The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-13
lNpER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
qIr pECf'LTfR CtSE or J.iCK hEHOE
fNB on DENNIS DONNIiLI.



O., Dchlh songs About Christians Behind
r-i.on Hnrs-A Death blow to ihuIi.n.
p,rr.vltHr. Jan. 12-1ack KchOc. the cOn-
vs.l - 0ny Magurc. now I'm Poitsyilie Jail un-
d.r-.nf. nr.of death. for the murder of 7. W.
f. Ian.l.n. at Aulonricd. In juno. 1872. re-
c.iv.- f.w VISITORS III prefers t. sit alone and
brood ,yer h.s impending iato. Until the SUI
T. u,' Cou.t. q little over n week ago. refused to
granih.w a new trial. he was conndc and de-
rant. Upto that time his theme. To- those with
whom he couvcrsed. was the ouirag" perpe-
tra;rd in ;hc nnmc Of the law Of keeping an
innocent mnn" locked up. away from his bust
MSS. friends and family for moro than year
anil half. Since the decision was
rendered. he has talked only Of the
probability that he will lie hanged. He
Is apparently about 40 years OF age. with
high check bones. sunkcn. sharp blnck eyes
prominent forehead. black hair. moustache ana
roatcc when his friends were hanged here
lew months ago. Jack was stout. but mental
inxioty and his strict confinement have taken
Ifty or sixty pounds of his weight. and now he
s thin In twenty months he has had two
hours only of exercise outside his cell. Beirlc.
he Pennsylvania Dutch jalcr. does not believe
In escapes, and as he considers Jack " a des-
perate man in bad way who would take some
chances when he could get en-, he prefers to
keep him very securely locked w all the time.
As Jack sat before n Sun reporter the other day
ramblingly discussing his case and the possi-
bilitics Of his escaping his DOOM he betrayed
mental condition at eas, bordering very closely
upon desperation. He could not control ncr-
yousnc-- that manifested itself in u constant
cracking OF his long. blue-spottcd fingers. paw
Ing out imaginary tangles in ~ gsater. cross
ine and recrossing his legs. and a ehas,y sort
OF smiing
I'm as Innocent Of the death OF Langlon as
tyer A child unborn, ," assevcratcd Ja-k. Twas
st the tavern that night. and when | heard Of it,
Mere was forty more that heard o. it at the samo
hme yet because | told the engineer at the
pne the next morning that Langdon was
Seat that was the worst evidence against me
There w'r' many more that could have told
him and many did after did hut because /
Els tho first that said ii, it must have been me
Jack before they hanged him in Mauch Chunk
tl Capt Linden that twas him that bent Lang.
kn1Wed wns Innocent? Thcrc's plenty that
know Yellow jack beat him with a singlctree,
4 WA. ,s'' ,irt Ydiow 'Jk Jack >" asked CamTr6sli
hr his billy. and he hadnt any. ani ihen
Ma; s- yn hy The walk. and sivc itto Lang
An. that WIS coming down along lchinI him
lns n. I'll. store. H. beat hln tn h. thought
uluAi .u a dutch mu'rhcrs yarl. md Mil
Newu ihcv found him. anl lefure he died
adnth, -ay that he didn't know who it was
sel.ve Enawd II sor him ar nie wa4 VIII
laimu'~i. aud had been togrihcr iha, same
EiilarI'y IN" Bonrl oi pirdoi- ior me, lut
God khow- 4 i'm de any sool. l' you think
hsw % 5 ir In I'm toll it eouibs" onc ihat W Way.
PM -ur"5 they couldn't ronN n.e again IN
lhat eyinrner If there Was on" lair iaaA 30 the
Jury. Anyway. ] wont give "a! yet. While
ier.s .i'r ;Ycr = hope
Kehoo'- professions u iunoo- a... lhny say
lha' while Ia" may not actually ilaye dealt tho
blows mat shattered Lang IONS skull hc
planned the ASSASSINATION and know that il was
t. DO perpo otroiod. but even among tno-,,Vyiio
n strong ruhii, scntiineni that D.. .hau.l he
hangel Oh general Vrinelplc- for bis share IN
pther murders for which. .thearouni. II tryins
him has not bcen taken. nni h"'uus" he held
such q representative position um NJ th" Molly
Maguirrs tnat his excrut on would nave a good
poral on"t on the community. even were he
delegate in that order, and was almost a King
among them hy his influence in this and all
Langdon wu- murdered and ia ks Prominence
ln Molly MaGaircism besnn. h. achieved an
evil emtnen 'c that grew with successive years
up 10 the time that his arrest as'olnded and en-
ragged his accompliccs.
Their Is scarcely possibility thai JACK will
he Board of PaTdons or The Legislature; but.
should he even J.; set iree from all penalty ,for
f0mplicity in the Langdon murder he would be
Instantly arrested upon one or another Of sew
eral charges Oi the he character, upon either
bt which tho detectives Of the Coal and Iron
poice affirm their ability TO hang him,
80 JACK may ~ well make his mind M to BE-
hanged hr-t as last. for the killing OF Lanelon
Hons Of that nature which can be alleged against
him Perhaps II would even save him some
anxiety. u he could bring himself tJ look upon
/ from that philosophic point of view. t. be
bangei fer an affair which the evidence has
brought clearly to his memory. rather than
ZONE I4iic murder that may have skipped out
Of his re'ol 'tion. and the rcmrlt hrlnce Of |
which bs othcrs would only serve 10 confuse
II an'tk = ccll oft this same Jail Dennis DON
Eag,r EEy an ,tssF c4n'ieed qnd -.ncncci Molly
Gon'lNel of ronplicty in the muir Ter II |
Toms Sgngegr, ant william ,L,ren. at Raven
f.frat"i that double assassination. Thomas |
Nlhley was hanged last summer, and Jim |
h1alry w.o denies relati TO the one who |
va, executed now lies in Jail here awaiting |
r.a. for A.- share in the same crime. Donnelly |
Ea wy uronqunced blonde. with thin ana |
ight eyfhr w., light redd. sh hair. u strasgling |
p"Nion H. doesn't. somehow look ~ though |
6 hei @ @ H. 0es eys ros[ hsrs as sare ahy ny
"ier IN them, Int what thore is seems 70 |
,ao s sa SrS,6 Ty Hnt''a'' Bnt be- monrs so6d d
aan q years Old. lis, position is, in
p ia X kehor. but In others is Infinitely worse.
AK lad money. which he had saved while IN
Sis hrllwi also by his fellows. among whom
po was at man. who should not be- allowed
dSTor 70 70 10 s r Shws m g. Y,tH9Si Sa Son ,sor9gs @ en-
frs' =. the evidence in his case printed in
hu;r lln "a lay before the supreme Court
hhi ~ pth"r ways do much toward saving him
sIL, bt rVIr DOnne!ly had no such chances.
o. hai not any money. The court assigned
lawyer defend him on his trial. but there Is
~ money 20 print tho evidence forihc supreme
II."Il "r ~ lu-h ms claims before thattribunal
mr d." trial As he says, II one dollar
nDuh sht me from the gaows. III have 10
pahg = ~" want # it," Still there is u possi-
tlY 'AM lI, lawyers may stick To him. and
n 10 = .A'. "y may contribute the necessary
n'1aAs hni Do" has not given up hOpe that he
may NJ l'r worst az l"ast have the same success
= "I d".aj- That the other Mullics have had.
X" ~ ~ alton To- the SUI RENE Court and
hD'nneilY H. as unlike "a Kchoe in his habits as
+, II '" " -"iHl appearance. While III" latter
t"'1 tinllDn enough in contemplation Of |
~ N-ilti Nutineenci"s in his future AMI in |
I.'N.ns % - ile'kl" fingers the former mani
~. a .- ~ work all the tire. Before his
t,", ,r 81 anne an expert w'ayer, and
y" "A." NIr nul death wore I'm the balances
A...'"' ti.'l himself with h., loom Zach
r. ''Hti+ H'i. tAr hour when be WIS lol 10
...it. D. s'Nlng aitcl the rlur haI adj
git faded out IAat bee did
"'- Nl desire. Since his ol4demnA-
..' rot.ons conN nee tho laicls
| ls no longer pr per for
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