The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-11-04

county attorneys office about IL a. m
on August II. O'AIalley was asked il
he understood everything in the con.
fession and O'Aralley said he did. There
We're several words that were explain
cd to him before, such as reward
force and threats. l saw him sign the
statement and that is his signature
and l saw the witnesses sign it and
signed it ALSO"
The county attorney now read the
confession of O'Nlalley to the jury.
The witness continued: The county
attorney asked defendant about send.
ing newspaper over to Kudlik's con-
tanning an article about infantile pa
ralysis and he said that he did. County
attorney asked him when he sent it
and he said it was some time before
he gave the boy the first dose. He
said he could not write and had one
of the children write it for him and
he had one of the children take it
over to Kudlik's. He said to tell
Kudlik's that Frank had the same
sickness. He said he wanted to get
rid of the children and that was why
he sent the paper over to Kudlik's. l
asked defendant how he felt after
making this statement and he said he
is glad he told the truth and that his
mind was easy.
Detective Cross-Examined.
The cross-eXamination of the detec.
tive was conducted by Attorney Hes
sian. The witness said:
'Yes, l called O'Malley liar several
times, but don't remember of having
called him damn liar. ] told him to
tell the truth. l sent for his girl and
had an interview with her. TraXler,
Thur, O'Malley were out of the room
when l talked to her. / asked her
what she thought of the children; how
they died and asked her why she left
home after her step-mother came to
the house. She told me her father
told her that he had housekeeper
now and did not need her and she
could get out and make her own liv,
ing. l talked to the girl for about
fifteen or thirty minutes. | made no
threats to her. did not tell defend
ant / would have him hung / told
him that he could not gain anything
by denying it. O'Mallcy was not ner-
vOus or excited. do not remember of
ever warning him about coming to
town. On the 10th of August we
went to Kilkenny to interview his
daughter Catherine who was ut her
Uncle John OMalley's home. / had
an interview with her. | used no
threats at any time. On the evening
OF the 10th we went to the O'Maley
home again. TraXler, Thur and my
self went there. Thur was outside
most of the time. We left there about
B a. m. Traxler was in the room all
the time except once or twice when
he stepped out for minute or two. /
said practically the same thing to
O'Malley as l did the night before. He
denied about everything all the time
until about Has. ] did not call him
any names that night He did not APP
pear nervous or excited that night |
told him l saw several people that
day and | believe he is not telling the
truth. l told him he ought to stop
somewhere as the crime he had COM
mitted was serious enough without his
committing perjury. Before making
the statement that night he made some
admissions. | never pulled gun at
him and say, Now / have got you
where l want you and if you do not
say you did it l will kill you. O'Mal-
ley was the coolest man of the three
of us. He was smiling and did not
show any excitement at ALL Thur
came into the room about the time ]
was writing the statement, Traxler
was in the room, then Witness iden-
titled the statement signed by O'Mal-
ley. Witness said he wrote few
lines at time and would then read
them to O'Malley and ask him if it
was right. 1 first asked O'Malley if
he would write the statement him.
self and he told me he did not know
how to write, SO l sat down and wrote
it myself. Traxler brought defendant
back with him that night. We left
there about 3 a. IN. on the morning
of August IL. He used the word ar
senic when he spoke about the white
powder in the granary He said he
had it in the granary for about eight
or ten years. | asked i'll every drug
store in Montgomery and lie Sueur
Center as to whether he bought any
poison during the past two or three
years but could not find that he had
bought any arsenic. He said that
when he gave the children the poison
the last time that there was none
left and he threw the rag away in
which he had the poison. / told him
as far as you are concerned / have
no sympathy for you but | have sym
pathy for your children. / told him
that could stand by and sec him hung
and would have no sympathy for him.
] said ] could see him cut into razor
straps and not have any sympathy
for him. He smiled when ! said this.
never said that | would see that
his daughter Catherine would be hung
II he did not make this statement.
Answering County Attorney: "He
said that the lawyer told him not to
tell anything, that if he did he would
go to the penitentiary for life and if
he did not admit it he would stand
show of being acquitted. He said he
would rather be hung than 60 to the