The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-28
THUGS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
a DEATH THAT SAVED THE NEcks
81 or FIVE MOLLY MAG UIRES.~


derers may become huge elephants on the hands
Of the county. and, through the delays ana intr- |
racies OF the courts the Commonwealth VIII |
either have to help dcfray the expenses OF the |
trial or the murderors will never walk the |
boards Of the gillows.
T,.morrow. sunday the dead juror who took
mart In the great trial will he buried near his
home at Plnogrove. His death clogged the
wheels OF Justice. and the court proceedings
came to a close. at cost of probably 10000 to
the county. only few days more and one OF
the greatest murder trials Of the country would
have come To an end, and 1--WE Molly Maguires
would doubtless have been found guilty of the
murder Of Policeman Yost In Tamaqua, on the
morning of July g. The eleven juryincn, who
have lust been discharged, gave 1t as their opn-
Ion that under the evidence nothing could have
faved the accused Moles from the gallows.
Eleven days were spent in hearing the testi-
mony when one of the jurors died of pneu-
monia.
1t is the opinion of many that another such
fury cannot be assembled In this county. So
much OF the evidence has been published, ana
30 intense IL the feeling against the prisoners,
that /, is great question whether or not an un-
biased Jury can he empanclled In the coal re-,
giuns. Hence II Is probable that the counsel
Tor he mnrderers win ask for change Of venue.
and that, instead ~ being tried together, they
will ask for separate trials for the i've men &C
cused OF numbering the policeman and II the
same time he required for the trials 81 the thir-
tv-niue Mollics In Jail the courts ~ the coal re-
gious will be In fun murder blast Tor tue next
PUSHING THE CONVICTIONS.
Two powerful railroad and coal corporations
are pushing convictions. Every day additional
arrests are made. Thee mountains are hled
with officers having warrants against dangerous
men who are known e. be Molly Magures, and
nsaius, whom the most,dam9ging evidence OK
murder Crimes that were committed In these
nac ME- in Ing aty yrrs are S ,.srs %rs n
for the dastardly killing OF man fourteen years
n-".
kcrrisam' Kelley Boyle MciheeNn, lames Car
rol. Thomas Duly, Mrs. Kcrri-an. Mike Lawler
Kcey. Doyle, Jones. lost, John kshoe; John
Dennis Cumming. Patrick Butler Michael
olincn. Frank Q.Nclll. Frank Mcilueh, Pat
rick Dplan. Sr., Homer James. sanger. Oren,
Jones, Gwyther. George X: smith, Michael he
hoe, james O'Donnell, yellow Jack Dono-
hue William and Jesse Major w ;. Tangdon.
Lev X. stoim, Sell Douehorty viii figure in one
Of tho most remarkable tragedies OF modern
the murdered men. the detective, and the trail
tor Molly. the wife Of tho traitor and the dead
~, Molly Mnguirc murders cover period -
tw.lty years. The outlaws are chiefly Irish and
Wen. The order Il Ancient liibernians was
used ny bad men that turned it, objects aud
puif lSe- ga a wrong direction. Bad men organ
i1el subdivisions and their hcadqnarier-. were
Pe.l-ssHiia. Their object was ,lld-ll Ouded
ni.i r. They wanted their own way. N,hoiy
wa D we'd ID live who iuterfer,d with them.
Il % Mi.ter4. Murderer. were assigned Co. pro-
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