The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-07-26

Patrick Gallagher, the sef-confessed pois-
oner and perjurcr now serving his sentence
In the penitentiary at Pittsburg, Pa, seems
10 have an elastic conscience since he nc.
quired The habit of confessing, and IL ex.
pands and hurts his head every time he
makes new statement. Thursday he con-
fessed that his last statement was false and
that the only reliable one was
that which he ma 'e on The witness stand
in the trials Of Hugh +. Dempsey and Rob.
ert J. Beatty.
He says he passed a seepless and wretch>
ed night after making the sworn statement
relative TO the limo renee of Dempsey and
Beatty on Wednesday. Thursday morning
he sent this note to Warden Edward
Wright:
"Will you see me as soon as possible os l
have something think you ought To have.
Tor have suffered the tortures OF hell sine.
yestrrd W aud don't want another such
niRht as last night was. What | have !
want no one TO see hut you for the present,
lon can tell after you see II who the prop
er party Is to get possession Of IT, A 20T.f
MS VERY LATEST CONFESSION
Inc warden visited Gallagher and .receiy.
Ell from him two rolls Of manus .ript, which
GALLAGHER said had been prepared by Beatty
and delivered by range mar who :js ajso
q convict. The first roll was received by
Gallagher OIL Monday, and IT contained full
details of the confession Beatty thought
Gallagher ought to swear to. IL contained
suggestions which the writer said IL carried
out would libcrate all implicated in the
poisoning cases. The second ro! was deliy-
cred to Gallagher Thursday morning and il
also contained sundry suggestions for Gal
laghcr TO incorporate In his confession.
gallagher informed the warden that
everything he testified to on Wednesday
was iaIse, ana IN he testimony was given
in pursuance of u plot whereby the four
men expected tn he liberated. He hadn't
eaten or slept since Wednesday evening, he
said. and then he broke down and cried. He
begged the warden to send for District Attor-
ney Clarence Bnrleigh and the others who
had taken his statement He said he want
ed the testimony taken Wednesday destroy
ed II possible. and asserted that under no
circumstances would he sign IT, as lie vas
informed he would be expected to do. The
warden then drew up the following, which
Gallagher signed;
The statement. under oath, by Patrick J.
Gallagher in the interest of Dem psey and
Beatty was false in all parts, and now. on
the 10Th day Of July. 1898. at II to 1880 D.
M, deny and retract the same. and claim
that my evidence given at the trial of the
same people is the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. This statement
is made TO ease my conscience, and in the
: interest OF justice to all
PATRICK J. GALLAGHER"
This was witnessed by John Esley and
ID; u. Wright. After taking this the warden
telephoned for District Attorney Burleigb
who, with l.. X. Porter and u notary and
stenographer. went to the prison, Gallagher
was sworn ngain, and he testified that his
deposition Of Wednesday was false and was
brought about by many written documents
sent him by Beatty. These gave full in
strnctions what 10 swear TO- and Gallagher
swore literally as directed Some of them he
had DESTROYED and others he sent back to
Beatty. The only ones he saved were the
two rolls OF manuscript he gave to Warden
Wright lie never received any letters from
Dempsey, but had talked with him while
they were employed in glazing. He did no,
say that Dempsey talked TO him on the cub
1ect The scheme of ali concern d, he said,
was that he was TO contradict all the evi.
dence he had gwen, and then pardons were
to have been obtained for all.
The testimony he gave at the trial he said
was true IN every particular and no one
had asked him to give ia Sc evidence, but oD
the contrary he had been cautioned ,e
tell the truth. He was guilty of poisoning
he said, and Dempsey and Beatty were
guilty also, rs the Jury had found. Unde,
cross examination by l.. X. Porter he said
he was unable to tell what posse sed him te
make the statement he did and he regretted
1t before he was Gut Of the room five min.
mtes, He reiterated that all he had sad
Wednesday was false.
Warden Wright was sworn and he tole
how Gallaghcr's re,raction came about. lie
said no one but prison officials had seen Gal
iiaagher since he had made his statement on
Wednesday. District Attorney Burleigh.
who gave out the foregoing account of Gal
laeher's very latet confession, thinks this
effectively disposes Of the case, but would
not say what would be done with Gallayhe,
for his false swearing l.. X. Porter thinks
this will help the .case before the Pardon
Board, for it will show how utterly unre-
liable and devoid of truth Gallagher is