The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-29
SLATTERY'S THUNDERB0LT.
SOUNDING THE KNELL or GBA NTIsM
IN PENNSYLvANIA.
Honest Men Lenvipa tbs Party that tmtntcs
With Red-iinnJed Murderer Working
for Tildon md IIrn Iricka md Reform.

for Tildon ana Hrniricks and Reform,
POTTsvfLLE. Oct. 2J-The Excitement
aroused tn POttsvllle by the startling tcstimf ny
OF John Slattery In regard to the Initiation of
the leading Republicans Of hu,ikin county
with the murderous Molly Mopuiros coninu "a
undated. While ~ ttery was confined In the
county u, your corros londcnt had an Inter
view with him, In which he said that h. hcld IN
his pos ession IRE & many political secrsts.
and that he believed his own pos eion In tho IN
ture depended solely upon their revelation. lie
intimated then tnat his testimony would "a
sault the personal integrity and political romI-
hence Of many who stood hilh In socis,Y and In
the Republican party. The Developments Of TN
iast few days cl-oriy indieate that at the tim .
be held a conversation vi h your correspondent Mt
ho did not Ovcrrate ither the value OF his inf r.
mutton, or the effect thew would havs wnen ex.
posed. The Intense ex itcmcnt which revealed
here during the DIR matlc tr IA Of the eignt inur.
| uerefs now under sentence ~ death. was no
greater than that which Is { 1t hers to-day, for
beyond tho shadow ~ doubt John ~ ,ttery has
sounded The death knell II IIartrinftism, Ken-
besm, and Gran lam, not only In schuylkill
county. but throuuhout the entire state.
When the Startling intcllceuoe was harhed
over the wires that Mossrs. Ifenning and Siu,ried
~ this city had held secret meetings with .ho
molly Magulres, and mad paid over large sums
Of money to bride the order In the Interest OF
| Hariranft disposition was shown bv every
one, rrcspectiye ~ party. TO dpubti. Hcnnlng
and Sigfued vera two well known and iunuen
tial Cftizens OF Schuykill county, and tho houe
was generally exi ressed III I IN aid come
out snd announce - thcif fellow citizens that
John slntery. WIS perjner iiut this they
could not do, for when their friends apurOHched
them eagerly seeking a denial those 100 men,
ahash"d ami crcsifaiien. hung low their heads
and confessed that they had briued both John
Sattery and Jack Krhoe. and that the evidence
J OF the former 20 this effect was strictly nd IN
deutiny true.
Mr. lIenni z has ever been reg rded "a one ~
the hiEhcat nj most sucre-ef1l Doiiti fans IN
the state. Young, active, and ~ hi inten
gent. he possessed tnat rersOnal magnetism
witch drew shout him large circle ~ friend..
who bOtu respsCied Dd loved hifn. Cen Sir
fred Is also prominen. In PR nsyiv8ria ooii ics
lie Is cpnn.ander OF the militia IA TINS section
- the Stale. nnJ nllsa high appointment under
Gov. Hart nft. lie. too rests under tue serious
cher.e ~ irving brioes, charge which he uoes
not even attempt to retutc.
Tho eifc't Of these sturtllng disclosures can
not tc over-cs imAted. Iney have reused tle
Indication Of II honest Republicans, an they
Genital election They nave been prOnul at a,
, anu are beiuf warmly discussed nv all tn rep
rese tativ Journals Of tne Statc, nd We 81
ready hgen ths means of dtyorcilZ fr IN the
ranks " the Republic ~ p4rty many true aud
earnest work VINO Will now bend his " tnte
energy In the interests Of riiden. Hen tncks,
AMI Ref nm. More ~ n one Re ul.i'sn IN this
county mas decl rrd tbat he can ~ inDeer sup
pors party gihty OF such uespic Ole act. A
poh lcal revolution ~ als) oiug % IN Llzerne
ana Nprtnum per.an counties, and mo Re ib-
icau vote To he cast there ~ November vii e
she smalls that has been known for ny
yrsrS. Ia llttenurgh ana through tne entiTe
oil REGIONS the exposures IN tie nv - ittcrs are
blying "a lac effect. In y u We Ieuetra ed
where he Voico of no orator could DC ard,
ma carry with them pnwel ana slOquruCe
tnat honest, uprtsut man. be bo Democrat Or
Republican. eau resi- 1T.