The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-30
NINETY SEVEN MURDERERS
THE CONDENNED MOLLYMA UIREs
HQPIN0 FOR A RESCUE.
Moiiics who nrc said to be Drilling and Or
Rnnizing TO storm the Jaiis-A score Of
Murders aud Not an Asrnssin Yet Hung.


Murders aud Not an Assnssin Yet Hung.
Porrsv1LLE, Pa, July 2S.-" Yes, they're
oil here" said the deputy, FIVE Of them. The
other three they've got over in Mauch Chunk"
We were approaching tho jail In Pottsvllc.
They call 1t Fort Byerle after tho name of the
Warden. II Is crammed with prisoners. mostly
Mollies. "Court has adjourned until the second
week In August" continued the deputy the
Judge and lawyers have gone away for few
days rest at the sea shore, or among the trout
streams Of western Pennsylvania. When they
get back they'll get on with the rest o. the
trials"
Thomas Muney. Hugh Mcclellan, James
Roarty, James Boyle, and James Carroll, occu-
ny cells in Murderers' Row, but they call 1t
Death avenue. In separate aud solitary connne-
ment they suffer terribly. Just beyond them Is
Jack Kohoes cell. lie has not yet been tried.
The charge against him Is conspiracy. and the
prosecuting officers have evidence az inst him
sufficient to hang him a dozen times. Three
months neo he had as much influence among
the m aers as any other man In the coal regions.
what he said was law. Now he IL on the ragged
edge Of despair In his narrow cell not far from
Here's the cell Of MuG Lawlor," said the
deputy. lie has squealed. His confession Is
almost bad a. Jimmy kcrrigans. Lawior
was aloud-mouthed Molie. but he's gone and
given away dozen ~ the worst murders In the
regions. and one o. these lightning reporters has
taken 1t down word for word. Here's Mcclellan.
the young man who Is with the fost murder
gang lie has got one Of the finest looking
him to the last during the trial, and, like the
other wives did all she could to have the mon
keep up their spirits.
WILL THEY ne uANGED1
~ don't know when they'll be hung. You
know that these men have friends all over the
coal country. They are collecting money from
the organization secretly for the purpose OF
paying the lawyers. Their cases will be carried
to the supreme Court and that Will push on
There's not one Of EN- thinks he'll be hung. IL
they cannot get help from the higher court
they think that there Will be other aid come to
them"
PoeDinr in through the narrow spaces OF their
grated cell doors, the Moliies could be seen
pacing the hard cement floors Mcclellan was
humming the well-known tune Of the Sham.
rock so Green Ruarty was sitting on bis cot
bed looking the picture Of despair; lie seems
hasty departure. The others were eading books
from the prison library, and whom questioned
seemed to think tnat they would yet he li6erat.
ed. None OF them entertain the least ides OF
being hung Along the corridors The deputy
wardeus are tramping, and the cell doors are
kept open So that the convicted Mollies can be
Tho deputy said Tho people here are max
| ing desperate efforts to induce Patsey Collins,
one OF the County Commissioners. to resign. He
has been charged with being IN league with the
| hundreds Of men implicated In this murderous
warfare before it's over. You know what Mi.
aas9s ssS to sgo a"e a"G Ii
| and know that In Mabony township alone. Jack
| kehoe, high constable, aud Mollie' In one year
spent s5.OOO on the schools Of tue township. They
stole eleven-iwelfths Of It,. That township Is
/ the bottled of Moliie MaRureism. Nav. more,
the fraudulent voting, the stuf1ne Of ballo!
boxes. and false returns In township and general
| elections are n part OF the outgrowth OF Molie
| Maguircism ia the coal regions. Jack kehos
| Is now In Jail awaiting his trial.
THE MOBILES APMISG.
| Your correspondent asked whether there wa:
any truth In the report that the Mollies were
I'VE hear Of that directly and believe there I,
| a great deal Of truth In It, We Know that I'm the
| hOtbeds Of the Moles men are drilling. The,
are organized into companies. ana are armed
with carblnes. They are the companions
| now In jail. or under bail, for murder conspi
| Tacy. accessory knowledge, or perjury in thu
They have ' whole year before them to artiI ant
prepare. IL worst comes to worst. they can Gal
.ut, six months from now, I'VE hundrea well vel
force they can storm the jals In POttsyile ant
Mauch Chunk, and liberate every man who Il
impri.oned or connected In any shape for ,
with the Moe crimes. Every minute that TIN
Commonwealth loses Is precious TO them, an'
gives the enemy more chances. THIS taking tn
casos to the Supreme Court Is a mockery, an,
the people know It. The men are guilty Ihe
have d ilir trials. Their defence has beef
able aud thorough. Nothing mains but &
hang them up. New trials have been refused
There very many people IN these regions VIII
l
hung. hey believe tney VIII he rescued, no
by the courts but 10y m in force.
"rhe Mollles don't fear the law sone-tenth a
much rs they DO the Church. Yet Father
0'Conor, McDermott Koch, hctadden. Nc
Enroe, and Archbishop Wood have denounce
desperate. iheY have lost all sense Of shame
and the ATTEMPT 70 rescue them will be a erriol
one when II Ia made
what will become OF Kerrisan II they marc
on the jailf
jimmy will be summary dealt with. He
bod al haas dor. l..Ht
confession would be bis death warrant and IN
Mollies would torture bin worse than any In
dian ever tortured his prisoner"
THE MURDER onoP.
what other murders have been done In tn
coal regions besides the killing Of John Y. ino
uren, ssnser, Policeman Yost, Squire Guithe
Conner James, aud Hure, p
lob, yea there was plenty Of 'em. A ma
named Duane was murdered In cold blood tw
miles outside of Potsyille ,Aleek X was mul
dered near Mt. Carmel William Little
hales was sssassnaied In a cowardly, cold
biooded manner. These were the times ths
eH ,as u'NSt George s"d ss
and David Muir were i'm m edately murdered ~
resisting. Claude white was assassinatet
Ike dogs, and George Ferguson was stoned {
death; man named Patrick Barry was al
tackled. Mr.. Gowen says Of that: Barry wa
living with his wife and children near tho tuI
mel. a band Of assassins attacked him at nigh
lie placed his wife aud llttls ones IN the piddl
tresses, and blankets around them. and then h
went ana fought the gang ~ nuIdercrs, keeI
ing them at bay until daylight, when they de-
leaving their tracks Of blood behind them. N
alone the PROMINENT citizen has been murdere,
Hundreds OF Vi knOwn victims " hose BONES no
lie mouldering over the face OF the cOuntrywi
some d v give evidence of the terrible crimes
murder IN those regions during the past hItes
years"
And for all this crime there never has been
known Molly Mcguire hung In the cOil countr
And, tom appearances, II seems that these de-
perato men, at lergs aud uncOntlcted, are d.
termined that their friends ~ jail shall not su
fer the death penalty.