The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-05-13

Ofier hnviup heen turned m BOYLE and Nc.
Geghan, Carroll and Dunv, ana y ivlc aui sny-
ucr marched ont, two otd two. rho jury we're
subjected 10 sltoht lecture rclutiye "a how they
were 10 cWducl Themselves ON Sunluy, after
which cuurp adjourned
Mex anuu--. 4 uerh 7, we had better r1N e him
! mstue nnmc.. NcphlAnr walked ont ut court
nttpnned by heavy escort, ana to tuusC who
tld not knlw nm ms prc.tnre was mlde
! known bv tho humorous cNcrIHtOns hurled
| aitor him rs be pass d down the street by
ilicuNS or The prisoners,
Uuou The reisseub ing OF Court on Monday
morning, IN objections to The offer Ol the ON
munwenlth were overrued, nud a bIll Ot rNccp.
tiOLs seated ~ tivur ~ det"nUunts.
lhe examination then nrOcvedei l became n
member oi a sec, ct ORGANIZATION it was known
10y the NAM ui Ancient Order OF Hue mans.
more commonly cal ed " MOliiu MagWres :" |
became n member ON the 1ijh ~ 40. II, 1874, At
Shenandoah | assumed different chaIacteis;
iitst went ~ shenandoah In februnry 1874, look.
lug for work ONtaiued work nt lnulan Rdg
shalt; wOr,ed there gusss Tor two wees, ana
/ quiti between tue 8th and 10Th of Mprch l
OhtaiuCd wJr IN West shenandoah I worked
with Tom Mansell / think; ne paid me 1
worked some six or seven days 1 quit on the
lGt1 Of March 1 Nid'nt work nnv more tho
folks hnd seen that had considerable money
/ saiu l rerelVeda pension from the United
Smtes government Tor services / never render.
81 old then that could live upon my salary
without wol King IN the mines on those repre-.
sensations was admtteu in the order 1t met
IN a saloon kept by nlchatl LawlOr / saw out
one who acted as an Ofcer that wa, Mike
LewlOr his utle was 'Ooiymnstec" or "dlvis.
lOn-nuSter ~ tn v nidnt seem to have any 9TH
en- officers there were some four Or five pres.
ent when was admitteu these were Y. llur-
" j. MCAnulty, ~ EeigusOu. Peter Mona
EhRn. ana Nike In ylOr they knew each other
Oy signs and passwords ON en- ering the room
was OulereG To go ON my knees and take my
nat OH; IpWlOr lead document called text
the exact language caunUt state. but The subs
tanCe was that l would obey my supcriOrs in
everything lawful anu not Otherwise and If at
anytime heard Il brother member i'll spoken of
] should report 1t as soon as pOsslble II also
contained Il cause that l should keep every
tllnH secret pertaining to the organization
thaG II about the substance | kissed the paper
tue same as wOult Bible the member ship
wa, limited Nv the bylaws to irish and their
descendants to Catholic IRISH the password
hnd signs were called the goods :" the LOiy-
master obtained these tiOm the county dele
gatei he obtained them 4 un erstoOd from
Bclnhid Doan the county deiegae obtained
Lhtln from the State de egate at the time III
Plttsburg the State deleg tie obtained them
llOln tne national delegate and the president
OF the board OF the State and CITY of New YORK;
also from the secretary. who was the national
secretary, the national president, delegate, and
secretary and treasurer of New York constitute
a oOOld III themselves L understood tley OBJ
tanned them from What Is called the Board of
Erlh y my information says that that board
meets quarterly in England. Scotland and Ire
mnu heard that the signs and passwords
We're conveyed by a steward of the INN N line;
thls Is nealSay, but l got II MS member the
goods that we would receive on the lst of May
were those that had been received IN the old
country in Feb'y, so we W ere three months be.
mind the bOdy-master of each division got the
gO0ns from tine county delegate, and gave them
70 the members one DOdy-master couldn't give
they cost three dollars quarter for each di-
vision We would know each other by those
signs and passwords in July. August and
september, 1875. the sign was lifting up the hat
!dOlng 1t the password in July (eXamlning |
ms report, which was given witness from tin |
box by Captain Linden) tins is my own report, |
ON my own paper, and made this repors on the |
nth of May, 1875
After refreshing his memory from the report |
McParlane continued This contains a good |
many clauses the question Is, What is your |
opinion of the 1ipperary election ~ II think |
England broke her constitution by rejecting |
Mitchell y" " Didn't O'COnnell resign his oath |
ana seat " Yes; ana by agitation gained en- |
ancipationis then comes the ,quarrelling text |
them Question" Keep your temper cool ,slr'' |
/ VIII not rise to a friend !" the sign |
Is as follow: The fore-fnger of the light hand |
IN the sleeve OF the left arm of the coat the an
swer Is the thumb of the left hand in the left |
vest pocket there ls still another text used bv !
division masters that they may know each /
othertand to prevent imposition; Here is that J
every lIiShman may stand 10 MS cause, and suO.
due the BRUSH government and ITS cOerciye
laws"
To question that was asked the defense OBJ
leCted, when Mr.. GOwen arose and said that the |
district attorney proposed to prove lnat at the
business meeting NJ llmnqua several claims
were handed in by the parties claiming to he
the murderers of certain party IN Schuylnll
county that these cl1lm1 were adiudicated and
that reward of one hundred dollars was to be
gwen to the one who received the credit OF com
hitting the murders. This Offer was made to
show the ultimate relations between the wit.
ness and those attending the convention =. ana
Mr.. GOwen added thai the person referred TO in
the offer rs murdered was Conner James OF
Mr. Rvon, for the defense objected. as it was
incompetent, even had all of the prisOners-twO
)t them were pad tn be prcseut-been present.
He said Jhat pa tlCular acts could not form the
genera characteristics Ofany organic ltiOn The
proposed evidence cannot effect the prIso er
VINO was present or the other prisoners as Jhe
matter Is lmmateriai to the killing of YOst; that
Tho acts proposed to be proved are in violation
II tine oath that witness is supposed to have
IAkpu when he iOlut d the order md "a q thp opt
are not in conformity with the bylaws, so far
is we know, OF the orEanza ion, and could not
he same OrganlzatiOn' and the proposed offer is
upon the issue of the guilt of those de
endants, and If It were all true, as cOntaine in
jhe offer II cOuld not prove the Offense charged
the murder Of Yost
In answer to an argument of Mr.. RyOn, Mr
jOwCn made An eloquent address, III which he
said that the Commonwealth would prove that
Patr OK collins one of the commissioners of this
county, was member Of an organiza Ion the
membership OfwhiCh viii hereafter be consider.
ID marx OF CIlminality that he had she tered
nuTderers, aud that within Il few days he had
made visit the pu pose OF which in few days
40 would be called upon to explain also that
he Commonwealth would prove that Collins
lad placed IN charge of the prisoners Condin,
)rOtEer member, who had in his possession the
ler Of the cell III which the PRISONERS were con.
ined.
MIR. Hughs followed his colleague. strength.
ming his argument after which Mr. BartholO.
n w made powerful effort on behalf of his
,hents
Juugb blbIbnlnR-lU Will De un leritOOu we do |
lot admit evidence Of any independent crime.
Mr., G0wen then llqnred OF Ghe court wheth.
II the true character OF the Organiz ltiOn might
30 explained through the Witness and he was
IN the affirmative.
Tne examination was then proceeded with
IN answer to the request of Mr.. Hughes to con
inue, McParlane continued: With respect to
member committing CRIME upon any party or
PARTIES Out5ide OF he organization have never
Known any punishment to be inflicted any
member who eXDOseS anOtaer who commits n
Time ls immediately expelled parties who
nave aided in the commission OF cnme have
)cen esteemed in the order; il one member
wanted another TO assist him in COMMITTING q
'rlme he would do so by the rule OF practice;
me NAV state his grievances before the diyls.
on mas er, or certain portion Of the division
he reasons for not having q wnOle division is
his Although the order Is secret. there are
certain members who are never entrusted with
he secrets OF any great crime a division mas.
er may Gull upon men OF different divisions to
commit a crime, ana tho request,is granted, with |
he prOv.SO thar II q favor of the same kind
asked Of him 1t VIII be granted; the acts of
ne ORGANIZATION hore have been obi acted 20 by |
Is super1ors elsewhere to my KNOWLEDGE |
ames Carroll, Thomas Duffy and James ROaIty |
ire members OF the order, ana according to his
nOwledge of signs Hugh McGeghan is mem.
Ter; have com nunicated with hun as a mem.
jer they knew 1 was a member IL was as
members that we communicated and in our va |
nous conversations they knew that was a |
member; have hud at different times with |
lartles UAat stated TO me Carroll for Instance !
tatet TO met that there was "a boss named ]. p. |
10 res, at LausfOrd; that McGeghan and BOYLE
md Others came to TamaQuA TO assasslnate
/ Ost and IN return were TO be furnished VITA !
men from that district or some other part OF