The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-15
RETRIEVED. BUT TOO LATE.


.t., al the Foot OF the GnllOMs-Ihe Innos
..,cr or the Hanged Men strongly Anirmcd.
p0rrsvitLE, Jan. li.--James Mcdonnell, |
,,os "r The Hairy Man. and Charles Sharpe. |
r,r,,usly known "a slippery sharpe" and |
"rbe s,rapcr" who wero hanged here to-day |
t,rtbe murder Of George X. Smith were among |
,ne most lawlcss and criminal of the men who |
,orrorigel the town Of Audcnricd and the sur |
,ounding country in the days when the Buck
sbots-prcdecessors Of tho Molly Maguires-
wore nj the zenith OF their power. Audenried |
IA A mining village in Carbon County. about
tvelyo miles from Mauch Chunk. and has pop
ulaiion Of about one thousand souls. II had
iust arout the same number in 1862. Then the
Audcurird cocry. belonging to the Lohigh and
Wukesbarre Coal Company. was operated by
Geo X smith Co. Geo X. Smith was super
intendent Of the colliery and Geo. W. Ulrich
was his confidential bookkeeper. There were
many notod Molly Magures there Among
their leaders were Jack Kehoe tsince hangedl
"Thc Hairy Man" Mcdonnell thanged). Yel-
low Jack" Donohue thangedl. Thomas Fisher
hangcdl. Charles sharpe Hanged Long
John" Donohuc tkillcd while attempting bur
elar,. Humpy" Flynn IA fugitive from jus
uce for his share in the Sharpe murdcrl. and
several others Of like evil record. The
organization TO which they all belonged
WAS the Buckshots. which subsequently
became known as Molly Mnguircs.
without any change in any other respect than
name Those fellows were all ready To- Kill. but
very aycrse TO taking any chances for being
Killed and as one man they resisted tho on
for' mont of the draft hy every device In their
power. An officer went thcre with some no.
u,os Tor drafted men in 1868. and wanted Ulri 'h
-Snhhs bookkecurr-to deliver them 10 the
mon for whom thoy wore intended. an oi whom
l. ed. 3D. letta tfre D Co. a..
eo. but said that il thoy were left ON the counter
In his Office he would call the mems attention
70 thcn ~ they entered. That did not satisfy
the on .er. and he made personal service him.
sell of some OF the notices. hut the others he had
70 leave as suggested hy Ulri'
The Buckshots' held o meeting in the woods
thereupon and resolved that It was an occasion
upon which somebody should be killed. The
oficer they could not pct at butthey concluded in
lieu Of him to kin Urlch and Smith; the former
because OF his receiving the notices the latter
because they imagined that he. rs the most con-
spicuous resident in the town. had communi-
Gated with the authorities and given the names
Of men to be drafted. They had not enough
powder aud shot to divide around so that all
might share in the forthcoming sport. so they
arranged that one by ono they should all visit
tho company store-kept by Smith & Co-and
get small supplies on their several accounts
Ulrirh noticed the unusual run on cunning
material and suspocting that some evil pur-
pose WAS entertained ordered that no more
But lie men had already secured enough for
their project. and lost no time IN carrying u
IN, oxecution Tho dny thereafter tNov. g.
1861 Nr. smith went To- Mauch Chunk on bust
ness and when he returned home IN the even
ing weni :! bed sicS. Clrich had told him that
there WI, danger iu the air hui he pooh -poOhod
and said: They won't do any harm 10 us. any
way"
greatly alarmed and sent for Ulrieh 30 aid I'm
protecting the house. was up stairs with Mr..
and Mr. Smiths sister, now Mrs. Hess. an
ew,rod the summons. In the darkness before
tho door shc. saw tw2 mon. one was short and
stpu'. She thought i was Evan jones. friend
OF Mr. Smith. ami asked; Evan. is that you -
Yes. ms me- tie man replied,
INr ut letter here from Mr.. BrOdhead
ioueot iho own .i- o, the mlncsl for Alr. smith,
eaid 200. second nan.
Wrtauoile,t untu chain up the dog. or
he'l tour you 1000" u-wered the young woman.
kne ,,.r' bad t1.a ln.k room 10 fasten up n fero-
cIluf bulldog. She then w"nt up stairs to Nr.
Smith tu. told AlW t4dt the meu snld they had
letter ior Aim, whi ID they were under lnstruc-
ti'h- deliver GO him pers9niily, She DO
fUr,lviih nny men. With overcoats buttoned NJ
about their chlus, hats slouched down. and
fa'Hs hs tcued. In great trcpidauon she tod
them that Mr, Smith was sick. IN bed. and could
~ a-.iy GLOWING her. Mr. Urich came down
si'lr. and said. II you wish 10 give the letter
10 Mr smith personally, you must come to-
morrow morning, or else i;i iS;iye il 10 me now
horf II isW yelled ono Of the mob, firing pistol
AZ him. Another fired at Miss Fritz. Mrs.
Smiths sister. She ran out screaming into
tho lnok yard, and concealed hersolt U!gi b
feIl ar. tie crowd jumped upon him. ,struE-
gns o. Kick and beat him To dsath hut so
cHgsr were they in the endeavor. that they in
terirr % with each other. Mr. Smith. heurng
the shots and screams, ran down stairs. As he
Teache The bottom. ono oi the ass0ssins put n
pistol q se to lis breast ana fired load ~ shot
into hls heart. Others sprane forward ~ ey-
ultAut emulation and fairly ridded the body
TAKING advantage Of their attention to Smith,
Ulri'h blind and coy rcd win blood crawlrd
although they sought him tocompete his kill
ing ttcy failed to Ind him. Mrs smith was IN
the library. m another part OF the house, whore
fhc locked the door and sat trembling IN tho
darkness uLtl she henrd the retrehtlng loot =
STOPS of The a-sa-sirs She and her sister found
cort-' luy upon tIe unrior floor. % -
Aa iu1u ID wns held over Mr.. Smith's lody.
Nt- MAJ Nut ow uEi ~ the dlsguisrs Oh N mn
lt.Aiil lon was nIo-'.9i'. Chhtcs Sh"rpr
wl- lIukni iOr. hut hr %. ull not he found y IS
hro.h". was caught oni taken upio Fort III in'
tu' W i.- harged iNr want oi evidence. ~ Sc
e... others were picked up and let - for tho
IS = Jimmy -r',an. Cuarlos Mulhearn,
fn' .rr+ Gull n.ns t'Iythe BUN. veg y
rH'In 'on ns -ipn- rtor Vr"nd witty ynwong
nary % hcm Aol james M"pDunci
yla p( C ,r,on ,rr,na AFT qign f1, 'o. .tN1a ,a
p.r.o'or 1877. Hc won't to work for
iaruot nelr Rock I-mud. and borrowed
from Ln lty doIHrs to send 10 Audenriod
fl A- N.i.. Intending 90 settle iu his Ncrt-
e-n hnr. Whom the Post Ohire order Tor maj
aM IL' TDncird Tie Postmaster ut Audeur.d
D. uuuuulcated me TACT To- Plnkrrtou 5 de-
'.vr.. aUd, R'iiug upon that iniorm2ton
Oi' .rr Gil"hriet wont ont to Rock ls!and. on
Chr-'m.. DAY. lH77. b, captured Mcdonnell
tAl took g. .W a. II .u'h O. INK.
C.ar.o- ShaII il'l from home when Mcl)on,
n"| ti'. hut did not o. -o far H. wandered
about. Iu various di-pulscs, from place 10 place
NtIutl the western uau OF PeunHyNahih' 9Ed
Wa Dnutually picked up, one day before Me-
D.un..i b lrrcst. al Nunuinic. Luccrne County
" .D.au.N oxbGctcd To- have his crime con,
alur.l D! he wanld turn States evidence. a. Ind
b"'n iHo good fortune Of kerrigan. Mulhcnrn
sna Gull So when he was informed that Mar
I'm bergen was on trial at Pottsvllla for tlC
nurI'ro of Young Burns, in Tuscarora in 1871
o. 'fYWft his Willingness y give lmppilan
ttli n'. against Bergen. He was taken t9
tHi-NliH and there, upon the witness stand
Wil' o. irlghiiul confession. He Aald tnW
man uHWol kuue superintendcnt OF the US
c1fYru WiAc. was sWludling tho owners ol th'
n n' ana fenr u exposure by young Burns
Wb1 WIS clerk md dangerously hones
young fellow. Hence, he wanted Burnt
k.ll"d, merely. rs a precautionary measure
an. ho hired Mcdonnell 10 do the Job. McDon'
'N 200 the contract but was too prudent 10 dC