The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-24
MURDERERS FOR ALLIES.
THE CIRRYTN0 or THE kEYSTONE
STATE EOR H.IRJRiNIT.

chased with Money and Pnrdons Thun-
derboIt sent Against the cameron NtnR.
PorrsvrLLE, Ost. 23.-Ycsterdny thun-
netbot fell into tho Republican camp, and an
earthluake suddenly yawned beneath the feet OF
Almost every minlon OF the Camcron-kembie
Ring east OF the Alleghenies. John Slattery, a
member OF the murderous organization known
ns tho Molly Magurcs, without the aid Of which
Hartranft could never have been elected and re-
plccted Governor OF the State, has squealed,"
md there IL scarcely prominent Republican
pollticiln In the county the personal honesty Of
whom IL not impeached. The testimony given
by 5lattery upon the witness stand at Mauch
Chunk Is Of such intense interest that forward
20 the readers Of 1nE Sun brief resume OF II
from the stenoRraphc notes now lying before
me. and which up to this hour have been kept
from public print:
.o.-was the Ancient order OF Hibernian' or tho
sain desired end politiclliy3 A-Nes sir Last isil
n.oyelnorShin ihe Molly Naeuires worked hard for
etnment who would stick to them when they were In
9-ps yog know o. any means that we're u,cq to
How we're matters srrnnsedP arr ke%si the man
have to 60 70 Hsrris"urs but but he snsr~Srd Sent me
despatch from Pottsvilc signed John, telling inc to
9 Vi meet him at PoiIs,e and s GsspaieSed to john S
. Ibid you receive any money! AYES. sir eot
d2s and Je9n hen,e y, E9. soassaG ,S aG
'S oa sqS % ' SO Gf n s osI. fs Which you received
Joles-thst is De vote. Of the Molly Mssgires-for
myself Although mere was no resa ar ssrsement, It
who paid US the money that when Necessary we we're
20 get psrdons for our men.
the IN %heh The Mo Mcguire sRy Vote vSs
nnd my.ef ent was wen W SuIrtsoa that vac
through the oroer that McCoskey and Tobln and tho
poa9 se County @ pss az arnay a. ss Se, %
promi.ing tue Molly Ma9lre vote.
,oa ever RECEIVE any Other mSneys 70, poll
the thousand dollars received seventeen bundled
o~hc~ vas tie matter q \. two thousand dollar.
spse ReEo aRe kseGs and se .Sd Sp
spSa 1oa ens . to eo Fa f csTbdS bpSys
ssP s bs. we fSs there SToys I'VE ,0id Ne a @ s0 ST
money that nght, and Kehoe was TO meet me the Mon
nsnuSned wrre ready with the res, Of the money
os al Sa ,s enes snas yoI reeeea yea wsre 10
o ssr9r q Coy hartIsnfi AmYes sT. and The en,ire
was 70 write TO every county delegate In the state and
fho nuence and c be css fr Harrsn
Before we got the money, Kehee showed them how
,Smwners eny Other meals " used 70 gain the M9ly
cir nxed matters tor lulerne county,
Money 3s WAS eIpsnded @ on the Molly Mcguire vote
iAney SSSS e money OYER 70 Luterns and paid i there
~ VINO lr ttpt DthntNf A-He IL an oMctr IN
.Q-wss any money in addition to the sums that you
etste-wss any money used IN Puoursh, A.-Yes.
order In Pittsburgh.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Popsher.
Q.-From whom did you obtain the seventeen hundred
ths seventeen aunired dollars when Col Cake Was
po.on under the Goyernment q, the time. '''N
nss,er and Tor thai reason aud because did not want
60 work against the Democratic party refused the
,9SbiS YOU eyer give S9nn p9nonSe Meg. natural,
'hsm S0'e @ s w', To se1 ea,1 10 me- Inc
have sp99Sen OF Alt was PAID to me by Gen SIG
fred Of PoSIsville. r.,.oo.,.,,, uo.o. ro, ..oo
from Gen ssfried ana $500 10 my house ''' WV
hat s: a sTs % slhI IL {. ana ySu 5 us
hoy III money ii PsS Ai wSf sen! dSy ier oy esn .
n thousand dollars and The man that was WIN me
county ticket.
Intense excitement prevailed here all day
when slatterys testimony was made known
through the columns Of lHE sun. Slattery, in
Nfew ,erse and graph'e sentences, has torn tho
ber Of the firm Of Henning. sigfricd Co., and
has, under oath, testified TO TIE fact that many
of these prominent Republicans, who have
hitherto borne unbemished reputations-many
of these conspicuous at the bar and IN the
the Molly Maguires, and h We deliberately pnr-
chased the votes Of a gang Of red-hanied muir
uered by Siaitery against these agents of Cam
sron. Hartranft, Quay CO; in Harrisburg.
And what answers do Messrs. Henning and
sgfried render to these grave and damning
Chsrgesf They have both been interviewed,
and have before me statements by each Of
them. Both freely confess that during the
Hartranft campaign Of 1875 the sum OF $1,000
wss given TO Jack kehoe aud John Slattefy.
They do not attempt 10 denv this part OF Stat.
tery's evidence. Their only defence Is that at
the time they paid over mis- money they did not
know that Slattery and Kehoe were mem bers Of
the Molly Maguire order, but IN good faith gave
each tlOOO TO be used for the legitimate man
agement Of the Hartranft campaign. THIS ia
all that can be learned from them, but, meagre
as the statement IT, II shows hat these two men
are still endeayorine 20 hoodwink the public,
and are still desperately striving 10 shield the
old man at Harr-burg' from whom they Sc
cured the money to purchase the Molly Mcguire
vote. underneath tissue Of lies
Compare the statements Of Col Siefred and
Henning with the facts. They confess that the
SUN mentioned above W s paid over to SlatteTy
ana hehoe, ana that the money was delivered
two weeks before the election; but they say
they intended that this money should be ex-
pended leeitimately. Now, Is 1t probable that
the legitimate expenses OF two men two weeks
prior to an election. in little county like
bohuylkill, would amount 10 800 day or Is
1t probable that two such shrewd and cunning
politicians as sigired and Henning would pay
over 5000 to a couple Of obscure lows un-
less they were confident they were leaders OF a
large aud highly Important organization which
60 man would cast their vote as directed
Again, they say that mad they known that either
Kehoe or Slattery was msmper Of the Molly
Maguires. they would have had nothing to do
with thom. This assertion Is Wy prepOster-
Gus. Sigfred aud llenning both knew that Ke
hoe was notorious Molly Maguire-not from
bearsay only; nor because everybody In the
county asserted that he was such-Dut because
Kohoe, prior TO tue date ON winch he received
the brioe from Sigfred ard hennin2 publicly
announced over his own signature in the col
umns Of the DAILY Miners journal Of this city
that he was Molly Mcguire, and that he CON
sidered IL an honor to be a men.ber Of that
order. This letter appeared IN the Miners jour
nal OF Oct. 70, 1875. A copy Of IL ~ now Ia the
possession OF the writer. Hence the denials
amount to nothing, aud are as untrue as the acts
OF the two men nave hitherto been crooked and
pnmAny.
Tne Republicans Of this county now throw up
the sponge. Col. Nutti z, the Republican can
dldate for Congress, and Sir Kufer, a nephew Of
Cameron, and the Republican candidate for
State Senator, have teen IN town all Day, hut
hours they con duct themselves like men who
regard their chanCes as absolutely hOpclc- 3.
The Democrats. On the other hand, are buoyant,
jubiidnt, hopeful, and seen TO lhink that an