married there, had two sons and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1915. Other confessions There were other culprits who outright confessed; yet, despite their confessions, there were no convictions. For example, Charles Gadwin confessed to taking part in Donnegan's lynching. He went to the Bartonville Mental Asylum, applied for shelter, and after he was admitted, promptly confessed: {{blockquote|We stamped him in the face; we cut his throat; and then put a rope around his neck. That's what it took to kill him."}} There were also assailants who, not only "proudly" confessed, but who were also found with evidence in their possession to corroborate their confessions. Such was the case with Charlie Wolff, who professed, "I helped to lynch one nigger, anyway..." and 15-year-old Roy E. Young: Young was found to have stolen property, from several businesses that were looted or destroyed, at his home. When questioned about them, he openly confessed that he took them during the attacks. Young also confessed a second time, that he set fire to 16 homes, and that he was also present for Scott Burton's lynching. Young, the first of those charged to be sentenced, was not tried as an adult, but sent to reformatory school. Governor Deneen offered a reward of $200 (about $5,000 in 2018) to anyone with information about the lynchings; however, he stressed that it was payable only upon a conviction. The offer went ignored. Beyond a few misdemeanor pleas, no perpetrators were ever convicted of any of the violence. Realizing no convictions would occur, the state attorney proposed to "lump" the last 35 indictments into a single "conspiracy" charge in order to save the country $10,000 from individual trials. Fate of Richardson and James Prior to the trial, Assistant State Attorney, William St. John Wines, expressed confidence in securing convictions against both defendants, stating: George Richardson Released When Richardson was in jail, expert doctors examined him and concluded that he had "no connection with her [Mabel Hallam] in any way." This was concluded as Mabel Hallam was afflicted with a sexually transmitted infection (STI), born from her alleged rape, of which Richardson "was not affected." Shortly before this revelation, Rolla Keyes, the witness that Hallam procured to support her accusation against Richardson, was accidentally shot by 14-year-old Harold McLaughlin when a revolver he was playing with accidentally discharged while he, Keyes, and 16-year old [Albert] Chester