Thomas and William and Jesse Major,
Kehoe said be kuew of a good man for
a " clean job," and then and there
suggested the "Hairy Man," as worthy
of taking part in tbe killing of tbe Ma
jor brothers. Sbarpe and McDonnell
ere convicted in April, mainly npon
tbe evidence of three well-known mur
derers and "squealers" ' Little Jim
my" Kerrigan, Charles Mulhearn and
Daniel Kelly, alias "Manns Kull."
alias "Kelly, the Bum," Everything
was resorted to save tbe men from the
gallows. Governor Hartranft ordered
their execution for December 18, the
day that Jack Kehoe was bung, but
tbey were respited in order that the
Board of Pardons might pass upon the
matter. 1 be Board refused to inter
fere, and tbe banging was set for to
day. McDonnell is tbe man npon whose
testimony mainely Michael Bergin,
charged with the murder of Patrick
Burns in Tuscarora in loiO, was con
victed. Bergin whom many people
in Pottsville look npon as an innocent
man was als to have been bung on
December 18, but was respited until
next Thursday. After McDonnell's
conviction of the Smith murder, be said
to tbe Sheriff of Carbon county that
he was innocent of the crime, but that
be bad a band in tbe killing of Burns
and would tell all about it. He ac
cordingly took tbe witness-stand and
admitted bis own guilt in the Burns
aEair, but charged Bergin with firing
tbe shot. Upon this testimony Bergin
was brooght from Canada acd convict
ed, but it did not acquit McDonnell of
the charge of being one of tbe Smith
assassins.
The wife, four children and a boj
ho resided in tbe house) of Jacob
Huber, of Treicblerville, Lehigh coun
ty, have all died recently of diphtheria.
