The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-09
MERCILESS MOORE.
,sE aHOOTs ARD KILLS COLORED
mANAND THEN ASSAULTS A BROTH-
ER AND COUSIN OF THE DECEASED.
The Wight Originates mt the Reptoacafs
MUgnina ting Convention ANA
ENDS In esretna.

WAS anticipated. free lights were tne oTdeI Oh
Abe dev. Several Of these fights took place in
Rebuilding where the convention was meet"
ING, and one, which eliminated in murder IN
Ahe evening" took place after the convention
had adiOurned at Company canal between two
negroes named Richard Kennedy and Henry
Rodgers, which resulted in Rodgers being
pretty badly punched by Kennedy.
as it was understood that the convention
would convene on Saturday, the negroes
iiocked from all parts Of the parish Some
came out Of idle curiosity, others os wire
nnIlnrs and the balance to see what their con-
stit11ents we're gong to do for them.
Kennedy and Rodgers were evidently oppo-
eition vre-pullers, and the cause of'the DILL
da,tty arose in the convention.
After the fight at the canal, Rodgers came
sIown to Gretna, which is his home. with the
evident intention Of getting even with Richard
Kennedy the first time an opportunity pre-
sented itself Kennedy seems to have been
Impressed with the belief that the fight was
not over and that he would be attacked by
Rodgers whenever they should meet and
Rodgers, although physically unequal to him,
would be his equal by another mode OF war
fare aS will be seen before the END OF this &C
count.
Rodgers, as soon as he arrived at Gretna
won't in search OF his partner, Robert Moore,
and upon meeting him told him Of the whip.
Moore that as he he had been
HIS PARTNER IN TIME OF PEACE
would he be with him in trouble? Moore said
fhat he would, and Rogers replied, "Well
then wen see Kennedy this evening and see
what he calls for"
aold his hi O. her, Oliver Kennedy, that he had
whipped Rodgers in the morning at Company
canal, and that now he was afraid that
Rodgers would get his crowd together and
attack him on sight. Oliver told him not to
be afraid, that he was with him.
Rodgers and Moore evidently intended
h,lgness, and with the full intention of doing
their work, II they had any Of it to do, well,
entered Mr.. Ed HAPPENS coflee-house and
Boaded their revOlvers.
The Kennedy brothers took precautionary
measures before leaving their home, Oliver
arrning himself with a club, while Richard
allied his pockets with stones. At 80 oclock
Inc two miniature platoons met and the fight
that he could whip any s. OF O. b. In Gretna.
Tho Kennedy brothers did not take UNI
bragg at this remark but Rodgers who was
standing mmediately approached KGhar ,d
with your fist but you cannot whip me with
what tote" Rodgers then addressed Oliver
Kennedy, and said: eff you want any of this
light you can get all you want oliver re-
pose to geo q crowd jump on my brother, and
If you have brought that bullheaded Niger,
Moore to do your fighting you'll get left"
Moore, as soon as he was called q bull
headed bigger struck Oliver q blow in the
lace with his fist and felled him to the ground
Kennedy, upon recovering his equilibrium,
struck Moore over the head with a club, and
he fell on his knees on the ground. In this
position Moore drew his revolver, leveling 1t
point-blank at Oliver, and fired twice. The
first shot penetrated the left breast at the
nipple, and the second shot took effect in the
4eft leg, just above the knee.
The wounded man then jumped into the
street and started to run While he was re-
Treating Moore rose from the position he was
5n and following the wounded man fired
three shots at him, but none OF them took
effect.
The wounded man, after running square,
dropped dead in his tracks
Moore, rs soon as he saw his man down,
a,l1ned back, and meeting divers brother
struck him in the face with the butt OF his
pistol, and would have continued to pound
him but for Kennedy excla1mlng he had
enough. and was satisfied.
The accused met cousin of the deceased,
a colored woman by the name of Amelia
Doris, and told her that II she put in her CAB
he would just as leave shoot her.
A negro by the name of James Goodman
went to Rodgers and told him to get MoOres
pistol Rodgers then went up to Moore while
he was talking to Amelia, took his revolver
from him and handed it to Goodman. Good
man immediately transferred 1t to friend OF
his who was standing by.
OFFICER Flesh. of the jefferson police, then
put in an appearance and made Moore and
Rodgers prisoners. On arriving at the station
Moore was charged
WITH W1LLFUL MURDER,
and Rodgers with being an accessory before
and after the fact.
On the incarceration of the two accused
the body Of the diseased was picked up by
his friends and conveyed to his residence in
the vicinity Coroner Scott Allison, assisted
4bo rich mn cjaian n q Of the
eoroner's jury, held an autopsy and found
that the wound In the leg was a flesh wound,
but the wound in the left breast had penetrat-
I'd the heart, and it is remarkable that the
deceased could have run the distance ne dld
with so mortal a wound.
The accused, Moore, is short, thick-set
negro clean face, and, from appearances, was
a perfect Hercules. When asked to make a
anything to do wild de fight I was merely q
9speoter;' hut when dat nigger called me g
bull headed s. of a b, [ knocked him wild
my fist He came up again and struck me
wild club, got nsenslble, ana ! drew OUT gu
I don't rink, boss, I pulled de trigger, but
she popped twice Den, as I rose, | was
crazy, and de pistol seemed to wheel at
Oliver, dat was flying down de street and
vent off three times more When | was
brought to de station was full Of blood. Dis
al dat knows above it,
During the Coroner's investigation, the
facts III regard to the part played py JaLnes
Goodman WAS elected, ana at the lnStlgatlou
of The coroner he was
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
I'm the charge Of being an accessory after the
TACT. ,,,
Amelia Davis, also a witness, testified that
she saw Moore and Rodgers in the coffee
house loading their revovers, and heard them
say that they had S. OF b| TO XII XII
that evening, but who they intended to Kill
she did not know.
The corontrs jury, after hearing. ali the
testimony in the case, returned verdict that
fhe deCeaspd came to his death from gunshot
wound in the left breast and which penetrated
She heart, the weapon being, in the t hands OF
Robert Moore, now in custody. The jury also
found that one Henry Rodgers was an acces
sorry before and after the fact ana fh one Games
While the coroner was holding the inquest
a little white boy who was sitting on the gal
lery OF the station set the whole, Jury III I
.aurry, coroner, reporters and all, by 1aillne
off and breaking his arm. He was taken ln NJ,
hhe station, where the parish doctor set the