The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-22
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LNTELLIGENCER
THE GALLOWS.
Execution Of the MolIie Mcguire
Murdsrers.
.s
A Notable Day In Pennsylvania.
Immense Crowds Assemble to
Witness the Tragic Scene.
Business Suspended Throughout
the Whole Country.
The End Of the Law, Which Is
Death.
The End Of the Law, Which Is
Death.

foFIsVlLLE, fAp June Zl.--1he wealth.
er this morning at day break was dull and
heavy and before long a drizzling rain
began to fall without howeyever dimin.
iShiug the crowd already in waiting out.
side the Jail. The general suspension oi
business throughout the surrounding
country in Difference to the extraordinary
event OF the day and the iunereal quiet
attending the preparations for the e1ecu.
tions served to make more impressive the
tragic occurrence which marks this most
eventful day in the criminal calendar oi
the State. The previous night passed
without incident, but soon after dawn the
town became the rendezvous for groups
OF pedestrians from all parts Of the sur
rounding country; these are nearly all oi
the poorer class, some having traversed
many miles from their homes to be pres
cnt. The Jail, located on the summit oi
one Of the many hills surrounding this
place, is the centre OF attraction and the
concourse on the way thither hourly in.
creases in numbers. In consequence ol
some delay persons entitled to admission
to the Jail at $ o'clock were compelled to
remain in waiting outside for more than
half an hour, meanwhile the immediate
relations Of the condemned took their
last farewell. The scene was trying
one. The brother and two sisters oi
Roarity were admitted at G o'clock and
soon after the aged and impoverished
father Of Manly, who had walked to the
prison all the way from Gilberton, dis.
tauce Of 10 miles. Several of the rela.
tivcsof the others, not having applied at
the appointed time, were not admitted.
To each Of the doomed men has been
assigned a clergyman, who will attend
his charge in his dying moments, The
reverend gentlemen were in attendance at
the cells Of the men nt dawn this morn.
ing, and afterward assisted in the Ccle.
bration Of mass in a private apartment,
The clergymen were Revs. Daniel NJ.
Dormatt, F. n. J. Galley, H. J. Depman,
james McGovern, Martin Walsh and P.
Beresford. But three Of the doomed men
were presented ut one time. Religious
services being repeated at o'clock, all
access to the men by other than the
Sheriff and his assistants, and spiritual
advisers has been scrupulously avoided.
They are reported to have passed the
night well, and at the usual time break.
fast was served for each, though this wa,
barely touched by any Of them. Carroll,
Munly and Roarity expressed their ca.
gerness to die, and they are apparently
calm and resigned; the last named, this
morning receiyeda letter from his father
urging him to turn his thoughts heaven.
ward, and while admonishing him of his
parents belief in his innocence, advis.
ing him to confess the truth before God
and the world. The present arrange.
ments by the Sheriff contemplates the
execution ottwo at one time and the ex.
ecutiou Of the other four within hall
hour later. The two having prece.
dence will probable bo Munly and Nc.
Geehan.
1OA. M.-There ia an almost uninter.
rupted line through the front prison
gates within the last hour. This Is made
up in varying proportions OF local and
visiting officials, many Schuylkill county
physicians and about fifty journalists
representing every newspaper in the
country and the leading journals Of the
large cities, sherifis, deputies, members oi
the juries and detachment Of the coal
and iron police force, making totDl oI
one hundred and fifty persons already ad
mitted. The multitude made their way
into the Jail yard, and spent the intervals
prior to the hanging, in discussing in
groups the all absorbing topic Of tho exc,
cutiOu.
THE dALLows.