The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

McGeeban and Boyle, | may cay ]
never asked them to come to shoot
benjamin +. Yost nor any other
man. Ii they are to come after me
let them say &c. l en- satisfied and
| hope forgiveness from the world
from everybody. i hope they will
forgive me That's all have to
say"
At this poin the crowd looked up
at Carroll. who was quietly awaiting
his fate without betraying any spe.
cial emotion, either OF contrition or
despair. In appearance he was the
most intelligent and dignifed looking
among the half dozen murderers. ap-
parcntly conscious OF the hollowness
OF professions among the ga'iows,
and appreciaiing his terrible death
hour. Carroll merely uttered, with
calmness, II have nothing TO say,
gentlemen, only, | am innocent of
the crime | am charged with"
Here Roarity broke in again with
the remark, "Well, that is n hat for
got !; excuse me, gentlemen that is
another word. forgot that was
going to die an innocent man. for
got to put that in." Here the doom
ed mans voice grew tremulons But
| hope it is good for me, and as to
them that prosecuted me and brought
me to this place, | forgive them from
the bottom of nv heart. hope God
will forgive them and forgive me
too"
Carroll made no attempt tc pro-
long the remarks apparently inter
rupted by his associate, but improv-
ed the opportunity when selling the
profrered hand of the Sheriff in
A LAST FAREWELL,
to whisper in his ear a few hurried
parting words. Carroll was the on
IL one of the victims Of the day who
did 40. bear in his baud or upon his
person O flower Of some color. The
lapel of McGeehan's coat was dec
Grated with two full-blown roses, one
red and one white. BOYLE held q
rose 10 his hand, while Duffy, one Of
the last couple 20 be hung, carried q
little white flower attached to the
Goa. lapel. When the pinioning OF
the limbs of the doomed men was in
progress. Roarity, recognizing one OF
his counsel in the crowd shouted,
"Mr. Lavelle, | leave you my bless
ing, and leave it to all my employ
ers." "God bless you jim" respond
ed the lawyer. The priests now ex.
horted the men TO urn their thoughts
10 God. The nooses were frightened
upon their throats, the white caps ad.
iusted, shutting out from their gaze,
forever, the beautiful blue sky and all
things human. To the last neither
gave the least sign of trepidation,
and, in the language of the prison,
were game to the last. After hang
ing nineteen minutes, and life being
extinct, the bodies were taken down
and temporarily deposited in the
wooden receptacle behind the gsllows.
At l:l2 O'Clock the members Of the
solemn funeral cortege, being the
same in each Instance, except as to
the clergymen, made their third ap-
~pea-ance in the Jail yard, this
time bringing with them
THOMAS MUNLEY AND THOMAS DUFFY.
The officiating priests were Fathers
Depman and McGovern. Duffy's
turn had evidently been purposely de-
ferred as long as possible, 10 cohse.
quence of rumored possible reprieve.
He appeared to realize, however,
that his time on earth was shcrt.
The ghas;ly pallor of his face and
nervous name contrasted strongly
with the noncfalant air and easy de-
pertinent of the man Munley, at his
side. The latter, like thase who had
gone before him, met his fate with
that apparently callous indifference
which characterized his late associ-
ates in crime. The same prelimi.
naries as in the other cases
were begun and concluded, neither Of
the men indicating any disposition to
make a speech. aud ia a few minutes,
the drop falling at t~enty-one min
u,es after ~ O'Clock, Nunlev's neck
was broken by the fall. After hang
ing fifteen minutes the physicians in
attendance declared the bodies 10
be l~ifeless, and five minutes later
they were taken down and placed
with those Of the other four. An ex-
animation by the physicians present
showed that all the victims, with the
exception of Munley, whose neck was
dislocated, died OF s,rangalation.
The bodies of Mcclellan, Boyle and
Duffy will be delivered l, their
friends at the late residences of the
deceased. Waidro1, an undertaken,
has been charged with the necessary
arrangements. The remains of the
other three will be handed over to
ROLAND Kline, undertaken, and will
be buried at the expense Of the coun-
ty. The crowds in front Of the jail
gradually diminished, but some five
hundred persons remained around the
main entrance a considerable time,
seeming disposed to stay in order to
have a look at the gallows in the
yard. The arrangement throughout
the endire series of executions was
carried out in q prompt and satisfac-
tory manner by the officials, and 10
view of the extraordinary character
{ the labor imposed upon him. and
its efficient execution, Sheriff Werner
was warmly congratulated upon its
completion. Outside the prison
walls during the day all was compar-
atively quiet. notwithstanding the i'm
mehsity of the crowds that remained
in waiting until late in the afternoon.
The only arrest reported was that Of
a drunken woman, who created some
disturbance by an Incorporate and
i%ncoherent harangue during the exc
cutions. A man who had climbed to
the top Of an elevation on the roof
of a neighboring house succeeded 10
getting a tolerable view of the interi-
or of the Jail yard, and from his ele-
waited position signalled to the people
below the progress of thu tragedy
within the walls. His operations be-
cnmioO knrwn IN tho Nountv Com.