The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-01


kenney saJS-and appearances seem TO justify
this oonol lsion-that he felled George TO ths
floor with the axe; sprang upon his back, aud
with large pooket-kniie belonging to his
grandmother cut his throat, and Immediately
made his escape. There we're three terrible
gashes upon the left side OF the neck, one OF
which severed the jugular vein and carotid
artery. Mrs. WOodell asked George II she
should not 60 And tell his father, and he re-
Piled in faint whisper, yes. She took the
child from the floor in one arm, and with the
other hand to her head, went down to the old
mans house, and said;-"Willie Kenney has
killed George, and nearly killed me and the
baby" She said there was piece of glass
in her head, and called upon Mrs. Byrnes to
pull 1t ont.
The old man Woodell went Immediately to
the house and found George upon the floor
breathing his last He then went to the house
of the nearest neighbor, about a mile, and
requested them to 60 for doctor, saying that
George and Kenney had been having fight,
and that George was badly hurt. DR.. Tolles
reached the house between eight and nine
O'Clock; found that George had been dead
some time; dressed the wounds of Mrs. Wood
ell, returned to the village about halfpast
eleven, and notified the Seleotmen of what had
occurred and they Immediately sent men in
pursuit of Kenney, and went with others to
the horrible scene.
The next morning Albro Blodgett, acting as
coroner summoned William Clark, Otis f. X.
Waite, and William Jones as jurors, to appear
at the house Of the murdered man. There
they witnessed scene which beggars descrip-
tion. George Woodell was upon the floor, fsoe
down. The floor was covered with blood for
feet around the body; his watch and money
were in his pockets undisturbed; the supper
table was upset, and the food and dishes were
covered with blood; near the body was an axe,
which, with the handle, was also covered with
blood, and pitohfork with the handle broken,
giving the idea that George had used it in de-
Tending himself. The stove, bed in the room,
the furniture and the walls, and the floor
and the walls OF a narrow entry, were smeared
with blood, showing oonclusively that des-
perate struggle had taken place there, which
was undoubtedly the case, as George was the
stronger of the two. The evidence of Mrs.
George Woodell, the old man Woodell, Mrs.
Byrnes, and DIR. Tolles was taken, and the
jury returned verdict in accordance with
the facts.
On the night OF the murder Kenney went,
as he says, without coat or hat, and without
money, near fourteen miles, to a barn not far
from Cold Pond, on the road from here to
Lempster, arriving there about II O'clock
and secreted himself in the barn, and remained
there until after dark on Thursday night,
when he returned to his grandfather's house
about II o'clock, as he went away, without
He walked directly into the house, and found
there the father of Georges wife, who did not
know him. Kenney begged to be allowed to
warm himself by the fire. The old gentleman
| and the son of young Mrs. Woodell were
called. Kenney was warmed, given some
supper, and went to bed, when officers were
sent for, who arrested him.
While in the hands of the officers Kenney
said that he was not sorry for what he had
done; that he intended to kill the whole
family, and came back for that purpose, but
| found himself very much exhausted, and
? that there were more people at the house than
he expected to see.
AS has been stated, Kenney was committed
to jail to await the session of the Supreme
judicial Court at Newport next Tuesday. He
will undoubtedly have his trial during the
term. Mrs. Woodell is still alive, and may
recover, though 1t is more likely that when
inflammation sets in she will die, in spite OF
medical skill. Hundreds of people visited the
scene of the murder on Tuesday, and the
excitement caused by it is far from being
allayed.