The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-07-15

| cured Mrs ChaDmnn ns his instrument and his
| ylcted Uf murder III the first degree and was
hung and Mrs Chapman was Afterwards tried
Gentlemen of the jury Alexander Campbell
| is lnuictcd together with JPmes Carroll and
| Hugh McGcehan, but for the PURPOSES of this
| tIlal he stands alone JOnn +. jones, the man
| who was murder ell on the early morning Of the
Srd, OF September, 1876, had left a foreign shore
| anu came there from Wales some twenty-five
years age and 0cated in Schu, kill county. He
| was man Of great industry lie worried hard
| he lnbOred there thri ughOut the different mines
| as q tOiler under the earth In an humble posi-
| uOn Tor sew nteen ye'rs aud bg dint OF indus
| .ry, perseverance,, ratience aud faithfulness to
| his employers hegradualv wa promoted from
| one position OF trust TO another more iespOns.
| bic. lie removed from SchuylkIll county to this
county some nine years ngO and located nt
| lansiOrd, and after the killing OF Morgan Pow
| ell, who was then superintendent OF the mlnes
| ment Of general inside superintendent Of all
the mines and slopes In that neghborho0d, 1t
| was very prominent position He had charge
| OF some hfteen hundred men He nat the gen
| erul inside superlutendence OF all the coal WORKS
| OF the Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal Co His
| position was responsible one. He was man
| who was be owed aud respected by all his fe
| lOwsa man OF family and Cit zen Ot reputation
| IN that ne1ghborhOod ana on the morning Of the
81 OF Septeu' Der last just after he had left his
| peacetul home aud happy family he was s,rck-
| en- down by two OOwnfdly assa -sius, urged on
| we allegr by the prisoner Mt the bar VINO plan
ned and procured, anu plotted aud ass stcd to
| carry out this most devli,h murdeI-it was the
| diabolicsl plotting OF Alexander Campbell.
we BOAl produce Witnesses here before you
gentlemen uf the jury, who wl unfold to you
most startling statements We shall bring testi-
money here OF the most astonishing kind We
stall show you that throughout the mining
regions there exists an organization whose sole
pun pose is to rob- beat burn and even murder.
| We shall prove to YOU beyond the ueradventure
OF doubt that this pr, sOner Alexander Camp
bell, was one of the mead men Of this Organiza-
ton knOwn as the Moliie Maeuires terror of
the mining regions, and UD,Ihe whole COmmuni-
tv IN when we livean organization that was so
powerful and terrible. ana by its secret oaths,
IT'S grips, Its cOuntersl gns aIId PASSWORDS, that
wherever 1t thirsve1 tOr the nfe Of an un0ffen.
ding citizen All that was necessary was to make
the demand Of the head men or body masters,
anu tine men we're selected and the killing was
dOue. John 2. Jones. wnO was killed early on
the morning OF the 3rd OF September, was the
second victim of this murderUus elan. " g
shall show you, gentlemen Of the Jury that on
the evening of the lst Of september. Michael
Doyle and Edward Kelley, the tools Of Alexan.
der Campbell one OF the head men of The Or
ganiZatiOn. who were used to carry out tins
most cruel assassination, were met at the house
OF James C9ffOll IN Iamaqua, who b, the
way, was q member nI this same organization
that they were met at the house OF Carroll by
James Kerrlean, an accomDlice III the killing
whom we shall produce upon the stand before
you, and you shall hear his startling testimony
III tuIl detail. CARROT told Keirigan tnat there
were two men at his hOtel who were TO be sent
over to Alexander Campbel's that night. lie
TO Kerrtgan turtner th9t they both De ongeu
TO the same order That he dld. and that they
were to be taNen over 10 LansfOrd. After some
rehting i'll the hotel kerIignn staI Is out with
DOYLE and Kelley on the way. Carroll, who
at Iamaqua, went along with tao three men.
accompaIy ing them portion of the distance
until they had passed the rail- DAD amt reached
Friedenbergei s hotel, beyond the limits of the
town, when he left them bidding them God
speed uni returned to ms home The men
passed on and aOOut eight or nine o'clock that
night reached the house OF Alexander Campbell
at LanstOrd, in this cOun Y. They were invited
IN, Tor their purposes were too well known Ot.
fore TO ampbell. AS soon as Ktrrigan, DoY,e
and Kelley passed GampbelI's thro slIold, Ale&
an0er Campbell who was in readiness, said to
them at once that they were to go TO Hugh Nc
Geehan's. up to summit Hill, aud most singu.
lar to relate. the Instructions that Campbell
gave to his brother-in law, whom he left at his
hotel " If anyone calls here tonight for me,
to them That have gone TO wake !" n well
inyented lie to throw suspicion from their dark
and CamnaOle designs.
The men went up to McGeehans-the prso-
ner here with KeIrsan Doyle and Kelley.
Aft they reached McGeennn's saloon at Sum
mt hlll, thev had not been there long, nor had
scarcely entered before Alexpndor Campbell
stepped over to wheIe McGeehaq stood, behind
the counter, and stIuck up II Whispering con-
versation which soon proved signlfcnnt. They
spoke to each other i'll an undcttone for a few
mulnents ana Immediately Hugh Mcclellan
produced three pistols lie gave one to Loyle
mud one 10 Kelley and another was offered to
KCrnpan. Kerngnn refused to iaKe the wea.
pom offered 10 him, aud IL was taKen by AleXan-
der anpDeil. While they were there in the sa.
loon the purpOse Of these pistols so n became
known for McG chan ana Campbell be AN
ticking together, ana then and there campbell
with az Geehan iii the presence of Kerrigan
Witness W ION we VIII put upOn tne stanu,
statea the object of that misS,On, that Dovle
aud X lleY aud Kerrgnn were to go and shoot
John p. Jones' Campbell sald he was unpOpu-
lar W tn che Welsh, and chat they neeO not tie
n armed for il John r. Jones was slot no one
would care about II, and rs for Mr. Zshner the
superintendent why he would run away and
Mcclellan responded " Yes and If he uOsent
run away, after this Thing blows over wen put
"a bal or two in him." CampUell ard MCGEE
ban SAID Jones was to be shot because he had
'OlaCklisted" OF di chaIg sOne men. The
three remained there that night. Campbell
KerTlgau e.
NAMED mt McGeenau's saloon, while Mcclellan
went hOme-staulng before ne went that he was
go ng TO his boarding house, so that II any thing
happened 1t could he shown the next morning
that ne was at his boarding house. EaIiy on
the morning of september "a, McGeenan came
bac kstO his saloon ana Doyle Kelley and Ker-
rlean started 0ut in searcn OF their victim to
the different slopes, fol on the evening before,
Kerrigan had been asked to go with these men
to ASSIST in the snOOllng, but he refused and
was tn en- asked Oy Campbell and McGeehan to
go along with Doyle and Kelley and point out
to them the nOss they were alter Mr. John
Jones' For said they the men must tirst find
out who lie is before they are aOe 20 do the
work" On the morning OF the 2nd OF Septem-
Der, they went down tle plane TO LanstOrd aud
along the railroad to tho different mines passing
No. o. No 5. and No. 4, and traveing all around
that vicinity, as we shall show you by host of
witnesses. They inquired from pace to place
where the bosses were and who the bosses
were. They remained the most of that day in
that vicinity. stating that they were IRON
Shenandoah and making believe that they were
in search of work. We shall trace them all
through that neighborhooo We will corroborate
the confession OF t1e accompice, Kerrigan, by
scores of the most credible witnesses, and show
you that all he tells IN his confession is perfect
lY true and correct. The three men, are unable
| to tini Jones, and KeIngan returns hone to
McGeehan's, and afterwards Doyle and Kelley
came back The pistols were then taken down
as we shall show you that evening Oy McGee-
han to Alexander Campbels hotel; for, Mr.
| CampOell AT the time kept saloon on hO. el in
LaHs ord, sort OF headquarters for the gang
For rs we snail show TO you by Kerrigan's tes.
| timony thai a II the leaders OF Tn damnable
| organization are, generally men who kept no
| tels Ur 81 OOns, who had suitaOIe cOngreg ting
places After The pistols were taken down
| there that night and DOvle and Kelley unaue.
| TO find Jones returned back 10 Campbel's
| They took supper there and while they were
! up stairs at sIpper there. Alexander Campbell
| took charge OF Kerrigdn and drilled him arOunG
| IN the cellar and put HIM down on his knees
and made ann there promise before God. LLat
wheth drunE OF sober he would never re.
veal ~ yJling TO any one. After The two men
| tolls were again Drought forth Doyle took the
neavv black pistol and Kelley the next SIZE
larger a silver-pIated pistol and whlie there
J in the presence OF KeIngan. Kelley began ex-
Amlning MS pistol The pistol tnat he had (the
second sized silver y M ed One) didn't seem to
| WORK very well he asked Campbell Tor his
| knife ano TOOK out one or two OF the cartridges
! and put them in his pocket. aud for fear that
/ he would not have enough lOads lett 60 do the
| work, he took the pistol OF Alex. Can pbel and
| Campbell then and there, IN ms own hotel that
| night, TO, Edward Kelley taat ne should go
aud sno0t John p. Jones that II he would shout
railroad with a bottle of whlsKey and he D them
| tn aeI AWAY. CAmUDeu IOlQ these men that