The New York herald., 1870-12-29
DOCTOR" EVANS BAIL.
The Story Of Kennedy's Death
and Evans Wealth.
Charged with Murder but Never Tried
Developments Of the Devil!ries
OF the Human Hound.


OF the Human Hound.
There lives IN the OF two story brick house,
painted q yel0wish white color, at No. 80 Rose
street. In this city, an honest man named Timothy
Kennedy, who is patrolman in the Fourth precinct
police. Said Kennedy is second cousin to John
Kennedy, who was u partner OF the Infamous
okup-Evans- Ward, OF No. oa Chatham street.
and VINO died In the then premises OF Evans-Lookup-
Ward, at 1l6 Chatham street. As this bad man is. at
the present time .'moying heaven ana Earth" to
get loose from the punishment which Is his due,
reporter OF the HERALD called upon officer Kennedy
at his residence, No. SO Rose street. for the purpose
OF obtaining some Information In regard TO the
ANTECEDESTs OF THE MONSTER EvANs.
Onicer Kennedy was just coming home as the
reporter entered and on stating his business the
onlcer Hospitality welcomed the reporter to his
humble, but decent abode, and bade him take
chair Oflcer Kennedy IL hale, hearty. ruddy-
laced and broad shoudcred fellow, OF fifty years Of
age with very honest look and tearing voice.
His story brief and to the point, and Is as fol-
lows
This man Evans was ALWAYS known as Ward un-
III after the 18th OF January $685. when John Ken
nedy, his partner. who was second cousin OF mine.
died. Ward was married to Kennedy's sister, or at
lived comfortably enough when they were in Lispe-
nard street, although
EVANS NEVER HAD ANY CLOTHES
but three pairs or stockings and a pair Of india
rubber Shoes which he used to wear over the thres
pairs Of stockings In winter. Kennedy made good
deal OF money In business such as 1t was, with
Evans. But let to the 18th Of January 1868.
was sent for by Kennedy that day, as he was
very SICK, and l never would go to their place in
Chatham street. as was afraid people would think
was gong there for something else. When got
there Kennedy was IN bed, suffering badly. There
was demiJshn under the bed. and
oULD EVANS WAS RUBBING HIS HANDS TOGETHER
over the fire.
".Tim,n says Kennedy from the bed, 81 want to
leave you a little piece OF ground.'
..Oh don't be thinking OF such things, man dear"
sez /; settle yer affairs. for don't think We have
long TO live. have got enough meselr TO 1--we and
! DON'T want ye to lave me any ground"
"What's he sayin sr sez the ould docther, rubbIn'
his hands.
"None Of yer blzness,n says
THE DYIN MAN;
ego out Of the room,, and so he did, and then he
came back and took dish of warm milk from the
stove and he held table knife over the milk and
began sha4n q white powder into It,"
.What kind OF q powder was 1t 2" asked the re-
porter.
.sOh, can't tell, excepting that it was ne grains
and white Evans gave 1t to him and saz to him,
what are ye giyin tnat TO the man forg sure he
d0esnt want such medicine as that Wen he gave
it to him ana as soon as he swallowed 1t
POOR KENNEDY DOUBLED HIMSELF Up
and drew his shoulders up and stretched out his
arms iull length as II 1t was burnln' his innards.
That's Dad stuH,' says to Evans, and tnen the
ould docther gave him some liquor from the deml-
John from under the bed and that cooled HIM. l
left him then about eight o'clock In the night and at
seven O'Clock The next morning called and
POOR KENNEDY WAS STONE DEAD
and cold. He left no will and knew he had houses
and lots. called day after day to go to the funeral
and there was no funeral at all. Evans Kept his
BODY eight days. and there was no flesh on his body.
as the man was all gone to nothing, although he was
not over thlrty-one years OF age when he died You
see Evans could not get q certificate Of Kennedy's
death until told the Coroner. Flynn, and he held
an inquest. The jury brought In verdict that the
deceased came TO HIS death from
THE EFFECTS OF SLOW POISON
administered by Or. Evans.Ward; so you see it
pretty strong; but the trial never came OIL; for
heard or Kennedy lett three houses and loLs; one
at No; 1ol stanton 1n1 street street IN IN, this CITY;
No. 100 Ninth street, in Brooklyn, and the
whole Of these lots and houses were valued at
s32,5 500. Now, Peter Walsh, who used TO be making
pills for Evans in Chatham street, and Sarah Col
lins who lives at 191 stanton street, and who says
she Is q sister to Evans, have given
STRAW BAIL FOR $4,000.
for the Docther, and both OF them are not worth q
thraneen. They never owned an incn or ground In
their lives, and this Sarah Collins Is poor ignorant
creature, and is no more sister to Evans than
am. Two weeks before Kennedy died woman
a decent woman, named Whlte-"ho lived in part
Chatham street TO ask Kennedy TO reduce her rent
aud missed him at that time. She had receipts
and has them to-day-from Kennedy, who was
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY,
her landlord for the rent she paid MIN from time
to time. She asked Evans IL he had anything to
do with the property could he reduce the rent as
sne had heard That he was concerned in 1t some
way. OLD Evans told her. II have nothing at all to
do with 1t; It's Kennedy's,' and Kennedy also
H.nn thar in a
THIS GIRL COLLINS rs NOT MARRIED
at all, but she has child by q man in Jersey. and
it's four years old and never has sad word, al
though / believe It's beginning to mutther a bit.
The nearest relation Kennedy mad was irst cousin,
named Mrs. Dwyer. Sne was Ryan before she
was married, and she IS dead now, and Dwyer
and the children are alive and they are the next OF
kin, and took out letters of administration in the
childrens Names and got papers OF guardianship
Tor the iather, and the property OF Kennedy that's
gone belongs TO the children or Dwyer.
THE BIGGEST sCRAPE THAT EVANS EVER GOT INTO
was seven years ago, when porter III IL Cnainbe:s
street store treated young girl badly and sent her
the child died. 1t cost Evans $4,000 to
get out of that scrape. sued for the
Personal effects OF Kennedy alCer he died
and got them. They were worth fifty nine dollars;
but there was silver watch and we couldn't value
that, 50 IL was thrown out. l nave got an action
now in the courts for the real estate of Kennedy
That Sarah Collins and Peter Walsh, that was only
getting
THREE DOLLARS WEEK FOR MAKING PILLS
for Evans says belongs tostnem. There's two girls
now In the House OF Detention, and Evans is work
Ing night ana day TO get them out on bail, and
then, may be, he'll send them of somewhere where
they'll never De heard Of as then he'll have no wit
nesses against himself. Neither Walsh nor the girl
Collins have cent OF their own, ana Evans has
merely transferred his own property and that OF
Kennedy that's worth S32 500 TO both OF
HIS CONNIvERS,
and that is what call straw bail He can get wit
nesses that Will swear to anything-men and women
that never went to church, mass or meeting house.
The lawyers and arc goln' to fight Evans and his
clan for the property that belongs TO Dwyers chit
dren be right.
TIE ENGLISH MISSION.