Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-01

efforts at conceaiment, to consider a
proposition to reward the brutal murd-
erer. Hurley was there in person to
urge his claims to the reward, and
Kehoe stated that the assassin Of Com
er James should be we'll paid for his
services, but that it was important that
1.-THE proper person should get the
| money. A committee was accordingly
Eappointed to decide the matter in dis
Ipute. and Hurley's claims were recog-
nized. but he never got the reward, the
funds of the organization being required
for purposes of defense. Hurley sub
sequently decamped and is still at
large. fado au.gtEL ---,----
| Notwithstanding that the hands of
thee Noble King were stained with
blood, and that he could undoubtedly
have been convicted of several other
murders, he still laughed at his prose
cutors, and had no doubt Of his pardon.
Then began a desperate struggle of the
prisoners counsel. The full court re-
fused a new trial, and the supreme
court sustained the rulings of the lower
tribunal. In Marsh last the death-warA
rant was issued. but was Immediately
Withdrawn to give the board of pardons
| an Opportunity to consider the case.
| The board refused on the 9th of April
to interfere by tie vote. Still the war
rant was not reissued, and in Septein-
Der the board was induced to consider
the case again. .& -
This delay was most valuable to
Kehoe's counsel, for, if they could only
stave off the case until Governor Hart
ranft's term Of Office expired, in Jam
uary next, the Mollie murderer was
undoubtedly safe, as gubernatorial ct
iauette would have forbidden Hoyt sign
| ing the warrant. The board, however,
! decided as before, and the fate of kehoe
was in Hartranft's hand. During the
recent campaign nothingwas done, and
the case entered largely into the cam
paign, tie democrats charging that
Hartranftlwas bound to save. Kehoe's
| life in payment for the Mollie, vote. AT
ter the election was over, however, the
Governor, in letter to Attorney Gener-
al Lear, made excuses for. not signing
the warrant, saying that he wished the
democrats to enjoy what political capt.
tai they could out of the case, ex-
pressing some doubts as to Kehoe'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 Novem-
! Der the document was issued. Still an
other effort was made in Kehoes behalf,
and a witness was hunted up in Decen-
Der for the express purposes Of estab-
fishing an alibi, but the board again re-
| fused.to interfere, and to-day Jack Ke-
hoe, the great leader of the Mollie Ma
guires, met his DEATH ao"o
Martin Bergm, another Mollie, was to
ljhave been hanged to-day, but was
| yesterday re9ssprited until Jan. 16 to test
| the constitutionality of the law of 1877
regarding the writ Of error Alexander
B. Sayre has also been respited for
some reason and James Mcdonald and
/ Charles Sharpe, two Mollies, who were
sentenced to death to-day, have re-
ceived breathing until Jan. IA. u Il
The hanging of Kehoe makes the
sixteenth Mollie that has paid the
penalty Of his crime on the gallows
since, the, execution of this. class OF
murderers was begun on. June q, 1877,
when ten were dropped into eternity in
ione day. Two more are to be hanged
ON Jan. H. James Mcdonnell and
Charles Sharpe, and one on Jan. 16.
Martin Bergin. In addition to these
two Mollies are under sentence Of death
in Northumberland county, making
twenty-oner convictions in all within
three years. $1,000 VS.