The morning call., 1893-06-20

Fifth avenue. and north of the main en-
trance to the racetraek.
Ward and his victim slept in the first
boX-stall on the northwest corner OF the
second low from the entrance at Fifth
avenue, close to which is a barber's shop
occupied by E. 6. Butzbach.
The body was first discovered by
Leonard P. Stevens shortly before 6
o'clock yeste rday morning Stevens on
Saturday night had slept in the same stall
with Kelly and Ward, but on Sunday
night he preferred to sleep by himself
and selected the eighth stall from the
corner.
Stevens. after waking up, went out into
the allev and was Mortified to see Kelly'S
body, with the face beaten out of all SEM
blance to humanity, lying opposite stall 4.
with the head resting at the bottom of
heap of manure. Thrown loosely over
Kelly's body was a comfort" which had
been evidently done after the murderer
had finished his work. Kelly had been
sleeping with his shirt and pantaloons on
ana had been in the act of putting on his
vest in the alley when the first deadly blow
was struck.
Waie Stevens was gazing horror
stricken at the body I. A. Tobin and G. B.
Applegate came upon the scene. and the
latter ran to the telephone and called up
the new CITY Hall. as he could not get the
MOrgue. This was about 90 minutes past
.. II
ihe Morgue wagon arrived and the body
Was removed.
About the same time Ward was arrested
by Officer Sills while sitting OF the porch
Of Dickey's saloon on the corner of Sixth
avenue and D street and taken to the CITY
Prison. He denied knowing anything
about ths murder and said he had gone to
sleep in shed in rear of Ritter's saloon
about o'clock Sunday night and remem-
berPd nothing more till he was wakened
i = o. al -,
morning.
Detective Dan Coffey was put on the case.
and it did not take him long 10 gather
evidence to convince him that Ward was
the murderer.
a CALL reporter also made an investi-
CATION and ascertained the following facts
On Sunday night Ward, Kelly. Morris
Welsh and some of the other lads employed
in looking after the stables were drinking
together in Ritter's saloon on the corner of
Seventh avenue and d street. About half
past Kelly and Ward put on the gloves
and had a friendly set-ro in front OF the
bar, during which Kely's nose started
bleeding and he took the gloves off
They continued to drink and about half
past 10 Coon" Brown came in and Kelly
left the saloon and went to his bed in the
box-stall. Ward, Welsh and Brown re-
mained in the bar till about quarter to
II, when Ritter told them to 90 home, as
he was going to close up. As they were
all considerably under the influence of
liquor Ritter advised them TO get home as
quickly as possible.
Ward. Brown and Welsh walked east
along ID street, and as they were passing
Dickey's saloon they saw Frank Dickev
at the bar. and Ward suggested they
should 60 in and get drink out of him, as
none of them had any money. They got
In and Dickey 10 get rid of them gave
them drink each.
When they got outside Brown and Welsh
wanted to 90 along D street and down
Fifth avenue to Butzbach's barber-shop TO
have some music on the ambOurine, but
Ward advised TO go down Sixth avenue
TO the box-stalls. Brown and Welsh
walked ahead and went to the barber
shop, where they remained for about
twenty minutes and then left.
In the BARRIERS shop were also Albert
Ivey and two companions known as Joe"
and shorty" They had been practicing
a new song in the Shamrock saloon, which
is on the opposite corner of Seventh ave-
nue. and d street to Ritter's saloon, and
were perfectly sober.
A few minutes after Brown and Welsh
left the BARRIERS shop, Ward, who was
almost crazy with drink. came to the shop
and yelled to 1vey. who was standing out
side, "I've done for the red-headed -;
look at the blood on the fork" He had in
his right hand a stable pitchfork, and
swung it round his head. Ward did not
have his coat on and be asked Ivey to go
with him to the box-stall where he and
Kelly slept to get his coat As Ward
seemed more like maniac than ANYTHING
else and as he bore bad reputation when
under the influence of drink Iyey was
afraid to go himself and asked Joe" one
of his companions, to go with him. Ivey
got his coat and after handing it to him he
aud his friend met Welsh and slipped
away in the darkness and left Ward alone.
Ivey's fear of Ward was so great that he
was afraid of his own life and did not
think of looking for Kelly, his chief
anxiety being to get home as quickly as
possible.
Ward then made his way to Dickey's
saloon and knocked on the door till Frank
Dickey rose from his bed and asked him
what he wanted. Ward said Kelly had
got hurt and he wanted to telephone for
doctor. Dickey thought it was only ruse
to get another drink and told him to 20
away as he was In bed and would uot get
up. This was ABOUT / O'CLOCK in the morn
ing.
The bloodstained pitchfork was found
close to the racetrack fence. on ID street,
al small gate IN the fence leading into
the track, about eighty yards from the cor
ner of Fifth avenue, and it is supposed
that before Ward went TO Dickey's saloon
to tell him that Kelly was hurt he had
walked east on the street and thrown the
fork down where 1t was afterward found.
There is an important witness as to
what occurred between the time Ward
left Brown and Welsh after they had had
their last drink In Dickey's saloon about