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Report of the case of the Commonwealth vs. John Kehoe et al. : members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, commonly known as "Molly Maguires," indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill Wm. M. Thomas, with the testimony and arguments of counsel in full.
Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Schuylkill County). West, R. A. Kehoe, John, -- 1837-1878.
Date Added
11 January 2014
Publish Date
1876
Publisher
Pottsville [Pa.] : Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms.
Source
ACHS Historic Papers Lloyd Family.
Topic
Kehoe, John, > 1837-1878 > Trials, litigation, etc. Coal miners > Pennsylvania. Molly Maguires (Organization). Trials.
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O’Brien took them to a boarding-house kept by a lady named Costello, and
he gaye them a bottle of whisky , that they stopped in Costello’s until about
daylight, and then proceeded to Shoemaker’s patch, where Thomas lived.
Thomas came out from his house at about half-past six o’clock in the morn-
-ing ; he came over to the colliery stable and was engaged there in talking to
the stable boss and some teamsters, and Hurley himself went up and went
into the door and shot him. .
By Mr. Kaercher.
Q. Shot whom? <A, Thomas, .
Q. Wheré was Thomas at that time? A. In the colliery ; in the stable ; in
the stable door, Hurley stated that Thomas threw his hat into Hurley’s face,
and Hurley shot again. Gibbons stated that he got right in then, and he shot
at Thomas also, one or two shots. Morris stated that he got right up to the
door then, and he fired a few shots, and Thomas fell in among the horses, and’ |
they were sure he was dead, and they didn’t know but they had shot one or
_, two horses.
By Judge Walker. | : ,
Q. Morris said that he fired one or two shots? A. He said that he fired:
one or two shots. Doyle had fired one or two shots outside. So Doyle said ;
that was all he done.
By Mr. Kaercher. . . .
Q. Did McAndrew come up while you were there? A. I then left; the
were all sitting there; they were wet with sweat. I went down to my board-
ing-house and took the portion of my report I had written and mailed it. I
wrote a little more, at least, and went up town, and I met this Sweeny, who
’ was to work in Morris’s place that day, and Sweeny told me—
Mr. Ryon. Never mind that.
The Witness. I then met McAndrew, and in company with McAndrew I
went to the mountain.
By Mr. Kaercher. : : .
Q. When you had left the men? A. When I had left the men. The men
there again repeated the statement to McAndrew as.to how they had done:
this shooting ; just merely a rehearsal of what they had before stated.
'Q. Of what you had stated here? A. Yes, sir; Gibbons said that he was
not going to stop around the mountains ; that he was afraid to show himself 3
‘ that he was remarkable; that he was afraid of being detected ; that he was
going away, and that it was. his intention to go down to John Kehoe to try
and get some money from him and clear out. He asked me if I could not find
a card for him, or ifI had a card to take along with him. I told him he might.
probably get a card at Kehoe’s, but if he.did not he could write to me and L
would send him one, I wanted to keep:him in my view until such time.as I
. wanted him.
Q. Did you get letters from him? A. Yes, sir; I knew where he was.
Q. Have you any of those letters ? A. No; I do not know as I have any’
of them.
Q. Did McAndrew take anything up to these men on the mountain? A. |
Yes; McAndrew fetched them up some lunch ; at least he got Sweeny to fetch
them some. °
‘Q. What did he take them? A. Some pie, some pork or ham, and some.
cigars, and bread and butter.
’ Q. Anything to drink ? A. No; they requested a bottle and I fetched that.
I provided that for them ; I fetched them a pint of whisky, anyhow. ,
_ Q. Did Gibbons go away from Shenandoah, that you know of, after that ?
A. Yes, sir. .
Q. How soon? A. He went away on that evening.
Q. Did you ever have any conversation with John Kehoe about Gibbons
. going away? A, Well, upon Sunday, the 4th of July, 1875, I went to Girard-
‘ville, in company with John Morris and Frank McAndrew, in a buggy, and
McAndrew introduced Morris to Kehoe. It seemed that he had not known
him personally previous. He told him—-
By Judge Walker.
Q. John Morris? A. Yes, sir; the prisoner here. He told him that he »