New-York tribune., 1868-08-24
ExrcU1IoN or JOHN KEyyLDr.
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT


HANGING IN ST. LAWRENCE CouNGI-uRcUn-
STANCES OF THE MUEDEE-THL MURDERER
THE sCAPFOLD, ETC, ETC.
CANTON. n Y, Aug. 20-ln the early part
Of February, 1867, sn old and inoIeusve man, living
alone in sparsey settled agricultural district
dereA Tht old man. . native Of England had escaped
from an insane asylum there, aud focng 10 America un
de an assumed had taken refuge in the township
ofDeksib. in st. Lawrence County. His real name
Thomas Jackson his assumed name Thomas Hand. lie
was esteemed by his neighbors qut and peacoable old
man. ever hebdfu OF ms own business ANA neler med
dug with others but WAal was rather cfochey when
lft OF nrdef-always pesistiug that he should be nur
dered for hs money. OF which no was commonly Gputed
10 possess large sum. guarded ~ own no,.g. Mltn
faithful dog for s only o4hlOh ne nil tnus aVho
many years holding but ltte communication wlth the
outside world lnHgne, lhen, me c4ol'cLCht NIhh on
morning Of the oh OF FeAuary the Heehbor' passing
by and seeing in tlo uuracktd snow surrounding his
homo no indications of Ms having Dcen out Tor syeai
days went IN and fuuud his corpse maHRcd ana ali
PboitOm OF the cellar. lAc wounds Wric mumE on th9
head an Ak lying near by proclaimed the mahher oI
death The floor spat',scd aEd puddied with blood;
fragments Of the old mans lr werc scattered about In
a corner nearly persisted " cold ano hunger securely
bUund was the faithful masth loah"r-nag lying on
the floor was empty ana smeditd VIA blOody Ihs'f-
stains. Ana tins was an. 40 trace OF lHc pttptHhoF
Eut finally a network Of circumstances began 20
unravel which fixed the crime upon John Kennedy,
DStyS TpS to 3t exree penay Of he @ today died
with no ord Of confession upOn hs lips. TIE Ia was
Myers OF Ogdensbnrgh was one 0i ne eoHsei CovlS
tOn and sentence OF death resulted FRIENDS intoGeded
suprcme Court confirmed the decision OF ITO lower
tribunal. and tho prisoner was re-Sehenccd. Executive
now more than Is months after tho commission OF his
crime John Kennedy has eXpiated bis olen,e About
o q young OF about 25 years OF age, Of medium
stature stout aud sDebOdied and Of rather uApcpoa
sessng looks and manner He seemed deeiF0us Of gain
lug old mans friendship; he occasionally helped him
al HIS labor, ana partoOk OF ms frugal hospitality, but
D r,para
the affection Of the dog who would allow no other indi
vdua TO approach his msstors house ono week before
the murder was discovered, Kennedy announced his
intention OF going back TO Upper Canada his Old home,
aud LJday te lst Of February, nc went on foot TO
where he was TO take the o'clock y. train. Late in
that same Friday night however he was discovered and
identified ~ Klaug, who lived ia "A re-
snn's loSss Kse,ly Al FIRST ATTEMPTED To escape no
tire beng stopped aud fully identified he was invited by
Kang to stay al night lie dccineo and inqurug tho
Way 10 HeaveltOB, wcnt away klang tesiiaed thai
Kcnnnsdv, who was comparatively a stranger therea-
bouts seemed bewildeFed and much confused ana had
night Kennedy at the depot Of the Lake Cham
plain RarOad IN Ogdensburg, lnqQiriug Tor a terry
some We gls afterwa when suspeiDns having attached
no him he SAs followed 70 Canada, found, arrested. and
SsSS n @ we're % found articles Of SotIs whSG
we're identified as belonging TO tho murdered man;
among Others IAr OF drawers stained in seYecal places
With bloody hngeFinarks. Other important iaeis were
from 10 time gathered untii the evidence ot ms
criminal guilt Overwhelming Under the supssVls,
ION OF sheriff VIM L. Tanner Tie cKect Oh to-day passed
sG quietly aud without mpedineHt The streets OF the
town filed ia the GalIy part OF the nsy WIN
tlirongs from the adaceLt country They We're al
lowed to pass into the Jail yard and view the
scaold their pleasure The scahod was stfohgJ punt
Of wood with tia proper pufy wheels ana roPef ahd
heavy weight. Abuut hundred spectators we're ai'
mtted. When the warrant 0i execution was lSai ~ tho
rifsoner no manifested but little emotion. VINE d0hc,
fhe sheriff asked him Have you anything 10 say,
J0lmf Allcr monents iesldGuh ne nSi'i' rg sngoA
lis head. lie accompanied 10 the scalpa ny Ilthcr
Brosiar the Catholic priest ol Canton clthe portions
az their church service Aflcr ftecn minutes spent IN
religious devotion cd by ting priest lac made slient
prayer ana stood erect baucaH the loPe Inc HOuse Was
ustd thp black cap wab draWlon Inc sig
nal gwen. suddenly lEe iai9i Weight ie hs eody
leaned fun four feet ard after Few sP4smodt tWltcl-
ngs of the limbs all was still The weight tcN at l:lO
precisely.