The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 23, 1922, Page 6, Image 6
Jesse jam
Jack "Quail Hunter" Kennedy, no
torious train robber slain Friday b:
officers near Wittenberg, Mo., seemet
to know the psychology of the humai
mind when it came to framing at
alibi says Kansas City Star.
"I remember Jack well." Joseph B
Keshlear, 3611 Broadway, count:
marshal twenty-six years ago, sait
last night. "I was the first officer t(
arrest Jack for the robbery of <
Chicago & Alton train back in 1896
The loot totaled $32,000. And fo:
two years afterward I tried to sent
Jack to the penitentiary for various
train robberies near Kansas City, bu
'he was acquitted whenever he facec
a jury in this county. Jack's defense
was invariably an alibi and he was ?
past master at it."
A Rival of Jesse James's Career.
IMr. Keshlear. now a guard at the
Federal Reserve Bank, recalled his
experiences with Kennedy, whose
bandit career in Jackson county rivaled
that of Jesse James.
"Saloons were generally the settings
for Jack's alibis," Keshlear said
"Before robbing a train Jack planned
his alibi. He would saunter into some
saloon, then loudly order a round oi
drinks for the crowd, so as to attract
attention.
"Jack then would noisly sit at a
table and join in a game of cards. He
bought drinks so often that many of
the card players would become drunk.
After an hour or so drinking and
card playing Jack would quietly
saunter out of a side door and once
outside the saloon, would leap on a
ihorse, then speed to where his gang
was waiting.
"Then would come the train robbery,
after which Jack would hasten
back to the saloon resuming nis same
seat, pick up an abandoned hand of
cards then noisily shout for more
liquor.
His Witnesses Believed It.
"And do you know there were
? many men who would honestly testify
on the witness stand that Kennedy
was in such and such a saloon
throughout the night of the train
robbery, playing cards and drinking
with them?
"Several incidents arose after the
Chicago & Alton robbery which
caused the arrest of Kennedy," Keshlear
continued. "First we learned
that on the night of the hold-up Kenedy
went on a drunken spree in Kansas
City, spending several hundred
dollars on women and booze. I recah
he bought a rocking chair for the
wife of one of his friends. The nexl
day he bought several suits of clothing,
discarding his old, tattered suit
Then he purchased seven hats, which
he gave to friends.
"Second, we learned of Jack's visit
<to one of his favorite loafing spots, 2
fire station at Fourteenth and Penr
etrodt? the dav following the trair
hold-up Jack entered the fire statior
all drunk and dressed up.
Talked Too Much to Fireman.
"One of the firemen remarked
'Say, boy, wasn't that a big train rob
bery last night!' Kennedy shoved om
his chest, then drew from -his pocke:
a roll of bills. "I should guess ther<
was a hold-up!' Kennedy laughingl}
remarked. The sudden display o]
wealth caused one of the firemen t(
tip off our office.
"And another bit of evidence was
information we received from a gir
named Madge, who lived on a farn
near Kennedy. Jack, the day aftei
the Chicago & Alton hold-up, visitec
Madge, telling her he was prosperous
now and able to marry iher. But sh<
turned down the proposal. Jack thei
shoved a handful of jewelry into i
pocket of the girl's apron, saying fo:
her to keep the presents and mayb<
later she might change her min(
about him. The girl told us abou
Jack's boasted prosperity and sin
gave us the jewelry, which was late
identified as having been stolen in th
train robbery.
" Madge, now dead, was a witnes
against Jack at his trial. The stat
introduced all this evidence, togethe
with confessions of two other men ar
rested in connection with the robbery
The confessions implicated Kennedy
"Well, the results of the Chicago 4
Alton hold-up arrests were that th
two men who confessed receive
prison sentences, and Kennedy wa
freed by a jury. Kennedy used a
alibi that he was in a saloon at th
time of the robbery.
Announces a Reformation.
"I met Kennedy at Missouri avenu
and Main street in 1912, the sam
year he was released from the stat
penitentiary, when he served twelv
years of a 17-year sentence for rol
bing a Frisco train near Macomb. Mr
in Wrirht county.
"I asked him how he was gettin
along and he said fine, that he wz
going to reform, that he planned 1
enter the motion picture business an
merely play train robber before tl
camera, instead of the realtiy.
" 'That prison jolt made a man <
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es s Rival
-i me,' Kennedy said. 'From now on
71 I'm jusl going to live a good life and
iiearn ihonest money. Going to make
11 my poor old mother proud of her son
i[from now on?you bet.'
"Kennedy was in a sentimental
. mood. He had been drinking. We
7 stood on the corner and discussed old
1 times. Finally he said he must hurry
3 out to his mother that she had dinner
i ready at G o'clock now and he joking.
ly remarked he had missed many din
riArs aw?v from home in the twelve
1 years previous. As he shook my
5 (hand, Kennedy smilingly said:
t " 'Joe, you had me right on that
1 Chicago & Alton offense. But I beat
j the case.' '
i "It was a Frisco train Kenneuy rob- 1
bed near Macomb, the crime for 1
which he received the 12-year senj
tence. The Frisco company pressed :
j the case hard too. It was a Frisco :
> train Kennedy robbed just before he
. was killed Friday. My opinion is the 1
last robbery was executed not so ]
. much to obtain money as it was to 1
saisfy Jack's spirit of revenge against 1
[ tike railroad company that once put '<
> him in prison and to show )
them that he could do it." 1
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After a careful examination of the j
baby the bachelor replied: ,
"Well, of course, it is not very in- (
telligent looking yet, but he's won- :
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Constitution school tax....3 mills
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Total 19 mills
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