The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-02
THE SEVEN sUsPEcxs,
Charged with Treason and Felony, Have
Their Preliminary Exaluinatfen.

Charged With Treason and Felony, Have
Their Preliminary Exaininatton.
LoEDos, April 26.--rhe seven prisoner
Dr. Gallagher, BERNARD Gallagher, White
head, Dalton, Ansburg, Wilson and Curtin.
who are charged with treason and felony In
connection with the u1iawful use o. ex-
plosives were again arraigned for exansina-
ton this morning. The first witness called
by the prosecution was clerk employed at
the American Exchange. Ee testified tAat
Or. Gallagher called at the Exohan nge and IN
9uired for letters addressed 20 Mr.. ''Galery =
and had shown the utmost anxiety to gain
possession of them. The wf7aess Thoughts
Ansburg, who was with him, was passing
unoer the name Of "Galer" for the purpose
of procuring letters.
A draggist OF Birmingham iessssied that
Whitehead had bought at his store lG0
pounds of nitric scid, 300 pounds of sui
phuric acid, and ffty pounds of giycerine.
On being cross examined By counsel FOR the
defense the witness said Whitehead was ap-
parently only stocking his shop with acids
used by various manufacturers.
Inspector Boyd. of the Glasgow Police.
sTOre that Bernard Gallagher, when ar
rested in Glasgow, said be was in America
at the time of the explosion in that city With
which he was charged occurred. He said e
came to England February 9, under the
name of Campbell. Boyd said Bernard no.
titled the authorities in the early part cf the
month that he wished to give information.
Inspector Boyd said Gallagher told him he
was accompanied in Catalonia by per
son named Coleman. Bernard returned 10
New York by the Germanic, but was again
sent 10 England almost directly by bis
brother. who entrusted him to tell Curtin to
go TO London. Bernard was accompanied
on both voyages by a man whose name was
something like Oxford. This person belong
ing to the dynamite school, went to London.
Gallagher heard his brother say good work
was not done by this school, but by the
Irish conspirators. Bernard started another
brother named Daniel, and Coleman re-
turned to New York in the Germanic, because
they did not believe in doing what Curtin
wished to have done. Byrne stated Bernard,
when in custody at GlOsgow, offered to go
to London in the service OF the police d
induce his brother TO tell everything he
knew, and said he (Bernard) would identify
all the consplrators. He said there We're a
number of rich men in the dynamite school
in New York, and that 0'Douovsn Rosa
was connected with one school The latter
statement, the Inspector said, was made
casually. Bernard stated that Whitehead
was about the first conspirator to come to Eng
land. lie knew all the conspirators, having
seen them in Brooklyn. There were about
thirty of them. Bernard became excited at
the exposure of his attempt to turn informer,
and several times corrected thedetails of the
Inspector testimony.
Another druggist swore that Whitehead
bought from him 200 pounds of glycerine.
He said Whitehead also bought from
auother firm 1913 pounds of nitric acid and
5000 pounds OF sulphuric acid, paying for
tenn in cash. Whitehead said he wished
acid of the usual strength. The hearing
was then adjourned until Thursday next.