The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-15

killing him. He had prepared tue confes-
sion and read it TO the gentlemen present,
and then made affidavit to it. Davidson's
statements were simply corroboraton of
Gallagher's. Mr. Porter this afternoon
gave out the substance Of the confession,
suppressing only the names of the men
who Gallagher says were in the plot to
send Dempsey to prison. Mr.. Porter read
6allagher's confession as follows, showing
the reporter that the paper was properly
signed and attested
Dempsey and Beatty are entirely innO-
cent. never got any powders or poison
from them, and | never administered any
in the mill. | was told by Pinkertou de
rectives who arrested Ipe that if l did not
10 rs they wanted me to do they would in
dict me for murder and have me hanged.
They got me drunk and prepared a con-
fession for me. was kept supplied with
money and whisky foT forty-two days,
while detective shadowed me all the
time. | was told that if | attempted to get
into the newspapers | was given a revol-
YER and was told that would be justified
In shooting any one who molested me.
They told me they were after Dempsey be-
cause Ire was at the head of the Knights
Of Labor, and that organization was no
good and ought to be broken up. They
said if ! would testify against Beatty and
Dempsey they would not push a murder
charge against me. and that / would 90
free. AT the most l would get only sixty
days TO satisfy the public. They continually
cautioned me not TO get mixed in my
story but to swear to what they said and
tick to it. They made me rehearse the
story frequently. There were other wit
nesses who were to take their cue from me
and make their stories coTroborate mine.
"What Dempsey swore to was true. He
hiTed us to make reports of the number of
men in the mills. That S25 / got from
him was borrowed money, and was used
70 prevent my furniture being taken from
me. e. w Robinson, the prisoner in Jail
who testified that told him Dempsey was
innocent and that this was put up job,
cold the truth. did tell him that l was
Sept supplied with money, provisions and
clothes while | was in jail, the same as
when ! was out. They kept continually
telling me to swear this case through and
stick to it, so as they could not swear out
OF 1t, as in the Critchlow case. If they got
this case through, they said, that would
settle the Homestead people, l was told
they had twenty-five witnesses to bolster
up my story, They had me so badly fright
ened and kept me drunk so long that did
not know whether l was living or dead
hR ( the time"
Davidson's statement is about the same
rs Gallagber's. Besides these Mr.. Porter
mas the affidavit of n person who swears
that a certain detective, in the atlantis
presence, told Gallagher why he wanted to
send Dempsey to prison 1t was because
he wanted to strike blow at the Knights
of Labor. The detective also said that the
only way to do it was to swear Dempsey
was guilty and stick TO it to the end. If
he did not swear this, the detective said,
he would have Gallagher indicted for
murder. Similar corroboration of the CON
fessions of the convicts is given by nearly
dozen witnesses whose affidavits Mr..
Porter has in his possession.
1t will also be shown where detectives
tried to get others to do some swearing In
the case and where false testimony out
side OF Gallagher and Davidson, was given
at the trial.
Mr.. Porter sald This work was done
entirely by Pinkerton detectives, probably
because they wanted to get even for their
defeat on July 6, and certainly without
any authority" Mr.. Porter thinks that
because other persons connected with the
case, according to Gallagher's first con
'ession, were not prosecuted is sufficient
and conclusive evidence that the whole
thing was plot against Dempsey.
Continuing, Mr. Porter said: From the
FIRST have been entirely satisfied of Demp-
sey's innocence, and, more than that, that
there was never any poison administered
In the Homestead mill This is the un-
fortunate result of reputable people Of
Allegheny county importing thieves and
Conviots from Chicago and other places
and using them as detectives, l have no
doubt but that when we establish the
truth of what we now know to be true
Che pardon of Hugh F, Dempsey and Rob
ert j. Beatty will meet with hearty ap-
prUvRl."