The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-01

MOLLIE MAGUIRES IN WEsTMORELAND
CoUNTY.-The Pittsburgh DiSlatcb of Tues
day and telegram from that city of the
same date furnishes the following:
The cases of fncendiarfsm numerous mvster-
lous accidents, bulgiaries, etc, at Irwin in the
past three years, are familiar to the public It
Is now stated that ex-Sherif Guffev, of West
moreiand county, has succeeded in tracing them
to Il gang of Molly Maguires. He recently OBJ
tHtned a clue which induced him to seek an in-
! terVlew with one Parhtt, miner. Parti:t, il
seems, told the whole story He said the Moilies
has had an organization there for three years,
their society numbering fifteen persons. They
met regularly in hOIel at Shafton. From
here they issued numerous colin notices.
ana devised their eNecraSie work They led
the eUSIly- managed miners into all sorts of
tronbles- one Fowler, whom they dtsliked,
/ they tried to hssassinate- They burned numer-
Gus ttppies and check houses, Douyherty's Hu-
tel CommercIal Row, aud other buildings
purlns the reign OF terror in Pittsburgh they
burned the large stack of hay on the Pennsyl-
vania Gas Coal Companys farm, and also cut
the telegraph wires near Irwin, They killed
young man named Carroll, one night, and
placed his body on the railroad track before
the approaching tast Line to deceive the au-
thorties. who discovered the body, mangled
by the wheels, at dawn of day.
This the substance of Parfitt's statement
Mr.. Gutfey told him If he won Id get another of
the gang 20 confess they would be paid $1,000
/ each. On these terms another witness was pro-
cured, who fully corroborated Parfitt. The
/ first witness was detained, and the second was
allowed TO return to Irwin To make some
rangements for securing the balance OF the
gang. l. seems he repented at the last moment
] Tor no sooner had he reached Irwin than he
( sounded the alarm and then left for parts un-
/ known. The others were not long n.:olowing
| Before the people of Irwin knew anything
/ about the affair the parties had all decamped.
/ a great deal of excitement exists now in the
community. 1t was rumOred yesterday that
some of the parties had been captured, but a
/ telegram from Sheriff Guffey to the Dispatch
| last night stated that this was not the case
| Following are the names of the parties for
| whose arrests warrants have been issued: Har-
| ry Davis, who cOrrob0rated Parftt's con fesSiOn;
Pat, Dougherty, George Carroll, John Snedden,
Harry pevlin, Barney Murray, Peter Glenn,
! William Lewis, p. Murray, Reddy Gormly. Jack
Woods, James Doran and Sandy SneddCn. Geo.
Parfitt and Rob't Whiteaw are in jail at G reens-
| burg. The Others have fed.
Paddy Doyle, formerly the leader, was drown
| ed last summer while crossing the river in q
! skG. Sandy Snedden and Paddy Doyle kept
! tavern at Twins Station, aud it was at their
! houses the gang met. Parfitt states that on the
night of young Carroll's murder he detail-
ed to keep the railroad watchman from patroll-
/ ing the tracks until after the Fast Line had
passed over the body, which his associates had
placed on the track. He did SO by engaging
! the watChman in conversation.