The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-22
GALLONS GUILT.
He Confessed why he killed
the Dilley's.
Robbery his first and only
Object.
His Victims Killed to Pre-
vent Recognition.

GALLON whose execution occurred last
Friday at Cambridge is taken from the
Geneseo Sun. The prisoner died without
making any known confession save what
he told his priest who attended him on the
scaffold. The subjoined is therefore pub
lished as it is supposed to come from one
of his confessors:
From an interview with San reporter,
the following, as compared with the state
ment of Gallon to his priest, is his con-
fession of guilt;
Now, tell me what you know about the
murder of Thos. Dilley and wife
''Well / know all about it it know
who murdered them"
How many were there concerned with
the murder, and who were they"
There was just one man that did it
ALL"
Then you did not tell the truth when
you said that Roddick did 1t, and that you
and man by the name of>Welch were his
accomplices."
'tNol Roddick had nothing to do with
it, and no one else except one mamie
did it ALL
Are you that MANI
'Well, you know it all now. Nobody
else ever knew what have told you about
it,
"Were they murdered out of revenge or
for plumber, or what was the motive of the
awful crime?"
There was 40 revenge. liked Mr.. and
Mrs. Dilley, ana they treated me kindly.
I thought that Dilley had money. 1 heard
he had sold his hogs and had got the
money, and knew he had the watches,
and I could get them and get something
out of them and would never be detected.
I never thought of killing either of them.
but simply to rob them
please state the facts connected with
the awful tragedy as briefly as possibly, as
others are waiting to see you"
THE murder was committed between II
and 12 o'clock; / got there earlier, and hid
away until they went to bed and asleep. 1
disguised myself by a false beard and a
/ piece of an old checked shirt drawn over
my face, with eyes cut out and a place to
breathe. took off my boots and put on
pair of rubber overshoes, so as to make
no noise when walking over the floor. 1
entered by the door which was not fasten-
ed. When / entered there was some move
ment in bed, but the wind blew hard and
the doors and windows ratified, and after
hiding myself until all seemed sound asleep
i I approached the bed and with one hand
/ presented my revolver near Dilley's
head and began to rife the
pockets of his pants, which were close to
his head with the other when he opened
his eyes and said, Who's therer Just then
the revolver went off, and he neveT-moved
/ sank by the bedside, when Mrs Dilley
sprang up frantically, and by some means
threw off my mask, as she exclaimed, You
have killed my husbandp / rose to my
feet and commanded her to lay down anC
cover up her head. Just then the moor
broke through the clouds and shone square
in my face through the window, when sht
said, oh, my Godi is it you Gallione
knew then I was recognized and that i
was my life or hers, and when / left her
thought there was no one to tell the story.
why did you not take the valuable
jewelry and what money there was in th,
: heuse?"
Il thought I heard noise outside, ant
that somebody had heard Mrs Dilley'
screams and had come to rescue her, ant
l hurried out"
What about the cap that was under th'
hay shed?"
. 'I put it there, and that with the tract
of the overshoes, etc., would have hum
Roddick, if he had not been just where h
was that night.
Where did you go after you COMMITTEES
: the murder?"
Il returned to LIE Claire, Iowa, where
expected to sell the watches and get none
: to TAXA me to St. Louis, but | felt so badl
the next day, that did not care whether
was detected or not. 1t would have bee
; all right if they had hung me thep
: This, then, is the ''vindication' he lei
for the world? 1t is well. Remarks ar
unnecessary.