The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-03


| alton. After the prisoners arrest, when he
was taxed with changing his name to Dal-
| ton when he moTed into Scarbofo street, he
| said, ut is lie. / never did so'
but when asked 10 explain how it
! was that his laudlady in Scarboro
street called bim Dalton, the prisoner
/ said be could not account for it. He had,
he insisted, given her his name ss Gilbert,
and when he found she had adopted the
/ habit OF calling him Dalton he thought il
was matter of no consequence to correct
her. This indulgence in aleases the prisoner
! had seemed to find necessary almost from
/ the moment OF his landing in England. For
instance, when he was first arrested he told
! the police he lived in Liverpool and had
| come down to London to enjoy 8 holiday in
| the Tower. When requested TO give his
Liverpool address he said he lived az No. 2S
Robert street. To another officer he gave
| No. 81 Robert street as the place. To another
be said he lived in London, and this time
| gave the Scsrboro street address. 1t was
| from this latter address that the brown
box, which had been substituted for the
| brown trunk of American manufacture
at the Prescott street lodgings, was removed
| In mediate Y after the explosion and before
the police reached the house. Another case
OF Tilful fslsehOO on the part of the pris.
| oner was his denial of having possessed
brown trunk, and his denunciation of his
Prescott landlady as liar.
Concerning the prisoners identity Rndt the
! place from which he had come, Poland went
| on to show that the circumstantial evidence,
so far as collected tended to show that he
! had come from the United States. Canning
hams stories about America were less con-
| tre dictory than any he had vet told. he
had frankly admitted TO the police that lust
prior to his arrival in England he had lived
a long time in New York City. He said be
bad worked freight handler in
| Pennsylvania railway station, and had alsI
! been employed as lAborer on the docs
of the Guion Steamship Line, New York,
where he lived in Franklin street. These
| statements are corrObOTated 10 some extent
| by the prisoners clothing and other personal
effects. The shirt he wore at the time of his
arrest was marked above the wristbands
with the name Clennon. In explanation of
this, and in answer to a question as 10
whether Clennon was his real name, Gun
niDghsm said the shirt must have been
marked that way when he purchased it, and
that he obtained il new in shop in Hudson
street, New York City. He insisted he was
| unaware that such name was marked on the
shirt and knew nothing about the same.
Reyerting to the history of Cunningham's
movements after his arrival in England
| Poland said the Government was not yet
| prepared TO give any extended account of
the pIis oner's life IN Liverpool, except to say
| that police inquiry had shown that no such
persen as the prisoner had ever been known
at either of the Robert street addresses given
! by Cunningham.
Between the hours Of Il and on the after.
noon of January "a, the day on which the
/ explosions at Westminster and the Tower oc-
! CURED, Cunningham went away from his
| lodgings in ScarbOro street, he never re-
! turDed He left no word with any person
| in the house as to his destination, and no
one there had any any knowledge of his
movements that day. But the police, by
| dint Of extraordinary patience, made what
4 the prosecution considered faithful trace
/ Of the man from the moment he left the
! house; this showed he proceeded straight 10
! the Tower. 1t was free day for visitors. IL
/ could be shown that Cunningham procured
/ a ticket at the bottom steps and ascending
i 10 ST. Johns Cha pei in White Tower, thai
he went up into St. Johns Chapel and after
leaving there proceeded 10 the
armory. In the armory a visitor
/ could wander around between many
stands Of arms and do many things uuob-
/ served, he could easily on that day have de-
posted anNquantitV OF explosives in any
/ one OF the many recesses or corners, and
even have lighted tuse without attracting
attention. 1t weuld be shown the prisoner
/ did both that day, he was seen strolling
through and looking about those rooms be-
tween the hours OF / and A few minutes
before the explosion be was seen in the ar
| mory furtively looking about, and acting as
| If he wished to throw something away. He
! was watching for an opportunity to deposit
his dynamite, Almost Immediately before
the explosion, little boy, wandering around
between the stacks of ancient armor in the
srmory, noticed something burning with
| faint glow on the floor of the armory. The
| boy s testimony is very plain and circumstan-
tisl on this point. He saw fire and saw
/ smoke. He described the fire as that of a
! fuse, but concluded the fuse was the cast
away end Of a fusee pipe lighter. and passed
| on. The boy had scarcely got beyond the
| White Tower walls when the explosion occur
| red. Cunningham had been seen a few mo.
ments before lettering in the passage where
| the boy saw the burning fuse.
! Tie explosives operated from that point
as was clearly demonstrated by the ruins,
and particularly by the large roof stone
| blown from the wall near which the boy saw
fire. This was near st. Johns Chapel. Pc.
| land then proceeded TO describe the detona-
| ter found among the prisoner effects. This
be said, Iesembled those found in Ludgate
| Bill, Chsring Cross and Paddington railroad
| stations, after the dynamite attempt at those
| places. IT had a spread eagle stamped
on It, wThe detoDaier was an inch long and
| one-eighth OF an inch in diameter. Inside
| was a white substance, consisting of chloride
of potassium and illuminate OF mercury.
| This mixture, Poland said, was, according to
! the statement of experts, used for exploding
| by concussion dynamite or gun cotton only.
| The mixture occupied only half the space in
/ the detonGter, but even this small quantity
if exploded in the hand, said the solicitor,
would sbatter the fingers, and IL exploded in
| the pocket would kill person. The detona-
| ter when found was handled very carefully
| by the police. They dared not even pinch
! it, because the small pin might be thus
pressed and the thing would speak for itself,
Would il not, Mr.. Inspector" turning 10
| the inspector.
Yes indeed, replied the latter official.
He it was who found the detonater con-
cesled in sock found in the pocket Of q gar
mCnt belonging TO the prisoner, in which
was also found a pocket diary with two
| leaves torn euth
IN conclusion, Mr.. Poland said Cunning
ham, ss charged under the explosive act
with having caused be TtoTer expIosion, IL
his guilt should be established, was liable 10