The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-06-28
synopsis OF Thcir Grimes.

Roarty AMI lhomls Diiy pNi INC
penalty Of death by hlnging for the
brutal murder of Bonjimin I. fost,
ut Tamaqua, aboit sisteen milo3
from here. Tho crime WAS commit
ted 1t an carly hour on tho morning
OF July 6, 1915, in retaliation for au
imaginary wrong d N @ Thomas
Daify, n Mpllic Mcguire, who hal
freq icn,ly disturbed tho peace while
intoxicated and on one OCCASION had
20 be clubbel by Yost who was
policeman, 10 bring lin into sub
lection to the law For doing his
duty as an officer Duffy resolved that
no should bo assassiaated. The
Mollio Maguiro dill not possess the
rcpuisitc courage to commit the
crime but he found others willing to
carry out his desires, James ker.
rigln, who has since turned states
evidence and been the cluso of the
arrest OF about half a dozen murder
crs. was consulted Cs to the proprio
Is Of the marler, and ho though IL
an excellent thing to get ril OF tHo
policeman, who hal also arrested
/ him on several occasions. James
Carroll, was royt told Of the scheme
and was delighted with it. SubscS
qucntly consultation was hal with
/ Alexander Cambcll, Of Storm Hill,
Carbon county, who not only gave
the projected crime his countcnlnce
but proposed method 10y Which it
could be safely anil cXpeditiously
done. The murder Of John i. Jones
n mine boss at Llnsford. Carbon
county. having already bcen.dator.
mined on, il was arranged by him,
with the approval Of the others in
secret, that Yost should bo killed
by Carbon county Molii9s AMI in
consideration OF thcir work Schuyl-
kill county should furnish mcmbcrs
of the order TO Lill Jones, whose on
~ offence was that he had refused
work to Hugh MGehan and friend
OF the latter. Tue men selected TO
put the policeman out Of tho way Were
MGehan and James Boyle.
! The reading OF the death warrants
to the cul piits was unaccompnnied
by any notable scono. Thoy all bore
up well under the ordeal Carroll
said that it was all right, Boyle that
he wasn't sorry aud toarity that al
innocent man would be hung when
ho was executed. M'Gchan was
disposed 10 lcvity, he remarked to
the sheriff that he would get up
early that morning if he wanted an
early quitting true. Duffy suggest
cd that it would have been more
fitting il n death warrant in the case
of each juror who contributed to hi,
conviction had been issued
Thomas Munloy was also hanged
( here TO day. lio assisted i'll the
murder Of Thomas Singer on Sep
tcmber |, 1873. and was arrested on
/ February 10, 1876. Sanger was 4
, mine boss at Raven Ran, small
: mining town Of this county, and had
! offended tho Mollics by refusing
; thom the consideration they claimed
At ten minutes Of II the two mel
. Boyle loading aud MGchon follows
ing, came out and mt ll.O9 O'Clock
! the moose WAS adjusted. au1 nj
= 1l.1o3 the trap WAS dropped Boil
: made brief statomcnts, neither 4lir
, ming nor denying their guilt.
: Boyle. carried n large red roso il
! his hand, the latter had The flower,
t in his buHonholo.
. The services OF tho Catholic churcl
were rendered in English, Boyle re,
!, poating the prayer, while MGchat
= listened inton'ly, and occasionally
( moved his lips in silent prayer
a raihcr MGovcrn eXhortod tuo mel
4 10 look to tho Ono only who coull
+ save.
t When tho religious cormonio'
c wore ended MGohnn spoke, saying
c IL have nothing 10 Tell you gontlcmcn
] blanc no one. | do not say any
. thins, who,hor ] AN gully or limo
= cent | only ask iorgiyness Of III,
+ whole world, and il have done any
8 body wrong, and if they dio irnr
s Christians, | ask, rs | know the,
$ will, 10 forgive me,
Boyle spoke next II say nothing O
| my guilt or innocence. ! hgpe all vii
forgive me, anl ! win forgive all tia, Iii.
ne wrong.
After Boyle concluded, MGchan nqair
spoke. SAYING ~ have done all in m
n power 10 alg1 my soul, anl trust IN 60,
9 1,rV a. ,rv ~ 80
], that have not cleared od, lie viii max
4 me suJor here, nui This il nay prayer, tia
3. IGnlwil forgive my sins
= BOYLE licl from the ah3ck 10 ten min
a utes M'Gchnn in fifteen, from strangGh
ton. The lattcr's body exhibited terrible
= conyul-ion-, Just after the bodies wer
; cut down, MGehcn being taken down a
n IL 81, the sheIil decided not 10 hang Tia
O others together, but in couples Of two.
q Roarity and Carroll were hung at f. 81
9 Both declared their innocence. At II, 4
y the bodies were cut down anl removed
u and as the two end scaiTolds had been us
@ ed, there now remained bat the centre on
i for duty. The sheriff decided upon Ia
, three Executions in Difference not only I
the wishes OF some Of the men, who want
ell TO 20 together, but because he thought
: while tedious, IL was safest. Roarity do
: clarel ia his statement that he never say
o Yosi.
q Al twonty-one minutes past one the las
y two men, Diifey and Munley, were hung
Duifey, with Father M'Govern, an
q Muuley, with Father Defman, left th
Il prison corridor at eleven minutes past one
O aud when Daley came in sight of tn
n crowd there was general eXclamat lion
a There was no reprieye."
y Father MGOvern told DuGy he had a