The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-30
KENNEDY KILLED.
James Barringer Arrested q, d
Locked Up, Charged With
the Crime.
The Investigation by Our Reporter
and Statements Of Eye Witnesses.

At about 80 o'clock last evening John Ken
needy, aged 30 years, and By occupation an i'll
side keeper Of the Parish Prison, was killed at
the corner 81 Locust and Julia streets, as 1t is
alleged, by James Barringer.
4 At first the whole affair was wrapped in
mystery, and no one seemed willing, even II
they were able, to throw any light upon 1t.
The police investigation developed the fact
that Kennedy and BarriDger had had scufle
at the above corner, and as a elimination
Kennedy was seen to drop at the feet OF Bar
ringer, who simultaneously was seen to wheel
round and walk out In the direction OF the
woods.
| A DEMOCRAT reporter. on learning Of the
affair. drove with all haste to the scene. On
arriving, he found two men standing at the
corner where the killing was said to have
been done. Upon interrogating these men
they seemed very reticent about giving any
information, but their agitation showed that
the questioning was becoming irksome. One
Of them, who, evidently, as will be seen from
their statement, had very little regard for
| THE TRUTH,
said: "Oh, there was no one killed ct this
l
A drunken min was little impertlnant
no consequence.
The reporter, not believing their state
ments, continued down Locust street, and
when near the corner Of Lafayette be was
hailed by small boy, who cried out: Mis-
ter, there's been man killed around the cor
per Gp a ssaf w s yo see that crowd and
Following the boys direction the reporter
turned down Lafayette street until the house,
No. 1893, was reached. Pressing through the
immense crowd that was congregated Ia front
OF the door, he passed through neatly fur
nshed parior into q rear room, where lying
on a bed was the
LIFELEss BODY OF JOHN KENNEDY.
| Beside the corpse was Doctor j. G. Beard,
who was examining an ugly confused wound
plainly visible just above and around the
| light eye.
Surrounding the physician was tho mother
and sisters Of the deceased, weeping over the
departed, who few hours before had left
them III all the vigor Of manhood. The doc
tor being questioned as to tho nature Of the
been inflicted by some blunt instrument
The frontal bone is fractured. Here Is
an incise wound polnting to wound
in the eyelidl, but | am OF the opinion
he must have received that In falling.
| The neck is very much swollen and the
vertebrB may be- dislocated-that can only be
shown by q post norton examination. The
frontal bone is fractured"
| It was now evident that the deceased had
met with d violent DEATH and all were as apx-
| ious az the reporter to ascertain how and by
what means he came to his death; all were
making Inquiries, and consequently no one
was left to give the required information.
| In the meantime officers Clarke and Brady
and acting Corporal McEntee, Conrad and
Sergeant Bayhi had been busily
at work investigating the affair, and their in
| vestigation had resnltld IN the arrest OF
colOred woman called Patsy, Mrs Wagner.
the proprietross OF little shop at the corner
| where the
KILLING TOOK PLACE,
Andrew Lafrance and John Luddy, the
keeper Of the Magnolia boat house
The old co!orea woman, Patsy when a,1es-,
toned by Chief Boylan aud CAPT. O'NeaI
| said: reside at the corner OF Claiborne and
Cypress streets. At about half-past O'Clock
this evening I was sitting on the steps a.
Mrs. Magner's grocery. Jim tmeaning Bar
ringeD was sitting on the bench In front of
Kennedy?" eyes, Cd an vol; Z come ONE Sack
Of town and can lick you;" and then struck
him again. jim grappled with Kennedy and
the ground and stamped him In the face with
the heel Of his shoe. Jim then walked off.
We then looked at Kennedy and found he was
dead
Mrs. Magners eaidAt lifetime of the diff
Guilty was sitting on the steps OF my gro
Gerry, Patsy was sitting on the other step and
| Barringer wss resting on the bench. man
whom don't know. but whom they call Ken
nedy, game e Up ana slapped !; Jlm 10 TIE iaes
Its me-, Kennedy then said, Il want to
/ fight you"
jim replied, 600 home, don't want to fight
you" ,I Kennedy then struck jim second
| blow. The two men then grappled, and
jumped In between them, when
| KENNEDY STRUCK ME-
Kennedy then fell. Jim stamped him with
his shoe, and walked off. got q candle and
| some water for Kennedy, but when reached
| him he WAS dead.
| ANDREW LAFRANCE. .#-.a=
was in my house, No 1888 Julia street;
heard loud talking on the street and came
loud.
Kennedy was standing up and Barringer
knocked him down and stamped him in the
face with the heel of his boot.
| got some water, but on arriving with it.
found that Kennedy was dead.
On the testimony Of the above witnesses
| Officers Clarke and Bradley went in search OF
Earringer. On reaching the corner Of Julia
to them and surrendered. He was taken to
| the station and locked up, charged with the
killing. When interviewed he said: II have
nothing to say; will let my Witnesses do all
| Cll3 talking.
| From another source 1t was ascertained
that Barrnger's weapon Of assault was an
ax-handle; yet this statement Is not borne
out By any Of those claiming to have been
eye-witnesses OF the affair.
| Barringer is said to be sailor, sometimes
| working on shore and sometimes on schoon-
ers. He Is Of herculean build, yet his antago-
mist In this affair was a we'll put up man.
Kennedy. 1t is said, was shortly to have
been married. He leaves father and mother
and several sisters and brothers to mourn his
sad end. Previous to his appointment as
one Of the inside keepers OF the Parish Prison
he was police officer in the Second Precinct
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