The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-12-09

submitted to TIE Court and lengthy arguments
engaged In between cgntend,ng counsel. shall
MulIeniu hp admitte ed to testify We shall soon
see. At last the several objections arc over
Bid,iy Mathews. lived mt ureeuwood at the
tIme Morgan Powell was shot Know John
DbnOhue, q. 4. MCituqh and Chas. Nulhearn,
don't know Math. DOnuhre, on the daV Df the
eh0olng save 1. bcHugh, Charles Hullearn
John DOnUhue ana anothdr man passing my
house, this wac betveen ana o'clock In the
afternoons John pohohne werea pig oyere0at.
CrOssexami nation. - Heard Of the shooting OF
Powell next day. Saw tho three--Mqth Dono.
hue, John Donohue and Charles Mulhearn ON
ChnrIes MI hearn knew Faher, McKeunn,
the DOnOhues, Alex Campbell aud O. n. Nc.
Hugh. Lived At the Upter Run about mite
D0nohues nj 'ruscarora, and Fisher at Summit
Hin. When came In from nT work on Satur.
dav. Dec. /, 1871. 1 found Matk and John DOnO
hue nj INV house they said they ha come TO
get me to 90 along to summit Ul that their
brother was sick, and they wanted to get some
medicine went we stopped at Me Noals's
saloon, ram q1n, on the way, where we were
met by Q. 4. toilush, who, after We had mad
! some drinks, urged MS n long. lie ther related
| how Mcftugh ~ oted them TO SUMMIT Hin. aud
| took thcn in,O ~weene, 8 by u back door. whom
| introduced him to Fisner Mr.. Dwyst. Short
| ly after n row nrisidv among the lnen IN the
| snl on, sweeney ordered oil Uf out we went
! mp stairs. When we let Sweeney's we iive OF
ns-thc TWO Donohucs. myself. Fisher and NC
! towards the iailroad and stopped near Harry
! Wll.ialusOn's store. When ElNher, who lad left
| Us to fnl out where Powell was returned. he
! informed us that the man ana bis boy were In
! the store When POwe came cat Of tae store
| Donohue stepped over to meet hiru. and at
| tempted the fire. The first cap snapped bnt
| the second went of all right. We then retreat
| ed mp ldOwnh the rallrOad. a big mau wearing
| soldier UvercOat leading the way for MS Didn't
! hear Fisher and sweeney talking together
can't say how long we were IN Sweene, s. Jno.
Donohue wore long dark coat ana heavy whis.
kers AZ the time. lie then describes how he
| tMulhearn) WIS dressed, ana among other arti.
t cles ~ wearing apparel menuons that famous
| Scarf We relreated down the plane on oar
waY down we met a man nhea OF us lSweeneyJ;
! some Of he others thOughC we were being pur.
,n sHea' but, but when they found out who II was,
| Their fears were qnietedand we went on to Ts-
! maqua. Onco at Patty Malloy's In Tamaqua,
met Johh D0nohOe, Fisher and others Fisher
| pulled out $50 and gave 1t TO DOn0hOe. saying. i
| should have given you hundred dollars, but
| money is scarce ana though we nave 100 mem.
| bers each of whom should have paid a dollar,
| THIS Is oil can give you. Ton Fisher himself
| tod me that he was a member OF the order Pat
and Math. DOnOhOe worked at fuscarora. Tho
| DOnohOes were not employed under Powell.
Had never been at summit Hill before that
bet Of the order There was no Division OF
MO- Molly IN, tM,ag9tes At Tam9qua at the time Powell
| terrupted when II became apparent that the
| prosecution intended to estaOush connection
between t9e ne killing Of Powell and Molly Ma.
| gnireisIn The offer Of the prosecution IS most
I strenuously opposed by Messrs. RyOn and FoA,
and gives rs. TO lengthy argument and discus
son. objections Overrule1, evidence admitted,
| and bill sealed. IL was che pract CO. rs far as
| can remember, for one division. OF BODY master,
| to accommodate another. Those sent on an er.
| rand OF the KIND lmurderl had necessarily to be
| strangers.
| Cross examination Lived at the upper run
! since april, 1871 previously az STOCKTON JOIN
| ca tho oader Mt HazletOn, aud was admitted to
| the soeieIg at Iu9oarOra by ca d have resided
! az 0Potsville jail since the I'D dav OF Aug have
| been convicted IN Schuvlkill county for eonsDir-
| acy TO XIII made my confession before 1 was
| tlled; there was no special mduceme held out
| 10 me 10 confess am not sentenced yet did
| not confess until after was arrested am not
| aware OF the fact that my family and wite re-
celVe support from the authorities was at
| WorK on the day left to accompany the Dono.
hoes 20 summit Hill. Math. Donohoe wore
uArk gray clothes John DOnahoe long dark
| coat ana cap when we stopped at Sweeney's
| we were In The bar Dom can't tell how we en-
seIed SweeneY's house, whether by the front or
| back door, but think It was by the front door
| MoHugh sntered with as. There was nobody
IN that knew Tom Fisher an Pat McKenns
| there without my knowing him. * iew Fisher |;
had met him before at ramaqua had known
| MChbnna SINCE the summer b. fore had an in
| production to Fisher at Mrs. Ryau's at Tama-
| qua but to conceal my name, DOnOhoe introduc-
ed me to him when at Sweeney's, as Nh. Dwyer.
| Kent saloon for some time at the Run; bought
| no liquor OF Aleck Campbell then can't tell in
| what direction we went after leaving Sweeney's
| saloon DID not mention McHughs name Al
| the tune OF Bisner's habeaI corpus hearing in
| connection with tins matter. On the way down
| IRON SWeeneyS MCKenna told me what was to
| he done, but that there would be no danger as
| the murder would be charged to her Mrs Pow
enpsl nol hrst husbands trends i was at Mrs.
!
! s3Oi about Christmas, lS1l think Frank Gal
! laghef was in Malloy's saloon, playing cards,
| when we got there; John DOnOhOe was stand
| ing in front Of WilliamsOn's store when Powell
came out the rest were short distance away.
| Powell was facing me when he came out, and
| DOnOhoes side was turned towards me-
Adjourned to a. IN Friday.
lAI-L/ ITEMS.
n am reliably Informed that as soon as the
| pending Molly cases shall be disposed Of the
District Attorney will call up that OF Common.
wealth VS.. James Kerrighan.
Although the miners IN the Summit Hill re-
PiOn are only working three-quarters time pro-
ducton is said to he still faf in excess of the
demand. and a suspension feared Go West,
men, 20 West
MIR, Fred. Sohulenburg of Upper Mauoh
| Chunk, is slowly cOnvalescing.
Mr.. e. 7. Booth, Of TINS place ia employing
quite number OF laborers at IS per month and
board. LAX OF the pauper labor Of EurOpel
Mr.. John Douglas Smith head. waiter of the
broadway rejO1ces over an increase in family.
Two pigs, 13 months old, recently Ktlled by
the proprietor of the Columbia, dressed 800 lbs.
And won't his customers luXur1ate on sausage
and pawn horse nOwl
Il am told that the enterprising Beckhardt
OF East MauCh Chunk, has ordered 200 Christ
mas Grees, Simon ia evidently bound that none
OF our little folks shall be without a tree.
prleCor Of the "mamnotn drug store. Hughes q
AcCrea having retired,
shippers do not anticipate a rise 10 coal
rates during the coming winter.
Candy parties, Bociables society meetinRs,
and tea parties are apparently the rage among
the "upper-crus So just now.
Mr.. John F. Bleckley, OF Penn Haven Juno
ton. Is credited with having shot a large buck
the fore part Of last week.