The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-19

U BElEA CONFESSION.
| O'Brien, being duly examined, said
reside in Georgetowt1 b. @. Twas In Balti=
more the dag of election; and techifed word
| could get job of work by going to Cuniber-
! land. l started the next night and arrived the
/ 70 lowing morning, when was informed that
4 policeman by the name of Birmingham had
/ promised to get me job. After considerable
! difficulty found Birmingham and was intro
/ duced By friend Of mine named Buck We
/ drank two or three glasses Of beer; and went
outside Buckcalled to me and said
! "Jim, how would you like to make $100?"
1 said: "What doing?" He told me before
/ that tley had been hunting for Robert Lindsey
/ the Sunday before that, and the fellows all
around there had a guy Who found Robert
! Lindsey?n l did not know who Robert Lind
1 sey was, and had never heard of him. But
4 they told me there was man there hunting all
/ around for Robert Lindsey; and he could not
! be found. and this man. whose nahie was Wall
\ ton told him to get anybody that would come
and answer to the name of Robert Lindsey and
/ that they would give him 500. So told this
mani:
~ don't know anything about this. don't
want to get into any scrape."
He said You don't have to do anything
/ except to go to New. York and show that there
is such person as Robert Lindsey
Said he: They can't make you swear that
I you made out the affidavit"
"Well," he said, 81 if you don't want to go,
4 you need not go. You can get the money in
advance and jump off the train, if you want
to-"
I said "No. If start, I will go all the
way"
So, going to the train, we met this man Wal
ton at the depot, and Birmingham introduced
him to me. He introduced me as Lindsey.
| But, before We got up there we eat down to
talk it all over. Before we got to the hotel at
| the depot; where this man was stopping,
said I
"Does this man CWaltotl) understand my
name is not Lindsey?"
He said eyes" He told me to get man
to answer to the name of Lindsey. So. when
We got up there, he introduced me as Lindsey.
Walton said: "Do you understand what you
ere going to get?" said: "This man says
| am going to receive 800"
He said: YES you are"
said: "All right"
So when he came out with the ticket he said
Here is your ticket to New York and 80 1
! could not get a found-tlip ticket but that il to
| pay your way back"
So then; We started along, aud he explained
eveTything-even got me Truth paper so
could see the letters. Birmingham got me that
SO that could see it and study it. Coming on
l asked him if there was any trial about this
affair. He said:
"No, none at ALL"
Then 1 said 81 can't be hurt much.
will co."
When we arrived here we stopped at some
Office. I think the Times or Tribune, first. We
went in a cab, and went from there to the
Truth Office. There was introduced as Lind
sfy. I saw there Mr.. Hart Mr.. Post, and
man by the name of ByTne. Walton then
walked out, and he and Hart had some private
conversation. when Hart came Ill and SAID
Walton has told me all about it, under
stand it."
When we were leaving Cumberland Birming-
ham held out his hand aid said to ne Good
by, Harry" and looked up into Walton's face
as much as to say g / know all about it"
Coming on the train l said to Walton: "Who
is going to pay you this money!"
He said, 1.-THE Truth will pay you through
me-"
So, after we arrived there they examined me.
"Who examined you?"
First Post. This Birmingham told me to
make upa story about the W0rkingmens Union.
Said he
1hat is what YOU represent, and that is all
/ you have got to do"
Aud when got on the stand I told th m
about the mines. After that went,to supper.
Before went to supper Hart said:
Have you got any change"
! said, "No."
He said Here, you had better take this"
! ana he gave me ElU. he OUerGO me
| The next day being Sunday, said | wanted
| to get clean shirt, and then he gave me
| $40. We went to supper, and man went with
me. They call him Box" His name is Ellen.
! We went with him to supper, and he never left
| me while have been here. He slept with me,
and never let me go out of his sight. When we
came from supper, Hart said to ''Box:" "You
| had better take him to Tony Pastors Theater."
| He told some man there to write O letter.
! Who the man was J. don't know. ! have only
| seen hum once, and that letter was given to
Box" and we went to Tony Pastors, and he
! offered it there at the theater. We received
| two tickets and went in. Hart told me to come
| rack soon-that Howe would want to see nee.
! We came back after the first part of the variety.
| before the last drama, or whatever it was, and
| there l was cross-questioned by Howe about
the mines, and he said that would do. He
/ said 'That is all you will have to swear to-"
How many times have you been at the
! Truth Office p
81 have been there all the time, might as
well say. except to go to the theater, or to
meals, CT to the hotel to go to bed"
Hart sid to me: ~ know your name is not
| lindsey" He said; ovation knows your
name. He heard it therein Cumberland This
| Watoa said that you were going to get this
money through the Truth"
When made the statement in court that my
| name was Lindsey, | knew it was not true.
Hart told me that Walton told him all about
this; He said ~ will pay you and, - it,
will pay you double to put him in hole
They asked me if | knew where Main street
| was in Lynn. | said:
'No. know where the main street u.s. and
| Post and Hart said
"That is just the way for you to answer in
| court"
| Post said to me: "Tf they ask you any cues
/ tons don't have any hesitation IN answering
| them about this secret organization. Just tell
! them you arebOUnd by oath not to divulge any
secrets. If they ask you any questions answer
them right up openly"
Hart said Suppose they bring Garfield
| and put him on this stand?''
Howe said II wish they would"
| When I came did not understand l would
| have to do any swearing at ALL If | had
known that, would not have come. was out
Of work. and did not have any money Hart
asked me how would like to have a job in
| New York. told him 1 would like it very
| much, and lie said:
Well, we won't say anything about that
| now until this is over"
| never lived in Cumberland, and do not
know William H. Thompson.
Walton said he came from the TratLt Office
| and there is where he brought me.
Who told you the story which you were to
tell?"
aviation told me TO make mp one of my own,
and they got me a paper i'll Cumberland to
study this letter what was published. and tod
me 10 make It mp. and birmingham told me
to say that I belonged to the WorAingmans
Union"
Who told you it was necessary to cay,
among other things, that you belonged to Lynn,
Mass.?"
"No one. Only from the affidavit I saw
printed in the paper. They told me to swear
to this affidavit that was made out. l think
that it was this man Walton asked me that
The first time 1 saw that affidavit Was after
leaving Cumberland in the cars"
never was in Lynn, / never saw person by
the name of H. L. Morey. I never saw the
original of the Morey letter until it was shown
to me in court. l never heard Of the Morey-
Garfield letter until I saw printed copy, l
think Howe asked me if I made the Lindsey
affidavit, and said, YES" but did not make
| it, and did not know who did.
JAMES OBRIEN.
Taken before me this 10th day of November,
1880. B. T. MORGAN,
Police Justice.
The Philip Case-Judge Davis Decision.
Judge Noah Davis delivered an elab-
crate and exhaustive decision in the
Philip forgery case at New York. He
held that it was fully and indisputably