Powell, threo to death, and two to the Penitentiary, one for nino aud the other for five years. THE YOST MURDER. TUR CASK IN WIICH M'PAULAN FIRST TOOK THE STAND, Apecial Diepatck 10 Ths Tribune, PorrsviLLs, Pa., Juno 2L, —Tho Yost murder was done in return for the murder of Joucs, who bad escaped whien Powell was killed, Ben- jamin F. Yost aud Barnoy McCarron were night-watchmon in Tamacqua, In the courso of thelr duty they scveral tiines had occasion to disorderly conduct, In the fall of 167¢ Yost beat Duffy severcly with lls club, The latter vowed to be revenged, aud found a willing help- er [n Kerrlgan, who was nominally body-master of the Tamaqua Diviston, though the real head was James Carroll, who kept the Unlon House In Tamwjua, Ile, thercfore, was consulted in the matter, James Morlarty, body-master of the Coaldale Divislon, was at Carroll's one night, and 4 DUPFY OFPERED HIM $5 TO KILL YOST. Roarity conscnted, and said be would cither do 1t himself or send two men who would, (The feading Mollle In Ruarity’s district was Alcxan- der Campbell (spoken of abuve), who had for- merly kept tho Unlon Hotel at ‘Fumagua. ile now had o favern at Storm Hill. Roarlty told Cunphell of what he proposed todu, and as there happencd to be s mining boss at Storm 11, Joln P, Joues by name, whom the Mollics thero wanted killed, it was pronoscd that tuo one murder bo dune fu exchange for tho other. Jones® offense was denylne cmployment Lo Witllam Mulhatl and Itugh Mcticehan. They, theretore, were designated to murder Yost. But Mullll belug o wa ried aian, Juncs Boyle volunteered to go o bis place. On the Bth of July, 18675, McGechan and Buyle came over 0 Tamaqua, to do the wur- arrest James Kerrlgan and Thomas Dufly for. T ¥ der. They wont to Carroll'y house, whero ey were found by K riigan and Jnily. Roarity was prevented from comling, bat R sent s revolver. This wan given to MeGeehan, Bogle was given & sindle-barrel pisfol lelonging: to Carroll, Kerrigan wect home for a while, While Dufty led therg to a rendezvous agreed upon, flere thoy wefe Joined Ly Kerrigan, and Dufly returned to Carroli's. Kerrigan statfoned his men under eome abade Lrees wpposite Ltha lamp-nost In front of Vort's holuT About midnlght the twa poslcoman -toud along and went joto the hogee. Ina fuw nirtutes they came out agaln, ‘and Yoat) portng His ladder ngainst the ;;nut hed rroawted it to put out the light, when .kdcnh:n und Boyi: stepped for- ward and fired. Yost f21l from the ladder ex- claiming, **My God, Uan et ?, 0! ay g and_dicd. The snurderers: fled, puraned by MeCarron, Sith whom they exchianged shots, and escaped In the dnrkoees, No ovidence waa to be had, and no arrests were made, The confesslon of Kerrigan caused thelr are rest. ‘The Jones minder canis Iast, bitt tho cosa was firat tried, ava whila it was on Kerrigan lf\\lflfllfll. Two days aftrr 1 emded, alx tmen, Alexander Campbell, Af Ashiton; James Roari ty, of Coaldale; Hnih Metleehun and Janes yle, of Summit 1fil: fanies Carioll and ‘Thomas Dufly, of “'amagun,> tvere arrested lllllulullauus]{. Campbell” was &ent to Mauch Chunk. Tho last flve, churyed with the murder of Tollceman Yost. 1 fu Luttsvillo aned 11l Lopreraer, for they had o fdea of the evidenee again- s them. Tho seneation was mteis¢ enouah wln Dise trict-Attorney Kaerchos, fu upening on May G, 1570, sald thot he should produce the coun- fesslons of Carroll aud McUeehan; but tho shock was absolutely palntul WIEN JAMES M'PARLAN wns called, A keen, curiy-headed Irishman quictly tuok tho stand, and the ferror-stricken prisoncrs reeognized thelr red-icaded boon, companlon for the past vear, James MceKenna. He licld tho stand for two days, and lis cross- examination took up tlm:c' days more. The latter only served to show how clear and care- ful Lis statements had been, and how wonder fully powerful and tenacious his memory was. In all these triols bie never was onco contradict- ed or tripped Inany way. Then followed Ker- rican with his story. Seven months ago AMe- Gecehan had told McParlan the whole STORY OF TIE MURDER, and told it voluntarily, Ie sald, Yo sco, wo camo to do the Job n_this ways Kerrizan an' Campbell, they had a trade between them, an' 1an® Tioyls wnd to go slong, a0 wag Ttoarity, whio started on shead. Rerrlgan agreed to et the platoln for us, When we—Boyle and [—got over to Campbell's wo heard 8 moseenzer ind been tlicre heforo us, comin' fram Itoarity’s house, sl a wotd sayin'as how Ronrlty's wifo was taken slck, an' for him to gostralght fof the ductor; Koarlty did 80, but ent forward his pistol to reprenent hiin to Carroll's housc, whera wo were totd to meet. When we renched Carroll's, sure an' Itoarity's binck platol wor the bnly serviceablo weapon in the whole com- any, an' Jim Carroll, he lnnvn nus a littie, old, recch-loading, single-barrel affair, which was of nosccount. J'took’ tho biz aliootes my’ mve the other to Hoyie, after Kerrigan had beon out ta try au' ‘borrow anotber an’ handed. Py 1 lolntl o, !ut Tk unon getiin'*_up to Yost, elirred @ fuot fo retrate, I'dplhnnt him down ton! Kerrlpan then went up (o Iirond atrect an® put us in oui laces, near the fence, fn tho shadow of soma res, AN’ aftar that went down town, saw the pos ilcemien together, an' took a slp ‘o' whisky wid Yost—nioron 1'd ha' gone In such & case--when ho Jiat como tack lo us, by a winding route, sayin' all wor rlght au’ the men would be up by mfdnight, ar 8 littlo later, They had {0 put out tive lataps near by Ono wonld bo taken by Yont tg outen anil tha oifier by McCarron, it wor nearly £ o'clack when thoy came, both together, which wor very different froin our cxpectations, {ut they came, -~ Lerrizan wanted to be there, armed wid ‘two rocks in his hands, to beat out Yost's biraina tn caso the pistoln failed, Lut [ ardercd him awayand made him stand. Afiy yarda off, rightly thinkin® he wor too notice~ able, from his snllalze, an' {f any ono saw him ho would be known an' remembéred, Then the thing wor done. Roarity's pistol did it The liness and subsequent death of n jury~ man required n new trial, which' lusted nive days, but the Jury were out ouly twenty mine utes, Delays” were In valn, snd to-day tho wholo six were executed. retarnod _empty~ wakened TIIE SANGLER AND TUREN MURDER, ONE WRKTCI KILLED DY TUE.VIGILANTS, ANp:. ANOTIIER DY THE HANOMA! Bpecial Dispate to The Trib TorraviLLg, Pa., Juno SL—Thomd Sangery« o, minfng-boss employed at Raven's 'Run, twa miles north of Glrardville, was murdered on the morning of Bept. 1, 1975, 3o hiad acquired the enmity of tho Mollies, and his death had been determined upon. Patrick Kelioo arranged bow 1t stiould bo accomplished. On thoe nleht of the 81at of August, Friday and Charles O'Dounell; Michael Doyle, and James AMcAlllster went ta Giluerton, where they were joined by Thomas Munloy. He went In the stend of R younger beother, who was il The party procceded to Jack Kehoe's tavern, at Girardville, assumed disguises, aud proceeded to “Buck Donnclly’s houso at Raven Run. Here they remained dusing the rest of the night. Early fn the moring they stationed themsclves between Sanger's housa and the mincs,where the workmen were already congregating, About 7 o'cléck, Banger camo aut, and was confronted by Friday O'Donnclly oneof sn ARMED BAND OF PIVE ASSASSING. Howasshot in tho arm. He turncd to mn house la the nelghborhood, and bewas there coufronted Ly Charles O'Donnell, who hiad been sent to ntercept hlin. Ile again turne ed and stumbled upon the ground; and then, when the forcmost of thls band of assassins, Thomas Munley, camo up to him, as he lay upan the ground, ho dischargod hisrcvolver into Wim, and another torned him, us he lay upon lis face, over upon his back, so that no could expose 8 deadly part for his alm, and then, with calm deliboration, melected a vital spot and shot him as ho lay prostrate upon the ground. His wife, for whom ho had just parted, hearing his crics, rushed out and reached her husband oniy in time to hear s last falterlug aceents: * Kiss mo, Sarah, fur Lam dying.” * Witllam Uren, a young man who accompanied him, was also shoi by one of tho 3:.5:““"" and afterwards died, This was WITIIN 810/T OF A HUNDRRD PEOPLE, by many of whon the adsassing wero altcrwards identitied, Exciteinent over this and the Joncs murder, which fullowed so soun after, becanc intense, and people, scelng no hope for protection from tho cisil authorities, organized for solf-protee~ tlon. Vigilauce Committecs bezan thelr terrl- Llo work, and viclence was miet by violence. ‘The murder of Charles O'Donnell, one of tho Bauger murderers, st Wigzans' Pateh, in Do- cember of the same car, s bes leved ~to have Leen t{w work of tho Vigllant Cowmittee, Friday O'Donnell 18 s fugitive, and Michuel Doylo was taken be- fore the Nutlonal Convedtion of the A, O, i, in New York City, aud thus Introduced by Jack Kuhoe, the Schuylkiil County delezate aml chief inunierer: **‘This Is a man who has cin= niftted crines, and §f you do ot send him out of the country ho will go up.” tion gave Doyle 8100 and hiowas sent to F gland. .\lun{-y was easily convided and sen- tenced, 1t wai proved thiat Charles MeAllister was lunocent of any active participation ln the niurder, and his prosecution was not_ pressele Jlewus alterwards tried amd convicted for an 3uxnpl. to assassinate James iiles, of Shcuane oalt, — THE JONES MURDER. THB LAST ON TUE TEURIDLE MECOND—M'PAR: LAN IUNNING AN AWPUL IS, Bpectal Dilpatch t0 The Tridune, TOTTSVILLE, Pa., June 21, —Tho Joncs murdes was oven suore audaclous thsu any that wend beforeit. Hla was at this thne the successor o Powell, who was murdercd 23 an cxchungo for him five years before, e lved at Btorin i, but for some time had stabl at Lunsford under the protection offthe Ooal aud Iron Police. Tha murder was agreed upon for tho sceond time In August, 1875, Jesso Kano, Body-Master of tho Mouut Lafte Divialon, was ABKED TO UNDEUTAKN TLN DEED, : and consented. IHe delegated Michael Doyla and Edward Ketly for the work, On the Suu- day before the murder Ho tokl Kelly ho was to go somcwhere, and gave bim a Jetter to Joawed Carroll, Budy-Muster of the Tamaqua Division. 1lo also told him that Doyle was to accompany U, sod that ut Poutsville they would mectd Jush who wuuld tell them what they wero to dos Ou Wednesday, Scpt. 1, Kclly aud Doyte took thg traln at Tamiqua and went Lo Carroll's Louse. Kelley gave tho lutter to Carroll, who tuld them to return in the m'cnlmi.( In the eveninz they returned and wet Jaues Kertls Curroll read Kane's Jetter to Rerrigan fn an i dertone. - Kelly telts the rest of it pimaeld 33 follows: Wo then had ”fi‘?lf,'f'"’;"i;.fr“gu!"—"fi"snil-. K o 0 mu| 0 a':';v?:a’u;:;nm'-. who :t'&l Lody Master vt LB