What is Barney Kerr associated with?

Documented relationships include: charged_with, acquitted_of, arrested_for. 14 claims extracted from primary sources.

What sources cite Barney Kerr?

15 primary sources cite this person, including: at Barney’s… (1891); Barney Kerr and Peter Mungall, the par-… (1891); Charles Campbell testified as follows: ‘T… (1891); and 12 more.

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Barney Kerr person

id: p_barney-kerr_052b68

also known as: Barney, Kerr

Probable 70%

Summary: Man found by inquest jury to have killed James Kerr with a hammer, shotgun, or crowbar.

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Claims (14)

acquitted_of

murder of Jimmie Kerr

cited from The history of this case will go upon the… (1891) · +1 more

rock, when a sudden stoppage of the train caused him to fall between the cars; he was run over and horribly mangled, his skull being crushed, his left arm and right leg severed from his body. Death was instantaneous. A Celebrated Case Barne…

killing Jimmie Kerr

cited from placed in jail… (1891)

ound that a complete mat had been formed of dry blood, sand and hair, on the side of the head, indicat- ing that the flow of blood had been checked by a pressure on that side of the head, which had continued long enough to dry the woun…

arrested_for

murder of his brother

cited from The body was brought to town and in-… (1891) · +1 more

en, J. W. Brown, Paul Mitchell, Juan Ferguson, P. J. Dodd. Isaac Givens, J. P. The body was brought to town and in- terred on Saturday, but certain questions having arisen, the body was disinterred, and an autopsy was held on Sunday, Drs. …

death of Jimmy Kerr

cited from impression was that the wounds had been in-… (1891)

been issued not to admit me. The shirt that Barney wore near the fire was bespattered with blood. Had no conversation with Mungall prior to the testimony before the coroner. He showed no blood upon his clothes or person. His hands were di…

charged_with

homicide of Jimmy

cited from I asked Mungall to show his hands; he… (1891)

d not think Barney intended to hurt him. Asked why he did not separate them, he said, “I was too drunk; I know what these d d family rows are ; I don’t interfere.” I asked Mungall to show his hands; he was too drunk; he showed no blood ei…

murder of his brother Jimmy Kerr at the Mangus

cited from Territory vs. Pedo Vazques and Santos Car- (1891)

nd Alfred Job, Jr. Assaulting to murder John Coleman, con- tinued for term. Territory vs. Pedo Vazques and Santos Car- rasco charged with the burglary of Max Schutz’s store. Vazques plead guilty and Carrasco con- victed upon trial. Each was se…

murder in the first degree of Jimmie Kerr

cited from On the 24th of April a horrible murder was… (1891)

acquittal. His spacious rea- soning, tracing from cause to effect, and the manner in which he handled the case from be- ginning to end, showed conclusively that he was a student of more than average application, and worked earnestly and consci…

killing Jimmie Kerr

cited from liminary hearing, Scotty was discharged, and… (1891) · +1 more

case that nearly all of the jurors had formed or expressed opinions in regard to the guilt of the defendant, but the defense adopted the liberal though bold plan of challenging no juror who would say that he could render a fair verdict af…

killed_by

James Kerr— 1891-04-23

cited from The first intimation of the tragedy reached… (1891)

d blooded, brutal kill- ings that ever occurred in Grant county, if not in the territory, took place at Peter Mungall’s ranch on the Mangus, Thursday night last, the 23rd. The killing was the result of a drunken row, and who started the tr…

unknown cause

cited from I asked Mungall to show his hands; he… (1891) · +2 more

lived_at

residence near scene

cited from were any others there besides Scotty, Jimmy… (1891) · +1 more

t it; there was no malice in him. I took him in and showed him his brother and asked him who could have hit his brother such a ter- rible blow. I asked him if Scotty hadn’t hit his brother; he said that Scotty didn’t have a d d thing to…

owned

Barney's ranch

cited from liminary hearing, Scotty was discharged, and… (1891)

witnessed

Jimmy and Scotty fighting

cited from P… (1891)

; he was in front; we lifted Jimmy over him. After remaining about one hour returned to Circle ranch. Don’t know who swept up the blood. Finding no one at home, went to Black Hawk. I rode a horse. When I started for water Jimmy was lying…

Jimmie Kerr's death

cited from liminary hearing, Scotty was discharged, and… (1891)

th him whiskey, of which they all drank. At about four o’clock in the afternoon the party adjourned to Mungall’s cabin, where the demi john was passed around quite frequently. It appears that Campbell started to get some water from the wel…