The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-29

THE FIFTH MOLLY MAGJTRE EyPIfT-
ING ms CRIMES ~ IRONS.
Confe ssion that was Expecied-A Crash In
JniI Yard ut Private" ENccution
Of the LAVA Wake on summit nm.


short time. At 6 o'clock the Rev Fathers
Buncc Of Mauch Chunk and Wynnc of summit
Hill visited his ccl and said mass. They then
left him alonc for two hours. while he took n
light breakfast and at o'clok they returned
and resumed their Office OF spiritual consoa-
ton. From little after dawn the door Of the
Jail was bcsieged 10y bearers oi cards OF admis-
sion. and by persons who we're desirous u pro-
curing those eagerly sought bits of pastcbOard.
The long flight II stone steps was soon dcnscly
packed with pushing. struggling. and almost
suffocatng crowd. to which every morning
train made accessons from all parts Of the
country Tickets seemed 10 have been scat
tercd broadc.s in all classes of society Be-
meath the entrance archwav stood stawart
Deputy sheriff. yelling out the names Of those
whom the sheriff delighted to honor with a
personal call. and none other than those so
called were permitted TO enter. The process Of
admission in this way-with the only staircase
packed solid with mon, who seemed determined
to die rather than yield an nch-was noccs-
sarily very slow. One 10y one the chosen clam
borcd through and over the crowd. until.
dishcvolcl. brcathcss exhausted pcrspiring.
with clothes torn. buttons lost. and hats mashed.
they wcrc shot in through the narrowly ly-opened
door and out " sight.
Rain drippcd slowly; the wind blow raw and
cold; the a,rureling on the steps grew mo.
mentarily n"rccr; ON the outskirts Of the
crowd, groups Of women and children clus-
tered; women's faces appeared at every win
dow within sight; small boys pushed their way
into tho crowd. and laughed at rough mems
profanity and obS'enojcsts an undortaker's
hcarso. containing IN ice box for the reception
OF the culprits corpse. halted in front OF the
jail farmers driving On the road stopped their
teams near the Jail. and gapcd at the crowd;
ctft ho .l,,,f- q f4v,r.I n
slowly. and still. through either the stupidity or
the wilfuncss Of some one in authority. all re-
porters were vigorously excluded. In fact. not
single representative Of the press. known to
be such. was admitted until within three min
utes Of the actual dropping Of the trap. and un-
ill the whole interior of the Jail was densely
crowded with persons who had no other bus-
moss there than the qualification Of morbid
curiosity. More than five hundred persons
were witnesses Of this nominay private"
hanging. Of whom not more than forty were
ri4htfuliy within the lail yard,
The scene within III. Jail was strikingiy
Strange t. cyr~ accustomed TO private hang
ingS. Very li,lle lishl is admitted ;o the great
corridor Even on bright. sunshiny days. a
newspaper can hardly ie rend in It's
gloomy depths. and on such "a day as
this. two persons meeting In II would require
Quaintanrc- or not. The window pnncs are Of
clOuded glass. in the roof. and no light enters
from any door. In the profound shadow Of this
Interior crnwling on It's floor. covering the
steps leading to the gallery o. the second tier Of
cells iiln tani gallery So iHll that the fear was
and around dimly outlined skeleton form in
the murky distance. WIS mass OF vaguely secn
murmur of protests. ir.s>-apAri ias-ill lhr.ais.
Every ,nnn iu thn' sre9' crowd was 80 unron-
ton must b. u'r than his aAl hence every
man pushed and struggled for change Of
At iO:4Othe sheriff raped upon tho door 81
the cell IN which Fisher ami ine priests were
ehghSel III 'hrlr ueN.lVn-. ana l .sner 81 lu"'
mons. with Fathers bru's and Wynue walking
through the crowd. B"hind III" sheriff stalkti
two big Coal and Iron Police officers. carrying
the scaiI Did. The crowd fought 10 eet a closer
view, and Will" the priests Were murmurlng
their prayers with the culprit the air was full Of
The Shcrr called for chair for Fisher. ana
after "A little delay 10 was brought from his cell.
and he scnied himself in it, while the priests.
bending over him. read 70 him INCREASINGLY
Thomas Z, Fisher have you anything 10
say the Sherll formally demanded;
In It's eascrn~ss 70 hear, what tho cu,prlt
would say. the crowd surged up 10 th" gallows
with such violence that number OF men were
showed under Tie fatal platform. an exceedingly
but Tor the priests and ofii ;ials above. since
those IN IN. IN their struggles down thor" in the
the triggers Of the trap and let il fall ThrCQql
and Iron Police surrounding the scaiIod
recognZng the peril. charged upon tho crowd.
choking II, brulslng II. COMPRISING 1t. and at
length hurlins II back few feet Then Fisher
looked around him and stood up. Taxing a
msnnscrlIl from ms pocket BE- ahrupiy began
reading. Mauch Chunk Prison, February
Gath" while one, OF the, officers held candle
close TO nm mat ne might see, and The priests,
retirin! to the back II the platform, were almost
Lost IA the shadow background
What Fisher read was not. rs the public from
the general conviction ot ms quit had expect
cd. confession. put a final emphatic and de-
tailed avrrmenl oi ms Innocence Charging
that The witnesses asapst him had petiured
night Of Morgan Powell's assassination, con-
forming to that rrclted in his behalf on The
Witness stand 10y Jim swecny lie ais2 denied
he WAS an injured man.
The culpri read in clear. strong voice that
was distinctly heard through the corridor: for
Just then the crowd held T. breath and listened
motionlrs-. suddenly he stopped abruptly
After reading for about five minutes, and said
That he ai-Al EuOu and finish his rnci;al If he
chose AZ llc Ms .fr .ug enough 10 do SO; but L
would be- Of no u.s.. M he hnd made arrange
mcnts for lts publication where M. friends
could roli IT, in Il local newspaper. In cv.-
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