The herald., 1895-10-04
JAILER KENNEDY IN TROUBLE
A Woman Prisoner Makes Charges
Against Him
She Accuses Him OF Entering Her Cell
In the County Jail With I'M
proper Hotivss

Charges of attempted immortality have
been preferred against P. ]. Kennedy.
Jailor OF this county, and are now being
Investigated by the grand Jury.
1t is claimed that Mr.. Kennedy with
Interior motives. entered the cell of q
female prisoner. This is said to bave
occurred ON Auugst 18th OF last year.
The chyrges are in the form of two
affidavits, one made by the woman her.
self and the other by W. Turner, VINO was
serving term at the jail at the time the
alleged affair was attempted. The latter
does not claim to have seen the two but
says that he knew they were in the cell.
The woman was employed as a domes-
tic and roomed with another woman.
The two quarreled about something and
the one who brings the charges against
Kennedy took the watch OF her recm-
mate and hid it under the carpet in the
room. The owner OF the lewelry exported
to the police and Detective Good m an
went to investigate. He asked the
woman where the watch was and she
told him where she had hidden il. She
was placed under arrest and at her trial
pleaded guilty to a charge of petty lar
ceny, and was sentenced to thres months
at the county jail This occurred about
the middle of June. The woman made
hel self very useful about the Jail, as she
could sew and Other wise assist Mrs. ",
H. Cline, who at that time was the ma
tron of the institution. Mrs. Cline always
stayed in the Jail except on Sunday after
noon when she would generally 20 gu.
tor walk or an excursion of some char
acter. The female apartment of the Jail
is in the front of the building. When
4 lott a.
were always locked in their cells and
the key taken down stairs and put in
the office.
On the Sunday in2 question when tie
uffenseLis alleged to have been commit
ted, Mrs. Cline left the jail, the women
being locked in and the key put in the
office as usual. The door leading to the
large corridor was closed and Mr.. Ken
nedy WAS the only one in the front part
of the Jail with the exception of Turner,
who was upstairs washing the dishes
after the midday meal.
1t is claimed by the woman that Mr..
Kennedy took the key to the female de-
few minutes after Mr.. and Mrs. Cline
had gone. This woman says she was
seated on the bunk reading book and
Mr.. Kennedy came up and sat beside her
and before she knew what he was about
he put his arm around her. He then
nane improper proposals TO her.
The rest of the narrative is related by
Turner. who was trusty and emp Dyed
as waiter at the table upstairs. He as
serted that he came out of the front din
ing room and noticed the door to the
women department open and thought
this strange, as he knew that the matron
was away and the female cells were al
ways locked when she went away. He
walked down stars and says he had to
wait at the middle gate until Mr.. X en-
needy came down to unlock it and allow
him to go through to the kitchen under
meath. Turner says that when Mr. Ken
nedy appeared he was very much excited
and before the waiter had addressed any
remark to him said that he had been
looking at the closets in the women's
department. and thar they were in a bad
condition and would require 1isnfecting.
The door was then unlocked ana Turner
passed through.
The matter finally got ont at the Jail
and the two former prisoners we're looked
up and affidavts secured from them.
The charges vera presented to the grand
Jury recently and a number of witnesses
nave already been examined. Sheriff
Burr still has confidence in Mr.. Kennedy
and believes be is innocent and declares
that he will stand by him through the
entire affair. Mr.. Kennedy is still acting
as TAILOR.