Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-18
DUAL DEALING.
Of Col. Galloway Regarding
His Difficulty with Kennedy and
Tracy, Thursday Night
Full Explanation Of the Causes Leading
to It-A Challenge Followed by
Peace Warrant.

APPEAL office Is usual Yesterday evening, on
account of the illness Il Mrs. Gallaway, and
was visited late last night by a reporter, who
asked ii be had anything TO say in reply 10
the publication yesterday morning.
Col. Galloway stated that there was a long
train Of circumstances not understood by tue
public, that led up 10 the difficulty.
about two yesrs ago We were IN need OF
a city editor, and l sent Mr.. Henry White,
business mansg-r Of the APPEAL, to CIncin-
natl and Louisville to procure one. He ad-
v~ertised in the Con Ter Journal and had a
NUMBER Of applicant, among them Walker
Kennedy, who was fin ally selected Tor The
position. He came to Memphis, sho Eed
himself equal TO the emergency, aud a warm
attachment grew up between us. On accsuut
Of he talent and sptiiude for the business
that be displayed, / cherished the kindliest
feeling for him and HE family, and my wife
frequently visited Mr.. Kennedy, the social
relations between HI IN being Il the N 0at
cordial nature. When Mr.. Kennedy ten
dered his resignation be expressed his re-
grets, but gave no explanation. A few days
afteTwaId / met Peter Tracy and said to him
that L was somewhat curious to know why
Kennedy left the APPEAL. Tracy said he
would fEd out for sme, and when | met him
az ain he said Kennedy cherished no hard
feeling toward anyone IN The employ OF the
hfTEhb anu tuhl n OiC lOA
was that be did not have scope enough.
With this explanation on the part of a mu-
tual friend, | was sati-hsd, and my favorable
estimate OF Kennedy rem aimee unchanged.
"Soon after this Mr.. Conuery, the egnlar
busint So agent of the New York Herald,
called Upon me ard stated the object of his
trip 10 be that of recognizing the whole
staff of special CORE spondents in The South.
He added that he desired me, as the oldest
newspaper man ia Memphis, TO select a man
at this point upon whom he could depend
for accurate reports by mail aud telegraph.
He was accompanied by his wife and
daughter, and 10 the evenin when we rode
out together he reiterated his regueet. /
promised to report to him at the Peabody
Hotel al 8 o'clock that night, and in the
meantime, after mature elaboration, L con-
'cluded it would be best 10 select some one
~unconuected with the press. The result wss
my c1nclusion TO name Peter Tracy as best
qualified for the position. l met Tracy in
the rotunda of the hotel that night, aud so
informed him. he replied that he did not
want the place, but had a good man for it,
mentioning Walker Kennedy. 1 explained
to Tracy hatI would rathsr hays = man mt
employed on the press, but he insisted that
Kennedy was a good man and that if / re-
commended him l would not regret it. Then
/ consented, and introduced MIR. Kennedy 10
Mr.. Connery. Tracy, in his turn, introduced
Kennedy as the correspondent selected, and
/ heard no more of the matter. L was graft
ed to know that Kennedy had secured a pc
sition which paid him, but thought very H.
tie more about the circumstance until the
Gallaway-Cba lmers i~mbroglio, when L picked
up the Herald and found that the first dis
patch sent was an infamous personal attack
upon me. i cut the dispatch out, put it in
- ,ooIaf and whan NIT Traav GAna
a~fterwsrd, called his attention 10 the
fact that Kennedy was indebted to me Tor
the position be hsld rs correspondent Tor the
Herald. Tracy expressed his Indignation
and utter contempt fr K~enpeey's ingrati-
tude. When / saw Trscy again, = day or tSo
after, he said be had informed Kennedy Of
my Indignation on aecouD, OF his treschery,
and that Kennedy corfesssd he had lone me
q wrong. L met Kennedy on the street. sfier
my conversation with Tracy, but he still
made no apology. Tue only alternative ltf
me was 10 rebuSe him, but when | met him
Tbursday evening and propored to do so, he
retreated. regarded Tracy as responsible
for the position Kennedy oc ;upied, and felt
that / had been Gel led and cheated, first
into indorsing an unworthy man, aud again,
prevented from administering a well-mer-
tied rebuke."
GO. Gallswsy, is thsIe any dancer that
this matter will be pursued iurther?'
|. "Of course no.. / have no more to say,
and even if / did Kennedy has stopped me
by swearing oct a peace w%arran', upon
which i have asst been arrested"
The declaration in the warrant alluded to
runs az follows:
Estate OF Tennessee, Shelby county-Bs-
fore me, P. j. Qlisley, ore Of the jus-
tees of the peece for said county, per.
all -n.o vV.lL-z- Xoz-.I- II. =
duly sworn according to law, deposeth and
does fear that NJ. c.. Gallswsy will do him
some great bodily harm or cause the same 10
be done, or Otherwise violate The laws OF
the State by committing crimes and misdc-
msanors a ainst the peace snd dignity of the
STATE.
WALKER KENNEDY.
"Sworn TO and subscribed before me this
18th day of August, 1883
"P. J. QUIGLEY, ). P"
Bond was given in the sum of $4,000.
"The public is curious to know, Co. Gal
laway," said the reporter, why you have
been Sd submissive under the repeated as
saul S of one of your contemporaries"
81 haye seen my day of storm and tempest
in newspaper controversies" was the reply,
"and | am disposed to live in peace, but for
bearance someti nts ceases to be a virlu :"
Is il true, as stated yeste rday morning,
that you have forfeited your peace bond :
and involved your suretissp"
81 am under bond to keep the perez az f "
as a Mississippi gentleman is concsrned, bat
my obligation to keep the peace ,oward f. S.
Nichols has just about expired"
The peace bond proceediug above siven on
the part of Mr.. Kennedy is a curious sequel
to the folio wiz z belligerent utterances Of this
gentlem an in the Avalanche, of yesterday:
"The city editor of ihis paper has this to
say to Galloway, that if he proposes to 6ghl
in any manner, please let the young man
know and he will ende avor to accommodate
him in any way, providing the warrior is il
the proper state Of sobrieIy."
/ make no comment on this tSor front and
peace front Of Mr.. Kennedy; but submit this
deal (no. ''due,") character Of that gentl5-
man to the consideration OF a candid public,