Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-08-06
KILLED DURING A QUARREL.
THOMAS W. THOMPSON FATALLY suor
By "fUNNY BERRY"
The slayer walks into the Central Police
station and urrcndcrs-Ctaims THAT itc
Was Assaulted by Thompson
with Knife.

Thomas W Thompson. a colorcd man.
was shot and almost instantly killed at
1880 O'Clock yesterday afternoon by Flour
mold Berry alias Funny Berry" The
shooting occurred on the sidewalk iu front
OF No. iii East Third street Five shots
were fired hy Kerry from Smith 4 Wos-
son 3N-ealibre revolver. but only one OF the
shots took effect The ban entered rhomp.
sons right side just above the hip. ami
ranging upward, passed through the stom-
ach and liver aud lodged just beneath the
skin on thc left side above tho brcas
He zen against telegraph pole which
stands close to- the uurbiug.
John 'ockley was iu the company or
Berry when tho tragedy took place Inn
mcdiatnly after the shooting Berry and
Becl,ley ran from the scene before they
could be captured. Beckloy ran east ON
Third street while Berry ran south
through an alley to Fourth street. Both
men were followed a. short distance, but
succeeded IN escaping
The dying man was taken I'm the police
ambulance to the Central police station
for treatment. lie was unconscious be-
fore the station could be reached and died
without uttering am audible word from
the time he was shot.
The coroner WAS summoned and ordered
the body removed to Stewart " Carrolrs
undertaking rooms. where "a post mortem
examination was made nv Deputy Coroner
Wheeler. IN inquest viii he hGll today
at 10 o'clock
months ago from EskridCc. kas where his
VIE and two children I've since na came
mere ne has lived IN the rear OF Second
ana Locust streets with colored woman
re was 80 years old and has borne a fair
reputation since his arrival here. and was
About $3.50 o'clock John Raekjev' ''''ib Who
was with Berry when the shot was fired
WE w3i arresteI by Detectives Halpin and
~ ha .I use.
the HANNIBAL bridge. He was taken to
Poi,ee heaagI2rters. and turned over to
short Incarceration In the sweat boy''
OF the detective department he told a
story of th" crime.
He sai that yesterday forenoon he and
ielIN VISITED Anna Thompson who KEEP;
nous" Tor the dead man. While there
ln"E encountered Thompson, who upbraid-
l.tt me mouse and went to the alley ON
Third street near which the killing oc-
broken boxes and talked over their recent
quarrfl With THOMPSON. While they were
bucket of beer in his hand. which he had
Just bought at \. Campana's saloon at III
i,.l r,aSt Ihirf i,i4 street The, quarrel was re
iaSt arew a wicked looking knife and made
q ',,i,,n iumFe a., at MIN AZ that moment Berry
found hiding in the weeds by the detect
l(ts' heeAley had pistol in hts posses
At 1880 o'clock last night Berry who
hr@t ihe shots. walked into the Central
pouee station and gave himself up to Cap
Thompson, but claimed that he fired in
elt-deiense. He said that he was the
a knife. His story Of The trasaGy T6e9 TTiei.
not asEe"e in scarcely any of the details
Both Berry ana Beclley are given hard
names by the police Although Berry Is
cn,;,,,., "1,S a., strs of age ne has often been
ihleNlNG. bcckley Is Il wears ola ~,