Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-06-22
A MOLLIE MAGU1RE MURDER.

the Molly Maguires of Pennsylvania. les
terday, (instead of to-day as We were quite
naturally mistaken in stating) six Of this
murderous gang suffered death. The names
Of the men executed yesterday are James
Carol age So, native of Wilkesbarre Penna ,
born of Irish parents. He leaves wife and
four children. Thomas Duffy was born in
Ireland, was 90 years of age and single James
Roarty was born in Ireland and was 81 years
of age when he suffered death. He leaves a
wife and three children. James Boyle was
born in Ireland He declined to tell his age
or history Leaves no family of his own.
Hugh Mcclellan, like Dckens's ruffian hero in
Barnaby Rudge, was stalwart and full Of a
certain brutal heroism. Was married not
long since to young girl who loves him spite
of his crimes. He, also, was born in Ireland
Thomas Munley was born in the parish of
Kilcommon, county Mayo, and was 80 years
old. He leaves wife and three children.
The first five named killed Benjamin F. Yost
Thomas Munley was one of the murderers Of
Sanger Of this latter murder the New York
Sun of June ID furnishes the following ac-
count:
The murder of Thomas Sanger, for which
Thomas Munley is to be hanged was another
of the peculiar cooperative jobs of the Molly
Maguires. Five were engaged in this affair
also, which resulted in the death not only of
Sanger, the man whom they set ont to Kill, but
of VIM. Uren, who happened to he with San
ger at the time, and whom they killed for in
terfering with their proceedings. Thomas
Sanger was mining '' boss" an Englishman,
So years of age man well known and highly
respected by all decent people who knew him.
1t has long been a necessary custom here to
q blacklist known bad characters among the
miners-that is, fellows who are known to be
evil, given to strife, drunkenness, laziness,
and the stirring up of dissentions among their
fellows, are not only discharged by the mining
boss, but their names are put on "blacklist"
after which they cannot again obtain employ
ment from any other boss who knows them,
and must leave the neighborhood Sanger,
in the course of his duty as a boss in Heaton
& Co.'S "Cuyler," coliery, at Raven Run,
had been compelled to " blacklist some Molly
Maguires. They and their companions then
held meeting, at which it was deliberately
resolved upon that Thomas Sanger should be
"put out of the way" or in other words,
murdered, and a committee was appointed to
do the Job. That committee consisted of
Thomas Munlev of Gilberton, Charles and
James ODonnell, and James McAllster of
Wiggans Patch, and Michael Doyle of Shen-
andoah On the morning of Sept, l, 1875, at
o'clock, the assassins boldly stationed them-
selves on the highway near Sanger's house,
where many men were passing in going to
work, and there met their victim on his way
to his daily avocations. James O'Donnell |
fired the first shot at Sanger, who turned and |
ran around house, although he was wounded. |
Thomas Munley and James O'DOnnell fol |
lowed him firing at him. James McAllister !
ran around the house to intercept the victim, |
and meeting him fired shot into him which |
brought him to the ground. He fell on his
face. Then NIunley with his foot turned him
over and both he and James O'Donnhll select
ing what they deemed vital spots, fired two
more bullets into him. Meanwhile McAlister
kept guard at the back of the house to pre-
vent interference, and Charles O'Donnell and
Michael Doyle performed the same service in
the road in addition to incidentally helping
Munley and James O'Donnell kill William
Uren, who was with Sanger and sought to in
terfere Mr. Robert Heaton, one of the
owners Of the mine, at breakfast when he
heard the shots and rushed out, pistol in hand
in time to see the murderers deliberately re
treating after finishing their work He fired
a1ter JIleIn anu anu JdIllcS " l'OlnGli
cooly turned and exchanged shots with him,
without taking effect on either side This
tragic scene took place so close to Sangers
house that his wife heard his cries and rushed Y
out to him just in time to hear him falter, $
81 Kiss me, Sarah for | am dying"
The five assassins complacently walked to-
gether to a Molly Mcguire drinking saloon in
kept by Michael Lawlor, better +
known as {" The Muff," and boosted publicly :
Of what they had done Fortunately, Nc
Parlan, the detective, was in the saloon at C
The time and heard them. No better illus n
ration could be offered than the story of this y
,old blooded murder to show how confident
If their power and immunity from punish
nent the Molly N1aguires had by this time S
,ome, and at the same time nothing could c
more clearly demonstrate how numerous they f.
must have been, or else how completely they
lad terrorized the better class Of people about
hem, than the fact that there were over 100 Ii
,ersons who actually saw this assassination, tt
nd yet dared not interfere to prevent or k
venge it-who did not even have the cour- {.
ge to denounce to the law the wretches who
id the deed The fact was everybody said Is
0 himself: The law is powerless against the So
Iollies, and if | inform they will surely kill II
he next. III
The motive of these wretches seems to have -
cen to create and maintain a terrorism in
he mining regions, under which their law
ssness should be supreme in debating the u