Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-27

eHortS NJ cnnCealment, IL consider
proposition 10 reward the brutal muri
erer. Hurley was there in person t,
urge his claims To the reward, ant
kehoe stated that the assassin of Com
er James should be we'll paid for hi
services, but that il was important tina
the proper person should get tn,
money. \ committee Was accordingl,
appointed to decide the matter in dis
pute, and Hurlcy's claims were recog
nl&ed, but ne never got the reward, III,
funds Ut the organization being required
for purposes Of defense. Hurley sub
sequentN decamped and is still nj
large
Notwithstanding that the hands o
the Molic King were stained with
blood, and that he could undoubtedly
have been convicted Of several Other
murders, he still laughed 1T his prose
cutors, and had no doubt of his pardon
Then began u desperate struggle Of tn,
i prisoners counsel. The full court r..
fused new trial, and the supreme
court sustained the rulings OF the lower
tribunal. In Marsh last the death-war.
rant was issued, hut was immediately
withdrawn Ia give the board of pardonS
an opportunity 70 consider the case
the board refused on the 9th Of April
70 interfere by u tie vote. Still thewar,
rant was not reisSucd, and III Scptcm.
her the board WAS induced to consider
4 the case again.
This delay was most valuable IL
kchoc's counsel, for, if they could only
Stavc of the case until Governor Hart.
rants term Of office expired, in Jam
uary next, tho Molic murderer was
undoubtedly safe, as gubernatorial ct
| iquetto would have forbidden Hoyt sign.
my the warrant. The board, however,
decided MS before, and the fate of kehoc
was III Hartranits hand. During the
recent campaign nothing was done, and
the case entered largely into the cam.
paign, the democrats charging that
llartranfl was bound to save kehooS
life III paymCa! Tor the Mollie vote. AZ.
Ter the election was over, however. the
1 Governor, in letterto Attorney Gener.
al Lear, made excuses for not signing
the warrant, saying that he wished the
democrats to enjoy what political CAPT
tal they could out Of the case, OK
pressing some doubts ~ to kehoc'S
guilt. and asking for instructions. The
Attorney General replied that their re-
manned Just one thing to do, according
to law, and that was to sign the death
warrant and SO on the 18th of Noyem-
her the document was issued. Still an
other effort was made in kchoc's behalf,
and n witness was hunted UP in Decem-
Der for the express purposes Of estab-
fishing an alibi, but the board again re-
fused to interfere, and to-day Jack kc-
hoe, the great leader ofthe Mollie Ma
CURES, met his death.
Martin Bcrgin, another Mollic, was "a
have been hanged to-day, but was
yesterday respited until Jan. 10 to test
the conshtutionahty of tho law of 1877
regarding the writ % error Alexander
b. Sayre has also been respitcd fol
some reason, and James Mcdonald and
Charles Sharpe, two Molics, who were
sentenced TO death to-day, have re-
ceived breathing until Jan IA.
The hanging of kehoe makes the
sixteenth Mollic that has paid tht
penalty of his crime on the gallow'
since the execution Of this class O
murderers was begun on june 81, 1877
when ten We're dropped into eternity il
one day. Two more are to bc hnnget
on Jan. II. james Mcdonnell ant
Charles Sharpe, and ono on Jam ~
Martin Bergin. In addition to thes,
two Mollies are under sentence of death
in Northumberland county, making
twenty-one convictions in all within
three years.
SENATOR DAVIS, Of West Virginia, hat
introduced bill providing for the con
struction Of tire-proof building TO b,
used MS n museum for the Smithsonian
institute. This measure is needed Oh
account Of the overcrowding Of the val
liable collections already made. Ncnrl,
$l5O,000 was expended under the dircc
ton of the Smithsonian institution il
preparing, by authority Of congress an'
ut the expense Of the government,
collection illustrating the resources O
the country, including fisheries, minera
resources, and the past ana present con
dition Of North American Indians, 70
exhibition nj the centennial. All this
in addition to what was already con
tanned in tile national museum, occu
pied one acre Of space in the govern
ment buildings at Philadelphia. AT I'll,
close of the centennial, with scarcel.
an exception, the collections illustrating
the mineral wealth, animal and yege
table resources, fisheries, and ethnolog.
Of all the exhibiting nations were pre-
sented TO the United States; also,
large proportion Of those Of d simia
character belonging TO states and pr
vate exhibitors, the additions boin
nearly twice as large MS the special eS
hibit on the national museum in Phila
delphia.
NORWAY, the smallest European M
ton, has the third largest commercia
fleet in the world. The Norwegian fla