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

ana he was the center Of attraction. Besides,
the importance OF the case Is enough to make
larger man than Jimmy change color. i
As Jimmy was being sworn Mr. Bartholomew
ca, led out "Wait a while ~ KerriRan was told
to take seat, while Mr.. bartholomew aud his
colleagues hnd consultation In n few minutes
Mr.. Bartholomew said that the defense object
ed 70 KeIrigan teHtifyinV as q witnegs,as he was
tho Oii g1nn or aud DerprtratOr OF the murder Of
B +. IOst. an0 because hO was charged with
beng one OF the principals OF the murder OF j.
Z. Jones.
To strengthen these reasons Mr.. Bartholomew
argued Mt some length, anu quoted case to
show the iucompetencyo Of KerrfEan ns witness,
but the court overluied the OOJections' ana
sealed bull for the defense.
Rerrrigan was then sworn, and testified
Lived In Tamaqua last year lived there for six
or seven years know McHeghan, Roarty. Duf.
fy aud Carroll was inised with DULY, almost
last July Duffy lived in Reevesdalo 1t is about
two miles from Iamaqua carroll lyeu ht "a
IN JSy ass aT nun Sr SFt %ed VT N
Tamalua he kept the Union House was very
'Rreap with him knew Hugh McGeghan
known James Boyle about tour months rot TO
know ROarty coming to Campbells = NJ Tamnquai
have known him for two or three years knew
B. +. YOst for nine or ten months was present
when there was a difficulty between YOst ana
beioTe Yost was killed was at tile CT Tossing 0e.
| tween the United states hotel aud the Colum
! bia House; Duffy called Yost Dutcn s. OF
-; another night was with Duty, ana ne
| called a man named Flynn I'M Irish navigator
he chased Flynn, and in the row McCarron held
| some conversation with DUFFY about the beat
| ing John arrol tcll me while Duny was pres
ent after the meeting at SgusS SO Sot teSo hs tn"f
| didn't see Duffy when he was put In the lock:
| up, but saw him in Lebo's office, ANA he had
| marks of violence GU HIM he showed me cut
| on his forehead aud said YOst did 1t he tod
me one time while in CARROTS ihat nc bau
| mind to shoot YOSt with Mickey CdmpOell at
the run Carroll SAID he had peter not. rs
| Campbell was not member, but that lie hao
better lire couple of men II was the sine
| middle of ] June was near the Columbia House,
| and gong Toward CarrolPs R0alty anu Duny
| were standing On CarrOlrs steps l saysWell,
blackguards how are You Getting on =, tnSy
| said 'Ali night !" l said what are you study;
mgr Duffy then told Roarty that he wnnin
| give min ten dollars to put Soat out OF the way
| duffy SAID that lie would, or get two men to do
it on the 5th Of July the band was aging up
on the hill in the morning went down TO where
the band was, and Went dOwu town after the
| band stopped sent my two little boys nome
bie House. with Bowie and Barney McCarron
| met n an named William Crossin while 60
| ing home to breakfast after breakfast tOok a
the shade OF a tree after a while / came down
town and met Roarty; said Come down TO
about eleven or twelve O'Clock treated and
he treated, and Jim Carroll treated; hoaItY
asked me to 80 overto CalnpDelra, Dut ulu d ~ ~
| want TO go, and sad had no money ! he gave
me two do lars, and said he would come BACK at
night we went TO CampbelPs, ana R0arty i ASK
el him 1t he saw McGeghan aud Mulhali
Campbell said that perhaps they were III
Chunk Roarty went out, and while he was
gone PADDY Gallagher brought word that Roar
tvs wife was SICK when koarty got the Woid
he ran home CampDeli gave 1t to MN huafty
told me that he had McGeghan ana rom Nul
hall picked out to shoot lost that night anu
that he was TO guide them hoarty tod me thls
on the road to Storm Hill, l believe; when
Ruarty came baCk believe he told CnlnpDei
he saw Mcgeghan and Mulhall on tho mill ;
didn't see them, and didn't see HUattY aRiln
that day: he told me aiterward that ne sent III lne
| pistol to McGeghan left CampDelPs aoOut ha
| past Ave, 1 think walked home alone, ana got
to town ABOUT quarter-past seven Went nome
between nine and ten O'Clock IN Carols saw
Davy D9Es, ana Owen Jones there Dulfy was was
very drunk there were somY other men there :
| l went into the Kltchen; McGeghan sut III a
rocking chair; Boyle sat Denlhd nm Duuy
was standing up and so was Calroii asked
how they were making out, they SAID II 81 ist2;
: we then went outside ON the stoop.; Carroll
, came back from Herrons saloon. anu salu nc
couldn't MAKE 1t Caron taen sehS aye me 20 me- mg
quarter for an excuse dld'nt get me IevUi,
yer but l spent the qrarter TO-, TOD tiI,1 tnem RI
! do 7" Duify said "Im going TO put iost out oi
: the road 10 night !" McGeghan and Boyle 8 gol
co do the Job, and we can't 20 home withouG do
ing it !" nlcGeghan SAID he was all lleht aid ht
0 showed ltoarty a hve.saooter Jun CalroI
reied pistol, and SAID lth poor one 10 90 sucl
r u job" tnov allowed that Rolrty couldn't come
!, | ms his wlie Was sick but NJ cCItghon SAID CA.up
, bell was to get some one Carroll said he dld h
IL kLow who would show them the ROAD eXccp
n me; l sand II showed the road | would ., .,
| blamed Carroll said NO; 10 one VIII VI
up !" Duffy took them up the railroad t. TN
l. cemetery, and said woud call for mem Wen
Il TO the COlumDIa House and looked III NJ I'M
a broadway house I went in, and Yost came IN
u and Barney McCaTrOn was there the McEl
Il roy boys were there; man named Weldon wa
X outside the house went down TO the Allel
, snops anu then up home, and ~ was gUlns OF
/ one O'Clock got bottle OF wnlskry ana wen
IT to the cemetery, and met NJ, Geghan and Boyle
~ we sat there waiting for them TO put the llgnI
n out could see the two men coming up tue .lo
II were YOst and McCarrOn McGephan walke
down the street, l stoou sixty or seventy yard
\. above they went down 10 tine ainl -pusI BAL
ney McCarron stood across me railroad Os
ID put out the hgnt ac Oss tue street the Two p.
d lcemen went over, while MCGeghan ana BOtl
NJ stood under Tree when YOst was up the lac
u der McGeghan reached mp and shot him 1 sat
d ham there was htLe space between the tw
e. shots; they were about two. Yards from hit
" when tney shot was about sixty or ssyent ai,
le McUarron fired two shots at them YoSt
N THINK, fell down, and crled I'm shot !" the
IS as he thought that McCarron was following
h. they only had one load left we went up tn
ID and tore the knee out OF iny black pants, / lei
O. them little way below Manus Boyle's the
p directed them how to 20; t1e r0ah would TAX
Is Breshn lives; 1 know Robert Breslin; cam
in home, and going up to the porch took of IN
eShcs aPS so a my sos
wife let me in; 1t might have been half past CIV,
a or three o'clock, when I got back talked wit
ss Gay about the l4th or 18TH of July; Campbe
u, was present; Roarty told me he had sent h
h. own pistol by Johnny O'Donnen TO McGeghal
=, Boyle said "rell Carroll III send his pisJ,
IN home' he said I'D give it to you now, but 1t
of too far to go 10 my house; "ROarty lent me hi
in pistol to 20 hSme; between Bucktown and le
mantOwn met Bob Cnurchll saw that pist'
he before, at the depot, when koarty was going
nd q convention at Mananoy; yellow JACK" Don
!, hue was gong with him, he said he didn't si
IA then which convention 1t was; took the pist
81. to Carrolps; saw II again one day as lie W.
to taking IL TO the gunsmith's TO get n screw IN
IA that was before YOst was killed. when he gaN
iu the pistol Co me at Campbelis took II hOm
at and there found James McKenna ana Pa
il McNealls / didn't know where Mokenna live
"a had seen McKenna before; shook hands wIi
~ him; hadn't seen him for some time; the tw
nd had supper with me. and afterward gave IL
il pistol to McNealis, and told him to give 1T
ds RoartY; asked Roarty afterward II he got h
uH pistol, and he SAID No" aud told hm chat
er gave it to McNealis to give To hlm ikerugl
er. tnen described Roarty's pistol mtnutely nj
~, correctly, ana looking at one the district alto
oA ney mad, he said "Pn swear thaItls Roarty's pi
V tol, and that's the pistol McGeghan had WHIT
SOsL was shot, and that's the pistol gave M
Nealis)" Mckenna took the pistol out OF II
OF hand while was giving IL to MoNealis al
all cooked 1t and veIyLhingi the nexJ time 40
M the pistol was IN Hugh McGeghan's bar rooI
"a in September, when he loaded IL and oil ed 1t
=" shoot Ohm y. Jones; another big bright revt
yer would not work. and while he was trying
make a cartridge ut with q knife it explode
a and the bullet went IN the bar; the pistols we
~ given to DOYLE and Kelley, and Campbell ga