Haggerty Missed Kellmann’s Fate
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Carman Street Man Passed Youth’s Slayers Shortly Before the Murder.
SPOKE TO DUFFIELD ON RAILROAD BRIDGE
Through the efforts of Detectives Painter and Moffett the identity of the man who crossed the railroad bridge at Twenty-seventh street just previous to the murder of Karl Kellmann on Saturday night has been established.
He is William Haggerty, of 2806 Carman street.
In their signed confessions Duffield and Coursey said that soon after reaching the bridge, bent on robbery, a man aproached [sic] but they decided not to hold him up. A few minutes later Kellmann came along and the killing followed.
According to Mr. Haggerty’s statement he had been visiting friends near the river front and was on his way home. As he approached the bridge he saw two men acting suspiciously and as he drew nearer he decided to be on the alert.
As he came up to them he saw that one of them was Duffield and after speaking to him pleasantly went on without being interfered with. The detectives are also investigating a rumor to the effect that prior to the murder the three young men attempted to hold up a railroad man on the lots near Twenty-seventh and Saunders streets.
Yesterday afternoon a young woman found a 38 calibre cartridge alongside of the house where Coursey lived and within a few feet of the spot where the three empty shells from Coursey’s gun were thrown. It was turned over to Detective Brothers.