Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-09
NEW SERIES--V0L. II, NO. 81,

pl0uS care IN tne tOmDs OF nls latncrs
but il is the hundreds Of unknown vic
tins, whose bones now lie moulderinl
over the face Of this county. In hid
den places and by silent paths, in th'
dark ravines OF the mountains, and il
secret ledges OF the rocks, who shal
say how many bodies Of the victims o
this order now await the final trumI
Of God-and from those lonely sepul
chres, there will 60 up to tho God WHIT
gave them, the spirits OF these murder
cd victims, TO take their places among
the innumerable throng of witnesses
at the last day, and to confront with
their presence the members of thi.
ghastly tribunal, when their solemn
accusation is read from the plain com
mand Of the Decaloguc, "THou SHALL
NOR KILL"
But we are told that in the commits
sion of these crimes, although Mr.. Bar
tholomcw admits that they existed
long years before McParlan came into
the county, this man abandoned his
duty as detective, and became an ac-
complice in the crime. And upon
whose testimony does this charge rest 7
My friend invokes from you a careful
attentian TO the facts Of this case, and
properly endcavors to exclude from il
an examination Of any other circum-
stances or any other facts than those
which have been proved in this case.
But upon whose testimony is Nc
Parlan an accomplice? Upon whose
testimony is the charge made that Nc.
Parlan engaged deliberately in the
commission OF offences and secreted
the ofiendersY ? Upon Ned Monaghan's
and Patrick Coyle's, alone. Upon Ned
Monaghan, for whom the doors Of
your jail open wide today, never prob.
ably to reopen until he comes out in
company with Jack Kehoe and the
other murdercrs to stand bis trial fol
his life. Upon Monaghan, the MolliC
Mcguire, the man who was on the
Ringtown mountains helping 10 select
the committee to kill William Thomas
Edward Monaghan, who, today, is as
guilty Of murder in the first degree as
any other man now confined within
the walls of your prison
And who is Patrick Coyle2 A man
who saw McParlan drawing a pistol
and never heard him say or saw him
do anything else, and because he did
not hear him say anything, he swears
he believes that McParlan was incited
TO murder.
What need say further2 An ac
complice McParlan an accomplice
Mr. Bartholomew tells you that he
permitted Thomas Hurley TO escape
and that he permitted Michael Doyle
to escape. Neither Thomas Hurley
nor Michael Doyle have escaped but
the excoriating denunciation which Mr.
Bartholomew hurled against Thomas
Hurley will efiectually prevent him
from defending Hurley, when he comes
before this Court for trial for murder
1t will not be long. before be comes
here. 1t is simply question betweer
the Mollie Maguires on the one sid
and Pinkertons Detective Agency OF
the other, and ! know too well tina
Pinkerton's Detective Agency viii
win. There is not a place on the hab
table globe where these men can fine
refuge and in which they will not b,
tracked down. Let them 60 TO thu
Rocky Mountains, or TO the shores o
the Pacific; let them traverse thu
bleak deserts of Siberia penetrate in
to the jungles Of India, or wander owe
the wild steppes of Central Asia, anC
they will be dogged and tracked an(
brought to justice, just as surely al
Thomas Munley is brought to justice
today. The cat that holds the mouse
in her grasp sometimes lets it go Tor ;
while to play but she knows well tha
at her will she will again have it Sc
cure within her claws; and Pinker
tons Agency may sometimes permit ;
man TO believe that he is free who doe
not know that he may be travelling
five thousand miles in the company O
those whose eyes are never closed il
sleep.
They may not know that the tim,
will come, but ! say that so surely a.
am standing before you today, thu
time will come, be it short or long, b,
it months or be it years, when every
single murderer then living on the fac,
Of the Garth, who has committee .
crime in this county, since April, 1874
will answer for that crime before thu
presence of this court. "The race i
not always to the swift, nor the battl,
to the strong" Those who see wha
we are doing now, have seen but little
Tor 1t is only the opening of the bool
of this vast conspiracy, and behind thu
meaner men who shot the pistol, ther'
stand others far more guilty then they
who, with thom, at some time will b
brought to Justice
''For Time at last sets all things even,
AID FIVE DO but wait the hour
There never yet was human power,
That could evade, II unforgiven--
The patient search and vigil long,
OF him who treasures up wrong"
And now some words about this sc
cret organization of Mollie Maguires
My friend, Mr.. Bartholomew, is no
correct in his statement of their his
tory. II, after this case is over an,
when you are permitted to read, yol
will get a little book called Trench
Realities of Irish Life, written by
relative of that celebrated Dean Trench
whose name is well.known whercvo
English literature is read, you will fin,
the history o. this organization. 1
was known us the Ribbonmen OF Ire
land. 1t sprang up at time whel
there was an organized resistance il
ireland TO the payment Of rents. Tn
malcontents became known as Ribbon
men, and they generally made thei
attacks upon the agents of the non
resident landowners, or upon the Con
stables or Bailiffs who attempted t
collect the rents. Their object was I
intimidate and hold in terror all thos
to whom they owed money, or VIII
were employed in its collection. As
/ branch OF this society, and growing
out of H. sprang the men known a
Mollie Maguires, and the name OF thei
society arose from this circumstance
that in the perpetration OF their often
ces, they dressed as women, and ger
orally ducked or beat their victims, o
inflicted some such punishment as in
furiated women would be likely 10 ad
minister. Hence originated the nam
of the Mollie Maguires, which ha
been handed down TO us at the presen
day, and the organization of the Mo
he Maguircs, therefore, is identical wit
that Of the Ribbonmcn in Ireland, VIII