The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10

of the Funera..-ReIati Anx-
| 1Ous to Know Whose Body They
| Buried.
Lynn (Mass) Special Boston Post.
Strange as Is the strange case Of Miss
Grace Marion Perkins, as the connec-
ton of the belle Of Middleboro with the
bridgeport tragedy has been termed,
the case of Daniel B. Kennedy, of this
city, is stranger, for while Miss Per-
klns succeeded in stopping her own flu
neral, Kennedys presence in the land
OF the living became known only a
rev days ago, while his supposed re-
mains We're buried in St. Mary's GEM
etery by Borrowing family several
months ago, after having been identi-
ned by scores OF people as the remains
or the original and only Boom Ken
nedy.
Kennedy, who was born and brought
| UP In the central portion Of the city.
| left home in the early spring without
| telling where he was going This was
| nothing new for him to do, SO when
his family failed to hear from him in
some weeks they thought little of it.
| He was strong and something Of a
hustler, and they felt assured of his
| ability to care for himself.
The first doubts which they had on
| this score came some weeks later, when
| the body of an unknown tramp was
| found on the railroad tracks near Port
| land. The man was clad a bit better
than the average tramp, and-f1rst link
In the chain Of circumstances which
led to his identificat1on-he had on a
coat made by a, Lynn tailor, who prides
himself on clothing the local 400.
The police officials when thew noted
this, called up the Lynn police and
asked them If they could Identify the
man. The description was that Of Ken
nedy, even to tattooing on the right
arm and to scar on the head.
1t Is fact, but strange one, never
theless, that not one man in a hundred
can accurately describe his own broth
er. This, In some cases, leads to false
identifications, but the Lynn police
were not so fixed.
IN THE CASE OF KENNEDY.
He had partaken of the hospitality
Of Turkeys Twisden and O'Connor on
several occasions, on one Of which he
was photographed for the gallery, and
on each of which careful tally was
made of his distinguishing marks.
Therefore, when the Lynn police said
the man was Kennedy, their Maine
Mcdonald went to Portland to secure
the body. She at once identified 1t as
that of her brother, and the Lynn-made
coat as~One her husband had given
him.
Then the remains were brought to
Lynn, where the sorrowing widowed
mother Of the supposed dead man saw
them. She was not so sure that the
remains were those Of her boy, but,
making allowances for the change that
life on the road might make, allowed
| finally that it was her Danny" Then
| the neighbors, men and women, who
had known Kennedy for years, came
| in, and, after viewing. the remains
| mourned his untimely end. Some there
were in that group who knew Kennedy
| as we'll as men can know each other
| and all were agreed that he was the
| corpse.
Then the ld-blooded, matter of fact
| policemen, who knew the lamenteC
! Daniel in life saw the body and de-
clared that he, whom they had otter
! sent into court, had gone before the
| great court Of last resort. Theirs was
| no Identification by a hysterical father
| it was the decision of men used to iden-
| tifying unfortunates.
So. in pretty st. Mary's cemetery they
| buried him, and the widowed mother
| went her way, weeping for her boy
who, If he had been wild, was still her
| boy; who, If he had got himself and
| his family into trouble, was
| MORE TO BE PITIED
sensational report from Maine that
Kennedy was killed while about to holG
up a wealthy man. by the accidental
| discharge of a revolver in the hands
| Of a companion.
Scarcely had the soil above the grave
settled, when one day Mrs. Mcdonald
rushed into police headquarters, toe
| excited to talk. When she finally was
able to make herself understood she
| Informed Clerk Willis Head that hel
brother was alive. The dead's alive
| Mr. Head! the dead's alive! What d.
| you think of that?''
Head began to think she had los
her senses when she handed him let
| ter from Jamestown, N. D., purpOrting
| to be from her brother. The writing
| she said, was like her brothers, Blu
she could not make herself believe thai
| it was from him.
eff it's him." she asked, whom die
we bury?"
Clerk Head is Yankee, but not O.
a guessing caliber sufficiently great tt
answer the problem submitted to him
| He thought that some one was playing
a joke on the family, and after a while
| Mrs. Mcdonald went on her way
thinking that some heartless one wa.
playing a joke on her
The police, however, were anxious tt
help the family, so a letter was sen
| to the authorities of the town where
| the letter was mailed, asking them L
they could locate Kennedy. With E
letter went a photograph. But no an
| sWer came.
Then 1t was suggested that Mrs. Nc
Donald write to her correspondent tell
| ing him that he was supposed to bl
| dead, and asking him to prove his iden-
tity by telling how many uncles he had
how many were living and where. Also
| where did he last see her
In remarkably short time the answer
&came. 1t was in part as follows:
/ your letter announcing my death 6
great surprise, for 1
NEVER WAS MORE ALIVE
in all my life. Why, 1 am work
ing, and you never heard Of a dead
man running behind a plow. I'm the
liveliest dead man In America.
when left Lynn 1 Travelled about
farmer, who lives near the town where
! this letter Is dated. am doing we'll
not drinking, and getting fair wages"
Then he went on to tell how many
uncles he had, and saying that he had
last seen his sister on the back stairs
leading into their home. His answers
were correct in every detail.
Then came proof convincing. He
wound up his letter by saying that he
had just been paid off, that he had
purchased a complete rig-out, and, hav-