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him and while his friends in the corridors of the police station were saying: '"This is a different kind of a murder from the others, and this time Eddie will swing"? If these were not his thoughts, what were his thoughts that he so calmly and indifferently could face the widow he had robbed of a husband, the babe he had robbed of a father, the brothers he had robbed of a brother? The story of the murder was told by Fred Macauley, bartender in the Treusch saloon, known to his friends as "Lizzie"; Treusch, the saloonkeeper ; Edward and Peter Masterson, Ernst M. Skully of 3422 Lincoln avenue, and L. G. Cox,a singer known as "Froggy." The most complete story was told by Ed Masterson of 1326 Fletcher street, brother of the slain man. "I was at work, serving drinks in Treusch's place, 3415 Lincoln' avenue," he testified. "The two Barrett boys, Ed and Henny, were in the back room. Heriny was with Blanche Williams. I served them a drink. Henny, he says to me : " iYou're getting to be quite a copper these days, ain't you? You tell your wife everything that's doin', and then your wife goes and tells my wife that -I'm goin' with this bird.' "He meant that I was to blame because his wife had found out he was goin' with Blanche Williams, j '"'I haven't said anything to' my wife about you, Henny.' I told htm, 'an' if your wife has found put abont you it ain't my fault "Then Henny said: 'I'm going to punch you just to see how you can fight.' "He came out of the back room with that and followed me to the end of the bar. He took his coat and sweater off. Then he hit me in the face about four times. The last time he split my lip. "'He said: 'You pooch (gang language for "dog"), why don't you fight?' "I takes off my apron and said: 'I'm goin' to quit. How can I fight with your brother standing there with a knife in his hand?' "Then my brother, Walter, who was standing at the bar, said : 'Go to it, Ed, I'm with you,' an' Ed Barrett says to Walter : 'What are you buttin' in for, you ?' "Walter turns to Ed Barrett and puts up his mitts like he was ready to fight. Ed Barrett, quick as a flash, puts up his left arm for a guard, ducks under an' sticks a knife into Walter: Walter went under, down to the floor, and it was all over. "I'm a steamfitter's helper, member of the union. Henny used to work as a helper sometimes when he could get a permit. He thought I was to blame because he couldn't get- a permit. That was one reason he was sore at me." After the inquest, one of the Masterson brothers told a Day Book reporter that Henry.Barrett couldn't get a permit from the steamfitters' union because he drove a newspaper wagon during the strike. The question of the unionism