The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-17
KIDNAPPING KENNEDY.

BOdy-snntching by n Police SuDeriutendent-
The Most HigI-hnnded Outrage of the Period
Blue Goats, Brass Buttons, and BatOns De-
Tying the Lnw-The Grand Jury Take IA en-
nedy I'm Charge.
kennedy. the Superintendent of Police. has. il
seems, got himself In trouble last And it is ali of
his own doing. Everybody who knows anything
abe ut this man, knows that he is strong -wed,
brutal, and deSpotlc. whenever a matter in which
the police are involved comes up, Kennedy, IL he
finds he cannot have things all his own way raves
and fOams and stamps about his Office in the most
furious manner, and uses language that was never
intended to be for ears polite. The fact is that this
man has been disgrace to the Police Department
almost from the moment that he entered it. The
high-handed outrages that he has committed are
quite numerous enough to make volume, and
would be a splendid edition to the dime literature
KENNEDY AS A LIVE BODY Y-sNATCHER.
Recently he turned his attention to the science of
Kidnapping The case in which he began the prac-
tce Of this cOngenial science has already been
ported but in view of the fact that the Grand Jury
have taken it in charge recapitulation of the par-
tculars connected with it cannot prove unnterest-
ing. On last Thursday night John Crawford was
arrested in Florences saloon on Broadway. He was
arrested on warrant issued by q magistrate of
Chautauqua county-the warrant calling for the
arrest OF Luke Egan who stood charged with having
committed burglary in that county. Crawford
protested against the arrest, and said that his
was not Luke Egan, and that he never made use OF
any other name than that given him by his parents
THE PRISONERS STATEMENT CORRoBoRATED.
He was locked up over night and on the following
morning was confronted with Kennedy at Police
Headquarters. He told Kennedy that the arrest was
a mistake, and repeated what he said the night
before, namely, that his name was John Crawford
He further stated that he never even heard of the
name of Luke Egan before. At this interview
Captain Jourdan, OF the Sixth ward police, and De-
tective McCord OF the Central ONCE were present
with the thieves, burglars and others of that k not
only in this city but throughout the country. and
they both said that the prisoner was not Luke Egan
man who was well known to both OF them.
KENNEDY WAVES HIS sCEPTRE.
And now kennedy showed the whole of his clOven
foot. The devil stuck right out lie turned red in
no md nrflnr ri t.f,linn
to deliver the prisoner at into the custody of
two detectives and Sheriff Andrews, of Chautauqua
county. This order was obeyed, and Crawford still
asserting his innocence, was taken to Chautauqua
county. Kennedy, to make his order more arbitrary
and obnoxious M instructed the officers ste to take the
in order to prevent the service of writ OF habeas
corpus
Yesterday morning the case came up before Judge
Cardozo in the Supreme Court, when the following
traverse to the return of the writ of habeas corpus
which was served on Kennedy on Friday last .
In the matter of the writ Of habeas corpus sued out by
esnansS SRa
return the writ ha6eas corpus,
6n the S ID at Rs and COUNTY
New York at the time the said writ & was SUED out ana
weknowing that said writ sued out of this honora-
5 the Sa
lator to the Sheriff of Chauaqua county and caused said
reator to be kidnapped and conveyed out of this county
without any lawful warrant legal process although the
regarded by said Sheriff whereupon reator prays this
honorable Court TO direct testimony G to be taken upon the
premises as to this Court shall seen 41 meet HOWE
of counsellor relaor No. 1888 Leonard street. New York
November IS, 1869.
The paper was received by Judge Cardozo. who
appointed Friday next at noon as the time to hear
the testimony in the case.
ifs. s. THE GRAND JURY AT WORK
There is no doubt that the Grand Jury has begun
investigating the matter with view to presenting
an Indictment against Kennedy for transcendng his
an tan-