The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-29

| hope ] am going to meet my Lord, and
Thomas Duffy is man that, won say that,
for fear might be lying, that | never seen
him the third time before seen him in Potts
vile Jail and what can say for him is this: |
7 never heard him talking about Benjamin F,
Yost nor about the shooting affair." nor any |
thing concerning the thing at all and anoth-
er thing may say for McGeehan and Boyle
/ may say never asked him to come and
shoot Benjamin f. Yost nor any other man ;
if they are to come after me, let them say so
am satisfied, and l hope forgiveness from
the world, from everybody; hope they will
forgive me hope all will forgive me that
is all have to say"
AT this point the crowd looked to Carroll,
who was quietly awaiting his fate, without be-
traying any special emotion either of contri-
ton or despair. In appearance he was the
most intelligent and dignified among the half
dozen murderers Apparently conscious Of
the hollowness Of professions upon the gal
lows, and appreciatng his terrible death-hour,
Carroll merely uttered with calmness,'I have
nothing to say, gentlemen, only am innocent
of the crime ! am charged with" Here
Roarty broke in again with the remark,
"WelI, that is what forgot excuse me gen
tlemcn that is another word forgot-that |
was going to die an innocent man. / forgot
TO put that in there the doomed mans voice
grew tremulous), but | hope it is good for
me and as to them that prosecuted me and
brought me to this place. l forgive them from
the bottom of my heart. l hope God will
! forgive them and forgive me, too"
Carroll made no attempt to prolong the re-
marks, apparently interrupted by his associ-
, ate, but improved the opportunity when Sci
zing the profered hand of the Sheriff in a
last farewell, to whisper in his car few hur-
f ried parting,words. Carroll was the only one
% the victims of the day who did not bear in
his hand or upon his person a flower of some
color. The lapel of MGeehan's coat was
, decorated with two full-grown roses, one red
l and one white. Boye held rose in his
hand, while Duffy, one of the last couple tc
, be hung, carried little white flower, attach
e ed to the coat lapel.
d When the pinioning of the limbs Of thu
n doomed men was in progress, Roarity recog
e nizing one of his counsel in the crowd, shouted
"Mr. Lavelle, 1 leave you my blessing ant
= leave it to all my employers" "God bles
you, Jim," responded the law yer.
n The priests now exhorted the men to turl
= their thoughts to God. The nooses wer
l. frightened upon their throats, the white cap
l. adjusted, shutting out from their gaze, torey
er, the beautiful blue sky and all things hr
y man. To the last neither gave the least sig
1t of trepidation, and in the language of til
le prison, were game to the last.
IS After hanging nineteen minutes, and Iii
'g being extinct, the bodies were taken dow
r. and temporarily deposited in the wooden r.
er ceptable behind the gallows.
" At twelve minutes after one o'clock Il
members Of the solemn funeral cortege, bein
70 ing the same in each instance, except as
at the clergymen, made their third appearan
us in the jail-yard, this time bringing with the
Thomas Munley and Thomas Daffy. II
ut officiating priests were Fathers Depman al
We McGovern.
Oh Duffy's turn had evidently been purpose
or deferred as long as possible, in consequence
re. a rumored possible reprieve. He appear
pc to realize, however, that his time on ear
lis was short. The ghastly pallor of his face al
nervous manner contrasted strongly with t
"a nonchaant air and easy department Of t
bv man Munley at his side. The latter Ii
ia those who had gone before him, met his f5
| Al. ,,l; ri; Oh al
in acterized his late associates in crime.
We The same preliminaries as in the other c
for ses were begun and concluded. Neither of t
: 7 men indicated any disposition to make
To speech and the drop fell at twenty-one mi
,re utes after one o'clock After hanging ffte
minutes, the physicians in attendance decla
ed the bodies to be lifeless, and five minu
"u later they were taken down and placed wi
y, the other four.
nv An examination by the physicians prese
Nv M showed that all the victims with the exec
'eo ton of Munley, whose neck was dislocatc
'p' died of strangulation. The bodies of McG,
~ han, Boyle and Duffy will be delivered
=, n' their friends at the late residences of the
..y ceased The remains of the other three v
-, -. be buried at the expense of the county.
Wy We append brief sketches of the men W
80 g.. were executed at Mauch Chunk and at Pot
las 's VILE
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
who, in consequence of possessing more
~ telligence than most of his fellow crimin
.:' I: may be considered the most guilty of the
uio =. Al
.on try in 1862 He worked in the mines
w. w., about Is months and, then kept drink
' saloon at Tamaqua, and afterward at Sum
Hill He was a man Of magnificent ph
ven ique, tall, slender, with dark brown hair
the moustache, and heavy eyebrows From
anu first he denied his guilt, and declared t
ielr the evidence upon which he was conviC
all was false. He leaves widow and two c
sys- dren Campbell had great influence with
'ok- Mollies at Summit Hill, indeed through
both Carbon and Schuylkill counties.
the EDWARD KELLY
and was born in this country, but his parents '
the Irish. He was quite boyish in appeara
way and the youngest and smallest of the crimir
The His forehead was narrow and retreating
rity ong and slender, eyes blue, with heavy Ia
lded les, and his hair dark and long. His apr
lille ance was haggard, and showed the effect
tual his Imprisonment. Only week after his
rest his father was killed by mass of
tion and slate falling upon him. His mother
lack wives him in state of grief almost bordt
Saw on insanity. He was % years old.
and MICHAEL j. DOYLE
sible born at Mount Laffee, near Pottsville
, the 27 years old on the 2lst of last Febrr
gave He was tall, well built and pleasant il
nent. pearance. His parents also were Irish,
the and moustache reddish brown, and blue ,