Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-16
Judge Byington Fixes Mrs. Gal.
laugher's Punishment at
Fifteen Years In Pen
WAS CONVICTED OF PERJURY
Found Guilty of Testifyins Falsely on
Her Trial for Murder of Her Illus.
band, for Which She Was Aquitt-
ed-story Of the Crime and Develop
ments
Special to Times-Republicar.
ments.

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Iowa City, March 16.-Judge Bying-
ton today sentenced Mrs. Sarah Ellen
gallagher to the penitentiary for fiji
teen years for perjury committed or
her trial for the murder of her hus-
band.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen gallagher was
found guilty of perjury committed
while testifying in her own behalf or
her trial for the murder of her husband
She was acquitted of that murder on
the first trial and on her second trial.
that for perjury on six counts. the
jury by special verdicts entirely ex-
onerated her from any part in the muir
der OF her husband. but found her
guilty Of perjury in denying sexual
intercourse with her husbands convict
ed murderer, Chas. Holada.
James gallagher, prominent farm
er and veterinary surgeon of Fremont
township, was shot in bed at about
11:10 p. M, on the night of June 90,
1902. His wife testified that she was
awakened by the shot but that she did
not see the murderer or hear him leave
the house. The coroner's jury reported
that James Gallagher came to his
death by bullet fired into his left ear.
Tracks We're found leading from the
house thru a cornfield to shack oc
cupied by Chas. HolaGa, a tramp whom
James gallagher had befriended, aided
in renting farm and had made his
closest friend. Holada was arrested
June %. On September 16 joint in
dictment was found by the grand jury
charging Chas. Holada and Sarah Ellen
Gallaugher with the murder OF James
gallagher. Mrs. Gallaugher obtained
a separate trial. At this trial, Chas.
Holada made claimed confession,
admitting completely in the murder,
charging that improper relations with
Mrs. gallagher into which he had
been led by the woman was the cause
OF it. and that Gallaugher had been
killed in pursuance OF a plan to get rid
of him so that he and his wife could
live together
Mrs. Gallagher was the principal
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lasting five days, Mrs. gallagher was
declared mot guilty" by a jury of
twelve good and lawful men of Johnson
county who have since been strong
Of her innocence.
On Dec. 1. 1902. Holada pied guilty
to murder in the second degree, in
that he assisted to kill Gallagher but
did not fire the fatal shot, and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life
by Judge Martin j. Wade. now con-
gresham from the second Iowa dis
trict.
Mrs. Gallagher was indicted for per-
jury before the coroner's jury, white
caps threatened the lives Of Holbert
and Holbert. Mrs. Gallaugher's at
torneys, and by advice of her attorneys,
Mrs. Gallaugher left Johnson county
and could not be found until the Feb
ruary term Of court. Then she ap-
peared for trial and her motion for
change OF venue on account OF great
in the county against her Was
over ruled. On Feb. II, 1908, the jury
returned an Indictment charging Mrs.
gallagher with perjury committed at
the murder trial. The state dropped
the first indictment and proceeded on
the second with the result OF guilty"
on minor charge of perjury.