Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-28
Darling, in NV presence. say 10 Mr.. Mepox.

} In II 90. 100 3.
Darling, in my presence, say 10 Mr.. Mellow
ell that he had set trap for Mundinger.
Mr.. P. A. KENNEDY
was next introduced by the State, and iesti-
fed as follows: ! am detective, employed
by Pinkerton, of Philadelphia; / came
here on the LIST day of June last;
got acquainted with Mr.. Sinnott; got
acquainted with him on the 4th day
OF June; have been with him ever
since, and he drank and ate at my expense;
he told me he was to be paid Tor swearing
that he bought a pair of bracelets from Oar
ling, and that he returned them to Mum
dlDger; that he was a friend of Mundinger;
that be would swear he bought the bracelets
Tor lewd woman, got drunk and did not
give them to her
The list OF jurors which Sinnott denied
ever having was given witness.
Witness said: got that from Charles n.
Sinnott; be said that it list given him,
and he wanted them summoned; / recollect
that got this list from him at The Clarendon
hotel; il was on the 9TH of June; j recol-
lect the date, because l got turned out of
the Clarendon Hotel on account of it-that
is, for the company 1 kept; Sinnott went
with me to my room; 1 wanted to get him TO go
to sleep; / got the list from him; have seen
Mundinger and Sinnott together frequently
since Mundinger was arrested; heard Mum
dinger say to Sinnott that he wanted him TO
come down to his (Mundiuger's) store and
look over paper with him and examine it
thoroughly, and to come between the hours
OF and o'clock; did not see the paper.
letter was here shown to the witness and
he was asked if Sinnot I'D not..write it. The
letter was ruled incompetent.
Kennedy, resuming, said: I have.been
with Sinnott nearly all the time, night and
day; / was introduced 10 Mr.. Mundinger by
Mr.. Sinnott.
Cross-e1anined.-I go by other names when
of on business; my real name is Kennedy /;
l came down here TO take a part in this trial /;
| have been playing private part in this
lawsuit; mel Mr.. LOwenstein The day AIier
l came here; first put up at the Peabody
Hotel; /, in substance, said to Mr.. Lowen-
stein, was here to follow my legitimate sv-
ocstion, that of ferreting out crime as de-
tective; got Sinnott into my room and tried
to get him to sleep, for the purpose OF get
ting this paper-a list of jurors
Colonel Gantt-You took him up TO your
room?
Answer-No, sir; the elevator took him up ;
L don't know exactly how would have got
the paper, but would have got it; 1 intended
to get any legitimate evidence to show MIN up;
l don't like to 60 on the witness stand, for it
interferes with my business-that ia, like
to go to a,place and leave unknowR, but when
l go on the witness stand / become known; ;
l could not come back to Memphis in FIVE
years, for everybody knows me; this is my
reason for not wanting to go on the witness
stand; / never told Mr.. Sinnott that 1 had
come here TO detect him; 1 got into a
friendly tussle with him and got the list of
jurors from him; 1 don't think did too much
to get the paper; l reported at once to Mr..
LowensteiD, and ALEC to Mr.. Lehman; do
report to the general Office at Chicago daily;
l told Mr.. Sinnott that had a friend in New
Orleans, and got him TO write the letter; Thu
was false, but 1t was part of my business;
l never told Mr.. Sinnott / was his friend I;
l guess he thought SO from the way he
stuck to me; never tried to betray him but
to get the truth; I think got it; have got
little sympathy for him; think 1 acted
as his friend, but had purpose; never
had any idea of injuring his person; L acted
the hypocrite with him, but for purpose; /
get regular salary; got Sinnott to write
the letter, but for the purpose of getting his
handwriting; l got him to write the letter
Colonel Gantt-As an arti6ce.
Answer-You can call it what you please,
colonel : do not act the hypocrite all the time,
but do when necessary; it is my business; l
was never in Memphis before; | GO wherever
l am sent; don't know what you call being
disguised, but do pretend to be sometimes
what / am not; Mr.. Lowenstein never paid
me; suppose he paid Mr.. Pinkerton; he
pays me a regular salary; spent the money
here, for which 1 am responsible; Mr.. Low
enstein furnished $3.50; / am responsible for
that to Mr.. Pinkerton; Mr.. Lowenstein has
to pay Mr.. Pinkerton the sum of IS per day
for me and all expenses; don't know
whether Mr.. Pinkerton employs peniten-
tisry convicts on his force or not; If he does
L don't know it; have been in this business
for nine years; 1 am thirty. one years old; l
went to Mr.. Lowenstein'ssstore once; that
was in the daytime; Mr.. Lowenstein
also saw me at General Wright's office; /
will stay here as long as il is necessary for
me to stay here; get my pay each week at
the Office in Chicago; the $50 received was
for expenses, for which 1 gave my receipt;
this is outside of the IS per day; lodged at
the Peabody, Clarendon and Worsham
hotels; am now rooming on Front street;
have been since l left the Worsham House;
/ have been in no other business Tor nine
years.
Colonel Gantt-You have no hope of re-
ward here or hereafter?
General Wright-Colonel, / think it is as
much as you can do to take care of your own
hereafter.
Colonel Gantt-I confess to you, Father
Wright
Kennedy-I don't get any more reward
for success than for failure; / only want to
convict person legitimately.
Colonel Gantt-You are a spy, 'aint your
Answer-You&anc call it what you please,
colonel; say / am detective.
Colonel Gantt-Have you ever been on
this beat before?
Answer-I don't know what you mean,
exactly, but have never been in this city
before; our principal Office is in Chicsgo; we
have quite an extensive business; any 10 E = in
our agency would be discharged at once if he
took any reward for what he did; / have
nothing against Sinnott, but worked him to
get at the inside of this case; got the paper
because / thought it was necessary to have it
in this case; every cent that / receive for
expenses is reported to our office.
THOMAS GARvEY
was the next witness for the State, and testi-
fed: know G. n. Sinnott; he approached
me twice and asked me to summon a list of
jurors in the Mundinger case; he also ap-
preached me and had a man with him, and
asked me to summon him, which / refused
to do, and told him to go away and let me
alone.
Mr.. A HATCHErT
said: know Mr.. Darling; know his gen.
eral character; it is good; would believe
him on oath; l have known him since 1870;
never heard anything against him until this
trial.
MR.. W. TOLBERT
testified: 1 am acquainted with Mr.. Darling;
1 know his general character; it is good;
would believe him on oath; am connected
with the Southern Express Company.
Mr.. DARLING
by State: had a conversation
with Mr.. Mcdowell at Warmers saloon;
discussed the case with him: he seemed to
be Mundinger's friend ! told him that we had
suspected Mundinger for some time, and that
l thought different; i did not say yesterday
that i never gave Mr.. Bartee any buttons,
but you asked me if did not give Mr.. Bar
tee set of buttons from that stock; / said,
mo, cir" / gave him pair of buttons, but
they were bought some two years ago.
This closed the taking of testimony, and
recess was taken until pm.
AFTERNOON SESSION.