CHAPTER XIX. WEAVING NEW TOILS.

An Epidemic Investigated--Detectives Charge Poisoning and Arrests are Made--Gallagher and Davidson Turn Informers--Dempsey and Beatty are Indicted--Hearings and Trials--A Tangled Mass of Medical Testimony--Mr. Brennen's Little Hibernicism--Defendants are Convicted and Heavy Sentences Imposed--Gallagher Recants and Then Reconsiders--Clemency Refused by the Pardon Board 261-279