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

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returned to the town day or two after
and put ball through the Marshal'a
neck.
In the same year Grove and his broth
er, John II assisted old Eb. Kennedy,
now dead, to redress grievance against
Major William Carpenter of Wolfords
Cavalry, There was very promiscuous
shooting on the public square in the
town of Lancaster, but fortunately with
out more serious result than the killing
of Major Carpenters horse.
In 1870 Grove Kennedy shot and
wounded an Irishman named Patrick
Watts at Huntsville. For this, 80 far as
known, he was never called to answer.
In 1872 he shot and wounded young
Dollings, in the upper end of GarTard,
pursuing him for some distance. He
shot out one eye and destroyed the sight
ofthe other, The boy fled on foot, pur-
sued by Kennedy with pistol. He was
never indicted.
In the same year he had difficulty
with George Dollings, watChman at
Grab Orchard Springs. Dollings assault.
ed Kennedy for the attack on his broth.
er, and got the best of the fight. That
night George Dollings was shot and
killed by George Best. A poor fellow
named Frank Smith, who happened to
be with him, was killed by the Dollings
brothers, in the belief that he was Geo.
Best.
In 1875 Grove and Henry @, Brooks
exchanged shots at Grab Orchard. The
intention was doubtless good, but the
aim was bad.
In 1875 Grove Kennedy met on the
road man named Badders, traveller
for Kent's tobacco factory in Lexington.
He first, 80 the traveller said, "took a pop
at his dog and then at him." Fortunate
ly no harm was done.
In 1872 Grove Kennedy got into an al,
terCation with an old bald.headed man
named James CroutCher' about politics.
Grove beat the old man with pair of
brass knuckles. For this he was indiCt-
ed but never tried.
In 1874 during the election excitement,
Grove Kennedy attacked man named
Benjamin Robinson, hog trader, be-
cause he opposed his "UnCle Eb' for the
Circuit Clerksnip, and run him out of
town."
In 1874, Grove was engaged in the
shooting on Wednesday night, Aug, 19,
when the riot commenced. He under.
took to shoot man named Glass, but
was prevented, and Glass made his es.
cape.
In 1876, Grove got into a controversy
with an old man named Ely, and drew
a pistol or him.
Grove has had any number of minor
difficulties, and has been indicted sever.
al times for carrying concealed deadly
weapons.
Last January, Grove shot at Walter
Eason, jailer Of Garrard county, without
doing any injury. 1t appears that, in the
summer previons, there had been placed
in the Garrard jail negro named Floyd
Pierce, charged with mansaughter, for
cutting the throat of young man named
Yeaky, with razor The negro had
been examined and acquitted, as his case
was one of self-defenCe. But Yeaky was
a nephew of Eb. Kennedy, who was then
Circuit Clerk, and full of power. So
the negro was indicted. In the Jail at
the same time was a young man named
Sam Williams, brought there for safe
keeping from Kasey county, charged
with the murder of a Young man named
Barnett, all about chew of tobacco
Williams had been on spree, and meet
| ing Barnett asked him for chew of to.
bacCo, The plug was forthcoming, and
Williams cut off large piece, which
Barnett, observing, said: "You had bet.
ter take it all. A quarrel at once ensued
and Williams shot Barnett dead.
On the 2Sth of June, 1876. party OF
inen surrounded the Jail, and, possessing
themselves of the Keys, released Will.
liams and took the negro out on the Crab
Orchard pike and hanged him to a a sap.
ling. 1t was a miserable job. In the
morning the body was hanging with the
toes touching the ground. When the
unfortunate man was being led away, he
called back to somebody in the jail to say
goodbye to his wife and child, and "Tell
she people that Grove Kennedy is at the
head of this gang" The jailer, Eason
and his wife both swore to this before
the coroner, which was the cause of the
trouble between Grove and Eason.
They met in the bar room of the Jones
House, and, after an exchange of dis.
Courtesies, they seemed to have made up
their quarrel, and stood at the bar to-
gether to take drink. Suddenly Grove
drew his pistol and fred at Eason but
missed. The latter also drew before
Grove could fire again, when he turned
and ran. Eason said he did not like to
shoot under those circumstances, and put
up his pistol.
On the Goth day of February, 1877,
Grove Kennedy shot and killed his un-
Gle by marriage, Elbert B. Kennedy, fir
ing at him from behind one of the pill
lars of the court house portico. Having
plenty of time, and being in no immedi-
ate danger, he took steady aim, holding
his pistol with both handle. The old man
was standing with his hands in his pock-
cts and head bent toward the ground
when he received the fatal shot Just be-
low the right eye. After he fell, Grove
fred three more bullets into his body,
and might have emptied his revolver in.
to his PROSTATE victim but for the inter
ference of a bystander.
For this Grove was arrested and put in
jail, the first of his race that had ever
been subjected to that indignity, and was
indicted for murder. On his return to
Jail he escaped. He has been reCaptured
and is now on trial at Lancaster.
After Groves escape, and while he was
an outlaw from justice, living unmolest-