The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-10
A Singular Case Of Murder-Prcsent-
,ns..1I meni of the Victim. ,I Oh

John Kennedy was hanged at Canton,
st. Eawfencel ceunty ON the)2Oth inst, for
the murder Of Thomas Jackson, in Febru-
hry 1897. "A correspondent of the Tri-
bune relates some interesting circumstances
connected with the event, The murdered
man, knowna s Thomas Hand, bnti whose
real name was Thomas Jackson, escaped
ifom n Innate asylum in England, and,
under his assumed name, fled to this coun-
n.y. Hetook up his abode ut DE KALI, in
the county ofSt. Lawrence, where he lived
alone.n He seems to have been sane enough
to. get along very. we'll. He was o quiet
old man, and was esteemed n good neigh
.logc gH9fyas supposed to have o, cOnsid-
cradle amount of money in his house, and
lielalYnysl said that he shopld, sQme day,
he murdered for his money, He kept in
his house. II mastiff dog, IA most faithful
animal, with which IL was very difficult for
any enc to get acquainted. Finally the old
mans presentiment was to be fulfilled, and
the wicked deed was to be done by one,
who was, like himself, Il British subject.
In 1860, about one year before the murder,
John Kennedy, n young Scotchman, came
tofDef Knlb 10 live. 2 He formed the Rc-
quaintance of the old man, and seemed de-
sirous of his friendship. He succeeded in
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was the only persop. whom that faithful
sentinel would allow to approach his mas
| ters house. % Kennedy used TO assist Mr..
jackson about his work, and occasionally
lodged Mt his dwelling. On the 9th OF
February, last year, nov had been lying
on the ground for several days, and it was
noticed that there wore no tracks leading
from the old mans door. Search was made,
and his mangled body was found al
the foot Yof the cellar stairs. The dog,
which had been tied in ~ corner of the
broom, was found nearly iamished, At first
there was no clue to the murderer. Sus
pidon, after a while, ,fellrupon Kennedy,
who had been seen in the neighborhood
apparently trying 70 escape observation
about the tiIne of tile ammder. He wal
bpursuedi in Canada, whittier he had fed
aud arrested, Some OF the clothing of thu
murdered man, marked with spots o
blood, was found upon his person. He va
tried and convicted, but never made an,
confession, When asked on the scatiold !
he bad anything to say he merely shool
his head.
IL is quite likelySt That this ~presentimen
BOT the old man, mystaftoue ~asitAppenrs a
first, was the cause Of its own fulhllment
The idea of committing the murder Nigh
never lhNt cllltItu the HtlluH htlllltNi
if he had not heard the old man ooIstantl
predicting that somebody would lnurde
him for his m9peyf1&; ]. SUM- 500.
IlIJ BusP OouDANTR -rtHhaj Scotsman says
Ira bpstlof Dante has inst been execute
/ by MHrJOhn HlutcheSpnr Il, S.. A. 1t is
! Competition from Sketches and memorand
made by The artist during last winters res
idsncaihib Florence. III is unlike any othe
bust of the poet, for it represents hi
when ehout twenty-five years Of age
! Whereas the others generally show him a
/ anleld man. p We believel tho leading fea
lures 0are taken. from the portrait Of hi
contemporary, Giotto, in the Palazze dc
Z Podesta. L1he face is benming with poetr
andbenignityyapd as that period q Dante
: life his beloved Beatrice, the source Of hi
inspiration, had just died, 6tehder me
lNneholg has been inlBea into the el
, preston. The ample forehead, the lon
oval eyes, the greatly compressed lips, al
full of thought, and gave a vivid idea
. that great Italian poet"