The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-04-12
Execution Of Kennedy.

Ro0er. Cold Kennedy was hanged d.
Fort Lafayette on Friday last for be..- q
SPY and setting ire 20 hotels in New YORK
or Nev. 25,h 1854 Up 10 the las. he
seems TO have expected re9rieve. tbor-b
his conduct was . strange mixture Of bra.
Vado. recklessness timidi,y hopefa,uess
anl maAslity o. Tie day previous 10 his
execution. he made the following fan con.
iess-oa ol his gu..,:
After my escape from Johnson.s Island
l Weat direct 10 Canada. where I met q
Almv-r OF Confederate officers. They
asked me Il l was willing % 20 on an expe
1t'on- said. Yes. il IFS IN The service
%. my country To which they replied
KS al rights" 5ut gave no iutination 10
me - 20 - nature, nor did ask iyr any
I was shortly aiter sent 10 New York wha-a
I s..i'4 some time There were EIGHT az Us
ln the party. and after we had been i'm the
cry tnree weeks. We were to.d thar the ob
Jscl VI JAe expedition WAS 10 retaliats uf,o-
-He NoIiA ior tie atrocities Of Sheridan ID
me shenandoah Valley. I was ori.rinln,-
intended % SCI fire 20 the civ on me ri.-l,,
OF the PRESIDENTIAL election. but Is the nhos
pnorus Was not prepared twas postponed
-Atll Tie Ai-lt Oi the 2JtA az November
Or the eight men who formed the or,..r..i
party. TWO LED 70 Canada. leavinr but SIX
l was al first stopping az the Relnor.
House IN Fulton street. but afterwards
moved into Prince street. l SCI fire 10 f..n~
notes, or rather 10 BIruum's Museum
Lovei0ys Hotel. Tammanv Hotel ana fla
Ne" England House Tie Others only ser
IRE 10 the house ia which each was s-on-
ping, and then cut oil Had the entire
eight done Is dil. We would have SET ire
70 - houses, and played q big Joke on tie
Ere Department.
Il know that am u be hung for se-fino
nre ~ Barnum's Museum. but the tsc- i
mai lhat affair was simply a reckless iokc
had no idea OF doing lt. but when we were
ID there. for the mere fun Of the thing I
empted bottle OF PHOSPHORUS on The
moor Just 10 scare tie people knew II
Mouidn set Ire 10 wood Tor we had tried
tnat before and had az one time about
coLc.uled 10 give 10 up. There was DO
nendlsnness about IT, Tie Museum was SCI
on IRE Toy merest accident. after had been
oTiuh-is, ana Ja>t iJr The Tan Of a scare.
-Al.et setting Ire 10 my iour places. /
walked The street all night until near p,ar--
lhg, when went tO Tire Exchange Hotel
lhele we ali net the next morning and
again II night Ny friend and had rooms
mere but We sat most o.. Tie day I'm Tie Of
Ice, reading the papers, while the detect.
ives. VINO were thick. watched rs 7 exnect-
Ell then that I should be caught and II
caught ! expected 10 die.
Had done 50 then Il would have been all
right, but think now il is rather tough
escaped TO Canada, as 3id an tie res.
aud very glad l was 10 get safely across the
bridge l was restless, however. and
wan.ei 20 rejoin my command. | started
WIKI my friend via Detroit. Just before we
reached the city be received an intunation
that the detectives We're on the lookout for
Us, and giving me a signal he Jumped from
the cars. / didn't notice the signal. but
KEPT on ana was arrested IN the depot.
81 wish 10 say that the killing OF women
ana children was the last thing we thought
OF. We wanted 10 let the people Of The
North understand and feel that there are
Two SIDES 10 this war, and that they cant
be rolling in wealth and comfort while wc
at the south are bearing an tie harlshps
ana prN1llOus. IN retaliation IOr Sheri-
dan atrocities IN the Shenandoah we de-
sired 10 destroy property not the lives ol
women and children, although that would
oi conrse have followed in the train"