The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-01-17

Louisville and Great Southern Railroad.
de was endeavoring to cross the railroad
track IN front of the train, when the en-
gne gave snort and scared his HORSE
Grove drew his pistol, and, giving it a
flourish, sent shot whizzing past the
head of the engineer.
Not long after that Groves holidays
were brought to a sudden termination.
One fine morning he found himself con-
fronted by Marshal Hunter of Bards-
town, 5. II. Kelly Of Lancaster, and a
posse, with guns leveled at him. Find
ing that an attempt at resistance or es-
cape was death, he threw up his hands
and, asking the officers not to shoot, he
surrendered. He was placed in Jail at
Louisville for safe keeping, where he re-
mained until brought to Lancaster to
stand his trial.
John Henderson Kennedy was broth
er of Grove. IE 1873 he shot and killed
young man about Is years of age,
Arthur Woods. They had quarrelled
over matching nickes. Woods won all
kennedy's money, and the latter then
proposed that Woods should treat. The
latter refused, They were not on the
best terms before, and after this little
affair they scarcely spoke. One day
Kennedy met Woods in the road, and as
he was passing halted him, asking why
he was going by without speaking to him.
Woods replied that he did not know that
he wanted to speak. Kennedy, who was
on foot, exclaimed: "We had better set.
tie this business now; it is Just as good q
time as any" and Immediately drawing
his pistol, fred at Woods The latter,
who was equally quick on the trigger,
and counted the best shot in the county,
discharged a single barrelled pistol at
Kennedy without effect. He was at
tempting to draw his revolver, when
Kennedy ran up and placing his revolver
against his body, fred, killing him in
stsntly.
He was indicted for this, and fed to
Illinois. Out there he got into tronble
and fed to Missouri.
In 1868 William Kennedy, another
brother of Grove, shot and killed a
young man named Frank johnson. The
cause of the iIl.feeling between them is
not well understood. johnson was a
carpenter, and was at work upon house
when Kennedy came along and called
him down, He came, and Kennedy, af.
ter brief conversation, shot him, killing
him instantly. He was indicted for
murder, but was never tried.
In August, 1877, Will Kennedy went to
Richmond, Madison county, with Walter
Saunders, Tuck Ballard and John Ballard.
They became involved in q difficulty
with the Town Marshal, Edwards, and
his two brothers, The result was the
killing of Walter Saunders and Tuck
Ballard and the slight wounding of Ken
nedy. His clothing was riddled with
bullets. The Marshal's two brothers
were both wounded one badly.
Little Eb. Kennedy was with Will
Kennedy in the Grab Orchard fight
While II years Old he shot negro dead,
who had been sent for physician.
Andy Kennedy first distinguished him
self at barbecue on Sugar Creek, by taxi
ing human life. Some man, toying with
pistol, discharged it accidentally, and
the shot penetrated Andy's leg. He i'm.
mediately turned and killed the man.
Andy was an eccentric, A very great
intimacy sprang up between him and
John Boyle of Garrard Coonty, the hus-
band of Grove Kennedy's present wife.
They had made an agreement that if one
died before the other the survivor should
dance on his grave. Not long afterward,
in 1861, Boyle died of consumption. On
the day of bis death, Andy went to man
named Nathan Thompson to borrow his
roCkaway to 60 tothe funeral. Thompson
refused, whereupJn Andy abused him,
slapped him in the face, and drew pis-
tol on him. Thompson drew a pocket
knife and plunged it into Andy's bowels.
twisting it round to be certain of his
work, and killed him in few minutes.
He did not dance over his friends grave.
Another bloody affair was that in which
Sam Conn and VIM. Kennedy, second, a
brother Of Andy Kennedy, measured
strength. In 1866 they had some dispute
at roadside grocery. William managed
to get his work in first, mortallY wound
ing Conn with pistol shot. He then
drew his knife and attempted to COM
plete the business, but Conn mustered
up enough strength to fire parting shot.
William dropped dead. When Conn was
taken out and laid under tree to die,
Col. Eb. Kennedy was so infuriated at
his killing William that he wanted to
hasten his death by blowing his brains
out. The legitimate Kennedys not only
kept their hands filled with blood, but
we hear that the natural sons of Colonel
Eb. Kennedy, the two Cooleys, also did
their share. One butchered a man
named Mccoy, and the other has been
participant in many shooting affairs.
At the August election of 1874 Colonel
Ed. Kednedy ran as an Independent cam
didate for Circuit Clerk against Colonel
j. K, Faulkner, the Republican nominee,
and was defeated. 1t seems he claimed
that Col, William Sellers, who was also
running for some Office on the Republi-
can ticket, and that Sellers had gone
back on him. They exchanged shots at
each other in the public square one
night, and that was the commencement
of the celebrated Kennedy and Sellers
war. Suffice it to say that all the Ken.
nedys who had not previously left the
country were in it; that the United States
troops we're put to rout when tEey at
tempted to interfere, and that many
whites and blacks were killed. Colonel
Sellers is now a citizen OF Terre Haute,
Ind, and may yet raise a little "hell on
the wabash" on his own hook.
1t will be seen from the above why the
people feel such intense interest in the
trial of Grove Kennedy.