The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-13
ASSAULT
Pat Barry, Of Kansas. makes an Assault upon
Mrs Anderson that may prove Fatal
Facts Cleaned by a Chief Reporter at the
Scene OF Action.

Early Monday morning the city was
thrown into intense excitement by the
report upon our streets that Il double
murder had been perpetrated in Smith
county Kansas. THE CHIEF at once
sent a reporter to the bloody field to
obtain the facts for the benefit of its
readers, which are as follows: Patrick
Barry resides upon a:splendid farm ten
miles south of Red Cloud, and is well
fixed" SO far as the worlds goods are
concerned; but he Is cursed with All
ungovernable temper, which is CON
stantly causing him trouble. He is the
terror of the whole neighbOrhoOd where
he lives. He is married to his second
wife, on whose account life, to him.
has become Il burden. Mrs. Barry is a
selfwilled and strong minded woman.
and having no affection for her hus-
band, their home has been the scene
of many quarrels about each others
children. Mrs. B. has made up her
mind to get rid of Pat by fair means or
foul, and also get a large share of the
property They have a neighbor by
the name of Anderson, with whom Pat
has often quarre,ed. Mr.. Anderson is
a quiet, p~eaceable man of about fifty
years of age. His wife attends to her
own business and loves her home and
peace. Mrs. Barry, knowing the feel
ing that existed between Anderson and
her husband, according to her own adj
missions, evolved from her brain the
following diabOlical scheme, viz: En-
tice Pat down to AndersOn's and get
them into a fight, not caring, accord
ing to her own words, (Which got kill
ed, as the result would free her from
Pat anyway" Sunday morning ar
| rived and Mrs. Barry, followed by Pat.
walked down to Anderson's quiet
home. Knowing the quarrelsome ma
tnre Of Pat, Anderson ordered him and
his wife to leave the premises and not
| bother him. Anderson then entered
his house and shut the door. No soon-
er had he done so than Pat began
throwing large stones at the door,
bursting it open and injuring .Ander-
son, thus forcing him to come out.
They were close to each other and
were about to come to blows, when
Mrs. Anderson rushed between them,
~entreating Pat to leave. Pats rage was
now at white heat. With both hands
he seized a two by four piece of scant-
ling, six feet long, and struck Mrs. An
derson n murderous blow on the back
of the head. With the blood stream
ing from her mouth and nOstrils she
fell Unconscious to the ground. Ander-
son attempted to lift her in hi: arms to
bear her to the house. Just rs he bent
over her to do so he received a blow
across his shoulders from Pats cruel
club. Pat then ran, and Anderson
after him. Pat picked up a hatchet
and faced Anderson. The latter urn
ed to retreat and Pat threw the hatch
ct at him. striding him in the back.
Anderson then ran to an elevation cast
Of the house and called for help. Mr..
Webb and others o n came to his as
sistance. Pat and his wife ran at full
speed in the direction of their home.
lie soon after left for parts unknown,
leaving his wife in possession of their
property. She was arrested on Mon
day morning, but there being no evil
dence against her; although morally
she was the most guilty of the two, she
was released DR.. Shipley, OF Salem.
was called to treat Mrs. AndersOn's in
%juries, and pronounced them fatal.
Large numbers gathered at Anderson's
on Monday, and the whole county
south of the river is greatly excited.
Sure and swift punishment will be met
out TO Pat when he is caught. So much
for Mrs. Barry's Sabbath morning call.
Her husband is now a covering fugi-
tive from Justice. and Mrs. Anderson
lies in an agonizing, dangerous condi-
ton.