The New York herald., 1877-02-10
THE MOLLY MAGUIRE TRIAL.

Yesterdays PnocEEDINos-A THRILLING
STORY OF THE MURDER OF ALEXANDER
REA, BY ONE OF THE MuRDERERs-oREAT
EXCITEMENT in THE COURT HOUSE.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
BLooMsBuRG Pa, Feb 0. 1877.
The excitement In tho court incident to the Molly
Msgq'res ri,s OF Hester, McHugh aud Tuy in,cn.
sined by the appearance OF Mrs. Rca tho
widow of tho murdered man, upon tho witness stand.
IIcr Testimony simply rcctcd the fact OF her hus-
band leaving home tho morning Of the 18th Of
October, 1868, which the last tmo shc ever saw
him nlivo also tho bringing home of his body on the
dny following
DR.. Bcttcry, who made tho post-mortcm cxamina.
tou, described the appearance OF Alexander Rcas head
after Il was riddicd by tho bullets OF his assassins
any OF which bullets was sufficient 10 kill
rIIE STORY OF ''KELLy THE nux"
Tho climax Of tho thrilling trial was reached how.
ever, when Manus Gull, or 'Kely tho Bumn was
placed on tho witness stand for the prosecution Hc
Is the man who fired tho first shot ut Alexander Rcn
and who has now turned Sta,cs evidence against his
companions In crime. His story OF tho dcvsh deed
held tho crowded court spoubound and tho largo
audience still death while he told OF how
Tint desperate band OF plotted and prepared
for tho murder Of tho mno superintendent.
Ho said that Pat Hester was the nrst who
suggested tho crime, at the snloon OF man
named Donohuc, where q dozen 'sIolly Muguircs''
present, Including tho witness and McIugh and
TuIy who are OH irat Hcsscr, he SAID, stated that
the murder would bc good thing, as Rea would have
at least SIS, 900 IN his possession. This tho
night of the 10TH On tho morning OF the 18th OF
ber 1885, nno Of tho Mollies set out dawn their
deadly ssion. Hester and three others turned back
after going little way and 1--WE, including Kelly, went
10 do the deed. They hid them selves in tho woods
tho roadside between Centrala and Mount Carmel
whore thoy waited several hours, and drank freely
from whiskey bottle they had with them. II
customary for Rca to have his little boy With him
In his buggy, and tho murderers held council
what they should do with the lad when they would
kill his father, in case he was along. Ono OF tho
number who know Mr. Rea better than the rest went
out tho roadsidc to give the signal as soon as tho
doomed man was TO appear. Two buggies passed by,
and the murdcrers evecd their rcvovcrs tho
pants, only To lay them down In disappoln ment when
they saw their expected victim was not there AZ
last he came in sight Tho picket gave tho signal and
ambush and the witness says that he caIIod on HIM to
surrender. Rea then handed him his watch and $50
IN money, whcreupon Kelly asked Tu'ly what
''Kil him, OF course; won't be logged through
tho country for my hc by any ono" Then they fred
sim ncously at the Superintendent who attempted
TO escape through the woods but already wounded
and ieli bleeding tho grass. Tho ssas,ns rushed
upon him, and Tuy placing hts pistol to tho PROSTATE
mans eur. discharged bullet INTO his brain, alter
which they ran or and divided The money.
AN EXCITED AUDIENCE.
Tho pcnt up agony OF the audcnco during this ro-
citu OF Keliys fearful story broke forth IN express
slons OF horror when no reached this point
RECORD.
In cross-cxam,naton Hon. J. W. Ryon for tho
defence, drew from tho witness confession OF long
catalogue OF crimes including highway robbery, mur-
and indecent assault in VIII ch he had previously
been Implicated. Gull says hrs right namo is Mapus
Gull; that no a member of the Molly Mngurc So
ccty along with Hester and the others, and
and tho tho Ancient Order Of Hlbernians.
DETECTIVE M'PARLAx
Hon. f. w. Hughes proposes to provo tomorrow by
tho testimony Of Detective McParian, MuR, Lawicr
and others who here the criminal character OF
society. Tho town s feverIsh state Of excitement
this evening aud hundreds coming In IRON tho
surrounding settlements TO hear McParlan tell the
story Of hts experience among the MolIies.
This, the last and greatest Of tho trials, has pro-
duccd profound sensation than any of It's pre-.
dccessors. The Noes have been driven 10 the wall
and making q desperate struggle for Iifc