The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-12-16
THE POWELL MURDER.

wns the wDrso man md ttat ne should De put
tend to MS matter, either get q mai or 90 i
mvseIii eventually, rs already stnnei tne MA.
ter was suffered " boy S,v ,ns WIS succ eed
by Campbell; in the forenoon OF Decemotr q
alexander Campbell requested me 70 70 20 ~.
mnoun To fetch over some men TO put morgan
Poweli out of the way; he told me that won
| find them at Maley'e saoOn, and gave me ~.
rectlons how o 20 ppns m NM vne subseonenty met
them on the street, we went IN hau o urink
anu although we separated shnrtly tneIealteI Nr
we met nj a sprinP along the summit Hlll rooui
they were John and Math. DOnahoe ana Chos
Mulhearn, Fisher, Jones aud Powell were talk
| n revolver; on asking him II he could kill a man
| he sald ms easily as a buu-fog" arrived ~
summit Hill, took them into Sweeney y til tlsh
\ or and MoRenna were there; Fisher, think
i was tnert when we arrived; noticed Fisher anu
DOnahOe conversng IN an undertOne; ieit
on the beer; by wh'ch I mean to say was
drunk ON the first Sunday after the arrest OF
Alexander Campbell met Thomas Flsner n ~ ~
Powell affair was talked about Fisher wanted
| to know wheth + there would be any danger
f-fuf me " Campbe were TO squeal
Al another time he met me at the graveyard
fence this was shortly nfter the arrest OF Mul.
hearnl, of which he informed me, teInng ne me
been arrested. and II he was sure that there was
any danger that OF them would squeal, he'd
soon leave the states. Have been members
of the order since 1869, Fisher was member at
| that time but don't know about MCkenna
Fisher was oConty delegate when Joined f1 1PS mo
county delegate as the "POOds" had been given
out when was made body master aud left
the position before the next goods" were given
| o /. The order IN 1859 WAS pretty well conduct
ed but in 1870 and 1877 1t became ridlcuOus, anu
members fought with each other on the sngnt- ,fl.
master, and remember he mnde call on the
! order to go and beat man Mt Tanaqnn to beat
| q man that lived with another mans wife or
something like that think James Boyle, now
in jail at Pottsvllle, was one Of the men then
there was Aleok Campbe'i. Teddy Vamppeli,
| Fisher was not one OF the men. The pracuce
of the ord was to help fellow member when.
| 20 beat those who were obnoxious Campbell
said that the 1amaqua and Tuscnrora men were
in our deot and that It was good Job we went went
| over to put Powell out OF they. way. 10 the
question did you have a conversation with Fish.
| hool McIIugh answered Yes, sir; the next
morning after the bail met Fisher and he
asSeS aSd Se %s ssa a Keew Se Of fellow
the the Pc p vel Sel % murder; then we shook hands and
one month after the murdery Pat. McKenna,
| JOhn p McHugh, Aleck Campbell, Barney
McHueh; and John Brody were along with
hoe. .-,
Crossexamined by Mr. Ryon-o. When
way Fisher objected to III III A. No. sir; but he
said Jones was the worst man. Q. McKenna
said nothing A | can't remember now @
| What was to be done with Jonesa A. He was
the subject Of pdtting Powell out Of the way
| was brought up time and again by Aleck Camp
bell Fisher advised me to resign. as my wife
| was a woman of education, and it would be
| dangerous to allow any books or papers belong,
| ing to the division to meet her eye. O. Did
Tamaqua A. no, sir ! but think he told me
| that Dlaley would tell me. Q. You weren't In
| Maley's with those three men A. No. sir. @.
| YOu didn't meet with Mulhearn In Malev's A.
| did not mee5 Muhearn in Maley's Q. Was
Mulhearn near enough to hear what Donohoe
said about shooting Powelli No, sir 1 think
| not. beoouse he was in advance and we spoke
low. Q. Campbell told you he would meet you
me explain that what told Mulhearn and the
others that would take them to sweeneys,and
did, in violation of Campbelfs orders, as my
| object was to defeat their plans and save Pow
ell took them through the main street. and
the town, and didn't know who Tho was IN swee.
ney's when 1 took them IN and l took them
there that they might he seen l think told
them that would take that into SIS by the
back way, but didn't 90 so except part OF the
way did not know that any one but Camp
men. men T q. You % did not OF % meet Campo Ca%pbei IL that
nighti A. No sir not when he expected he
waited for me at the burning mine. O. Was
there any trouble at Sweeney'si A Yes. sir
there was a scuffe Of some KIND but wasn't
hurt, at least was a!l right next day. q. Did
you te those men d that y9n We're sent aCr them hn
hue O. You worked for Powell there A. No.
sir for John p. Jones. q. Fisher did then
A. No sir 1 think he went into business, but
come to recOllect be had O Job driving gang
way in No 4; don't know whether 1t was q
good JOB or not the relations between Powell
and McKenna and Fisher were friendly, 1
think; q. You went TO Tamaqua because you
were ordered TO by Campbelli A. Yes, sir. O.
Was McKenna ever q body master while you
were member Of the order prior to 1871 A,
No, Sir
SATURDAY.
The cross.examnation Of McHugh, which oc.
n ftO I'M
nothing new, we pass 1t over. At about II
O'Clock the witness aubsided, and was succeed.
ne gu wb"se i csyssd Sy onts
tiOn in the courtroom. What do they propose
to prove b y him was a question asked by every
was that, like the prOverbial what did John
say ~ 1t occupied the Courts attention until
ed to be divulged. It was, in fact a faroial re.
nothing"
A. w. Leisenrlng,. Qetter in hsnd): Received
this letter, by mail, fiom Thomas p. Fisher. IL
saw Mr. Albright after receiving It, and subse-
fense again object, this time to % SUBSEQUENT M t
conversation had between witness and the pris.
three quarters OF an hour. During all this time
the prisoners watch proceedings closely: Their
eyes are upon their counsel they are oblivious
co all else transpiring around them. The fol.
lowing letter ia then fead by Mr.. Hughes IL be-
ing the identical letter claimed to have been re.
celved by Mr.. Leisenrfng from Thos p. Fisher:
SUNn;IT HILL, June "a, 1876.
A. W. LRIsENRING DEAR SIR As friend
wish you could find out OF Mr. Albright II the
commonwealth intends 60 put me to any trou.
BILE am not afraid that have done anything
unlawful, but know Mr. WIN. Zahner Is no
friend Oh mine, and he would like TO put me to
some trouble II he could influence Mr.. Albright
as know you can ind out Of Mr.. Albright all
particulars. would have spoke TO Mr.. Slew
ers. The District Attorney. but as asked him
for favor after hts election ana he seemed to
ta9c no steps, so that is the reason that / would
not ask him anything, But the time may come
when he may come TO me and aak tavOrs OF me
as he has done before when he was looking for
office. j have no acquaintance with MI. Al.
bright or would see hun on the matter AS
you heard, Nc tarlan mention my name several
times on tne stand, but am not in anywise
alarmed at any thing he said. but man like
hlm cou Id be Influenced to put man to trouble.
MI Leisentiug u you would tend to this
you. And If Mr.. Albright docs what is rignt
could be his friend In polItica way as ain at
nberty TO do as please. AS you SEQ was an
applicant for the duplicate and they gave 1t to
quite young man WAC never has done any.
Thing for the party. So intend this faiI to play
some political tricks to show them wnat they
have done. Mr.. Leisenring am giving you
great trouble but hope will be able 60 nay
you or your friends some recOmpense sometime.
Yours truly,
THOMAS p. FISHER.
James Kerrigan; Heard . conversation be.
tween Fisher and MeKenna on saturday night
IN the Jail. Heard Fisher 70 MoKenna tnat
during the Campbell trial he had written let