The herald., 1895-06-11

,S,m and he sprang into the adjoining
~ -S'yer's ofice, CRYING: "For Gods SAKE,
iibni That ne . Sun; ne $ killed the old
man" ByttLawyer Haas had no pistol
80 the excited son rushed up to the
sheriff's office. bent on securing weapon
with which to avenge the death of his
father. Sheriff Burr hurried back with
him and saw that kenneit was safely
lodged in the Jail, meanwhile pacifying
the young man as best he could.
lie is in luck to have got out of here
recalling it. For if | had got any kind
of a weapon I'd have finished him. But
III see to it tnat he hangs up high if it's
the last thing | ever do. He murdered
the old man like d dirty coward. and
everybody will say so. He came here and
waited to get in his work and he did
the murder carefully and intentionally.
He ought to hang without trial"
Friends attempted to soothe the young
man and to moderate the excited talk
of revenge and further blood. When he
was somewhat calmer he continued h Is
explanations.
They'll say my father owed Kennett
money and that he did him out OF it and
that he was everything bad, but he was
the best man who ever lived. That row
over the KID Thompson -Alva Johnson
Roscoe robbery Internal reward business
will all be hashed over. but I've got wit
nesses for this story IN going to tell you.
You know my father won the suit
that Etzler brought to get money on the
rewards? That's the trouble. During
the trial Etzler and father and Kennett
and lot of witnesses were at the Nadeau
with Etzler. and they all saw my father
give Etzler S325, plank down. When
EtzIer woke up for he had been drinking.
he claims he had only $50 in his pocket.
l.
Etzler Etzler. told the old man all this
after the tlial. Well, nobody has accused
Kennett of getting the money. As for
father owing kennett anything, there's
nothing in that story, because he was
square with him in every wav. He was
manager of this detective bureau and
business agency. but got fred for
meddling with fathers private papers
That was last March.
Since then he has been with the Ius.
ley office. SO you can draw your own cor
clusions. 1t was all fixed up, this thing,
and my fathers murderer shall suffer
for his doings."
What kennett Says
Captain Ferd. b. Kennett was the
most unmoved of all during the stirring
scenes incident to the tragedy and his
arrest. His coolness and the utter alb.
sence OF remorse for his deed carry out
the reflections upon his sanity that fol-
low his statements. After he was hurried
to the county Jail he spoke freely to the
reporters who calledson him for his YER
sion of the affair
My conscience is perfectly clear" he
said to one OF them as he sat easily in
his chair. ''apd | did it under the great
est provocation Thatscoundrel Law son
has got just what he ought to have had
long ago. He applied to me coarse
name that | will not repeat. but one that
no gentleman could(fest under with his
life IN him. After lie insult he sprang to
assault me ana | shot him through iu the
mechanical spirit of self-defense, but the
sooner, perhaps. Tor my burning anger.
] was outrageously PROVOKED and as
saulted. His hands we're no when fired
and he whirled and jumped for the door,
selzing the lock.
But he tumbleG forward on his face
with a thud and l let him have the otn.r
two barrels as he fell. Then he rolled
over and was still. | walked out and met
kearney. It's all right. They can do
with me what they please and the sooner
the better. Tor | can do no more.
dawson owed me $500 and would not
pay 1t to me. pntting me off time and
again. until | got desperately poor.
needed it badly. My wife was sick and
hadn enough money to properly pro-
vide for her. She died week ago and
now am destitute. | went there TODAY
pleasantly t.: get at least a little money
from Lawson. but he was not in. | waited
some tlme until he came. We went into
bis private office and sat down, but had
hardly composed myself and made my
request when be sprang UP with an oath.