The daily gazette., 1882-06-23
EATDTD DARRAH SAY.
/ .,vsrEaIous DRowNIINa
MTS MTsSSMIs j. GALLAGHERi
ST. POINTS ON THE CASE.

|rsr POINTS ON THE CASE cAAsHE'
~. Men stick to Their story
''ns the Reward. But she~ ? ''ST
nU '.,'O to Conceal Facts rr
caIlaeher's mysterious death
nS S,1are 4 the last city election Y stlll :
OsaTIS s1ne river has given up its dead
y, iaO,et n1, The Coroner's jury has
IA ~ IGalIagher's companions, ana
: raleu a,.oliy have ceased to talk about
n'' The strange circumstances, how
~; VI. mi been explained, and lately
ase e hOs besn some developments tending
An OanS Al tbe case with an additional
Of mystery
WITNESSES NOT SUMMONED. III
~ 10 ,omembered that the Coroner's
IN u l's,,''U~ lsn Morning after the body was
u y ~ wilmington and that the jury
a,SU,ned w for four or five days TO "give
il0Iaus Iar.sv witnesses plenty of time TO-
= ''' The understanding apparently
:, ,ho Coroper would go to Pennsvine
" Vls,alv 'Iv and ask the young men, Bert
ioshua Wheaton,, Richard Batten
ni.Sjn Y Hewitt, to appear before the
y iuy on the following Monday, !,
aIso Ia understood that the Coroner had
bnSJ I the four young men who found
N floating in the river weighed down
rieks and that they would be present.
oues, was held. Those In the boat
f}allagber-Darragh, Greenlee and
were examined and so were some
Eitneses. The four young men from
giile were not present The testimony
witness, who had talked particularly
oftbem, was not taken. The jury
he difficulty in arriving at 0 verdict,
one rendered read as follows
Dlrsd, That it is the sense Of this jury
be deceased, Dennis j. Gallagher, came
death by accidental drowning.
trd, That this jury, from the evi-
adduced, fully exonerates Messrs.
HI, Greenlee and Peekey from any
kitty IN the death of Dennis ]. Gal
comes the peculiar part Of the story,
uliar it is If statements made by
reymen and admitted by the authorf-
Wilmington are to be believed the
Dst important witnesses in the case
b, Batten, Wheaton and Hewitt
O summoned or asked TO appear be-
COroner's jury. There is no reason
gshOuld notbebeheved for there is no
tito deny them. The four young men
that they we've not summoned to
at the inquest. They say they were
testify, that they had nothing TO
and that they would have obeyed
Eoner's summons, although he was the
Ofa bordering Jurisdiction.
WHAT THE JERsEYMEN SAY .Uflr.t
snlsy a GAZETTE representative, the
De who had visited Pennsville the day
Ns friends secured the body, made a
trip to the place. 1t is no pleasant
Pennsyille lies opposite and a little
u New Castle. AS the crow flies it Is
two miles and hlhalf; as the ancient
ln who took the news gathefcr across
mpelled to row, it is nearer four. As
the GAZETTE man got into Pennsville
the afternoon, beneath a broiling
~ sun, and on a day when the little
town was practically lifeless.
#arch for those people having anything
Fith the finding of the body was only
ately successful. Coroner Garrison
jury rendered a verdict of "deatt
Oul play at the hands of some person
sons unknown" was on his farm &
tot the little riverside hamlet. DR.
On bis son, who made the post NOR.
Summation and cut the string, which
ID The bricks, from the arm, had gon'
70 the Hook, " wherever that is. Hew
longer lives in Pennsville, anC
On was away at work. Baton ant
m however, were in town, and thes'
zen.
IN was at work ON the outskirts o
F.le, welding a spade In the task o
digging. Baton may not be man O
Iods at all times. On this occasion h
lie said that on Thursday of las
ne and Forkum visited Wilmington
NV Darragh and some of his friends
nun they received check for $50, tn
offered for finding the body.
eh asked why he had not appeared be
ne loroner's jury he said that neithe
MS companions had been summone
pear at Wilmington. They woul
nly nave gone had such request bee
AS 1t was they did not know tha
ttre !, ,.. wanted and did not go.
II hot a fact that you were afraid {
i",., ,vsNeu up as witnesses If you went
li,gtoh asked the reporter. !
vi yes; but then we have been
nslpl' a53 t@lee-two days before the il
anu on Thursday week"
Va =Sas then Questioned with refel
= a statement made in the South Jet
,sn. = " 'ne elect that when interyiewt
y op.esentaliye ~, of that paper he sa
8 ~ J. anQ h forkum had an Interview wit
nm nm parfagll when the reward was pa
S;a a.la ihat Darragh had told the
\ r,s raS Which they would not repea
,a,a '1,ascd u, TO say what it was that Da
%'1 !, 1llem, and said he did not me.
a. 70 any one, and would not 81
H. u @ llsl any bearing upon the case
b;'a aae sad however, that Darragh h
'n'll that Gallagher
HAD No TAX RECEIPTS
i i41a nn when he was drowned, and, tn
,lsrh, lDrEum told about the same story
h i'tE III reporter about why he did Il
ybe wilmington at the inque
sl ,,,, was a little afraid of being lock
aItin" ti",.'lesS s by the Coroner's Jury" v
1,s %s,a9 aa9a9ission when asked about
and nJ1,u nave gone if | had been ask
ssarv ~ w requlsition would have be
for me- am ready to GO any time tn
do . 1e' and will tell all about 1t WI
. terim. fS,a Is not willing to tell what
and an R,,, conversation Darragh had W
la tqlI l4ieoll t IN Wilmington was,
bar bsst! t 'Ic whole thing were he asked
btb tr9 ,9't tlle Wilmington coroner.
\ ahont j Young men still stick to IL
dead man ,,nalng bricks upon the body
5 worl. .'a,l' and say it is mere theory
how sa,i against their sworn testimo
taken y however, that the bricks W
bwn ova,h lllto the boat and afterwa
Don as sslooard ,hS instead of being cut 10
into NY ~ Dody was found and allowe,
This 'iie is water watt as they stated in