Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-03
IS HENRY GUILTY?
William Aliens Confession
Made in Jail at Uniontown

the Killing of John Richardson Near
New MartinsyiIle, and How the crime
was Thrown Onto State Henry-Al-
len Made Several Confessions.
The case of the colored man State
Henry who is in the penitentlary
CONDEMNED to be hung viii be remem-
bered by our readers. Many will
also remember the confession OF
William Allen who was executed in
Uniontown last fall who said that
the murder of Mcmillan was not
the only one he had committed and
that man was in the Moundsville,
West Virginia penitentiary. under
sentence of death, for a crime of
which he, Allen, was guilty. He did
not get to make a public confession,
and give names, as he expected to
do, but it developed that the man
Allen referred to is State Henry. A
gentleman came to Uniontown last
fall and took several afidayits, and
the case have been diligently worked
up by Henry's attorneys, McIntire
IL McIntire OF New Martinsville,
who has spared no labor or expense
to save the neck of their client,
whom they believe to be innocent.
The details of the matter are thus
given in Tuesdays Wheeling Intel
ligencer:
Immediately after the day of the
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New Martinsyille, on October 20,
1900, and after a full investigation,
although the courts from the evil
denee said State Henry was the
guilty one, the popular opinion seem
ed to be with the man now confined
in the state penitentiary awaiting
execution.
According..to the story of the pris-
oner it was ON the night OF October
20, 1900, pay day night, that the
murder was committed. He with
John Richardson, the murdered man
Cal Park, Harsh Hammer, Jerry Nc
Cassaek and others, started for the
saloon. lie and Richardson stopped
a short time the two saw light,
and Richardson, saying it was car
ried by the other men of the crowd,
started for it, leaving State Henry
standing in the eommissary. Then,
thinking Richardson was mistaken,
State Henry went to the saloon,
where the man promised to meet,
but was informed that they had
started out with light thirty min
utes before. In while the men
came in, but said that they had not
seen Richardson. The next morn
Richardson was missing and the
search began. About LOO men
searched all day Sunday for him,
among whom was state Henry AT
ter searching all day, "Blaek Boy
Harsh Hammer and Ratchet found
the body and took it to State Hen
RVS shanty, having made temper
AIRY coffin and carried the body to
Henry's shanty, leaving the shanty.
At the trial the prosecuting attor
ley refused to have evidence admit
ted that the shovel had been left in
his cabin, covered with blood, that
had dripped from the dead body.
These three men, Park, "Black boy"
McCassick and Hammer, were the
first ones to suspect State Henry,
the ones who had him arrested, and
the ones who tired to excite the mob
to lynch him.
AT the inquest and hearing three
swore they saw State Henry with
Richardson last. These three wrote
letter to state Henry's mother,
stating that he had confessed TO the
crime. In the trial Of the case Harsh
Hannar, the leader of the three pro-
duced a coat covered with blood,
which State Henry could not account
for, but said that after his arrest he
sent white man for his clothes, but
the man could not find the coat, il
evidently having been stolen. The
facts in the case plainly show that the
three men had bad regulations, that
they threatend Henry's undoing and
evidently had planned tin brutal man
ner shown. One of the three, Allen,
hung at UniontowL, told at least five
persons that he had killed a man in
West Virginia and that an innocent
man was under sentence Of death for
the crime at theWest Virginia peniten-
taty He asked ty make complete
confession Of the crime on the sea fold
but was not permitted TO do so. This
man also told the death watch at
Uniontown that he killed Richardson,
and State Henry has nineteen atfida-
Wits from different people TO whom
Allen confessed the crime of the muir
der Of Richardson. 1t was only yes
terday that State Henry's sister ar
rived at the penitentary with an adj
ditional atfidavit of a woman now in
Cincinnati, to the effect that Allen had
confessed to her the murder Of Rich
ardson. Several people also saw Allen
with checks belonging TO Richardson,
and one saloon keeper received checks
from him that formerly belonged to
Richardson. State Henry's case was
taken to the supreme court Of appeals,
Attorney Mcintyre bearing all expens.
es.himself, but:owing TO the fact that
this later evidence could not be adj
mitted, this court confirmed the de-
cision OF the lower court, but when
the case comes before the pardon
board with this additional evidence