The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-21
FEARS OF ATTEMPTED RESCUE.
How the Condemned Men Passed Their
Last Day and Evening.
WoMAN's DEVOTION AND DISTRESS
The Two Scenes Described--0f JoStling SOr-
row, DroIlsry and Dread.
ryx rrLxanApu TO THE HERALD

[sY TTLxoRAPH TO THE HERALD
PorrsuILy, Pa, June 90. 1917.
The time s fast approaching when tho Molly
mcguire murderors tho jail At this place are TO be led
20 execution, and the hour draws near the
shadow OF the coming tragedy seems to grow deeper
and darke. Anticipating NO evil Of any
kind, NO attempt Al rescue, no disturbance Of the
peace no outward demonstration OF any kind, Still
look forward to the event with kad Of apprchcn
sion which comes with the knowledge that must not
only Witness but take part in the death Of six by
srranguation. sheriff Werner has been overrun with
application for cards Of admission INTO the jail
row. and no Is determined tina, whoever is admitted
shal be his deputies not only in name but in fact 81
am going to admit YOU" he said to the HERALD
correspondent last night "but making you
my deputy, must exact promise from you that you
will act a. one donr know what shall ask you 10
do, but will ask you TO do sonsthng" The promise
was given. could not help peculiar sensatisn over
tho suggestion that would be necessary to help
XIII man or six men in order to obtain vantage
ground as a news gathercr. stilI, tho position that
has been forced upon Is that s eagerly sought
by many, to the last man In Schuylkill county; by
hundred physicians from different parts OF the State,
ma by representatives OF the press all over the country
do not blame tho Sheriff for asking 10 mako all those
Who accept cards useful In the 6na tragedy. Ho
has pretty large undertaking on his banda I'll
had only man to hang" no remarked,
s.t would be easy enough bat 10 execute SIX men in
succession without accident or misfortune requires
only the right kind OF assistance but that shall
no. be trammclled BY people with nothing to do
Sheriff Werner is young man. easy and obligng
IN disposition, and, in q Molly Mcguire phrase
GUS 10 make "a nate, ciane iob Of the duty imposed
upon him by his Office He has already executedsone
man. young fellow, who was convicted OF murder
committed in tho perpetranon Of burglary, and II
is . noteworthy fact that he, and bis father
who sheriff before hsm, were the only men who
have executed murderers in Schuykil county within
the memory Of the Oldest inhabitants
RARE gxAxPLEs OF woxAS's DEVOTION.
To-day was especially or.hy for the ana leave
takngs Of The friends Of the condemned In these
affecting episodes There waa an interest apart even
from the narrowing scenes themselves. No women
we're ever truer In their devotion 10 loved
sons and brothers and husbands than have
been the fathers ana sisters and wives Of tho
unfortunate sexettc to be hanged in Po,tsv,lc Jail
tomorrow. During tho first trial OF tho Yost MUIR
derers, Mrs. McGrghsn, then bride, sat lovingly
by MS side while he looked proudly upon
him in MS extremity. On tho Same occasion
Mrs. Rosrsy sa! by her husband, with
climb upon It's fathers knee and laugh aud wtn
delight at the busy scene around. MIS- Carroll, TOO,
pfotSif0o
and Mrs Aanisy has all along manifested
great emotion over the doom Of her nus
band, aad the late OF all VINO wore near and
Of these six had wives 10 share the dsgracc Of
their crimes and to bear part Of their
children, whose young lives will DO darkened
by the shadow OF their fathers end. The Of
tho condemned men not less true in their dcvo-
lion than the women who had voluntarily taken tho
uAmes and with them assumed the shame
o. the . desperate men , who held ,es%s s YES
young sister, Katy, handsome ard sprghtly girl
who under more iavorsb conditions might have boon
perjury 10 save her brother from the gslIows, and
she IS suffering imprisonment ~ labor within
ssa mother poor 70 pay Ssp Wsy oy ra
YEARLY on loot all the way from Coaldsie TO this place
10 embrace hor doomed cut erng soa before he pays
The penal vi hts crimes the scatoid. Duny father
and mother have been frequent IN their visits
and TINS morning ihcy again trudgcd wearily tho
depot 10 the prIEon 70 part forever with the
whose malevolence caused the murder Yost
rrccipitatcd the doom OF tho Molly
Maguircs. Before l any details dcscr ipve
these sad iarcwclls some clearer o. the iu-
fuence OF tho women In the coal regions upon the
desperate men who held the whole district In terror Tor
many years than has yet been prinIed seems ne
cessAry.
AN INFLUENCES FOR GOOD.
From FIRST to last The ip1ucnce Of tho women
among the "Molly Magulres" was for good and
only for good; Ackcnna's experienco is the best
evidence OF this Ono Of Pat Hester's caugh-
ters showed him a decided preferences, although she
would scarcely know that his business Molly Ma
murder ana his visits her iatner's
wore With intcution Of crime. Miss Mary Ann Hagus
kerrgans sister n.law and the belle oil TamaQua
Is true in all things AS she was decided in her
preference for the handsome detective Mrs. Nun
sawier was almost mother to the irowsy desperado
IS she coaI1 not fail to regard him who for u time
ound homo in her husbands house, more because
DO was q despsrsdo than needy miner in search
oil cmpioyme0 Mrs Jack Kcnoc was only true
VIE aud mother, but TO her kinainess and sympathy
the dctecvc owed MS lie when his true character was
revealed TO her husband. Even ksrrigans
wife, something Of g'aa.sss IN hsr way
over hsr INTO Of husband with qucenly sway, was
true 10 MIN while he was 'truc TO ms companions IN
susbandYh was asked her when she WIS
IN the witness stand. "Whcn no commit
:rlmes" '.Ever since he tired 20 put his eu,i. on
innocent men," In her opinion ii was 10 be an
niorncr than . = murderer, ana he was both Yet
back 10 1--we with the little wretch who
father Of her children. Everywhere the devo-
ton OF the has been in marked contrast to tho
crneity and boodthirstness OF the men and this
Jevotlon 10 the one bright page In tho dark
annals Of the MoIlie Mcguire assass inatiop Ii Il
not surprising that the jail bcs eyed from early
dawn until late az night by the loving and devoted
women who had come 40 t-ko their Inst farewell OF the
condemned men. Tho aged and .rict stricken mothers
wcre In the cells TO embrace Tor the last tmo
On earth the forms OF beloved but dlshonored
tho curse OF their husbands crimes, and lii,c Chi
dren, too Young to feel their share VI the shame and
sorrow and suffering Of tins sad day and adding 70 It's
solemnity BY their childish frocg aud prattls
CHASTITY JOKING.
But before these affecting scenes began. the Potts
Vile Jan saw another sight ainvst as sad, but FORE
shadowing, In dreadiuy realistic way, tho last sad
tccpes Of ALL This was the act OF measuring the
or their oof1ns From cell TO cell went Mr.. Roland
kleve, PottsvIo undertaken, measure and tape
tnc In hand taking the length aud gIrIh Of each IN
urn. Hugh McGcchan Is tho tallest OF the men, no
seng exactly six iect in height Next to him comes
;arroil, whose height IA i've feet ten inches; then
;omos Boye anu Roarty, each Of whom are hvc feet
sIgbt inches. Then there is Duffy, whose height ia
ave feet inches and last Of all comes Manley
who In only nvo feet SIX.
A. the men measured each inquired after tho
sShsrs, and McGeehau wns especially soittous
IN his inquiries after Carroll How hign
Ia he?v he asked OF tho undertaken, and
on beng told be reioircd, .'Not big IN
inches but big In learning IN the days gone by" Each
was ready with some iacctious response when he
understood the object oi the undertnker's vistt.
"im a. tall IS when they nrst brought me here, /"
said Carroll, .but trine thinner about
the girdle - "Be particular about The height,
pevsf mind tho breadtn," sad koarity, ~ won't