The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-04
JOHN KENNY'S LAST SHOT.
HEIBTLESS and UNFLXNCHHN0 UP -
THE MOMENT or DEATH

TIE orssti.s he Gave A,s win aaA sssssr .
Few Hssrs Before hts eateias-Ths Lase
WsrAs shas Ne wrsss g HE DrssAss.
When John Kenny killed himself In Ray.
mond street Jail. Brooklyn. late on Friday night
on tho eve OF his transfer to Sing Sing 10 serve
life sentence for the murder Of John Lennon.
he put In practice his own theory about shoot
ing. The muzzle Of the pistol Was held armly
against his breast. The sound was thus dead.
ened. % was tho case when Lennon was killed.
and death occurred almost Immediately. -
we'll from shock as from the ordinary effect OF
bullet 1t Is said. however. that he lived long
enough to soy to the first keeper that got to his
side. had the pistol oil through. No one
gave 1t to NO." 1t has been ascertained where
two pistols exactly similar to the one Kenny used
were sold on Friday. and it is expected that It
will be discovered who furnished Kenny his
weapon. Two men. dressed like laborersI and
who said that Kenny had sent for Thorn. visited
said to have been Joseph Oxford. a supposed
DO not believe that emmy got the pistol e
81 81 think he intended t9 Use 1! to; S On Unds.
way 90 snf sa sas drV worry
only chance Tor liberty was By means Of more
murder. He says in one Of hie notes: bad
HSa 'n fha Is 9, S:
that an to o. shield HE ss
ns
without any show OF feeling. and when she enit
oek 70 az ed mn aeH sys d va
teare,. and when one Of the keepers atteIx arc
told Kenny that he had been too harsh With hs'
=. Ths u notes Isit b Kenny in an envelope a.
dressed to his brother we're written 20 n"diy
the the jail Se on Friday night. The following Is
added to what was printed yesterday morning:
ss:s DOWN s$as ,sIIfsa !; sssd VI, :: ;h:.:
:: ,s.r: %sss S:,s. ssd Murphy ana yoa si
there i no ghosts. WA ~ '@-' '''''' ~ K.
n Sis
The for bknny
viewed the body an undertaker's wagon rattled
to allow the body to be- removed until after he
had ascertained the cause Of DEATH as a. ball
the at the Gss wnss
~ sS.' said Kenny evidently shot S!msslt whiio
where on sus bis Dared the pa
sations Of his heart. The ball was traced
ief. lung. and out on the left side II came out
beneath the arm. after breaking a rib. but It
| did not pass through his shirt. It dropped out
| OF his clothing rs the body was being cirricd
| down stairs to tho room in the jail where tho
autopsy was made. The body was taken away
| atterward by Undertaken Farrell and after Il
| was prepared for burial was taken to d Fleet
| place. 1t will be quietly buried this afternoon
| In the Cemetery Of the Evergreens.
| Thomas J. Murphy. who was kenny'e pnrt.
| ner for thirteen years said yesterday TINT
Kenny was angry with him fol. not putting, wit
nesses out Of the way during his trial. and DO.
cause he refused TO do so Kenny vas ready e
times. but he was afraid to 60 for fear Of being
| shot. He thinks that Kenny had the pistol
concealed about him. intendingito kill him II HI
| got 4 chance.
As to our business arrangements" said
Murphy. here Is Mrs. Kenny's receipt for S25
| which gave her this morning. and have tho
books and papers to show that have treated
| Kenny far better than he ever treated me. Ho
| could neyer make me . man % long - aaso.
| ciated with him. but had to keep IN parsner.
| ship with him II remained in business or he
| in fight He tried to kill me once, and II
had gone, to the jail think he would have tried
| 1t again."
day BY his old followers. These are rough
thriftless men, who relied upon him for pro.
slavish obedience to him through fear. They
| dreaded trouble with him. He was patient
| and sly in seeking revenges. and usually sur
| prissd his victims with violence when they be-
| gan to believe that he was friendly. .Re was
| taciturn in disposition and seemed to bN inof-
| fensive when sober. Drink transformed him
| into q dangerous man.