New-York tribune., 1899-03-24
TRIAL OF DIR. KENNEDY
THE JURY COMPLETED AND TAKING oS
TESTIMONY BEGUN.

Tho fury In the case OF DR.. Samuel j. Kenneoy'
indicted on the charge Of numbering Eme'ine ~
REYNOLDS in the Grand Hotel on Angus. ~
last. completed in the criminal orahch VI ..'
Suprome Court, before Justice Williams yoS'e.
and Assistant District-Attorney Hennessy inao'
the opening address for the prosecution
Tha taxing of testimony then begun. ana
Frank c. Towle Jr.. surveyor. was caiioo @S Wv
frst witness.
He testified 20 the correctness OF the plans no
ma rnads on October % Of the Grand Hotel ana or
DIAGRAMS Of Room No. 81. in which tho MURDER was
done and OF the ONCE floor. showing 'he i"''e
entrance stairway and elevator
Tho cross-examination of MI Towie oy ni
ryouse for the defence seemed TO Indicate that tho
lawyer was laying the foundation for an aisuuie".
that a person might have reached the room ~nei
,ba crime was committed without passing tnrousu
tho hotel Office.
Psa,l Rowe cashier and room clerk OF me Grand
ysot.l on August l5 was the next witness he 'uen-
,ined the register OF the hotel and said IL WAS on
,h. hotel desk when the woman he has since
learned was Miss Reynolds asked for room
.Uas there anything written on that book at 'no
time OF the womans visit?" Mr. Hennessy asAeo
There was a legal fight over the ADMISSION OF '"o
question. and Justice Williams said the witness
,n,rh, cav how many lines the page submitted
we're Allied at the moment the woman walked 10 lh'
desk.
"Only one?' ne replied.
~ y.annessv seemed unable TO frame a question
that the Court would admit. and Justice Wilnai'iS
,ook the witness in hand and ELECTED the tesunioiS
,hat line No of the register was vacant VINE"
,h. x,onoan went to the desk and hneu when ITO
x..cbed tho desk The register was hnaIly ~u
,,,oa IN evidence after the District-Attorney mao
..ro.d to nroye the handwriting OF the inc !"
question TO be that of Miss Reynolds. Inc "i',. '
.a,d he wrote the figures 80 after the haiie
NaYweu and wife, Brooklyn. but tnat 'hey "au
n.en changed since. When portrait was sho"n
h,rn ~. ssid he could not be certain IL was d P|'
$50 =, the woman he assigned TO Room NO ~
.Iohn +. Legge, IN charge OF the walters y, e.'
~,r.rd Hotel on August Is. followed MI NV"
fxhon, . o'clock on that day a woman came n'o
,h. d,nnr-room He identified the picture oi NS'
pu-ro,ds as a picture Of that woman Al ooio0A
o the Same day Legge said he saw the "oi""''
-, sna came from the elevator with man man
a5d walked through the dining room 10 ei W ,, the
leading into the parlor and out OF 'ne "o''' ~
ladies' entrance - ~, osLoa Mr. McIntyre.
"Dd you see tne lhth' "~N
yes sir" .
, 'Do you 500 him now!
: Yes sir"
where is he? ,- ,s,oo.ed Dr Kennedy
rho cat facing him at the end OF the cous, ,,t tha
Ibid YOU see them again ai'er '"e'
hotel?"
Yes sir"
~ nier IN tho evening They came IN i9se'Ne'
-. 10 rrhirty-arst-st entrance 10 the nQleI, .s,i
rohn Davis bellboy in the Grdnu goa,o No
ga that on August Is he was sent 10 rooit 10
n-,rait shown him resembed the wopan % UI on
was dressed differently. The man W maH r. man
We IIe Identified the defendant as the hlaii'
The case will go on To-Day