Connecticut western news., 1879-10-29
Denwood Hinds Discharged.
THE YOUNG MAN WHO FOUGHT TWO DEs'
 PIRATE DUELs IN BALTIMORE.

THE YOUNG MAN WdO tOCdaI IWO AA0-
 PER ATE DUE1s IN BALTIMORE.
 The trial of Denwood B. Kinds, charged jointly with his brother Harry with the murder of Isaac D. James of Baltimore, was discharged.
 Denwood Kinds and William Jones, both young men, were neighbors and friends, and the former was intimate in the family of the latter, and was under stood to be engaged to be married tohis comrades sister, Lizzie, who was an only daughter, IS years of age. Alter he had paid attentions to the girl for about q year, however, Kinds suddenly discon. tinued his visits, and shortly afterward it WAS dis covered that she was about to become @ mother. When she herself became aware of her condition it is said that she wrote to her lover, acquainting him with what must shortly result to her, and imploring him to enable her to cover her disgrace by marriage, but Kinds, denying that any criminal inti- macy had ever existed between them, re- fused. On hearing this, the brother of the girl declared that he would shoot Kinds on sight. The threat of young James was carried to Hinds, who armed himself with revolver. On Dec. g of last year the two met, James going to the store in which Kinds was employed. James drew his revolver first, and began firing. Kinds instantly responded. The two fired six shots each, standing only a few paces apart. Both were badly wounded, but, singularly enough, both speedily recovered. On the 15th Of March last Lizzie James died of puer- peral fever. For several weeks after her death nothing was publicly known of Denwood Hinds's whereabouts, but about noon on April Is Isaac D. James, the father of the betrayed girl, met him, accompanied by his young brother' in Oarrollton avenue, and drawing pistol, at once began firing upon him. Kinds returned the fire, and his shots were fatal, James dying very speedily after receiving them. Mrs. James, the wife, died several months later, and William James is now the only surviving mem Der of the unfortunate family.
 The court room was thronged with persons familiar with the sad details Of the series of tragedies of which the kill ing of MT. James was the climax, and the most intense excitement was mani fested. Kinds, who had been out on $1O, 900 bail, accompanied by his brother and counsel, was promptly on hand at the opening of the court. The trial was begun before Judges Grason, Yel- lott and Walters, without jury. Sev- eral witnesses of the shooting were ex- amined, proving conclusively that James had attacked Kinds, when MT. Jarvis Spencer, the States attorney, suddenly rose and announced that the State would abandon the charge, at the same time asking for the discharge of the prisoner. This sudden and totally unexpected &C., tion was received with great astonish- ment by the throng present, who had expected a long trial. The prisoners were at once discharged, and left the courtroom amid a dead silence. The son of the murdered man, who was present at the trial, turned deadly pale, and made a motion as if to speak when the prisoners were discharged. He was, however, quickly surrounded by friends, and left the courtroom in thell company. It is the general impression that if Denwood Kinds remains in the city an encounter between him and the now sole survivor of the James family Il inevitable. Young James is known tt have said that if the destroyer of his SIS ter and father was not punished h' would shoot him whenever they met.