The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-05-20

ionged TO 1t tor about two years before Yost was
SHOT, ~, met the i've prisoners at meetings. they
with them not more than once; james Nc
kenna was aleadiuR "Molne;" exchanged signs
with him once or twice IL wasn't necessary to
do II more when you knew a mani M McG Geghan
told me the night he loaded the pistols in his
bar-tOOm that he and BOyle got homo all rieht,
and that he only met one man, and that man
was Bob Bres, in; and that he was afraid he'd
tell nnd that he was dirty s-of u --i he SAID
that he asked Bob Tor n drink. and that no offer
cd to take them to the house, aud that they
told him that tney had been to bail aJ Mauch +
Chunk; Boyle told me that he went to the mines
that morning TO show himself, out that he ielt
sick, ana left sometime during the day, aud
went home al d got some whisky from his wife;
think Campbell said 10 Carol that drank too
much, and ought TO stop for fear l might let
out IN Cnrrolrs one night McGegnnn Said 'Oh,
here comes the boy as l walked I'M asked how
things were, ana they talked abOut the YUst
affair said again that 1t was clean job.
AT this point General Albright said "Cross-
examine" geneinung buzz OF excitement
thereby.
Oueuing on the Witness aud thgd began Uy ask
ing Kerrgan where he lived, and received ths
following reply. which ather brought the laugh
on Jlmmy's side; reside in Pottsvllle prison
now Ia roar came mere last Monday week
! thinK came here from Mnuo CHUNK prison;
resided there sluce was arrested for the John
j. Jones' affair have lived there sOmew here
about eight months came over IN the cars the
| deputy sheriff came with me had no travelling
companions; Doyle and Kelley were arrested
with me they have been tried aud oonN ictuu;
so hear haven't Deen tined yet; dOlt know
what Indictment lS against me Mr. kNOn on
are my lawyer and YOU have no Al ight TO ask ne
sucn questions (this raised laugh on al. Aides
but Mi. RyOn continued, anu though Jimmy
asked the court To protect MN lie WbS instruct
ed to prOceedl was present ut the trial OF
| Doyle It doesn't maze any aiiierencc to you
who bought this coat the tailor brought Il TO
mu the coat was paid for. but Liu'u5 pny fol
| it, and couldn't suppose, except The MOhe
Muguires" gave me some money think have
had TINS coat fol- weeS Or two na1 no uiili-
Guilty with YOst beyond being put in the lock
up for hghting know nothing At about way
| haven't b,en tired don't know now mnl
conventions have been held was at JN o thai /
! know %; wasn't ut cOurv when Keny was ;. led,
nobody ever told me why haven't been tried
Barney McGarron was worse than YOat woald
| get drunk after pay days general, Yost never
btlied me. or used a club on me not TO my rec.
| objection didn't say ON the Sunday before YOst
| was killed that l would xiii that u,Ch g. Ot
- (hGTe Jimmy asked the court to protect him
again. never looked lor mel 70 shoot YOat ~
| my life the hay after YOst was Killed wus III
town, and in jim CaIrolls; dlunt get very
| drun6 that day, and don't cOu Il u mun drunk
| when he can walk didn't lie down on NY own
porch and say that man oughpnt to take awhy
! that which he couldn't give amt III the habit
Of talking to myself didn't say to my wlie taat
| two men from summit Hill who Shot HIM, and
sne said 'Irs damn good 1or HIM. jim, and IL
| the same was done 10 Barney Nc urron he
wouldn't be putting my brother IN Jail !"
didn't tell my sister in.law-Mary Higgiis-that
| shot Yost Broad street street ana tue 4li Is , Dc,
| street within twenty minutes of tho Ll1ne MAT
Yost was suoG was examined rs witness AZ
| SAID at the haDe Is corpus hearing ls true. and
what say now IL true told the whole trutn
there as far as went Qaughter) could to
the same story aguln. II you usKed me The ques.
! tons ! dnt swear before that / went home
at eieven O'cocH said Went home diu not
| say went home and knew nothng Of the HOst
murder until the the next day, to the best Of NY
knowledge ard belief: dld'nt see them on that
day unLl the evening before IosI was murdtr-
ed; | was in TamaQua that day; went out to
The picnic grounds and sat down under tree,
and met james Rearty between the OOtu,hDla
hOuse and tho Unlteu states hOte you did mt
ask me at the haUeas corpus hea ing whether
was In his company taat day you didn't ask
me where parted with Roartyj caIne from
Mauch Chu.k Willingly, q Il L answered al
questions put to me OF the habeas corpus he0r-
ing why DIDN'T you asa me those things II you
wait Till the trial TO tell all knew went to
Corloll's on the evening of the 5th he
tween nine and ten o'clocki Dayy Dawes
and owen James were there; owen was pretty
drunk didn't trent Davis wouldn't no Iosi,
tive that took cigar with them | walked
INTO the Kitcnen dlCn't waiu III the bar-rOOm
Carroll was III the kltchen with McGeghan aud
the rest uon't think stopped % drink stayed
in the Kitchen IL may oe three o.. tuui minutes ;
Uuink that Davis and James were there when
we passed out we sat on the porch i'm Gar
roll came up from iona uerrOn's saloon wlei
Carroll left The kitcnen / can say that he stop
ped in the bar he wasn't ut the bar when We
passed out we stopped on the porcn some three
or four minutes IHlLI CarrulI came up 60 inj
know ledge or recollection / lau LO drilk WILL
DAVIS it's good Whine to remembers drluk
Carroll Slt down Wueu ne CanG OdCh, auu SIN
he could get none stayed I'LL halt past ten, u
III the ncighOU. hO ID of eIeyen OciOeh, lhihN
J can't exactly say how long l itnliiheu ihere
, can't say WHO came ther Mnlle / was thef'
can't be pos Iule that KantlI 4 came III know
: him; plent' pcup.e passed uy and ,wn, buI
can't Cell VINO went III; the o,her men VINO W. II
) | in the bar.IOuin l didn't know the, We're III
b drunk, and al Ulatherius a"ay. lMr. Rypl
asked General Albright 10 define Dhtheri Ie'
but the general told nls quesllOner 10 do IL MN
sell, as kelrigan was in his jurisdiction now
: The witness tnen continued THINK l saw Da
j. Wis james went away. at least to the best o
) my knowledge AMI belief; they might hav
come OUT in ten minutes or less; didn't see theI
. get drink the glasses were standing IN I'd
I counter was standing upon the pavement
y with my face toward the porch they dldu'
) block UP the bar-roOm dOuIs was standing u
Y against those sitting on tine porch oh my Coz
i there Wei g lots Of peopie passing Ghey weren't
8 planning the murder therej they were onl
!. planning to get the pistols tney said that b
t their God they weren't gong home without dc
J. ing the Job, as they had come three times to d
Q ii think / said that would, or might be, SUI
l. pected If 1t was done said that they had bette
y not do it. as had some words with Barney M
o Carron, and might be blamed Tor IT, and
n think it was McGeghan who stood up and sa'
y that by their God, they weren't going to he iii
!; appointed after coming three times.
L Half past twelve having arrived court az
y iourned for the usual half hour
l., Court reopened on time the audience being
! anything larger than that which lied The rOol
o during nemorning. Jimmy once more took ID
IL dulging III as good a meal as he could swalO
II In such a limited time as half an hour.
% MT. HyOn ulun'U WASTE muCl llule III ReUUlu
o to work upon James who answered as follows
10 Wouldn't be certain whether 1t was Meg
v ghau or Boyle who said that IL was the tbit
" time they had come to do the Job, and wOuldn
y be disa appointed think L swore before at Il
., habeas corpus that it was Boyle. and think
h was they both got up, and won'i be possibly
D. which one said IL f; Carroll told me TO go TO n
II lan's and get pistol for men who W 5re going
ls Mauch Chunk ddnC tell n OlHn that wantt
4; pistol to escort a man to Old Mines think
Dl told HIM that Carroll sent me didn't see NOla
u tho next morning didn't go to the barber she
is the next morning and meet Nolan, didn't me-
r Nolan afUerward and tell him not 10 dare Co te
Dl anything about giving me pistol saw NOl6
tO one time, and he told me to tell Carroll to
o. careful, that his house was watched didn't az
y Ed. Gillespie for pistol and didn't tell hi
oil that wanted to shoot a policeman 0Ou't b
ls lIeve 1 swOre at the haDeas corpus that didI
II; any OF the prisoners on the ntg ht OF the 90
70 AFTER lett CARROTS and don't believe you askt
Q, me that question; AcGeRhan told me " NOl
Il. you little bugger, you go home and not
q; drinking and letting this outs" saw Yost gt
II tlng killed don't recOllect swearing at the
10 beas corpus that didn't hear OF the murder
40 Yost until the next day never said that Nj
10 Geghan and Boyle told me OF the murder b
is cause they were" ollie Maguires" ana W
L one also gave the pistol TO McNeahs gave
I'd gave it to him after Yost was killed don't
r. collect Of saying that sent the pistol to Roar
Is- three weeks before YOst was killed II said
an 1t was TO the best OF my knowledge; i'll did
C. isn't true hadn't the pistol in my pOssesslt
~ wnen YOst was killed got 1t at Storm Hi
Id from Roarty, who gave IL to me on the night
W met Churchill to the best OF nv knowledge