The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-22

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| pastoral beauty was calculated TO inspire diuerent
emotions than those whicn arise at the thought Of
fellow oeing be launched into eternity. Hero
on this very spot was enacted tho OF Wyo-
ming hundred years ago. and to-day ssnge life must
DO given the gbbet that the law may be indicated.
| PREPARATION DEATH.
At nine O'Clock Lenahans spiritual advisers, fathers
10 his CELL where they consoIed and him
for the terrible ordeal. shortly after ten O'Clock the
i lessor and inc sheriff was informed he ready
Tor his last long journey little later and Lcnahan
.Sea hs xerS asa he sup
ported either side by priests and the appearance
OF the solemn group casts stiffness as dumb as death
! over the spectacle
WORDS FROM THE scAyroLD.
| Lenanan was dressed in back and walked steadily
to the scaaold accompanied by the priest The ltany
\ for soul departing was then recited, Lenahan re-
snonding audibiy and earnestly Al its close the
priest shook hands with him and went down from the
Scanola.
The painful stiffness was broken BY the last words
i OF the miserable man. He thanked the priests, the
Sisters OF Mercy the prison officials and concluded by
sayng:-"l forgive all who have wronged me and ask
| toe forgiveness Of those have ever wronged HIS
and legs then pinioned, the black drawn
| over his eyes and the moose adjusted.
Az thirty-ave minutes past ten the Sheriff pulled the
support from beneath the scanold Lcnahan fell with
passed through the crowd The dying man olasped
his fingers a handkerchief and writhed about tor
OF death, shook his irame he drew up his legs
little, and stirred again. In eignt minutes after
the fatal drop the physician noticed perccpble pull
salon, and in seventeen minutes andrew Leuahan
declared dead. The body WAS cut down and removed
TO tho prison. Tho murder Of Captain Reilly, Tor
which Lenahan was executed, committed in =
buggy the main road a short way IRON Wilkes
barrie ON the 18th September 1874 when 1t is alleged
that Lenahan shot his victim through the hcarL
THE CONDITION OF SOCIETY IN THE COAL RE-
GIoNs-wHERE A MOTIVE FOR THE MOLLY
MAGUIRE MURDERS CAN BE roUND-AN-
TAooEIsMs OF CAPITAL AND LABoR-osTRA-
(TsM oF TIE irish nfINrR
PorTsWLLE June 90 1871
Where murder shown to have been deliberate,
where tho murderer has had time calmly consider
atemrx evcn in courts OF law, has been made
to justify the crime excuse on any plea the crmt
nal No matter what the provocation, matter how
great the injury, all men have rightly agreed that
death and Its consequences penalties too
great for the Individual innct; for such
punishment must ever exceed the offence,
and murder, of It's nature, is an irreparable
injury. To inaict such punishment is prerogativo
which God has reserved to Himself. Ho alone can
termino In mercy and justice when the measure Of
iniquty which calls for such condign punishment
has boon filled up Tho reason God has reserved this
right to Himself and to those legally delegated TO bear
tho sword OF justice Is from the lamcnablo
sequences which would naturally flow from the
patton of this prerogatve by individuals Apart from
the hatrcds desires Of revenge, retaaons and
be seen the heartrendng sorrows and misc
res far reaching in their consequences, which are
by murder inflicted upon the friends and families OF
its victims fathers and mothers wives and children
cruelty deprived of those whose duty and privilege
love and support them. lfthis crime ID viewed
from Christian standpoint o calamity may appear
the possibility OF which makes shuddcr Gen.
orally murderer hurries his victim world
without warning without time to beg tor mercy par
don. II so many devouty wish that time DO given TO
prepare for DEATH II few prepared ushered
instantly into the presence Of the living God, what
fearful crime may the murderer commit against the
soul of his vic,mi # man thus unexpectedly de-
privod Of life be In sin immortal soul is lost for
ever; that had u boon permitted TO live might
have ropsnted sad died heir to heaven. Thus arc
revealed shs ecSxeausoces here and hereafter OF the
awful crime Of Ssrder
xCHpSRs THE COAL REGIONS.
The murders committed by the Ancient Order Of
Hbernians In the coal region have been we'll
planned assassinations; the perpetrators OF
these crimes were not bIindly hurried on
by their personal grievances; time sufficient
elapsed betwccn their selection and their preparation
OF the hellish deeds to enable them to realize the
onormity OF the crimos they had been appointed to
commit II tor ordinary murder there may not be
the color OF excuse for these here be nothing but
donuncatlon. Tho conviction of every Ancient Order
OF Hibcrnian murderer end TO be wished and
prayed for. Any sympathy that would set FREQ
any one whose moral guilt had been legally
established would be cruelty to the commu-
nifty. Since these murders systcmati-
cally compassed by organized band an
acqutta Of tho guilty would have embroidered the
sassns hence their acquitta could only DO regarded
in the light of y public calamity. Their conviction
was an end that all must confess was necessary by
lawful means TO secure, though many may think
some OF the means mado use OF TO attain that
end unfair. The Ancient Order of Hbe--
nian murders bear evidence OF an atroclty
which leads to regard them tho ef-
fecs of wantonness, OF total disregard OF human lie,
OF pure devilishness ITO murder men they had
never seen'-the murderers and their victims being
in most unknown to another-thcrc could
BIO no personal motive impellng them to redress
in barbarous manner real fanced wrongs Tho
apparently total absence of motive the con-
domination OF the criminals, for say the people, they
had motive II they had suffered injury at the
hands OF their victims there might be some explana-
OF their crimes their crimes might at least be
derstood and, however wickcd might be accounted
human, whereas they are diabolical
TIM MURDERS
tsTherc was no motive This, however Illogical ia
the conclusion which most men reach after reading
the ..Moliy trials There effect without cause,
however difficult IL may be to trace to its cause,
however dIlcult 1t may be 10 make it clear
that such has produced such effect
II, for example, there be minsma in The air whose
existence is made known only by It's noxous ELECTS,
DO looked for In the surrounding soil,
however innocent the earth may appear IN that
vicinity. great conhagraton cannot be ascrbed TO
a match; combustiplo material also must have been
there No matter how wicked men may become, how
short sighted their vision or perverted their inteli.
gcnce from their point oil view at least there is method
IN madness The murders in tho coal region are
not effects without causes nor have they been perpe-
tratcd motive, however reprehcnsblo 1t
may be.
What rendered possible crimes which have shocked
humanity This rs an important question and may
well claim the attention oil the people OF the coal re
gion. Tho object of this inquiry Is TO discover the
circumstances and conditions of society which made