The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-07
THE LANsFORD MURDER.
FEssIoN or ONE or THE MUnDERKRs-KELLEy
CONVICTED.

CONNIITED.
MAucu CHrSK, April o. 1876.
The trial OF Edward J. Kelley, indicted for the MUIR
der OF mine boss John +. Jones, has occupied the
attention or the Carbon County Court for ten day.
past aud listened to with great interest by large
numbers and created no little excitement among the
people OF this entire community. Doyle, the accom-.
plice OF Kelley, tried ut the January term. and
convicted OF murder in the FIRST degree On the I'D Of
February he was sentenced to be hanged the I'D Of
March Tho Governor signed the death warrant ixingas
the day Thursday, Nay During the hear
ing Doyles Bsnop Wood published his dcnuncia
ton OF the Ancient Order Of Hibernans Almost stimuli
aneously with the appearance OF that document Kerr
rigan one Of tho Jones murdcrers. communicated 70
the Commonwealth that he desired to make commu-
nicaton, and thereupon General Albright, +. Hughes
and District Attorney SEWERS proceeded to the jail.
and to them the following confession voluntarily
made:-
KERRIGAS's CONFESSION.
81 knew John r. Jones, and know oil about his DEATH
On the lst Of September was work At Alaska Col
lery, near Tamaqua. for Mr.. Richards whilc on my
way from work. was on the night shift stopped
into the place Of James Carroll, in the habit
Of doing, and called for drink. there Doyle
and Kelley. whom had never seen before Amer get
ting my drink stepped out ON tho porch and Carroll
followed me. When we got outside he asked me II
Doyle over to Alexander Campbell's, at Storm
Hill. near Ashton Lansford. Al FIRST I
declined, on the ground that l steadily
at and that morning had to lower piece Of road
in the mnc about eleven O'Clock. Carroll said, "Oh,
let the shift so to hell II will neither make you
break YOU" and, finally prevailed upon me to 60 with
the men. We arranged to start for Campbcs early in
tho evening, and loft about halfpast seven O'Clock.
Carroll went with far Freidcnburgh's Hotel
and there babe us good night He said we must bt
careful II anybody questioned us as TO our business
We went along without nybody seeing until we got
10 the New York Railroad, and there met q Mrs.
Griniths who knew me. BY way OF joke
asked her II she had goat and
thought is was a good one wo pushed "a
Campbe's where Carroll had tolu take the men,
and got there between nine and ton o'clock We gave
. signal and Campbell came out He had talk with
Doyle, and then told he would put his coat and
60 with US to Hugh AcGehans, ut Summit HILL Camp
bell and Mcclellan had private talk, and then
Mcclellan brought out three revolvers and oiled them.
Alter be had done oiling he handed one TO Doyls
said l must 80 and shoot Jones, but 70.
fused. Doyle, Kelley and remained in
that in the morning should 90 and point out Jones to
Doyle and Kelley as knew him, because he once lived
point HIM out SO that there might DO no mistake
the man. Campbell and Mcclellan said that Jones was
to be put out OF the way because he had black listed
some men and they could get no more work In the
mines Of the company. NcGehan was ono Of them,
and when he got letter from Mr.. Parrish TO Mr.
Zehner the superintendent OF the works TO reinstae
him he told TO 90 away-clcar out Mcclellan said
that II Jones was shot Zehncr woula run away and
added Yes, by God and II he don't will give him
ball two after the Jones matter cools or Mcclellan
said he had been back-listcd At Jeddo. Tho
next morning we all left McGchan's saloon FOR
Storm HILL We went down by the Catholic church
and Mickey O'Donne's tavern TO the station; then
down to the telegraph office, ana then up the railroad
ing for Jones. but conld not nnd him, and then
went over TO Campbells in the evening
wanted to 80 home sSs Campbell S would @nb not
suggested to shoot Jones at his house ~ he was
coming from the Post ONCE and Doyle and Kelley
Campbell made me so down on my knees and swear
that would never speak about the matter drunk or
sober Campbell then told to 60 out and where
Doyle and Kelley were l them Mickey
O'Donnclrs, and Kelley said he had been TO jones'
CU%pbes o %'s the night dampbs tod Kelley to
shoot Jones early IN the morning a. he was going to
work and not let hin 60 with ono ball. but give HIM
two or three. Kelley had some trouble with his
pistol some Of the cartrdges were too large Doyle
had the large pistol aud a billy
KerrigAn was not present Vt the killing and the de-
tails OF his movements after he let Campbes so ~
ID meet the murdercrs IN Tainaqua arc not mportnns
or Of material interest he merely rsased how ne
pinions Of the two days prevous Hts account Of the
Molly Maguires. the instigators Of the many horrd
murders perperaed In the coal regions 10 truly start
ling, however. II Is rs foIlows:-
ORIGIN or THE MoLLIra
''Somc years ago Alexander Campbell kept the same
saloon thatis kept by James Carroll in TamaquA In
that house, wnen Campbell kept Il, nrst joined the
society known rs the Ancient Order Of Hlberni.na
That the Order Of Molly Maguires, aud nothing elsa
was introduced into II by man from Tuscarora,
man named John Donohue. The first taste ! 80!
out Tho who did that sent out by Aexan.
der Campbell who was paid Tor sending them out by
was in campbes place when they went, and the mex
morning tho place was burned The purposes OF the
Molly xsguircs Or z: H. is 70 XII people beat
D really ' they are ali q the most hardened
side The charter Of the Molly Magurss calls for The
Ancient Order oil Hibernians but the murders and
other appointments are seldom maue 1t the regular
meetings. but at special meetings. called outside for tne
purpose The regular meeting minutes arc kept just
the same as those any other society," but the appoint.
particular thing done he goes the head Of the
branch, known ~ president or body master, and he
pointed to do such work. |. is The An
cient 0rtcr OF Hibcrnians who do IL !
SsS to for ssSns ns
oody masters are hotel keepers and saloon Keepers.
and manage to get all the poor mems money for bad
whIskey, and then send them out TO burn houses,
beat men and commit murder. jeremiah Kane was
body master nj Mount Lancc. whence Doyle IL known
to have come September l, Two days preceding the
murder Of Joncs-coR James Carroll was body
al Tnnnagua and Alexander Campbell was body master
at Ashton when Jones was killed. No money was pid
OF my duties q Molly when commanded BY
body MASTER and went by order Of James Carroll
such the gist OF the confession Of the man now IN
prison. and no further asserted that Mcclellan was one
o the who helped kill Policeman Yost, In Tam
aqua, last July. Yost had beaten Molly Mcguire ~
picnic ana the body IT Summit Hill directed
Mcclellan go and aid In putting him out OF the way.
For that job Mcclellan demanded the death Of JONES'
who had biackIistcd him. ana Doyle and Kelley were
sent from Mount Lafiee 10 commit the deed The
murders In the coal ncds have always been done ~
from distant localities, so that they might not bs
so readily recognized and the revelations made by
Kcrrgan la regard TO tho Yost and Jones murder
show how this system OF the Molly haguircs has been
carried out.
Kcrrigan explains his absence from the scene Of the
Jones murder In this way:-sI didp't want to have
anything do with the affair, the morning that
Jones' killed slipped out Of CampDeIrs about
three O'Clock aud walked down 70 near kandaps Col
nino o'clock. Soon after Lett there met boy
and asked him for . match 10 light the stump OF .
cigar. Then went on home and was arrested soon
after my ARRIVAL
Kerrlgan q small.slz man. cunning ~ z fox, bus