Show E 11 k st im v I 1 E I 1 rz iz i Z i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i P N 1 LAW TO 6 XA A HEK n I 1 1 akle conviction OP bp DR I 1 I 1 SAMUEL KENNEDY I 1 r of 0 tuo AtTo elotta warder of arota I 1 muy reynolds Sey nolda td efte 8 tary af 0 a mir aase C which stron strongly I 1 th tb by ran affair when the jury in the case of the tate or new w york versus dr samuel L J kenn kennedy e dy returned it A ver verdict di ct of murder marder mure mare d er lit lar the first degree against tho the prisoner another victory was scored tor for circumstantial evidence there have bien been few cases more replete with interesting and sensational details than that of the murder of dolly reynolds for which kennedy was con evicted and will in all probability pay the death penalty the new york police had purely circumstantial evidence to work with but they added detail to detail until the finished ev evi dence was damning in the completeness those who have followed the case will recollect the striking resemblance it bore to the famous pearl bryan murder the victim in both cases being originally beautiful country girls and nd the murderers of both being dentists to add to the peculiarity alty kennedy the murderer of dolly reynolds was a physical prototype of scott jackson the facial resemblance p particularly a r ticul arly being remarkable the whole story of the deed reads eads r like one of poes most fascinating detective stories dolly reynolds was a country girl who until a few years ago lived with her mother in the village of bf north vernon N Y combined with brilliant beauty of face and figure figare she possessed a sweet voice and an engaging disposition tiring of the quiet life of the home she quitted it to plunge into the fascinating gazettes gayeties gaye gay ties ettes of the metro metropolis polls she began as a book agent and her beauty and powers of conversation were so great that she boasted she could sell books to the busiest man in new york at his busiest moments in the pursuit of this vocation she was brought much in contact with wall street brokers and the inevitable came to pus pass only too soon the money that dolly sent home amazed her old mother but it was all explained plausibly enough it was while leading this life that dolly reynolds met dr kennedy both were interested in racing and she was in the habit of giving the dentist money to bet for her kennedy explained to her that he was the inventor te of a device which it if used properly would enable them to win thousands of dollars from the book makers it was an electrical aepli ance which could be concealed by the jockey and would enable him to increase greatly the speed of his horse kennedy had no such device at all but used thu this idea to procure money from hla his fair friend on the strength of this she lent him which he promised to bet for her the money was by him tor for various purposes but he concealed this from her telling her instead that he had won and that she was entitled to halt half dolly asked him for the money but he kept putting her off from time to time with many different excuses finally she ahe became desperate and threatened to expose all to kennedys Kenn edys wife kennedy on the spur of the moment forced forsed a check for on new york bank signed by dudley C gideon and indorsed endorsed indor sed by himself the penalty for thus forging a check in new york state Is ten fen years in the penitentiary moreover kennedy had bad represented it as coming from dave gideon the well known miss reynolds grew suspicious auspicious of the check and demanded that kennedy pay her in bank notes at the same time repeating relating the threat to expose all to his eife ite on the of august dolly and d a man later identified ts as kennedy Renn edir were registered at the arand rand hotel ae maxwell and wife manor I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 PH S J KENNEDY about 2 30 in the moraine a I 1 man MA was via seen by a tion ben boy slipping out of ot the h hotel otel with straw nat hat i pulled down over his bis head as it if a anxious I 1 tharold to arold id observation 1 tha next at morning dolly i reyn olds was found bund in mer room dead deada wl alx two 1 aha ghastly 10 1 y Wound her he h I 1 head e ld ade I 1 jigli madany ma daby T 79 peee ot oi jv w PIPS I 1 1 1 lalUn roMa er vms wa s lyane V 1 I 1 b 1 aher ao d allx md lea aw as irti K 1 as U 5 i zv I 1 ht ii i til 1 I 1 boand 1 t I 1 I 1 ru wa I 1 jt low i i WM W M diki hi 1 1 j t a 1 I 1 1 t U a X 1 t bax 1 I 1 11 1 IF 6 rr W I 1 I 1 46 I 1 g I 1 6 a anit W t mr 4 hw i I 1 PIP I 1 MW b at M t 66 rw r W zae 2 1 I 1 I 1 t an P PP AX ia IS 4 7 7 1 W li i T 1 14 I 1 I 1 a 5 q c V a ir I 1 1 6 Q wi wi 11 21 mk r zan lal 4 X law w 7 W ft ft ar I 1 0 4 yet 1 j w R W 54 if 2 11 I 1 I 1 4 m 7 I 1 I 1 71 1 1 I 1 Z 0 dan ow abin igal talent ak ater no at their beadi i and ana idea eldea prepared tor for a 6 capera I 1 desperate ti 1 baite fa court the trial bg I 1 tuesday d ay march 21 and had treat ther nt thea tatt aspect hect of a tore boher conclusion vhf bitite proved all kennedys Kenn edys relations rel gions with WIM I 1 dolly reynolds and htwe that the check was a worthless one fLit although hough thet the cashier ide identified i kennedys Kenn edys signature as gen the clerk of the note I 1 who was waa on duty the night of the murder testified that E maxwell wore a straw hat the th e state then produced the man who had thle the same sam e day sold A straw hat and gott golf cap to kennedy both of 0 which were found in his ate apartments per perhaps ha ps one of th the e strongest ages t bl bits ts 0 of f evidence brought forward by the state was the positive identification of kennedy by a bell hoy named lenahan as the man who hod gone un upstairs stairs with miss reynolds end and later had tried to slip out unnoticed the death dealing instrument which kennedy had used was another string link in the convicting chain it wai a long piece of ga fiew pipe inclosing a piece of lead pipe closed at one end with solder and wound at the other with bicy bicycle r 1 I e tape it was wa a sh shown OW u on I 1 I 1 t 1 a I 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V 11 1 r 1 DOLLY REYNOLDS the stand by the evidence of the prisoners own father that he and his son had been working the day of the murder repairing a kitchen sink during which they used solder lead and gas gaa pipe the prisoners father also admitted that his son rode a bicycle and that he had often seen him with bicycle tape the importance of the tha admission as to the solder will be seen when it is known that the solder on the murderers weapon was fresh and according to plumbers had been melted on that day many other little bits of evidence were brought out by the state at the trial which combined with the more important points added strengthening threads to the web that entangled kennedy the defense did not care to put kennedy on the witness stand tor for hla his own defense as previous to the trial he hd had made such conflicting statements as to his whereabouts and actions on the eventful night that it was believed the cross by the state in IB which these would wold be introduced would hurt hart his case very much it was sought to be shown that kennedy was not at the hotel oh the night of aug 16 15 but the alibi broke down in vital points and the record of previous good behavior which the defense brought forward counted for nothing the defense then had to content itself with picking flaws in the evidence of the various witnesses tor for the p prosecution rose cution some of the scenes of the trial w e rt quite dramatic notably when father of the accused was forced to admit certain telling circumstances the jury was not long out and was u unanimous tor for conviction when pored polled thus circumstantial evidence indirect but strong has scored another victory vIctor 7 and the electric chair will soon clala claim another vict victim lin unless the governor interferes ter feres |