Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
RItNKY,S GONE.

ucr OF De6ecfIve HulffS2h-he Asscr u
His Innocence to the Last-A Letter Re-
veaIing His Identity-He Calls Himself
Charlie Mcdonald.
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. AT 1:10 a. m.
the warden informed Morgan that the
time had come for him to execute the
sentence, and the party at once started
from the cell into the execution room.
Morgan was as cool as he had been all
day, and walked up the scaffold with a
firm step. On the scaffo Id he said he had
no statement to make. The moose was
adjusted and at 30 a. m. the trap fell,
Morgan saying just before s'good- bye
Nellie, referring to the Cleveland wo-
man, Nell Lowrey, who was his former
mistress. His collar caught the rope in
some way and prevented the moose from
drawing as it should and his neck was
not broken. He was strangled. At 1:41
g. m. he was pronounced dead.
The fight to save Morgan's life was
very bitter, and his attorneys, Messrs.
Eddy and johnson, left no stone unturned
to clear their client. Morgan was twice
respited: the case was carried up on
error from the Common Pleas to the Cir
cult Court, and from thence to the SUI
preme Court, both the upper courts sus-
tanning the decision of the lower. The
Board of Pardons also carefully consid-
OAOu ehC SdSS 1uu Aouuu ~ ICdSOh why
Morgan's sentence should be committed.
Morgan yesterday wrote a letter to the
warden of the penitentiary, in which,
after thanking him for the kind treatment
he has received at the hands Of the ward
en-, he says:
There will be much curiosity. no doubt, and
perhaps some interest in what have to say
relative to my alleged connection with the
crime for which am to be hanged, and to sat
isfy the curious, as we'll as to relieve the over
burdened minds OF the interested, reassert
my declaration of entire innocence OF any con-
nection whatever with either the theft OF the
fHrs, the rescue OF McMunn, the murder OF
Detective Hulligan. There will doubtless be
some people who will not hesitate to declare
died with falsehood on my tongue, simply be-
cause my assertion can not correspond with
their belief and prejudice. To all such permit mo
to say, .'Wait. Time will eventually substantiate
my declaration of innocence" Had succeeded
in obtaining another hearing of my case,
would certainly have acquitted myself, as ex-
pected to prove beyond any possible doubt that
was in the city of Philadelphia, Pa. at the
time of the rescue and for some time before
that event. I would have proven that each
and every witness swore before the first grand
jury that they did not know who the assaulting
party was, and was unable to describe any OF
the assailants because of the suddenness of the
attack and the extreme confusion into which
they were all thrown. would also have
proven that Captain Hoehne requested two of
the most reliable police officers on the Pitts
burgh force to please learn for him who the as
saultin9 parties were. The officers asked him
to describe one more of the men, and he re-
piled he could not do so, he was too excited
at the moment to notice any popularity about
them. The two policemen testified sub
stantially to the above. and yet
Captain Hoehne did not hesitate
to swear that Coughlin, Robinson and
myself were the men. The article published in
the Cincinnati Enquirer in the issue of April 20
is true statement of facts, and record OF
the Portage County Court of Common Pleas
will substantiate every quotation of the testi-
mony published therein. have read of men
being murdered for their money, but am
judiciously or rather injudiciously murdered
for the States money and to satisfy the clamor
for a victim.
In conclusion. repeat am innocent of any
completely with the robbery of the furs or the
murder of Detective Hulligan. I write this
statement 10 obviate the necessity of making
any verbal remarks from thu scaffold, and also
to keep reporters of the press from butchering
up to suit their own ideas what desire to say.
You will understand from the foregoing, hon.
ored sir, that shall add nothing whatever to
what have written here. Thanking you again
for your kind consideration, subscribe my
self, Very Respectfully,
CHAs. MORGAN
MORGAN IDENTITY.
COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 2-SOme time ago
Morgan wrote the following letter to a
friend in New York. and gave it to a fell
low prisoner, with the injunction that it
should be mailed only in case he should
be hanged. It is of interest as giving for
the first time Morgan's real name:
OHIO PENrrENrIARY,
COLUMBUS, O., June p, 1888.
NJ. Tom Dr7ptr 7hirsieth Street and Siath
Acenue, Nesc York Cay-FRIEND: In view of
the fact that my chances for dropping through
u very small trap appear inevitable, have con-
cluded to pen you line and ask you to attend
to few simple matters for me in case the
worst comes to the worst. OF course, old boy,
you have been aware all the while who the
party called Blinky Morgan is; If not. I may
tell you now it Is ''MacDonald'. They have
done me up dead wrong here, and the prejudice
Is strong against me. feel sure they intend to
put me away for good. would like my sister
in Liverpool to know what my fate Is provid-
ing am hung: also send word to people in Ho-
boken and Jersey City, and whatever may be
found in my apartments at Philadelphia
would like sent to Mrs. Nellie Lowrey, Cleve-
land, O.
II the parties who were with me the last
time visited your place come there again adj
wise them for me to give this country a wide
berth, for they will certainly be flashed up in
this direction. Wen, Shang, the press will
keep you fully posted as to the result of my
attorneys efforts in my behalf, and If all efforts
prove fruitless, please attend to my requests.
Remember me to friends in Forty-second
street and the Bowery. Also drop q line to
Ed Smith, Canal street. Buffalo, and tell them
who Blinky Morgan is. would like to see
yourself and the boys once more, but fear the
red letter day is here will bid you farewell.
Wishing you the best success in life, Your
Friend CHARLIE MACDONALD.
Morgan spent the day quietly, and app
parent1y in good spirits. but as the day
ended, evinced some nervousness and
lost his appetite. A few people were al
lowed to see him, and with them he chat
ted cheerfully. A supper of delicacies
was set before him at seven O'Clock He
invited a newspaper man who was pres
ent to join him in his last supper, and the
two sat at the table and talked for ten
gan's liss. He has stolid1y refused the
of clergymen who called to
see him, and while refraining always
from talking on religion, has been re-
garded as a Free Thinker.
After supper he was left with the guard, |
the warden declining to allow any one to
see him. The prison officials had doubled
the guards on the walls and at all the
gates, SO that a strong besieging force |
could have been withstood.
Struck by Lightning.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3-During the heavy |
yesterday evening, light
ming struck one of the twenty stables of !
the Union Stock Yards s. Transit Com
pany, at Halstead and Forty third streets. |
The flames communicated to second |
barn, and both were destroyed, together |
with their contents, and twenty horses |
which were rendered unmanageable by |
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