The San Francisco call., 1898-12-30

nor, who was among the first to arrive, Kennealy said that Duane had been hurt by falling on the sidewalk. while squab- bling with him. Quane's son, James, ar rived about this time and the old man was removed to his home in hotel bus. The officer and most of the civilians present seemed to think that the injured man was suffering more from the effects or liquor than from physical harm and no attempt was made to detain kennealy. AS he started away he said to the ot- ficer You. know where you can ma me when you want me-"
 pr. A. Y. Dickson of 559ia Bryant street was summoned to attend Duane as soon as he had been removed to his home and a. brief examination only was neces,, sary to show that the patient was beyond The police and the Coroner were at once notified and the body was removed to the Morgue. Officer OConnor was ordered to arrest Kennealy,'. He found the .a0 Assem- m and took him into custody. kennealy was greatly surprised when informed that the man with whom he had quar- reled was dead, and he strenuously de nied that he had knocked him down. His version of the affair is as follows:
 T left my house at 544 Bryant street at 1O:30 a. m. to go to my barn on Br4nnan nan. on Third, I met Duane, who was leading two greyhounds.- I asked him when he was going to pay me Dill which I had sent him for the storage of two wagons, but which he had paid no attention to. The bill amounted to about sS He said I had used one of his wagons during the campaign for carrying ban ner. This I admitted was true, but told him I had allowed him for that in the bill.
 " Well, am not going to pay you any thing. anyway he said.
 Then i told him | would send him an- other bill and he could deduct what he thought was due for the use ot the wagon and pay me the balance. He swore he would pay nothing and acted in such a manner that thought he had been drink ing. He started toward me and l told him to keep aTab as fa that nSe 6e drew bac his foot to kick me and l put out my left hand and pushed him away. As 1 did so Quane's greyhounds ran between us and he tripped over them and fell to the side walk. He struck on the back of his head and was rendered unconscious. 1 propped him up against the building and then ran Grammar and Third, where I got, some whisky and a wet towel with which l tried to revive him. He did not seem to be badly hurt, and with the help of sew eral men who had arrived | placed him in a Hackmeier Hotel bus, which was passing, and sent him home. Then l came down town. I did not strike him. I bore him no i'll will and had no thought of do- ing him an injury We had turned into Brannan street while the quarrel was go- ing on and he fell about twenty feet from the corner"
 Kennedy was taken to Chief Lees office in the City Hall, where he was charged with manslaughter. He made a sworn statement of the affair. substan- tially as given here. He appeared very much affected by Quane's death and seemed completely unnerved by the tra gic consequences of the quarrel. Kennedy sent for Attorney Ach as soon as he was arrested, and the latter soon appeared at the City Hall accompanied by Judge Mo- gan who released the prisoner on his own recognizance within an hour after his ar rest.
 The Duane residence is within block of where the quarrel occurred The old man and his 15-year-old son Thomas started from the house at 10:30 to exercise the dogs. The boy was leading one of the dogs by strap and his father had the other two. They walked through a little alley leading from the rear of the house to Third street. and had just emerged on to the main thoroughfare when they met Kennedy As the elder Duane stopped to talk with the Assemblyman the boy con tinued on his way up Third street, cross ing to the other side of Grammar street. As he stepped on the curb he noticed the drivers of passing rigs looking back. and turning he saw his father lying on the sidewalk He ran back and secured the dogs and hurried home. He burst into the house with the announcement that "Charle Kennedy knocked father down peared, not to be found again for & couple