The record-union., 1896-07-18
BARNEY CARROLL OWNS Up.
he SVore Falsely to Save Callendine
From Prison.
The Startling Statement Made by
Him to District Attorney
RYAN.
Ryan.

Barney Carroll, the fisherman, whose
lying statements on the witness-stand
during the Callendine robbery trial
probably saved the latter from the State
Prison, now finds himself in a. very
tight place.
During the trial he swore that the
woman with whom he lived on boat
house in the river was his lawful Wife,
when in fact she was the wife OF one
Kelly. On that score he is open to a
charge of perjury Then he was ar
rested a month ago and indicted for
having received stolen goods, and now
he admits that he perjured himself
when he swore to the alibi necessary to
convince the jury that Callendine could
not have participated in the electric
railway office robbery last December.
Carrolls testimony in that respect
was to the effect that he met Callendlne
that night, and that the latter went to
Mrs. Jack Harris house on street and
participated in a Christmas Eve cele-
bration.
Early last month Deputy Sheriff Hin
ters and Police Officer Hayes, having
been informed that Carroll had stolen
property on his scow down the river,
went there and recovered several pairs
OF shoes stolen from Geiser & Kauf-
mans store, three kegs of powder stolen
from Schaw, Ingram & Batcher's, a roll
of garden hose, etc. Carroll was ar
rested and subsequently indicted by the
Grand Jury.
Since he has been lying in Jail he has
had good opportunity for reflection,
and a few days ago arrived at the con-
clusion that the best thing he could do
was to make clean breast of the whole
thing and tell all he knew about the
theft of the articles found in his possess
sion.
Accordingly on Tuesday last he re-
queSted to be taken to District Attorney
Ryan's office and there, in the presence
of that official, Deputy Sheriff M. P.
Fisher and Frank O'Brien, stenographer
in the District Attorneys office, he made
a confession which was taken down in
full. This confession was kept secret
until yesterday. 1t explains why Car
rolls trial was continued when called
In Judge Hinkson's court on Thursday.
Following is verbatim report of the
statement made by Carroll:
A CONFESSION OF GUILT.
Being told to go ahead and make his
statement, Carroll said: Mrs Callen-
dine came down and requested me to
come UP; she wanted to get some things.
She said they were at her huose on P
street.
This was a few days prior to Car
rolls arrest on the 10Th of June)
Mr.. Ryan-Did you go UP there? An
swerII went up there Thursday even
ing with the horse and cart and stayed
there all night. Hattie (Mrs. Kelly)
went down with the horse and came
back Friday evening. Well I went down
to Mrs. Callendines house, and in her
back yard there 1 dug up the powder.
Question-How many cans? Alive
cans. Three in one and two in the other
sack.
Q.-They were buried in sacks? A
Yes. Then she went to the water closet,
lifted up the boards and told me to pull
the sacks out; in pulling them up one
sack had a hole in it, and they fell into
the closet. 1 took the shoes out.
don't know whether any fell out; they
were in the sack. / took them out; there
was two big holes in the bottom of the
sack The shoes We're very much nodded.
] took the things out and put them in the
cart then went behind the closet, and
Sllt SOl d DdI-OCldSOlI SlScl OdI dOOul
one-half an inch thick; 1t may have been
five-eighths, and about three feet and a
half long-that was pushed down in the
ground. 1 helped to pull 1t out. She car
ried them out and put 1t in the cart
crossways.
Q.-About what time of night was it?
About $50; may be little later. In
the neighborhood of 9:30. She then got
in the cart with me and we went down
to the Scow.
Q.-Where was the scow then? A
1t is right where 1t was when Fisher
went down there 200 yards from the
Riverside House; this way, on the east
side of the river.
Q.-Sacramernto side of the river? A
Yes.
By Fisher-Did you take the hose
down at the same time? A.-No.
Dwell, what occurred then? A
I unhitched the horse on the road oppo-
site the scow, and l carried the stuff up
to the levee and laid it down in the will
lows until about daybreak in the morn
ing Mrs. Callendine and a woman who
lives right above there slept there that