The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
], B, KENNEDY SHOT BY THE STEWARD AT
 HOTEL JEFFERSON Proprietor Is Dangerously h. jured By A. Lichtenfels
 In Rear of Hotel
INTOXICATED MAN DRAWS
 PISTOL DURING A FIGHT
Prisoner Talks IncoherentIy and Is With Difficulty Convinced That He Shot Man-Kennedy
 Has Fighting Chance.

day afternoon about 3:30 o'clock. Kenne- dy was removed to the Long Hardness in firmary, where he was operated upon. He is in a critical condition. Lich- tenfels is confined in the city jail.
 The affair occurred in the alley in the rear of the hotel by the kitchen. Lich- tenfels was in Kennedy's buggy and the latter was attempting to get him out. A fisticuff followed in which Kennedy although crippled, was getting the bet ter of the argument. Lichtenfels sud- denly pulled pistol and fired twice, one bullet entering the front part of the body and penetrating the stomach and left kidney, and coming out in the back. There were no eye-w1tnesses to the shoot ing.
 J. H. Stafford, formerly of Memphis. assistant manager of the hotel gives the following account of the affair:
 "Yesterday afternoon Lichtenfels met me in the front of the hotel. MT. Ken- nedy's horse and buggy were hitched outside and Lichtenfels asked me to go riding with him. I told him I could not leave the hotel and he said he would aSk MT. henHeuy tO stay at liio hoe0A while we took a ride.
 At this moment MT. Kennedy came out of the barber shop and Lichtenfels asked him if he could use the buggy. Mr. Kennedy replied that he was going to use it and Lichtenfels then asked if he would take him downtown with him. MT. Kennedy told him 'yes,' and they--rode off together.
 "The next I knew of the affair was when I heard lot of noise in the rear of the hotel and rushing back I found MT. Kennedy wounded. We took him to the elevator and to his room on the sec- ond floor. He appeared strong until we reached this floor, when he sank down. We placed him on his bed and in a few minutes the ambulance arrived. Lichten- fels always carried a pistol with him. He appeared to be drunk early this after | noon.'
 The supposition is that after getting in the buggy Kennedy discovered that Lich- tenfels was intoxicated, and drove around to the kitchen to put him out. Lichtenfels ! didn't want to get out and blows were passed. Lichtenfels' right cheek was badly swollen from one of the blows. When seen by an Age-Herald reporter at the city jail shortly after being placed under arrest he was wildly excited. He begged to be taken out of the place. He is of German birth and speaks English distinctly He didn't seem to realize at first what he had done, stating several times, MT. Kenndy, friend of mine,'' and then asked to know what was the matter. When asked why he shot Ken nedy he didn't seem to comprehend, and stated that he had not. When he was told that he. had shot him and the full realization came upon him he broke down completely. It was impossible, to get any thing out of him.
 Mr. Kennedy is one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Birmingham. He has long been in busi- ness here, and Is proprietor of the Ken nedy Slave & Cooperage Co. About two years ago he entered the hotel business, transforming the old Eagle hotel at the corner of Second avenue and Twenty fourth street. into place of beauty and remaining it the Hotel Jefferson. The opening of the hotel has served to ''clean up" Second avenue. The hotel itself has met with success, receiving the patronage of the best class of people.
 News of the shooting spread rapidly and MT. Kennedy's friends kept the tele. as to his condition. Dr. O. P. Board. who resides at the Hotel Jefferson, hap pened to drive up to the hotel at the time of the shooting and attended him imme- diately. He also accompanied him to the hospital and performed the operation. At a. late hour last night he stated that his condition was extremely critical but that he had a chance for recovery. Mr. Kennedy was removed from the hotel to the Long Hardness infirmary in an am bulance from the Lige Loy establish ment.
 Mrs. Kennedy heard her husband screaming for help and looked out her window just as the shots were fired. She rushed downstairs and was one of the first to reach him.
 MT. Kennedy stated that he had screamed for help number of times be- fore the shots were fired, knowing that Lichtenfels always carried a gun, and was surprised that no one had heard him.
 He has a number of brothers, one of whom, c. M. Kennery, resides in Bir- mingham, but who was in Baton Rouge yesterday. He Is hurrying to Birming- ham, He has number of brothers, sis ters and children in different parts of the country who have been advised of his condition and will probably arrive in Birmingham shortly.