The morning news., 1892-02-23
CRESWELL'S DARK CRIME
KENDALL LAYS THE MURDER ON
NUNNALLY AND BOLT.

MUM ALLY AND HOLT.
BE Claims to Have Resched the Bar
rett Place While the Killing Was In
Progress = a Claim That Nunnslly
Promised Him $50 70 Go Away and
Keep His Mouth Shut-Holt Puts in
a Denial - Another Prisoner Says
Kendall Confessed the Killing.
GRIFFIN, GA, Feb. 22.-"If you want
some news go to the jail, ~ said an official to
the MORNING NEws correspondent tonight
land you will get something Of interest in
the Barrett tragedy" The Nervousness of
this crime has produced such interest that
the invitation was accepted and three stories
are the outcome of the visit. Two of them
are from parties held as principals in the
affair, while the other is told by fellow
prisoner. Sam Kendall was called on first
He came into the jail csrridor with smile
from ear to ear. He was eager
to talk, and If his story
is true the officers were right when they
said the crime was as plain as an open
book from the evidence they had accumu-
lated. In she presence OF J. P. Sawtell and
Jailer Mullins he delivered the following
story, which he claims is true one, Of the
entire affair. He had gone to Creswell
from bis work near East Point, on his way
either to Griffin or Senoia. That was to
be determined by his wlfe's whereabouts
when lie reached Felix Weston's house at
Creswell. He arrived there just after dark
HEARD A RACKET AT DIR. BARRETT's.
While on the railroad near the horse lot
of DR.. Barrett be heard a racket up at the
house and started up to investigate it. He
met Jerry Holt at the horse lot, who asked
him what be was doing there. Kendall
asked Jerry what that fuss meant, and
while talking to him Nunnally came out of
the house and asked VINO be was talking to.
Jerry said ''Sam Kendall, the man who
picked cotton here last fall" "Then
Nunnally told me to leave there
at once and not TO say any
thing about what had seen that
night and he would give me $50. He told
me not to come hero for it. but that he
would bring it to me at Mcpherson bar
racks in weeks time. | was greatly
frightened aud took right up the Atlanta
and Florida railway. l walked all night
and reached East Point about day. When
near the barracks l met GosdIn Taylor,
who said, You look very tired, and told
him was, and that walked all night. /
told him that I had star.edIto Griffin to see
my wife, but had seen a frsces near there
and had came back without going TO
Griffin
DIDN'T GO TO THE HOUSE.
ibid you go to the houser'
''No sir. not quite. walked up near the
porch at the open hallway bus did not 20
in"
"Did you see any one in the house,
Mot pllin. / Rnw ROrna Ona / thOupht
fighting with long stick"
This somebody, Kendall said, was Jerry
Holt, and continuing he vehemently accused
Holt OF being the slayer of DR.. and Mrs.
Barrett.
Holt comes in with fat denial of Ken
dall's story and says, as IN his former story.
that he met Sam at the juno
and the Chattahoochee River and
Columbus roads: that he then went to
near John Aliens, came back byiHill's saw
mill, got some lumber and went home. He
was awakened after II o'clock at night by
Nunnally, who told him Of the occurrence
and made him go to the house with him.
While there he told of meeting Kendall on
the road as stated above. Holt shows signs
of great uneasiness, is very nervous and
weighs every word he utters with careful
dehberatlon. He evidently knows some-
thing of the crime, but he will guard his
secret TO the last. and it is doubtful if he
ever divulges it.
A FELLOW PRISONERS STORY.
But here is the most interesting of all the
stories yet, and it comes from a fellow
prisoner. If this is the truth Kendall is the
guilty party and the object of the crime
was robbery and his crime was slimly re-
warded. To this prisoner Kendall said he
did the deed himself. He was actuated by
a desire to get money. he said he did get
some money, part Of which be spent, some
he gave to woman aud the rest is at the
place he was stopping at at the time
of his arrested by Marshal McCon-
nell. He denies that any one
was with him to this party, and claims to
have done the deed unaided and alone and
perhaps this is true. but it is most likely
that Holt had hand in the matter, and his
manner impresSes the belief that he did. 1t
is believed that he will soon tell the whole
story.