The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-21

Ireland. and went to work at his trade
in Dublin Nolin and Walsh applied to
the South Brooklyn branch Of the
AInalgamated Society of Machinists for
donation money, which amounts to SO
per week for those out Of work. and the
request was complied with by John A..
Shearman. secretary of the society, who
worked in the Pionesr machine works
i'm Brooklyn In the latter part of this
month Nolin. Walsh and sferna went to
Washington, ID. C Nolin remained
there a short time and then went on to
Richmond. Va, where he obtained a
job as filter in a foundry.
On Christmas day. 1899, Merna went
to work as bartender in a Washington
saloon at 212 Ninth street. of which
Joseph McEnerney was proprietor, and
on Jan / Walsh was given a similar
position in the same saloon. They re-
lieved each other at the bar and shared
a room together over the saloon. They
worked as bartenders for MCEnerney
through January and February and
along into March. while Noiin stayed
on in the Richmond foundry. Early in
March Karl Dallman had registered at
the Stafford house. in Buffalo, and had
then gone away.
On Monday evening. March y, Merna
was found dead in his room over the
saloon, He was discovered lying on the
floor with a bullet in his heart, and be-
meath him lay d .3S-caliber British bull
dog revolver. Walsh, on being ques-
toned. said Merna had entered the sa
loon in the evening in good spirits.
laughed, chatted, went upstairs to their
room, and fifteen minutes later was
found lying dead upon the floor. Sui
eide was the coroner's verdict, and
Merna was buried in Washington on
March Is. Of the four Johns, two were
I left in America. Walsh in Washington,
and Nolin in Richmond.
Somewhere about April 10. 1900 Nolin
received a communication from lodge
to which he belonged, known in secret
circles as the Napier Tandy club. 1t
/ was n Clan-na-GaeI organization, and
! the members met at Tom MoOre's hail,
corner Of Third avenue and Sixteenth
street, in New York. Nolin and Walsh
were both affiliated with this club, hav-
/ ing been introduced into it by a man
named Jack Hand. a sailor. NOlins
/ instructions, sent to him in Richmond
were to go to Washington. get John
| Walsh. and go with him to Phiiadsl-
phia where. at the Philadelphia &
| Reading railroad station, at p. IN. on
Saturday, April IA. they would meet a
third man who would give them further
instructions. Nolin obeyed the sum
mons promptly and FASTENED to Wash
; ington from where. accompanied by
/ Walsh. he went to Philadelphia as in
stTucted. As they stood in the station
at the appointed time u well dressed
stout man came up and accosted them
: Their replies being satisfactory. the
! stranger said: Il am the man you want
tu sec" and engaged them in earnest
Z conversation.
At the conclusion of their talk th'
stout man handed 800 to Noliu. will
two railroad tickets and sleeping cal
coupons from Philadelphia to Buffalo
over the Lebigh Valley railroad. H.
then left them, and Nolin and Walsl
took the Lehigh Valley train FOR Buffa
10. They arrived in the latter city a
noon on April Is. went direct to tn
stafford house and registered as JOIN
Smith of New York and Thomas Moor
Of Washington. They were assigned t.
room SIS. and Immediately ordered al
drinks. While waiting for the refresh
ments there was y knock at the door
and Dallman stepped into the apart
ment. He introduced himself and
, satisfactory understanding was Teache