The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-09-01
Bound Over to The November
Term of District Court.
It's Charged That He Attempt
ed to Rob a Man.
Defendant Takes The Stand
On His Own Behalf.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The preliminary examination of
James Gallagher on the charge of burg
larry in the third degree, in entering the
room of John A. eastman at the Com
mercial House with the alleged intent
to commit larceny, was had before
Judge Comstock tins forenoon. County
Attorney Wilson appeared for the state
and George f. Dyer for the defendant.
eastman and Joseph Blatzheim, pro
prietor of the Commercial House, were
examined for the state, and told of find
ing Gallagher in Cashman's room last
Friday morning, and the bureau draw
er under the bed and gold watch dis
placed, and strange key in the door.
| Gallagher took the stand upon his own
behalf He said that he retired soon af-
| ter midnight, heard the breakfast call
at 1880 a. M, but did not get up until
nearly eight. Dressed in his trousers
and shirt, he went to look for a closet
and hearing a footstep on the stairs and
thinking it might be a lady he stepped
into Cashman's room and partly closed
the door. The door had been open. He
| did not notice the bureau drawer. He
had been in the room only a few seconds
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the key in the door, but it was not his.
| Cross examined, Gallagher SAID that he
lived in New York City, and was a con-
| ductor on the Third avenue Manhattan
elevated road to Bronx park for three
years, until July 9TH last. when he
thought that he would 60 to Portland
Oregon, and get railroad work. He got
as far as Darlington, n. d., when he
changed his mind and thought that he
would work in the harvest fields. He
went to st. Paul and heard that rail
road work could be had at Lake Crystal
/ He got off at Manllato because he didn't
| know whether there was hotel at
|
ty-four years old, and his parents live
in New York City, but he didn't know
where. At Darlington he had gone by
his stepmothers name William Joseph
Smith. He had sent money to Mrs. E.
Mason. 306 Pleasant avenue, New York.
an aunt.
Judge Comstock found that the de-
PENDANT was unlawfully in the room.
with the presumption against him. He
held Gallagher to the grand jury, and
fixed his bail at $500. and being unable
to furnish it the defendant was COM
mitted to the county Jail.
Gallagher's watch bears the mono
gram of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, and if he has railroaded it is
probably in that capacity rather than
that of conductor. He speaks with a
bowery brogue. He was quite indignant
that he was bound over.
Attempted Suicide.
Gallagher ate hearty dinner at the
jail today, and then slipped away from
the other prisoners on the second floor.
where. he is confined. He went to his
cell and shut the door When he was
missed the others went to his cell to
look for him. and at the same moment
Deputy Sheriff Osten appeared. Gala
CHER was hanging himself, and was
nearly gone. He had taken his necktie
and made a moose and fastened it about
his neck. He tied the other end of the
tie to the back of his chair and then
got down on the floor in such man
ner that the moose frightened about his
throat. He was unconscious when
found.
physician was summoned, but the
man revived before his arrival. 1t was
about 1880 o'clock when Gallagher
was found, and inside of half an hour
he made another determined attempt to
| take his life. this time bv stranolino
himself by clutching his throat with his
hands. He was again saved from him
self, but his throat is badly swollen HE
is being watched closely.
Gallagher refused to state WHY he
wished to take his life He saws little
about his past life. and what connec-
tion that has with his desire to end his
life, now that he has been held to the
grand jury, is not known.
Of Sound Mind
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