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Show Tiie xuolly JMuKuirs. ' Pottavillo, 21. At 12.00 the sheriff led out Kerarity and James Carroll, attended by priests. Rerarity waB iflecled by the situation, and said to the sheriff, "May God bless you," and in a Bhort address said that ho spoke tho truth wholly when he said Thomas Duffy had been convicted lor giving him ten dollars for shooting shoot-ing a man ne never saw in Tamiqua until he saw his name in the paper. lie Had never aeon iuoma3 jjuuy a third time untii be saw him iu Potts ville jail; never heard him talking talk-ing about Benjamin F, Yost nnr about the shooting afl'aic. Ho never asked McGeehan anQ Boyle to como and shoot Yoat nor anybody else. Iierarty'a speech was at times unintelligible and jumbled, but he was earnest in hia denials of guilt. Carroll said calmly: "I have only to a ay that I am inuo cent of the crime 1 urn charged of." Kerarity broke iu with: "Weil, thai is what I forgot to Bay. I was going to die an iuuoceut man, but I hope it's good for me, and I forgive my persecutors from the bottom of my heart, and hope God will forgive them too." Carroll did not resume. Kerarity, while being pinioned, shouted hie blessing to Mr. Lavelle, hia counsel, who responded, "God bless you, Jim!" The nooses were tightened, caps drawn, and the traps sprung, and in a few njiuuteB the bodien dangled lifeless in the air. Thomas Munley and Thomas Duffy came next. Neither made a speech and the drop fell at 12.21, and tht execution was ended. Despite the crowds there was no disturbance and ODly one arrest of a drunken woman. |