The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-19
John J. Barry Terribly Beaten in a
Fierce Sunday Night Encounter
With an Unknown Man.
CONFLICTING STORIES ARE TOLD
With John O'Brien He Was Going
Home, and Fight Arose Over
Request for Match.

o'clock we tried to arouse him, but could
not Again we became alarmed and sent
| for three doctors, none of whom we Sc
| cured. AS last resort we telephoned for
the st. Joseph's hospital ambulance.
When the men went in to put him on the
stretcher l asked if he were in a serious
| condition. One of them looked at him.
ana turning to me remarked that thew
could do nothing for him now 'Whx.
what DO you mean?' / asked He has
been dead for an hour remarked the
man, and walked out Since then I do
| not know what has happened 1 have al
most gone crazy. If I had only known
| that 1t was so serious l could have sent
| for his mother"
When 1t was found that Barry had died
| he was removed to Donnelly's undertak-
ing rooms. where Coroner Miller held an
| autopsy yesterday afternoon. Dr. Roth
| rock conducted the examination and
| found that death had been caused by an
| epldural hemorrhage, caused by external
| violence. The face bore no marks which
would reveal the place that the death
blow had been struck. On the right side
| OF the nose and on the chin were two
bruises. The blood clot was directly
| above the right ear, covering an area of p
| two inches in length and two and one
| half inches in width, and was one-haIf
| inch thick. The temporal muscle was al
most wholly CONCEALED. 1t is probable
that the hemorThage resulted from the
| kick which he received, as he said that
| it was Just over the right temple al
| though there are no post-mortern marks
| to establish this
O'BRIEN SEEMS PUZZLED.
oBrien spent all day yesterday with
the police looking through Hacketts and
other hardware stores and wholesale
! houses in an attempt to find the men
| who had made the assault. They were
unsuccessful although they claim to have
| found clue 0 Brien is SO uncertain
about the whole affair that his evidence
is worth very little to the police He
| seems to have forgotten the whole af-
fair and despite the fact that he wit
messed the whole fight, says that he
could not identify the man
! The police do not believe that the as
sault was provoked by O 'Brien's mere
asking for match. They think that
perhaps the strangers did not happen to
| hear them and that either O'Brian or
| Barry cast some insnuating remark.
| The strangers claimed when they came
back that they had been lnsufted and
! 1T seemed to be the grounds for the
| fight from the first. OBrien admits
! that he had drunk nine glasses of DeeT,
| but says that he was not under the in
! fuence. Barry, he said, had been drinks
| ing but very little. A witness of tie
| fight says that the small stranger and
| mis- friend did not seem anxiov1 to 90
on with the fight Several times ti]e
/ larger man took Barry 2side and told
him that he had berter stop. but he
| seemed terribly apgered and would not
| listen to any 1ene advising him to stop
| He was larger than his antagonist and
! has always been considered an athletic
fellow, at one tine having been a long
/ distance bicycle rider.
SAY ASsAILANTS WE'RE DRUNK.
On the other hand, Louis Leer19an ana
| William Feeney, COZ Wabasha street, whl
! also witnessed the quarrel, claim that
| the two strangers were very drunk and
| i'll riotous mood. They say that even
| efter the fight with Barry was all over
the small man walked onto the side
walk and dealt a stunning blow TO one
/ of the onlookers This is denied by 9TH
ers, but both men say that they are posi-
| tive that it happened
| No good description of the men has
yet been secured From all that has
been offered, it is thought that the small
! er man was dark, wore a mustache.
stockily built, wore brown. shaggy over
coat which reached to his knees and
black stiff hat. The tall man was also
dark-complexioned wore a dark over
coat and stiff hat and had a dark mus
| tache.
| John Joseph Barry was twenty two
| years old, and a son of John Barry, car
penter and contractor. Until four months
ago he was employed for several years
| at the Golden Rule and bore an eStima-
bic reputation. When he left the Golden
Rule he went West. and, returning a
short time ago. secured employment 1T
Bannon's. Said Mr. William Bannon, of
/ Barry yesterday:
BANNON LIKED BARRY.
81 took a fancy to him from the start.
| [ don't know of any young man / grew
to like so well in so short time He
was a perfect little gentleman Satur-
day night it was reported to me that his
book showed the largest sales of any
| book In the department"
| O'Brien is employed in the hosiery de-
partment for the Golden Rule. and he
also bears an excellent reputation Since
! they were small boys, Barry and o Brien
have been bosom friends, and the shock
of Barry's death has been a severe one
| to his friends.
Mrs. Keenan,, who is employed as a
cashier at the Golden Rule Is also very
highly spoken of by her employers and
friends, and her reputation is the best.
She said that she was not engaged to
Barry, as was supposed by some, neither
was their any understanding between
| them other than the best Of friendship
His death has been serious shock TO
her. and it is feared by her friends that
nervous prostration may result, as size
has rather a frail constitution.
GRIEF AT BARRY's HOME
But the saddest scene of all Is at the
Barry hame A fond mother almost In
sane with grief and q true lea ted .fa->
ther angered to madness at the slayer
of his Oldest son. On brother and sister.
relative and friend the relentless hand Of
death has fallen heavily, and blotted out.
so suddenly, q young and vigorous lie
that was SO dear to them.
Coroner Miller stated last night ttat
the inquest would be held toGay at
o'clock