The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-04-14

Tar yvn1Id Won Kin "A mau ~ why not ~ saws
he ,I wouid as leave shoot a man as . bull
frog :" Heard OF the killing OH sunday
morning Mt my h9wn house.
CrOss-examine Never knew or saw Patrick
ODonrel.
kepps hotel. wps there the evening before Pow
oil was killed: went there 60 get my boots; saw
John DonOnue Thomas Fisher, Charles Null
hptrp and / think, Z. L. McHuTh there; we
hod n drink together; l then left IN company
with another fellow heard of the killing noxt
SgboTies NhIhearn--Iived between Tamauua
and Tusclrofa OF the time Powell was killed;
know prisoner; belonged to the A. A. joined
ID nj aazletuu; can't say what year; John D"n-
nbuo was bolv.mastcr Of the TuscarOra di.
vision; 1t was after the shooting o. Powell that
I heard il was done in return for the beating OF
Colernin O'Donncll was at the meeting when
thp COlcrnin matter was decided on; there was
meeting held subsequently, IN the Pines, but l
wasn't there the way l G'me TO go along to WI wi
dpy John DOnohue and Mathew DOnOhue were
at my house, ther asked me to go along to Sum.
nit Till, etc, aud l went. (But why continue
Mi This, since the witness evidently knows moth
ing at 0l relevant to the C0~el That Powell
was killed is known to ALL also, by whom the
deed was done But what-so at least 10 occurs
TO us-has tle repetition Of all the Witnesses
trash to do with the prisoner at the DarD
AT a subsequent meeting, when q, n,1,,l, 4eIoW JACK
Nallny they refused to pay on the plea that
they had been at the precOncerted rendezvous.
but that DonOhuc had started before the time
'Cross.examinei-Neve demanded of our d.
vision tne lie Of O'Dunnell; always felt kindly
towardl aim; never lad in want for hun; never
sad to hun AZ one of our meetings. you id
blpared.eycd son OF n b-h III get even with
YOU he was S rImTyeK ,ac hr0 se p3sion OF
O'DOnnell at The me of the habeas corpus hear
ing; said knew nothing about hun, but that he
didn't come fOrword at the time he was wanted
to assist in the killing OF Powell.
WEDNESDAY, April l1th.-COult met at q. m.
The presence iii town of all the witnesses-an
va hux UlY unNr
aud repeatedly gven-cOnvincesu Us that we are
once more to listen to the same old stOry-that
we are to be reassured that Morgan Powell was
really killed, by whom the fatal shot was fired
what tTanspi"ed previous, at the time OF, and
subsequent to the shooting; how some got scar;
ed when tney heard the shots tred and ran. and
others assisted in carrying the victim INTO VIII.
hamsOn's store what position Powell held in
the L. G. and Nay CO what the feelings were
threatened him, SC, &c, all of which, atho'
necessary to fully establish the case in a court
of Justice, will not be required here IL would
be dry reading to our readers besides we have
other use for our space. We shall, therefore,
only mention the testimony ol such witnesses
as we consider reavanl to the case on tr1al. TO
show the abatement OF interest taken in the
proceedings II is only necessary for us to state
that at this writing, $3.50 am. there are more
vacant seats in the Courtroom than are Oc-
cupied.
noon were the following: the late Nor POwels
SON John BeynOn, DR.. DeYOung, Rev. Morgan,
Joseph Williams, Morgan Price. Robt Brtslln,
John Thomas Noah Griffith. j. NJ. smith, John
Slattery and Charles Muihearn, all Ol whom re-
lated the same Old story 80 often told. But Mr..
Knlbfus having succeeded in somewhat cOntIls-
ing the latter, Slattery was again called TO the
stand and so was Mulhearn. AT last the mat
ter terminated in the next thing to an unpleas
antness, Mr.. Kalbfus minimizing that while one
wus giving testimony the other had been stand
ing at the door listening TO what he was saying
but the intimatiOn beng unsupported by PROOF,
the matter was at last suffered to drop. 1t had
at least, a teudancy to somewhat relieve the al
most uncomfortable mOnOtOnyO of the proceedings
and in that respect proved regular GOd.send
to q wearied audience.
called on to once more Tehearse her story, after
which the commonwealth decare that they
rest-a declaration not at all expected by cOun-
Sel tor the defense. Nevertheless, MIR. Joseph
Knbfus comes the front and opens the case to
the jury on the part of the defense, 1t Is Mr.:
Kalbfus' maluen speech IN Court in spite of
which, however, he does much better than
might have been expected. True, there was
nothing fiOweiy or leng by about 1t, but he said
what he had TO say, bIlCh and TO the point. and
sat down as any other sensible man would have
done .-
James Kerrigan-KuOw Patrick O'Donnell :
heard Mulnearn calling MIN at one time a blind
eyed son of b-h MuheaIn once came to me
TO ask me to 90 along to give O'Donnell good
siaughteling (beatinP) O'DOuneli's character
was always considered good; MulhenTn called
on me at the request OF john DOnOhue, as he
said.
AFTERNOON SEssIoN.-COurt met at the ap.
pointed hour. and, all concerned being IN at
| Thomas p. Fisher as u witness, which Is at once
| resisted by counsel for the prosecution, and the
question argued at length by Gen. Albright
| and replied by MIR. Ralbfus. Objection sus
| tanned, wherefore Fisher VIII not appear on the
! stand.
! related part of the old, Old story touching the
| death OF Powell. Charles Mulhealn n RECALLED
by defense, claims to have oveIheard that con.
| versltiOn between Fisher and o. DOnncll thrO
| the heater IL KerIiglnis-uell.
John SlattelF<Beheve did say at the trial
| of DOnOhue what YOU mention. What did say
! at the trlal OF Campbell was not true; mad 70
testify tlen as uid TO save my life " property
Patrick Gildea-Was arrested for the murder
OF Powell. indicted, tried, or partly tried. and
acquitted pending tnal, the prosecution aban
! dOIing the case,
CAPT. williams Know prisoner since 1860
| never heard anything bad about HIM; lost sight
! OF him in 1861; never heard of his being "A Molly
| until heard of this tnlng here IN M'h Chunk
| Was astOnsned when hoard OF It; was sur
| prised because had never suspected him OF be
ing such didn't think he could DO the Patr1ck
O'DOnnell had knoWn.
James Kerngan, by COm,-Was visited in my
! cell by Mulnearn and Slatery one evening III
| last January; met ODOunell at only one Mo ly
| MugulTe meeting; KnOw of his starting an indie
/ pendent division; lie and DOnOhue (NellOwJucE
Z Were not on gUOu terms after that; he belonged
to Donohue's division at the time Powell wa'
/ killed.
By Mr.. Kalbius: There might have beer
some amOl the Molly Mnguires who never
Krew of the misueeds of the order.
by Mir. Alur gnt: For my own part, l sOOI
f0unu out what the order was can't tell wha
became Of the money paid for dues; think IL was
invested in 81 nNs
some OF the witnesses for the defense cannot
possibly bs luut,endlnce before morning, anI
SO the Court Ndiuurus
THURSDAY. April l2.-COurt convened at 8 81
q. IN, aHu. Alr. kuinius' witnesses having ar
rived the matter IN naud is at once prOceede,
with. The prisoner Is composed as usual Hi
uaug4ter Is al his SIDE, the audience small
Jonn o'Hllen-know O,Donnell RoOd many
Years; his character has been invariably good
been acquainted with him o Or l6 ears. IA,
lived Ht Il nttc dis tance beyond ramaqua am
Justice OF the peace at Tamaquai have been sucl
| 40 years.
Mnus Burns Live at Tamaqua. have know
/ O'DOuucil as white" man tuese 70 years
! -- Mulen-Ilavc known prisoner thssc Il
years, ais cuarlct 20 mas beel invariably good
John Gallagher--Llve at Tlmaquu; know
prisoner % years. he always stood wuli IN tn
| community.
Patrick Muudy-Hnve lived at Tamaqua .
or % YeCrs; never heard any thing smQ a ,aina
hlni never knew hat nc was n memNlL OF "a
| a. o. IA
Israel Bachus testified 10 the same eject A
TINS the evidence closes, ana l.r. IIushts pre
ceeds 10 address the jury Or tne art oil the pro.
. | ecu ION. 1t Is lmmatcu"i 10 .ts W1ut he on AM
! | OF his assOciatcs NAV say, since nal thar hey
followed tne tlal o.. the eess cuInClde with ms /
lhls mat the n,Js, outi5n have not succeedr
ln estaOls.nIb iLelr case, nd that the prIsOne
sAuulu' lhftetOre, De acquitted This bong th
| pleNalp'4g opinion, we Can well afford TO lCav
! la''Ycr or his successor NAV say. convinced a
! we IRE, that II as intelligent as we take theu 1
tltig.
Tho case was given TO The jurr ats o'cloc
] Thursday night. and had rrluerf no Vpi