Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-16
He Will Be Given His Hear
ing Before Alderman Nc
Masters on Monday.
MANYNEW DEVELOPMENTS
Are Promised by the Carnegie Com
pany's Lawyers at That Time.
ATTORNEY BREMEN NOT SCARED.
Ee Thinks That the Case Against Beatty
is Very Poor.
CAPTAIN BRICK UNC0MAUNICATIYE


Robert Beatty, the alleged Homestead
poisoner, will be given a hearing before
Alderman McMasters Monday afternoon.
The whole story will then come out, as
both Gallagher and Davidson are expected
to be present and testify against Beatty.
Beatty was brought to Pittsburg yester-
day morning from Louisville by Detectives
Patrick Farrell, Seville and Estie. They
left the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
Glenwood and came into the city over the
Second avenue street car line. This was
done to avoid crowd of spectators at the
Pittsburg station, and it worked nicely.
They quietly slipped their prisoner to
Alderman McMasters' office. Beatty was
taken into the Justices private Office. The
proper papers were filled out, and the
alleged poisoner was taken out the back way
to the Jail Warden McAleese received
the prisoner in his usual pleasant manner.
He searched him thoroughly and then
locked him up The man did not seem to
be in the least worried over his arrest and
appeared like very quiet fellow.
Poor in Worldly Goods.
He had nothing to say, only answering
the necessary questions asked him By
Warden NIcAleese In reply to the ques-
tion. 'How much money have you?" Beatty
said: "Only IS p, sir; and it's all have in
the world"
None of Beatty's friends were at the Jail
to see him, and after he was put behind the
bars no one called on him but Attorney W.
j. Bremen. The prisoners lawyer arrived
about Is minutes after he was committed
and STAYED with him for over an hour
The trip to Pittsburg was made without
ANYTHING out of the ordinary occurring.
Detective Farrell when seen had little to
saw. He remarked that the next three or
four dsys would see some big developments
in the case. He would not say what the
nature of the coming sensation was to be.
Attorney Bremen will defend Beatty
and be does not think he is going to have
very hard case to win. He said yesterday
that he did not believe in trying case in
the newspapers. and for that reason cared
TO say little about the poison charges 81
will try very hard to get Beatty out on
bail, - said he 1.-THE offense is a bailable
one. Alderman McMasters only asks
$1,000
Will Make Them Show Their Hand.
1.-THE commitment charges Beatty with
felonious assault and battery. suppose
that is meant to cover the poison charges.
When the hearing comes off on Monday 1
intend to make the steel firm show that
thew have a case. This has not been done
vet Their strong point so far seems to be
that man Gallagher's afidavits. Certain
kinds OF people can be made say anything,
and we Will look after his testimony with
good deal of care We can show that evil
dence from him should not have much
weight.
There are many peculiar things about
the case the company has endeavored to
make out. It is rather queer that man
would go into wholesale poisoning scheme
and only charge a few dollars for his
services. 1t is also remarkable about the
number of deaths that the prosecution say
have occurred at Homestead from poison
ing, while on the other hand doctor can
not be found who takes much stock In the
idea. Take the CLOSER case. The Carnegie
Company claim that he died from poison,
while Dr. Pettitt, the physician who at
tended him, declares that the young man
died from typhoid fever.
Peculiar Statements Being Made.
''If these statements are untrue, the
physicians are showing themselves up in a
peculiar light. It seems to me that a
doctor could tell whether a man died of
typhoid fevor or was poisoned. l do not
know anything about medicine, but I
think a physician has ways OF determining
typhoid fever very easily. It may be that
some drug was used at Homestead to
weaken the men so that they would be in
capaeitated for work. This could be done
even without using drug. am told that
halt-cooked food will cause diarrhea. 1t
is very probable that things were not pre-
pared very well owing to the class of peo-
pie thew had employed as cooks.
81 had long interview with Beatty He
firmly denies that he was in anv plot to
poison the non-union men. know very
little about my client. For the past sew
eral weeks you might say he has been in
my employ. He was working under nv
instruction, but l cannot rememGer that I
paid him anything for it. His duty was 10
gather some evidence from rivermen, and
as be was well acquainted in those circles
he was Just the man for the position. 1
have always found him very gentlemanly
fellow and unusually bright.
Breck Rather UncOmmunicatiTe.
Captain z Y Breck, the Carnegie Com
pany assistant attorney, was seen yester-
-dav afternoon after his return from Louis
vile. He was not very communicative.
"Have informGtions been made against
any OF the other men implicated in Gallagh-
er's afidavit?" was asked.
$50 and see Bremen" was the genial
Captains reply. 81 have been interviewed
enough"
Gould you tell, Mr.. Breck, where Gal.
lagher and Davidson are now?"
'Of course 1 could, but 1 won't. know
the state of their health at present, and will
produce them at the proper time"
"Will any more informations be made
against Beatty?"
81 don't know"
when will Beatty have a hearing?"
81 don't know; you will have to see
Bremen" .
Alderman McMasters said last night that
there had been no more informations made
against any of the men charged with being
parties to the poisoning.