The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23
A Deadly ARRAY.

A Deadly ARRAY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 15.-The Times
says: About o'clock yesterday afternoon
Frank Kennedy third cook at the Walnut
restaurant, Sixth and Walnut streets, walked
up the stairs leading from the basement
kitchen to Sixth street, In his shirt
sleeves and with his cooks apron tied
around him. When he reached the
street he walked quietly down to Main
street and disappeared Down in the kitchen
Herman Darkowitz the baker for the
restaurant, was lying desperately wounded,
with two bullets in his body, fired from re-
volver in the hands of Kennedy. few min
utes later a patrol wagon with Detectives
Hartley and Collins, Sanitary Officer Snow
and Officers Halloran and Davis ratified up
but by the time the officers had learned where
the murderer roomed, and FASTENED to It, he
had gone. Darkowitz Is a Russian and lived
at 627 Holmes street He has a wife and one
child.
1t seems that Darkowitz had been In the
habit of borrowing hatchet from Kennedy
and failed to return 1t. Yesterday morning
they quarreled and threats passed between
them. Kennedy went out and armed himself
with revolver. Shortly before o'clock he
approached Darkowitz and asked him what he
meant by calling him what he did In the morn
ing. DarkowitZ replied that he meant just
what he said. George Poison, the
| second cook and Richard Cook, o negro as
sistant who were in the kitchen when the
| shooting occurred, tell substantially the same
story of what followed. When Darkowtz re-
| piled that he meant what he said, Kennedy
drew his revolver. They were then standing
| on the Sixth street side OF the kitchen. Dark
| owitz started to run, and Poison cried to
| Kennedy not to shoot DarkowitZ succeeded
| in reaching a large, dark compartment, which
the cooks call the ice room, on the opposite
| H. ant ArAd
the door and turned partly when Kennedy
fired twice. One of the balls struck him near
| bis right nipple and the other entered his left
side just beneath his arm. Darkowltz fell on
the floor of the ice room, and Kennedy calm
| IL walked to the door and up the stairs to
| Sixth street. He went to his room over
| Wrlghts jewelry store at Sixth and Main
streets, changed his clothes and passed out on
| Sixth street.
THE OFFICERS PASS THE ASSASSIN.
As he stepped on the sidewalk the patrol
wagon, with the officers on board, turned
from Main street to Sixth not fifty yards
away. "What is the matter up on Sixth
streetp' the lady who rented him his room
| asked "A man was shot up at the restau-
rant" he replied and walked down Sixth
street to Delaware Upto the time the patrol
wagon arrived one had been allowed
to enter the basement, and even then the
| detectives had hard work to discover the
| assassin'S name and where be roomed. Oar
kowitz was placed in the patrol wagon and
| taken to the central station, where Police
Surgeon Woods examined his wounds. Both
bullets had broken ribs, but the course OF the
| bullets could not be traced. The examination
showed that the wounds would prove fatal,
and Assistant District Attorney Cowherd was
sent for to take DArkowtxs ante mo:tem
statement
TIE ANTE-MoRTEN STATEMENT.
With great deal of difficulty, and after
taking stimulsnts, he made the following
statement, which he signed:
Frank Kennedy shot me in the basement
of the Walnut restaurant. We had a few
words. He had something TO say To me all
the time, and this evening before dinner he
came In and asked me what | meant He
abused me and threatened to do me up ia
great shape, and said Come on aud do all
you want" He pulled out bis pistol. 20 n ted
1t and shot me. ! had no weapon Of any kind
] was doing nothing TO him when be shot me.
/ did not strike him before be shot me. ! re-
Alize that am about to die"
| DarkowitZ signed the statement and was
then taken TO his home at 627 Holmes street
George Poison, second cook at the restAu-
rant was busy preparing supper in the west
end OF the kitchen when the shooting oc-
CURED.
"DarkowItz and KENNEDY had q quarrel in
the morning" be said, and this afternoon
Kennedy came in and asked Darkowitz what
be meant by calling him a. DarkowitZ
said he meant what he said and Frank began
10 draw bis revolver ! called to him twice
not to shoot aud Darkowitz ran over to the Ice
room when Frank shot twice aud walked out
Of the door. / dldu't try 10 stop him waa
afraid he might shoot me- | dom. know whal
the quarrel In the morning was about"
Richard Cook, the negro Eh0 was IN the
J basement when the shooting occurred, told
substantially the sam- story He sad Dark
oHitZ was IN the ice room when Kennedy first
came in. and they talked there and then came
out and walked over 10 the south aide OF thu
room. There Kennedy asked him what hs
rnfAnt bv calling him the names he had and
Darkowt'Z renlted that be meant what lie
said When Kennedy began 10 pull bis re
volver DarsogttZ ran over TO the Ice room
and then Kennedy Without moving shot twice
and then walked cut
: Frank HareT. the head cook. said he hat
been expecting trouble. ard that some Of ID,
! men thought that DsrkoEitz VAS crszv. IN,
! trouble in the morning which led 20 III.
. shooting. be said, was over a hAtcheL wh tcl
Dark0Witz had been In the habit OF borrowiug
. from Kennedy aud nos returning
J kcnnedF Is single man. Ab0at - wears o
! age The revolver which be used was n a
cAliber. He carried II with him when he lrf
tie kitchen. Al early hour this tnorn.nt
DO trace Of him had been discovered. but III,
! police think they siil capture him
: About midnight last night DarkowIt
aroused from q tem%comat0se state an
! asked for glass OF water After taking !
J alp, he said TIC believed be could not live an
asked IL the man Who had shot hfm hid beei
Arreated de then dropped OF into sleel
AGAIN and appeared TO be resting comfortably
his phyAicIAn thinks his Death almost Ger
iAin' eat ihAi De may llngeE several dAys.