Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-10-03
CHASTITY MURDER TEN YEARS AGO
Portland Police Finally Glenr Up
the Mystery.

Portland Or. SEPT. 2S.-The myster.
| surrounding the murder Of Thomas Ken
nealy, whose mutilated body was foun'
in November, 1856 in the old Eillart
| ruins, Of what is now the basement o
the Hotel Portland, mas been cleared UP
| Chief of Police Minto having made pub
| lie the facts concerning the matter to
| day
| Mimic is satisfied that the murdcrel
was a criminal we'll known at that TIM
as Bull Dog" Kelly. Implicated Will
| him We're Bob Dorner, a notorious thug
| q prostitute living with Dorncr JohI
| Cosgrove Fred Love and another pros
| titute. Both women are now living il
| this city but are morphine fien3s Ant
| their testimony Is worthless. Dorner il
| dead. Cosgrove is crazy and Love is n
| some penitentiary under an alias III,
story of the murder came through Cos
grove, who was arrested here last
! spring by Detective Cody for attempting
| TO strangle a French woman, Marie LIE
| lire Cody wormed himself into Cos
groves confidence and secured a confess
sion that the latter had witnessed the
l\ennealey murder. Cosgrove's story is
as follows:
The kennealy murder was early in No
yember. 1886. Kennedy returned from
Camp 4, between Elensburg and Taco
ma, where he was employed by the Pa
cilc postal telegraph, which was nj that
time establishing a telegraph line. lie
brought with him about $1,000 which had
been paid him for his services by the
company.
"Bull-Dog' Kelly. who knew he had
money. followed him TO Portland. Ken
nealy visited Il saloon near the corner
Of Fourth and Taylor streets one morn
n r,h n !,
with a woman, He had a few drinks
and afterwards returned to the saloon.
where he met Bob Dorner Fred Love.
Cosgrove and Kelly, the latter having
followed him to the saloon with intent
to rob him. These four with two Ho-
men, entered upon a concerted plan 10
rob kennealy of his money, which NellE
knew he had about his person. They
piled him with drugged liquor until he
was insensible. and then Dcrnrr hc.d
him while one of the women went
through him. kennealy came to aftel
he operation and struggled yainly TO
free himself from the robbers but Dor
ner who was powerful man, seized
him by the throat and the woman de-
iberately stabbed him till he gave no
more sign of life. Then the robbery was
completed in cold blood. Kelly. porner
and the woman divided the money
tiiioiiso tHelil, DdytilS lllt Otiltl Witnesses
IF the horror hush money Kelly. aided
by Cosgrove and Love, carried the bod
still warm and limp, TO the Old deserted
basement of the Willard ruins Then the
wounded man again struggled, and I[el-
ly drew knife and vicolsly Sttbb~d
him until he was satisfied he was dead
and they hurried away and hid.
When the body was found in the base
ment OF the hotel there was the wild
est excitement and arrests followed al-
most daily for the next two weeks The
only clue that could be found was his
hat, which had been purchased at Gross
Bros. in Tacoma, and which lay by tn
scene of the murder near the spot where
lay the dead body of ken0ealy whcn
found. With this hat for a clue, the
most painstakinS and searching investi-
cation was instituted by the police Bat
until Detective Cody secured the con
fession Of Cosgrove nothing definite Was
ever learned.