St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-16
A Sisters Wonderful Devotion to a
Brother Who Was Convicted Of
Thieving.
She Works for Several Years to Prove
That Her Brother Is
Innocent.
She Visits Resorts Of Thieves Clad in
Male Attire Convicted, But
Innocent.


~ ing at Greensburg,
Ind. As is usually the case a large num-
Der OF pickpockets from different por-
tons of the country was there work
ing'' the crowd. At night the jam was
so terrific that in the neighborhood of
the meeting it was well near impossible
TO move along on the street.
1t was under these conditions that
farmer residing near GreenSburg found
that he had been relieved of his pocket
book He at once made known his loss
to David Baker, a prominent attorney OF
the town, who attempted 10 help him re-
cover his property. A young man
81; lding in the vicinity at the time
started TO run and Baker ran after him,
firing two or three shots as he did SO.
The pursued man at the third shot drew
a revolver himself and, with his head in
the opposite direction, turned sideways
and fired in the direction of his purSuer
at random, says the Cincinnati Times
Star. The first shot took effect. and
David Baker. the lawyer. was muir
deTed on the street by an unknown man,
who made his escape.
THE ARREST OF kENNEDY.
A reward of $1,000 was offered for the
murderer. Exactly enc week after the
crime was committed young VIII w.
Kennedy was arrested in Cincinnati,
charged with the commission of the
crime. He earnestly protested his limo
cence, and when the officers were ready
TO take him 10 Indiana for trial so GER
tain was he his innocence could be
speedily proved and acquittal would fol-
low that he went voluntarily without an
eXtraditiOn. Young Kennedy WAS pet
at home and had been reared tendcrly
and carefully on account of delicate
would die of consumption before he ar
rived at maturity. The arrest had been
made and the reward claimed
by Marshal Clements, OF Green's
burg. The people of Decatur county
were very much wrought up over the
matter and public sentiment demanded
victim. When Kennedy was tried he
was convicted, as the jurymen have
since acknowledged. on his reputation
as hardened thief and criminal. de-
spite the fact that he had hardly cut
loose from his mothers apron strings.
He was railroaded in a week or two.
The testimony identifying him as the
man who fired the shot was very in
definite. Only one witness did so posi-
lively. Kennedy at that time was ex-
tremely bOyish in appearance. six feet
tall and very slender. Dozens of peO-
pie witnessed the tragedy, and had he
been the man his singular appearance,
running and shooting, would have been
so impressed on their mind that identi-
ticatiOn would have been easy and COM
plete.
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.
But he was convicted and sentenced
to Imprisonment for life in the Indiana
penitentiary south at Jeffersonville.
His relatives had expended their narrow
means in his defense. His father has
honorable employment as engineer on
an Ohio river steamboat. Two broth
ers have respectable and genteel en-
plOyment in this city and Miss Ken
nedy. the sister, was employed at
ShillitO's great dry goods establishment.
The sister, convinced of her brothers
innocence, took pledge to make it her
life's work to clear the good name of
the one so dear to her. She resigned
inShillito'S Immediately after her broth
erS sentence and began working on the
ease. For nearly three years
she had worked necessarily and indie
fatigably. She had SurmOunted OBJ
stacles that many men of undaunted
courage would quail before, and con-
quered where failure seemed inevitable
Her patience, courage, devotion and
love, it now seems, will be rewarded
soon in full and complete pardon by
Gov. Gray, OF Indiana, for the unfortu-
nate young man, and an ample vindica-
ton for him and his family. There are
Miss Kennedy thinks, only few more
links TO be welded in the chain of evil
dence TO show that a terrible, an awful
mistake was made when viii Kennedy
was convicted. Only two or three more
little blows are necessary to show that
he is suffering for anOther'S crime.
MISS KENNEDY'S ALLY.
Miss Kenndy'S first work was to go
over in Indiana and look for new eVi-
dence in Decatur county. During the
period young Kennedy was in jail Sheriff
Stout became satisfied of his innocence.
1t was this kind-hearted gentleman
who. hearing of Miss Kennedy'S mis-
sion in Greenburg, went to her yOlun-
gether they jOurneyed over the entire
county, calling on jurors, witnesses and
country people who attended the Logan
meeting. One day Sheriff Stout told
her he did not know which way to turn
next, and he thought it better to let the
horse go the direction he pleased and
trust to luck. The plan was agreed
upon. The sheriff would stop every
man he met on the road and ask him
what he remembered about the murder.
One man was found who saw the ell
tire affair, and gave description of the
party who did the shooting totally al
variance with the appearance of Ken
needy. William ToOthman, the man,
who had immediate charge of Kennedy
while in Jail, was within fifteen feet OF
the shooting, and was satisfied Kennedy
was not the man.
PETITIONING GOV. GRAY.
Telford Dickinson. who was within a
dozen PAGES of the spot where Baker
was killed, was positive the man was
wholly unlike Kennedy, and created q
sensation by saying the man who did
the shooting was the recorder of Deca-
tur county, Mr.. MOultOn. That gentle
man proved his innocence, however.
and Mr.. Dickinson's testimony gave
Miss Kennedy clew which has proved
Invaluable. She has found the double
of Recorder MOultOn, and he has been
identified by Mr.. Dickinson and seen by
Gov. Gray. The latter has seen the re-
eorder, his double. and Mr.. Dickinson
face to face. The judge, the prescott
ing witnesses, the prosecuting attor.
ney, the sheriff and deputies and
the entire jury, with one excep
ton, have signed petitions and
written letters to Gov. Gray stating that
the new evidence discovered has made
1t clear to them that Kennedy is limo
cent, and that he was never Sufficietly
identified to warrant conviction anyhow
Miss Kennedy has sent to Gov. Gray.
In addition, host of letters from rep
utable people in Cincinnati testifying
to her brothers good reputation in this
city from the time he was fifteen years
old. One of these letters Is from ex
Gov. Bishop. The others are from
neighbors who knew the family anC
from business men and friends. She
has proved beyond doubt that he was
not thief and never had that reputa
ton. She has proved that one of tht
witnesses was paid so and his expense.
to go over from Nashville, Ind, anC
identify her brother as the murderer.
THE SISTERS BRAVERY.