The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-29

in regard to Aoore's character. The twair
lived together enc year, which must have
Z been year Taught with much sorrow aEC
1 suffering to Ann, if the fact that she sud
/ denly and silently, one bright Sunday morn
Fing, left the scene of her childhood anC
/ brief welded experience and was not agair
head of by the acquaintance of her early
days until this terrible tragedy brought hel
once prominently and mOurnfullY to THEN
notice, can be accepted as an evidence OF
such state of affairs. 1t appears that
after she left her husbands house all trace
OF her was lost, or ut least the evidence dis
closed nothing to her whereabouts until
she eventually found her way to the city
of Fhiladell lhia, where she found employ
ment III the house of man named McFot-
ridge as houselleeper. Here she was known
by the name of Lizzie Stevenson. She re-
manned in the McFetrioge family eleven
years, or up to the latter part of January
last, when she Unexpectedly disappeared,
and was never more seen alive by the mem
bers of that family.
In February, 1864, Moore was married
to Mrs. Bridget Conner, with whom he
continued to live up to the time of his ar
rest for the fearful crime he has just expi-
ated upon the gallows.
TIE TRIAL.
The facts ELECTED in the case before our
Court are of SO recent development that
they must yet be fresh in the memories of
all our readers. Nevertheless, We will give
summary of the testimony:
During the latter part of last year, the
Rev. Father Garvey, of Johnstown, receiv-
ed letter from Mrs. Ann Moore, in which
it was alleged that the writer was the wife
of Michael Moore, with whom she had part
cd several years before, and asking his in
tercession for 4 reconciliation with her huS-
band. Father Garvey at once sought and
found Moore, and told him lie must give
up living with his second wife and take
back his first and only lawful wife, Ann
Boyle. To this Moore at first demurred,
but finally consented to do as directed
Some time i'll January of this year he left
home, and on the Gath of the same month
he made his appearance at the McFetridge
residence i'll Philadelphia. He left that
house the afternoon of that day in Compa-
ny with the woman there known as Lizzie
Stevenson, and shortly afterward the two
made their appearance i'll Osceola, Clear
field county, where they went under the
assumed name of Mr.. and Mrs. Mooney, or
at least he gave out that Mooney was their
proper name. They had with them a
trunk, which, with its contents, including
the photograph, a number of dresses, etc,
was identified as the property of Lizzie Ste
venson, ard which was the identical trunk
called for by the trunk check handed by
Moore TO MIR. Murphy, and which was pro
duced and given in evidence on the trial.
They remained in Osceola till the latter
part of February, Moore occasionally being
absent for day or two at Il time. From
there they went to Tyrone, where's on the
2Sth of February, they registered at the
Ward House as Michael Moore and wife,
lie remained in Tyrone till the following
day, the goth, when he ard his wife took
tie Mail Train west on tickets bought for
Johnstown. The trunk accompanied them,
but was checked as far only as Altoona.
From Altoona west, f. w. Eisenbise was
conductor of the train. lie distinctly idcn-
tilted Moore as one of his passengers on the
night of February 29th, and testified that
he and a woman got off the train on the
south side of the track, or on the side op-
posite the station house at Mineral Point,
on the night i'll question. He further tes-
titled that they walked off along the rail
road track in an castcrly direction, and
darkness soon hid them from view.
The foregoing is brief summary of the
main testimony adduced. 1t is sufficiently
as given to establish the fact as clearly as
falhble testimony could establish it that
Ann Z. Boyle, Mich1 Moorc's lawful wife
was the murdered woman, and that Mich
Moore was her murderer, but ar plifed, ii
would show as uumistakab!e connection,
so far as human understanding could faith
ON. between Moore and the body of the
crime as though 4 multitude of living wit
nesses, instead Of only All unbrOken chain
of circUmstantiale evidence, had established
his guilt. Moore, Judging from differences
drawn from certain facts testified to, re-
manned with his wife in a tire-clay bank
on the mountain side all night, and cruelty
killed the poor woman the next morning
by choking her to death with wOolen
scarf which she wore, and which was iden-
tilted by the McFCtridgeS as having been
owned and worn by the woman they knew
as Lizzie Stevenson when she left their
house in Philadelphia last January.
The trial lasted six days. The jury, af-
ter listening to the evidence, the arguments
of the counsel, and the charge of the Judge,
retired to their room at A. o'clock on We'd
nesday afternoon, June 18th, and in three
quarters of an hour thereafter returned
with a verdict of guilty of murder i'll the
first degree" A motion in arrest of iudg-
ment and for a new trial was made by the
prisoners counsel, Messrs. Linton and
Kopelin, which motion was argued at the
September term of Court, new trial re-
fused, and sentence OF death pronounced
upon the culprit The Governor signed
the death warrant on the -th day of Octo-
Der, in which this day, Wednesday, Nov.
27th between the hours of 10 a. IN. and
D. m., was fixed as the time for the execu-
ton.
MICHAEL MOORE
was born in Queens county, Ireland, Jan
uary Goth, 1914, and was therefore within
two months of being 50 years old when he
was hanged. He was about feet inches
in hight, broad shouldered, full chested,
and with muscles like 4 whip-cOrd. His
head, which was surmounted by an abun-
dance of coarse, sandy hair, somewhat
tinged with gray, was of the shape of bul-
let, and his neck was the neck of an OK
He was in outward semblance most un-
prepossessing man, and his appearance
physically, as was made manifest on his
trial, by no means belied his general char
acter and disposition. Through nine long,
weary months of confinement his spirit was
broken and subdued at last, however, and
although we are free to say that the world
is better without him as the world knew
him, we have the assurance of his spiritual
i Eotl,ar ChriSfNr who Shnlid have