The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-09
O'MALLEY GIVES UP.

The Obnoxious New Orleans Detective
Takes His Life In His Hands and Ap-
pears in Court to Give Hail to Answer
Indictments Against Him-some Talk OF
Lynching, but 1t Is Likely TO Come to
Naught.
NEW ORLEANS, April 4.-Dominick C.
0'Malley. the private detective who fig
ured SO prominently in the Hennessy
assassination case and who would have
been lynched if he had been found after
the killing of the Italian pris-
oners on the 14th of March, or,
for that matter, any time with
in a week thereafter, caused
sensation Friday by quietly walking
into the criminal court and surrender
ing himself to answer the indictments
against him. O'Malley was accom-
panied by his attorney, Lionel Adams,
and by James Barry, a well-known
local politician. When the first sur
prise was over Mr.. Adams addressed
the court and said his client desired to
give bond for his appearance to answer
the charge against him. There were
three indictments against O'Malley
one for abetting the attempted bri-
berry of talesmen in the Hennessy case,
another for perjury charged in the in
dictment to have been committed in
1882, and the third for perjury, also al
legged to have been committed in 1882.
Judge Mari fixed the bond in each
case at $4,000. the required bail was
furnished and O'Malley was released
from custody. During the proceedings
the long-looked-for detective was prob
ably the coolest man in the courtroom.
He was carefully dressed, and If he was
at all agitated there were no external
evidences of il.
There was much discussion during
the day as to the steps that would be
taken by the committee of safety now
that O'Malley had disobeyed its man
date and returned to the city. 1t is
probable that there will be no fur
ther action taken against the detective.
and that he will be allowed to an
swer to the law for the crimes charged
against him. This view is taken by the
afternoon States, against which
O'Malley has pending $4,000 damage
suit for slander. The States says:
However just the resentment of the people
may have been against this man-and we be.
lieve it was entirely just-he is now in the hands
OF the law and he must be accorded fair trial !;
not hair Of his head must be touched save by
the hand OF the law. The States has certainly
good reasons for entertaining strong feelings
OF resentment toward OMalley, but the
righteous vengeance Of the people was finished
on the l4th Of March: the rule OF the mob Is at
an end; the laws have resumed their course
and we now demand for this person, as we de.
manded IL for him even on the day Of the
tragedy, full, free and fair hearing and trial
in the courts Of the land"
OMalley said Friday evening that
when he got ready to give his story to
the public it would cause number Of
people now joining in the cry against
him to hide behind their doors. As tn
the parish prison affair he said:
Those men were innocent aud the people
made a big mistake. for which hope they will
properly apologize to the widows and orphans
hereafter. Each one Of the nineteen men made
statement to me, which investigated and re-
ported upon. found that all OF them told the
truth with one exception. Polietz. All this
talk about suborning witnesses and bribing
jurors is untrue. You heard the witnesses and,
SO help me God, l never approached aEy Of
them with reference to what testimony they
were to give. The closest the grand fury has
got to ne is to indict me upon matters that
hapDeued ctCht wears ago"