The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-06-22


midnight. This morning they rose At .
o'clock and dressed themselves will
scrupulous cares At 6 o'clock Genera
Bertolett counsel tor Kelly, bade hin
good bye. Kelly thanked him for hi
legal efforts. Donshue said he hsc
nothing 10 council, and said, "Ge'
out of my cell" The other two
men shook hands with their counsel.
The stores in the city were all CLOSED
at 9 o'clock. The Esston Grsys, Fourth
regiment, with thirty five guns, were
stationed on the outside of the Jail. The
men passed the greatest portion of the
night in praying, and candles were given
them to read their prayer books with
Donshue prayed alternately with bis
book and rosary. Kelly and Donshue
we're dissstisfi ed with the sickly glare oi
the candles and blew them out. Camp
bell and Doyle kept theirs slight. Camp
bell says hat Captain Linden and the
Shenandoah Herald reporters know
that he is An innocent man,
but they are afraid to admit
it. Mrs. Campbell is very much better
and states that she has no regard for a
man who was not a Molly Mcguire
Donshue's wife Is at the second story
window of house opposite the jail,
dressed in mourning and sobbing convul.
siyely.
At nine o'clock four of the priests At.
tended the condemned men, and visited
them again at l0o'clock. The aged father
or Doyle, accompanied by his wife, sons,
daughters and grand children, have
arrived al the jail with
an express wagon 70 remove his
sons body as soon it shall be delivered
to him after the fnal act in the tragedy.
The old man is in his dotage, and his ar
rival with sll his family, and one Of the
sons prepared to lay out his brothers re.
mains, was sickening. The remainder
of the fearful scene is soon to take place.
DoyIe's remains will be removed after the
execution to Mt. Loffer, whore the old
man and the rest of the family reside.
After several hours OF patient waiting
the witnesses of the execution gradually
closed up close TO the outstrecthed rope
extending from one end OF the yard to
the other, which barred intrusion upon
the reserved space in front of the gsllows
where the relatives and friends of the
men were allowed 10 witness the dread
spectacle.
At 1890 the creaking OF the
iron gate at the opposite end
OF the yard caused all eyes To
turn thither, and two minutes
later the mournful procession appeared
and wended its way along the pavement
toward the scsh old.
Two of the condemned were brought
out-McGshan and Boyle-sccompsnied
by Sheriff Werner and Deputy Sheriff
John Snyder, and attended each by
McGahon, with Father Mar
tin Walsh, of Hectsshervllle, came first,
and Boyle followed with Father Beres-
iorG, OF Port Carbon. The remainder Of
the cortege consisted of the under-keeper
of the prison, Moses 0nnis, and Drs
IN ausday- and Ilavar thr fremont nrisGn
ants walked quickly, and neither gave
the least indication of trcpIdatlOn. The
entire party mounted the steps OF the
scsffold nearest in their course ard pro.
ceeded to the furthest of the three, upon
which only were visible the suspended
nooses. On taking their places the
Catholic service for the dying, began
when the men left their cells,
was continued by the clergymen, Boyle
and McGeehan giving the responses
in firm and audible tones. The demesnor
of Boyle till the drop fell was one OF en-
tire self.possession. His compesure was
not assumed, and as the services pro-
ceeded he occasionally inhaled the per.
fume OF a beautiful red rose, which he
held in his hand. McGeehsn's bearing
was tha. of a sincere and contrite penI-
tent. He appeared TO realize his awful
situation, and repeatedly looked appeal
ingly TO heaven. Both men kissed the
priests and shook hands with the sherif.
McGeehsn, in response 10 an intlma.
ticn that be WAS at liberty 10 say any
thing he desired, at once addressed the
assembly as follows:
GEYTLEMEN-I have nothing at all to
say TO you about my guilt or innocence,
nor about them that left me in here, or
them that done anything else TO mo.
only ask forgiveness OF the whole world,
if | have done wrong 10 them, and
Almighty God nay forgive all Christians,
all them that He ever created 10 this
world, for the sake OF forgiviDg my sins
Here the speech w4s ended, the con.
cludlng portion having been delivered
in somewh tremulous though firm and
vigorous tone.
Boyle now addr essed the crowd with
out symptoms Of emotion. lie said:
have nothing 10 say gentlemen, only
pretty much in the same way, nothing NJ
regards guilt or innocence. l forgive
those that put me here i forgive the u
from nv heart out and ] bOpe they vii
forgive me. forgive all this world.
McGeehsn, with q suppiicating looi
heaven ward, here supplemented his re
marks BY fervently erclaiming: i have
done all tnst Is in ny power " save
nv soul. Anything nj all i could
do, / have done, and | trust in God D
there is any Gin on my soul | have Lot
cleared, God will mske me suffer Tor .
here now. / offer this death that hAv'
10 die 10 God for the sake Of him 70 Tor
give me my sins. i have nothing NOR
70 say.
With the conclusion nj the sPeeche
an awkward pause ensued, the othciai
no. knowing wbesher 10 proceed at once
The last good byes, however, were soo'
said, and the arms and legs o
the men pinioned. Both calmI.
surveying the preparations an
HcGeehsn occasionally Durmurinl
prayer and gazing iptsn;ly heaven ward
A. the moose Wa being adjusted sroan'
su neck, be exclaimed, 'Christ hAy
mercy on mel Lord, have mercy on mel
The nooses were then tightened, and 10
crucir1, ShIch had been held BY th
pries, close 10 McGeehan's face, va
withdrawn, his eyes following IL in sup
pIIca,ion. Boyle and hcGeehsn yer
now left alone on the scafold, and NJ ]
miaut pas. II the drop fell Boy
died almost instantly, while Ac6esha
1 gave symptoms Of life for 10 nin1ie
after II. The bodies were taken dow
and removed 20 their temporary recef
tacIe in The rear oil the scsfold.
A,.fr minu,ss afler twelve the thert1