Schuylkill County PA Archives News.....The Mollle Maguire Tragedies May 10, 1876
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The Somerset Herald: (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936 May 10, 1876
Pottsville, Pa, May 4 -The case of the Commonwealth vs. McGehnan, Boyle, Carroll,
Roarty and Duffy was the all-absorbing topic through the coal region today. The
morning trains brought many people to town all anxious to get a glimpse of the men
charged with the murder of Policeman Yost at Tamaqua. By 10 o'clock the court house
was filled to its utmost capacity, many being unable to gain admittance. Over two
hundred witnesses have been subpoenaed. The case was not reached until 2 o'clock,
when the prisoners were brought into court, looking well and cheerful. They were
immediately arraigned, and the usual question, "Are you guilty or not guilty?" was
answered by all, “Not guilty." When questioned how they would be tried, Roarty
answered, "We want to be tried by God and our country." The empaneling of a jury
then began, and up to 4 o'clock, the hour of adjournment, only one juror bad been
obtained, the others examined having formed or expressed an opinion, and in one
case, objection being made to a question as to whether the juror belonged to a
vigilance committee formed in Tamaqua at the time of the murder, which the juror
declined to answer, a long discussion followed, participated in by the leading
counsel on each side, and will be resumed in the morning.

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