The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-28
MURDERED IN HIS OFFICE.
A PHILADELPHIA STOCK BROKER
SHOT By CUSTOMER.
Charles Henry Page Falls - Victim to the
Wrath OF y Ruined Specuiator-The As
sassin, Hon aid Kennedy, klile Him self

PHILADELPHIA. July 81 - While Charles
Henry Page. the junior member OF the stock
broker firm Of L. D. page6 Brother. was sit
ting at his desk at his Office this morning at
l32 South Fourth street, quietly smoking n
pipe. an elderly man who was well known as q
customer OF the house entered the Office. and
after a controversy OF words between the
two the real purport OF which will never be
known. tho visitor shot and killed Mr. Page
and then took his own life. The murderer
and suicide was shortly afterward recognized
as Ronald Kennedy. 60 years old. who resided
Mt ITO North Eleventh street. and who was
known to be q stock Spectator.
Kennedy entered the Office ut II 10 o'clock.
and within five minutes the two shots which
told tho story OF the double crime were heard.
Neighboring brokers and others who ran into
the Office at the sound OF the shots found Mr..
Page breathing his last at the foot OF the stairs
leading to the second door of the building and
the assassin lying at full length lifeless on the
floor in the front ofllco with a bullet hole
through his head.
The revolver with which the deeds had been
committed lay beside him. Mr.. Page was at
onco conveyed to the office in the rear and
laid upon table. but he was dead before he
was taken up. a. the bullet had entered tho
left side Of his back and penetrated the heart.
his head between two stock tickers which
were monotonously ticking out the tape on
which the stock quotations OF the day are
recorded.
Tho murder and suicide we're without wit
nesses. but the story OF f. d. Hallowell. a
clerk employed by Mr.. Page and the previous
relations Of Kennedy with the house. give n
pretty clear idea OF the motives that led to the
crime Mr.. Hallowell said:
Kennedy began coming to the oflce little
over two years ago. and opened an account by
dealing in Atrhison. Topeka and Santa Fe
stock. buying on margin. He usually put
up from Is to 20 per cent. of
the value OF the stock. md in few
least SIS 900 or $4,000 When that STOCK p' b az
gan TO- drop Kennedy held on. despite the fact
further. and expressed a desire to close His
account. About year ago Kennedy had
lost all he made and his account with us was
he wns dealing with the honse Mr. Page e ' whe
kent his accounts. had the greatest difficulty
II making him understand his standing with
condition Of his affairs when he won as when
he Lost IN and It that Is well as BIZ OBJ
T%ce reauestinc him to close his account -.
in cash: pair # sdid cyssisss e and sons
keys. The pistol with which the double crime
was cOmmltte1 was 4Z-callhre. i've cnam ber-
ed. doulle-action weapon and only two OF the
chambers had been discharged.
Mr.. Page was 81 years old. He was married
and the father of one child. The firm ha d
been in bus ness abouttc years. Mr.. Page
was ono Of six sons OF Col. Joseph F. Page. q
well-known citizen. who amassed fortune in
tho real estate business. from which he retired
some years ago.
Kennedy boarded with Miss Rachel Austin.
The woman this afternoon said that he left the
house about ii o'clock this morning. She
noticed nothing unusual about his actions
except that he was moro NJ rvOns than usual.
AT II O'clock" Miss Austin continued, Tho
came down from his room and came into the
dining room. He did not have his umbrella,
and reminds! him of 1t. He replied that he
wouldn't need IT,"
Miss Austin knows littlo about Kennedy
Orleans. where it Is said. he WAS in the dry
goods business and had a large store during
the war he was supposed to he wea thy. He
was unmarried and was born In Canada. where
he has relatives living. Kennedy left no let
tiers stating why he did the deed.
NEW ORPHANS. July 27.-No one could no
found here tonight who knew anything about
Roland kennedy. 1t il not believed that he
was ever engaged in business here. or at least
# he was it was on n very small scale.
ClrT NAY. July 27-Mrs. c. II. Pngs Ia stop
pirn here. and Is com l"te ely prost rated by the
news " the tragedy. Mr. Page left here this
morning for his office. expecting to return to-
night AS usual. Mrs. Page can ascribe no rea-
son for the murder.