The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-20
No RACE Is Found
MAN WHO CAUSED JOHN BARRY'a
DEATH STILL AT
LARGE
DESCRIPTION OF THE MEN
"FALL MAN AND SHORT MANa
WE'RE IN 1T, LATTER THE
FIGHTER
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST
witnesses Tell Conflicting Stories.
but Agree That the Small Man
Attacked Barry-FunernI
Tomorrow Morning.

Tomorrow Morning.
Sunday morning John Barry assisted in
singing mass at st. Mary's church. To-
morrow morning requiem mass will be
sung over the lifeless body of the sams
7John Barry, at st. Marys church
Ills assailant, who is responsible for
ms death, according to the coroner's
jury, has not yet been found. The verdict
OF the jury is as follows: 1--WE. the
jury, find that John Joseph Barry came
to his death by being kicked and struck
on and about the head by party or par
ties unknown to this jury, in an aIterca-
tlon which occurred on Wabasha street,
at or near Summit avenue. on the even
ing of March H.
Yesterdays inquest revealed nothing OF
importance that has not already been
made public. 1t was established beyond
reasonable doubt that John Barry had
engaged in fight with two strangers:i
that in the progress of the fight he had
Deen kicked several times; that he had
struck his head on a curbstone in falling, /
and that he had not been struck by a
street car. Beyond this the police claim
to know where the two strangers went
after the fight to clean up and that
they both boarded an interurban car for
Minneapolis. After that the thread is
OF the two strangers fairly accurate
description has been obtained The one
who fought with Barry was short proba-
bly, feet inches In height about I55
pounds in weight, thirty-f1ve years old, Of
light complexion, with reddish or blond
mustache, wore a dark suit; mixed-gray,
shaggy overcoat and a black derby hat.
He is thought by some to be Irish
His friend the tall man." is supposed
to be feet 1G or II inches tall 100
pounds in weight, dark-compIexioned,
with tightly curled mustache. He also
wore black derby hat, dark Overcost
to his knees. and looked to be about forty
years old.
In his desk at central station Chief
O'Conner has mud besmeared towel,
which he says was used by the short man
in cleaning up after the fight. The place
to which they went has not been given
out.
O'BRIEN GIVES EVIDENCE.
John F. -O'Brien was the first witness
called 20 the stand. He told of walking
up Wabasha street with Barry at about
7:30 o'clock Sunday evening, of their
stopping at Summit avenue and his ask
ing for match from the two strangers
who passed by, of their paying no at
tention, walking on and suddenly turn
ing back, saying that they had been in
suited, and without farther provocation
starting to fight. His testimony of the
fight was worthless. He was sure OF
nothing. He could give no satisfactory
answer when asked by one of the jury
men why he made no attempt to assist
his friend He thought that ne might
be able to recognize the tall man, put
not the short man.
Mrs. A. A. keenan,, in whose apart
ments Barry died, was the second wit
" th
same as that told by her to the G be
Monday. She seemed to suffer while she
gave her evidence, but with her straight
forward manner she impressed the jury
that she had done all in her power to
relieve Barry during the seven hours
that he suffered in her apartments be-
fore his death.
DID NOT THINK IT DANGEROUS.
Dr. Fitzsimmons was next called. His
testimony was as follows: "At a little
before IL o'clock Sunday night l was
called to Mrs. Keenan's apartments in
the Norman block. There | found a.
young man who, 1 afterwards learned,
to be Barry, lying unconscious on bed.
They told me that he had been in a fight
and his clothing, which was badly torn
and soiled, revealed the fact. When L
examined him he seemed to be in pain
and was trying to vomit. His pulse
and respiration were fair and his boIy
warm. Both eyes were closed and on
turning back the eyelids 1 found that
the right pupil was dilated and the left
contracted. After careful examination
1 found no abrasions or bruises on the
patients chin or jaw, no depression of
skull or swelling of the head On the
bridge of the nose there was a slight
brulSe and his left wrist was Scraped. l
considered him III a partially serious
but not in a dangerous condition I
thought his unconsciousness was due to
shock from excitement and overexer-
tion, more than from actual injury
Rudolph He'll. 1S9 Iglehart street, testi-
fed that he met O'Brien and Barry soon
alter the fight. O'Brien tod him the
match story and said that Barry had
gotten the best of the fight He did
rot think that either O'Briel or Barry
were intoxicated.
EYE WITNESSES, ACCOUNTS.
William A. Pheeney and Louis Leer-
man, 602 Wabasha street, testified that
they stood across the street and watched
the fight. They saw the shcrt stranger
pick up Barry hat after enc of the
Scrimmages and give it to him Some
thing was said and the fight was begun
anew. Both testified that after the
fght was over the small stranger
walked over to the opposite side of Wa
basha street and wanted to start in to
do up one of the bystanders, grabbed him
roughly, but was persuaded TO desist by
the tall man."
William IIenke, 671 Wabasha street, told
the best story of the fight that was
given. 1t was in the more important
details, the same as was given by him
to the G o b e on Monday. He saw the
strangers turn back after they had pass
ed Wabasha street and Summit avenue
and say something to Barry and OBrien.-
He described the fight accurately, told
how several times the tall man. took
Earry aside and told him that he had
better quit; how Barry refused to stop
and the fighting was again resumed; Of
the small man at one time picking up
his own and Barry's hats, reaching Bar
rvs hat to him and remarking to the ef-
feet that he hoped that Barry had had
enough and thereby starting another
scrimmage Henke swore that he saw
the small man kick Barry several times.
He was also sure that Barry had not
been struck by a street car.
George Colver, living at the Marlbor-'
cugh. was waiting for a car when he was
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