Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-17

WILL DE rON LIE
HANGING OF THEIR COMRADES.
[Mauch Chunk correspondence Of the World.l
That ten men should be hung in one
day for murders that were deliberately
ordered by a society, and as deliberately
perpetrated by its members, seems re-
markable enough, but two facts in the
same connection are strangers still. Had
these ten men been acquitted on their
trial they were all liable to be tried and
convicted on half dozen other charges
of murder, which are all known to be
well founded. And these ten were on
~ few of a large number of the MUIR
derers who were equally guilty of the
very murders for which they were hang.
ed.
These things seem incredible to one
who is not familiar with the subject,
but even few days. sojourn here
would convince the most skeptical of
their truth. And so defiant is the order
that tn ere is scarcely any preteXt of
concealment by its members. Half a
dozen men have been causually poin ted
out to me during the past four days
who
ARE AvOWED MEMBERS OF LODGES
which are known to be real Molly Ma
guires. Ofcourse none of them acknowl-
edge the name which has been fastened
to them as nickname of reproach. but
the lodges in which the murders are
known to have been ordered are still in
existence, and men openly belong to
them. More than this, these very men,
relatives of the hanged men and others,
openly threaten death to those who
displease them, and no one thinks of
molesting them. I happened to see an
instance of this which seems almost in
credible. On Wednesday, among the
applicants for admission to thejail to see
the condemned men, was a well-known
Molly. The big Coal and Iron olice-
man, who guarded the door, refused him
admission, and he cursed him violently.
Damnyou, we'll measure the ground with
you," he said, and the policeman only
laughed. No one seemed to think
least of all the policeman, that the man
should be arrested, and he was not.
Mrs. Doyle, the mother of the man OF
. that name who was hanged. vies with
the widow of Alexander Campbell in
her threats of murder. In the presence
of at least fifty persons she raised her
hands to heaven and declared with
oaths that for every man who was hung
on Thursday one Of the Jones family,
for whose murder Doyle was hung,
should be killed. This sort of talk from
her and from Mrs. Campbell has been
heard repeatedly, yet no one thinks OF
doing anything about it. The latter
swore wildly that for.
EVERY DROP OF HER HUSBANDS BLOOD,
gallons should flow in the streets of
Mauch Chunk, and it seemed to be re
garded as natural that woman, under
the circumstances, should shout this
out in the Jail.
''Do you think she means it?n ask.
ed of prominent citizen who happened
to hear her say it.
Certainly she means it," he replied.
And will the threat be carried .out?'
"Oh yes. That is, not literally, you
know, but there will be a good many
murders committed in revenge for the
execution"
1t can hardly be doubted that this is
true. Many persons here hoped that SO
wholesale killing of assassins would
be effectual in checking the crimes OF
the order, but since the remark able
scenes at the wake of Campbell, no one
doubts that the order is still defiant,
and that, biding its time, it will in the
old way avenge the death of its mem
bers. A remarkable example of the
way in which the community thinks of
this state of affairs is to be found in the
expressions of Thomas James, who, as
I wrote yesterday lives next door to
Campbell's house, and is marked man.
"Oh, no, I don't expect to escape al
ways" he said. ''Some day or other
I'll be killed by'em. But I'll get the
of ,'emif can" And he lives in state
of siege. Some time he will be caught
off his guard for moment, and that
moment he will be killed. The men
them, known that they were to be, and
have gone armed. Jones's murder was
an example Of this. He expected to
be killed and was quick with his revolt
yer. But being shot from behind in
broad daylight as he was going to his
work in the morning, he drew bis revolt
ver. instantly and fell, being shot the
second time before he could fire.