Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-05
DOLLY PEYNOLDS' SLAYER
A Prisoner in London Says That He sho.
the Woman.
His Confession Sent to the state De-
partment-NumerOu Discrep-
ancics Noted.

The Secretary of State has received a
regard to the case of DR.. Samuel j. Ken
| York for the murder of Dolly Reynolds. in
August last. which he has forwarded to the
governor of New York for such action as
he deems necessary. The communication
II ON the British embassy incloses a state
ment made by Richard T. Nicholson NOW
confined in NORWOOD Scrubs prison
London, 10 the effect that he and not Ken
nedy murdered Miss Reynolds
Nicholson is undergoing a sentence of
eighteen months for misdemeanor
NichoIson's Confession
His confession is dated at NORWOOD
Scrubs prison. London, April H. 1889 and
is as follows:
Il. Richard 7. Nicholson. wish to clear
DIR. Kennedy of the murder Of Dolly Rey-
nolds in New York, August last
Il had been acquainted with Dolly for
seine time having made her acquaintance
an afternoon in May last, in company with
my cousin. Richard Thompson of Montreal
Canada. in the Cairo restaurant but we
kept our 3cquaintanceship quiet on account
of a friend Of DOllys ca stock broker
whom we did not wish to know on account
OF his giving Dolly plenty of money. We
became very intimate but ] joined the fist
New York Volunteers. eventually went to
CUBA, arriving back in New York with a
batch of sick in July. | met Dolly again
and we Were together as often as | could
get away from hospital.
Event Tally we decided to come to Eng
land if had good luck, or rather if she
DID. | did not know Of Kennedy until | got
back, when one day Dolly said she would
give Kennedy good sum this time to put
on Il horse Against my wishes she gave
him somewhere about $500. and shortly af-
ter told me she won and that she was close
on $1,000 to the good and would be able to
give me Il fine time.
To Celebrate the Win.
we agreed to celebrate the win and she
booked a room in hotel for the night Of
August j.. In the evening We went round
the Tenderloin bill and later went to our
hotel. | forget the name now. There a
quarrel arose owing to her finding letter
in my pocket from another person. and she
told me to go. Flaunting d check for $1,000
in my face she said she meant me 20 have
had that, and kept on annoying me | tried
to smooth matters over, but ii was no good
Il then rang for the waiter and asked
him to get me bottle of wine (Champagnel.
In the meantime she tried TO strike me and
| then shot her. When the lad came up
with the wine / was flushed and asked him
for corkScrew, taking care that her body
should not be seen. She was sitting on the
bed when l shot her. | left the hotel, about
what time l cannot say exactly. The boy
saw me go out.
Movements After the Shooting.
Il was wearing a light suit and
straw hat l left my place in West 18th
street and took lodgings over a saloon in
5th avenue, Brooklyn, under the name of
Franklin. There l told them | had just
come from Canada. | was employed one
time in Chicago by the Grand Central rail-
time was in the office of an attorney l
was pretty well known in the Tender
loin, and Dimitri. the proprietor of the Bo-
hernia, had seen Dolly in my company pref
ty often; also in the Cairo. ! make this
statement of my own free will, and affirm
l. to be true.
Il may say Dolly wanted to form small
vaudeville company. | advertised for art
lists in the New York World. and saw sew
eral. l never went to her house. out she
called on me once III West 18th street. [
did not see the case in the papers until last
week, when l that Kennedy had been
tried for the murder.
Il was with the insurgents in Cuba under
Gomez for nearly year in 1897.
Numerous Discrepancies.
Persons familiar with the case of Dolly
Reynolds say there are numerous discrep-
ancies in the alleged confession of Nichol-
son, and several statements that are at
variance with the established facts, the
most important of which relates to the
manner of death. Nicholson says that he
shot the woman, whereas il was clearly es-
tablished at the trial of Dr. Kennedy that
her death was the result of blow or blows
on the head with some blunt instrument
probably a lead pipe. There were no pistol
wounds on her body. Consequently very
little Importance is attached to the alleged
confession of the London prisoner Never
theless, it was deemed advisable to refer
the paper to the governor of the state who
alone has jurisdiction in the matter Dr.
Kennedy, the convicted prisoner is of En-
glish descent. and his friends in that coun-
try and in the United States are irving to