The Portland daily press., 1898-05-12
Is DANIEL KENNEDY.
Man Murdered at East Deering
Identified.
SISTER CAME FROM LYNN YESTER.
DAY AND VIEWED REMAINS.

Positively Recognized Man as Her Brother
Kennedy Has Bad Record and Has
Served in Portland Jail-No Clue to q
Solution of the Mystery.
The mystery of the East Deering MUIR
der has not yet been solved. The muir
dered man has been identified beyond a
Mass, by Mrs. Mary Mcdonald, his sis
ter, who came to this city yesterday noon
to view the body. The sheriff and his
deputies are picking up few clues here
and there and know considerable about
the man and his record. Here the evil
dence ends which may aid the officers in
locating the murderer but in the course
of day or SO some information will I'M
douhtedly be obtained which will throw
more light on this mysterious case. This
much has been established without a
question:
The mans name was Daniel B. Ken.
nedy. He was 81 years old, shoe maker
by trade and his home was in Lynn.
He has been in this city more or less dur
Ing the last year, and since November
has served two terms of thirty days each
in Portland Jail for intoxication, the last
time being some time in January. He
was convicted and sentenced under the
name of Frank Clark and has been
identified by men who knew him only by
this name.
Kennedy was know as "BooIn" Ken
nedy in Lynn and had served term for
larceny in the house OF correction and
also been arrested for drunkenness once
or twice. His reputation for sobriety
has not been of the best during the past
few years and he has been away from
Lynn a great deal during this time.
Kennedy. when out of work, tramped
about the country more or less, and has
been identified by some OF the men who
knew him when he was on the "road"
as "New Haven Larry.S' These men
knew more about him than this and have
told the authorities about it, but the in
formation will not prove of very much
assistance to the officers.
The last time Kennedy was in Lynn
was about eleven weeks ago. His sister,
Mrs. Mcdonald of Lynn was in Portland
yesterday and saw the body of the muir
dered man and said it was that of her
brother. She did not appear to DO very
much affected by the sight of the body
and talked freely with the newspaper
men about him. Kennedy came to her
house in Lynn about eleven weeks ago
accompanied by tall, well dressed man
who waited for him on the street while
he changed. his clothes and took bath.
Mrs. Mcdonald says that her brother
had been drinking considerably lately,
and she asked him where he was going
with the man who was waiting for him.
Kennedy told her he was going to Port
land She asked him who the man was
and he told her not to be too inquisitive.
The sister asked Kennedy if the man out
side the house drank very much. The
brother told her not to ask too many
questions. Kennedy left home that after
noon and never came back.
Mrs. Mcdonald said that some three
weeks ago she was told that a man had
come to Lynn from Portland and had re-
ported having seen Kennedy in this city.
According to this mans story Kennedy
was then working in a shipyard here and
was doing we'll. The sister read the &C.
count of the murder in East Deering and
from the description of the murdered
man came to believe that he was her
brother.
Some Of New Haven Larry's friends
among the gentlemen of the road recog.
nized him at once by the picture which
was printed in the PRESS the morning
after the murder. Sheriff Plummer and
his deputies said that this picture which
was made by the PRESS artist from a
sketch was remarkably good likeness
and say also that it has helped them a
good deal in working up their case.
This is all that Is really known about
Kennedy at this time though the authori-
cites have offered a reward for informa-
tion and expect to get some clue to the
mystery very soon. In the meantime all
manner of stories are afioat and any num-
ber of would he Sherlock Holmes or Old
Sleuth's are bothering their gray matter
and cross examining people who know
nothing about this case in a vain sndeay-
or to obtain clues to the MURDER. Some
of these amateur detectives are gathering
some valuable information in the case,
however, and some OF the facts they have
gathered will be of real use. Of the many
stories going around which may have
some bearing on this peculiar case the fol-
lowing are the best:
William Colby was walking along tho
Grand Trunk track last Sunday night
and was about at the stookyards when
| the whistle blew for nine o'clock. He
says he came along very slowly as he was
| worrying over financial matters, and was
trying to figure out a way to extrioate
himself from his troubles, when he was
halted by two roughly dressed and evil
IDENTIFY trampish men who asked him if
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