, 1876-09-25
CRIMINAL NEWS.
DEVELOPMENTS of the MoIIy.Mas
guire Trials at Pottsviile, Pa.
A Murder at Rosehill, Cook Coun.
ty, ILL.,, Saturday Night.
Daring Attempt Of Bank Burglars at
Pittsburg Last Night.
Twcnty.Fiye Negroes Killed in tie Latest
Southern Massacre.
TIE MOLLY hIAGU1NES.
fNfnateh In As,n 3nrk JfSra}h.

TIE MOLLY MAGU1NES.
j3t&paeh to st'o fork Hrraid.
porrsv1LLE, Pa., Sept. 22.-DusinE the trials
Of tho Molly Mcguire snurdcsero hers the pub
lie lIavo been treated TO succession Of startling
surprises by McParlan, the detective, and 1t was
thought that tho full extent Of the dcvilmcnt
plotted or executed by them was developed, but
tho climax was only reached to-day.
Michael Lawfor, who was on trial for being an
accessory before and after the fact Of the mur-
der Of Thomas Sanger, WIS called to the stand
and mailo clean breast Of all he knew about
the Mollics. He confirmed McParfan in even
minute particulars and went beyond him in
painting the almost incredible savagencas Of his
former ASSOCIATES. Tho Rtrocity. of tile recent
viilainy tlat W. plotted and came near being
carried out In 1873.
In jackson Patch, a small mining village near
Mahonoy City, lived several Kilkenny Lrissmen, n
1run Gang. Between these men and the Mollies
deadly iuud existed, and collisions were not III
| frequent. On one occasion tho Shectrlron men
| hcat sumo Mollics in 31atiouoy City, treating
their quarrel, and II was actually decided to take
:D0 picked men, led by the county delegate,
mud 10 to Jaekson's Patch in the dead Of night:
The programme was to set fire to TUG houses Of
the inmates or shoot ttlcm down as they tried
tY escape from The flnmcs. The night was fixed
and tic men gathered at tile rendezvous
III Shenandoah, eagcr to he led on TO the
accomplishment Of this hellish plan. Burncy
Dolan, the county delcgates, did not come. A
maj, namcd John NcDonald who had a great
deal of influence with the crowd, was appealed
to by 1.awlor and one Or two others not to allow
tho MN to proceed III the business. The fear
full consequences Of setting the houses in fire Mt
night and burning women and children to death
were laid before this potcntntc, and l,G Was
finally induced to admit thnt It would be sllatne
t., carry out tho plan. THO men, however. H.
sisted on goEng Gu with 1t, even without tht
cuunty delegate, ami reluctantly rcllu4uisirt
their design on being told thut their victim
wefe nut at their homes. Prominent IN tht!
crowd were Michael Doyle, now under sentence
Of death at Maueh Chunk, and Ed Monaghan
Constable Of Shenandoah, nov ili jail here OF
the Charge Of murder.
Law1or guye another chapter in the Inv Of re
cproclty which prevailed over the various I'll
visions Of the MoIles, by which one murder y
the 10 pieces Of silver paid for another murder
i, In consideration for tile murder Of Sanger a
Raven Kun man na.ned Bucay DonnelIy agFcc
to kill Shenandoah wo1nan named Kilcs, who's
husband Lntl only short while before bee
: shot al night BY unknown parties. Alctarla
was informed Of the design on the wotnau's ILL
and put her OF. her guard. In consequence u
evidence given by Lawlor, a man named Sltcliae
Munley WIS arrested to-day At dfll!eston, al
. will be tried ~ nm accessory before tue 1nct 6
: | tue murder Of Sanger.