The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-21
Ten Molly Maguires Hanged To-day.
THE HANGING COMMENCED ON TIME.
Full Particulars of the Performance.

Full Particulars of the Performance.
Deep interest has been felt in all parts
OF the country over the conviction of the
murderous Molly Maguires at Pottsville
and Mauch Chunk. The most desperate
efforts have been made to save the necks
OF these wretcheG men, but law and order
has been vindicated, and. to-day sees the
state of Pennsylvania freed from iten Of
the gang. Their execution will act as a
wholesome check on the future operations
ots members of that or any similar or
CARNATIONS in that state. At Pottsville
to-day and for several days past, nothing
else has been talked of but the hanging.
On Sunday the wives of the condemned
men arrived from Harrisburg, where they
had been in atte ndance at the session of
the Board of Pardons. They applied at
the Jail for admittance, but were Informed
that it was against the rules to admit any
one on Sunday, They therefore departed
for their respective homes, and Monday
morning once more presented themselves
at the Jail. They were admitted and
shown to the cells containing their hus-
bands. Mrs, Carroll, a woman who has
proved herself both loving wife and an
interchangeable worker, not satisfied with the
decision OF the pardoning power
called upon the governor and begged
! him to spare the life of her hus-
) band, but was told that nothing could
I. h. e, Al, L IL
Inevitable. Arriving at her husband s
clasping those of Carroll looked down and
} wept bitterly, Carroll, man of rather
! fine presence and the posseSsor of unlim-
tied sef-control, though Of nervous tenn
perament, bore himself brayely while in
the presence of his wife and tried to cheer
] her by saying Don't cry, don't cry.
I'm ready and prepared to die, and you
know I'm innocent" At this his wife
broke out afresh, and was led away sobbine
bitterly. When left to his reflections, Car
!. roll cried like child, but regaiuing his
8 composure applied himself diligently tc
t reading the religious books which bis priest
t had given him. Carroll is completely un.
! manned when he thinks of his four little
i children, but persists IN asserting his limo
cence, and will, it is thought, die without
making a public confession. Hugh Nc
+ GeghaD, who shot Yost, is tall and we'll
d built, though rather raw-boned, IrishmaI
. with somewhat unprepossessing features
/, but with face the lines Of which denote
;, him man of iron will Till of late he has
!. boldly asserted his innocence upon every
possible occasion, but within the last weel
|. or two be has become changed man. H.
5, can neither read nor write, and passes hi
/ time in praying, but when spoken to upol
!: the subject of his crime is silent. Upor
r hearing the decision of the board O
+ pardons he said nothing, but has since
- been very despondent, and it would no
/. cause q great deal of surprise wer
7 he to break down upon the scaffold
Z, His wife, pretty, fresh-looking creatur
y of not more than twenty years of age
: called to see him to-day, and surprised al
P who saw her by the nerve she displayed
Keep up your heart, Hugh, she said
y you II die innocent, and if you were give
- your freedom they would follow you an
of shoot you down like dog. Boyle, Nc
n Geghans companion in the shooting Q
or ost, is going to pieces. lie and his wife
n a woman about thirty five, and much olde
n than her husband, called to see him Nor
n day morning and mingled her tears wit
its his. He still asserts his innocence an
he says, IF ever an innocent man received
,s- reward for being hung for a crime he di
ot not commit, | will go to heaven" II
of spends his time in praying, as, like Nj
he Geghan, he cannot read or write. ''Nevt
cts mind, meyer mind, said Roarty, anotht
ed of the Yost murderers, to his wife. Dir
ms Roarty cannot speak English, and is IN
as most destitute condition, and while speal
nd ing to her husband she wept copiously, b
pc wailing her fate and that of her "starvir
MY children Roarty was always the mo
lcn lighthearted of the condemned men, b
leu after he has been told to prepare to die c
nS Thursday he prayed continually and |
trs, boriously spelled his way through b
10' prayer-book. Duffy, the only unmarri
. man among Yost's murderers, has. sin
his arrest presented bold aud defa
and ar front, speaking to no one but his intima
DR.. friends; but since the decision ofthe boa
he has become very dcspondent, havi
entertained strong hopes of pardC
ion Thomas Munly. the murderer
TED TED Sanger, sits in his cell and alternate
St, cries and prays. This man is feari
hypocrite, and calls upon God to sustt
him In dying innocent. ln Mauch ChuI
Yellow Jack Donohoe, the murderer
Powell, and the most hardened criminal
III III all, prays from morning till night and Ii
the rest maintains his innocence; but il
. .n" thought that he will confess before be
,V i,th swung into eternity. Campbell, the ins
.h gator of the Jones murder, is slowly
nse surely breaking down; but as he is a N
OF powerful will, it is not expected that
will confess Kelly and Doyle, who 81
Homes are Init shadows of their torn
selves. DOYLE would die in less than
= , year if not hanged, and Kelly would
be long in following him. These two '
,oa be hanged together, and Campbell 6
.rou tou Donohoe will also leave this world in &C
rnn, pany The hanging in Mauch Chunk '
begin about ii and in Pottsville at
cro. same hour. At Pottsville the men ,
probably be hanged together. Fears {
Y. disturbance are entertained by the COVE
- ment, and the First and Second Regimel
- stationed in Philadelphia, are under ord
b \ to move at two hours notice with thl
h rounds of ammunition and two days
Z tions, respectively for Mauch Chunk ;
81 Pottsville Both jails are we'll guarded
heavy detachments of the coal and
4 m police.
IoE MAUCH CHUNK, June 2l.-At IL
- this morning the four Molly Magu
confined here, were executed.
" WILKEsBARRE, June 2l.-Lanahan
Molly Mcguire, was executed at lO:4o.
\ PoTTSvILLE, June 2l.-The weat
this morning at day break, was dull
heavy, and before s drizzllng rain be
\ to fall, without, however, diminishing
Y crowd already in waiting outside of the
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