Telegram-herald., 1888-07-31
~suNxY. MORGAN.
ruOhs ssntiasaf Ia Has f.sSr-A Lay
Erssnass Letter.

1ne NotG ntkkle ~ pas q ost1fo&y con-
tsins tie foilswing IN reference % the case
OF BAHky Morgan.
Charles Morgan, the oaly surviving eccn-
pant Of the auusx 81 the penltsntlzry,
viii be hung before dsy ikRt next Friday.
for the - urder of Dsteca.s hullisan, IN
ie<s the Goterasr grznss = respite or COM
u ut2tl0n Of sentences. Paolie sentinent 70
daily Increasing II voiaAe thai Morgan
ought "a 0s resPlted. al iesst until after
Rsbiasosfs case Ezs been disposed Of. 1hs
Prosecuting Attsrsey Of Portage county
has alreAdy noliied the case OF Coughlin.
sad Ar. EDDY attorney for Charles Morgan.
stated when making hs argument
before tGs State Board Of PsFs0ns
and II sss not denied that the promise
bad been made 10 nOllie ROblns0ns
case as sooa rs Morgan Was disposed Of
which means as sooE as the latter Is hung
This is decidedly . singular state Of affairs,
when II ~ ksown tkat all three msn were
identified oy substantially the same wit
nesses. Thus is equivalent 70 sayilg that
the witnesses were two-tLirds wrong and
one-thiTd right. Every reasonable and
thinking man will e0nccde that under
these circumstances il would be imposs bic
TO draw the line between the accurate and
the inaccurate. Morgan calls attention 10
the testimony Of one Of the women who
idendihed him. Ii appears that two women
were riding Ia the car, and one OF them
said she ASKED Morgan for drink of water.
which ne brought and this enabled her 10
identity him al the trial. The other
women testified that the man who brought
the water to her companion was young,
handsome aud large, and that Morgan was
not the man. When the woman who iden-
tined Morgan as the man who brought the
water was on the stand she was asked TO
describe the sheriff's wife. whom she had
just left, after about half an hours conyer-
saiiOn. After studying q moment she re =
piled: II could describe her If | saw her
again, +" and yet after the lapse OF several
months she positively identified Morgan as
the man who brought the water, and went
on TO give q description of his appearance
on the platform of the car. firing revolver
and shouting, Bring out your man" This
statement also conflicts with Captain
Hoehne's testimony, who said that Morgan
was wrestling with him IN the front end of
| the car. In this case either the woman or
| the Captain Was mistaken. IL must be con-
| fessed, however. that Captain Hoehne's tes-
| timony on the witness stand and his state
ments TO police officers just after the tragedy
| did not agree. Shortly after his recovery.
he was asked by two police officers (the
| names cannot now be recalled. bat they
| were given TO give them some description
| OF his assailsnts. so they could aid In their
| arrest. He replied that he could give no
| description, a. he was assaulted from be-
hind with the lead pipe struck on his head.
and when he regainsd his feet he regarded
| it as a life and death fight, and that he
| had no thought OF taking description OF
either the man he wss lighting with or
| those fighting with Hulligan in the other
| end of the car; his only desire and ambition
was TO get the best Of bis assailant"
| The feeling that Morgan sentence should
| be commuted has grown TO the extent that
petition to that effect has been signed by
about two hundred leading citizens of this
| city, which will be presented to Governor
| Foraker on Monday next. Gen. {. c. Wal
cutt at the head of the delegation.
As Morgan put It, the case presents this
| extraordinary spectacle:
| Morgan, who was fighting with Hoehne
| who Is still alive, is to be hung TOR the
| murdsr of Hulligan; while Coughlin and
Robinson. who were fighting with Hulligan
| when the latter was ailled, are to be al
| lowed to 60 free.
Morgan has received thefollowing remark.
| able letter bearing on his case:
CLEVELAND. July.1. 1888.
Ny DEAR, COOP CHARLIE:-Your welcome
letter was received, and We were glad Il
hear from you and that you were well
Yes, your case was the funniest ever hearc
OF. But no one seems to understand il
right. l mean the judges and those who
should see the fimsiness of it. But in your
case the eyes of justice were indeed blinded
by prejudice. But it will come back again
to them strongly some day. and they
will see how unjustly you have been trested
But still don't give you up yet. There il
one yet, perhaps, who williuse.his own mino
in considering your case and give you the
benefit of it. There is an item in the Penn
Press last night reading thus: The frieHd
of Robinson at Pittsburgh claim to have an
agreement with the prosecution of Portage
county TO annul his case IS soon as Morgan
is disposed Of
So you see what they are mp to in hold
ing Robinson Just TO injure you. X will b
down next week TO see you. Mr.. Eddy
told me he wrote you. Mr.. Johnson anC
he called 10 see nae the other day.
All the family send their hearts best loy,
to you. Charlie, and may God bless an
save you yet.
Well, Charlie, we will keep our courag,
up a little longer. We will still hope for
the best. / know your feelings and oul
| heart is with you.
Goodbye. Write. With love and kisses
from all. remain. your loving friend.
NELLIE.
p. S.-Did you get the cigars ] sent2'
The writer of the shove is tie friend o
Morgan. who was a conspicuous agure dur
ing the trial. The tone of the letter i
greatly at variance with the estimate OF tai
woman, which grew out of her association.
during the trial.