The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-25
Dolly Reynolds Seen
at the Grand.
FIGHT OF DEFENSE.
Mystery OF the Yelled Wo-
man Revealed.

| Samuel J. Kennedy, the dentist, who is
charged with the murder of Dolly Rey-
nolds, at the Grand Hotel, on Aug. 16
last, was continued today, before JUS
tice Williams and a large number of
witnesses were examined on the stand.
Among these were a number of en-
| ployees of the Grand Hotel, who testi-
the hotel on the night in question, ac-
companied by a man who very much
resembled Kennedy. Kennedy was
picked out in the court today by several
of the witnesses, none Of whom, how
ever. was absolutely positive in the
! Identification. The iron pipe bludgeon
with which Miss Reynolds was killed
was exhibited in court, and Kennedy
himself seemed to view it with inter
est
Before the court proceedings act
ually began today. the Identity was re-
Vealed of the unknown yelled woman
who has been in attendance on the
| trial and who was said to be an i'm
portant witness. There has been much
| conjecture concerning her. She is Mrs.
W. S. Logue, the wife Of an employee
of the Edison Electric Company. She
| Immediately beneath that in which
Dolly Reynolds met her death.
The lawyers for the defense stated
today that they hoped Mrs. Logue
would be called to testify. They assert
! ed that her testimony would help the
defense They allege that there was
| another man in Dolly Reynolds room,
whose identity has not been divulged.
| The first witness called today was the
room clerk, Paul Roux. Yesterday
Roux was unable to positively identity
a photograph of Miss Reynolds. Today
he was shown another photograph of
| her, and quickly declared that this was
a photograph Of the woman who had
room 81.
Charles McCurry. the head waiter of
the Grand Hotel, testified that on the
night of Aug. 16 he saw a man and
woman enter the dining room and walk
toward the elevator. About an hour
| later he saw them coming from the
elevator. He identified DR.. Kennedy as
the man who accompanied the young
woman.
Patrick j. Lanahan, the night ele-
vatof boy, was the next witness. Young
Lanahan said he first saw Miss Rey-
nolds and her escort on the night of the
| llluIueE ~ ~ minutes TO Il.
when did you next see this mani"
asked Mr. Mcintyre.
| AT twenty minutes to two o'clock in
the morning" replied Lanahan. HE
| came down the stairs and went out the
| Broadway door, after first pulling his
hat over his eyes"
MIR. House asked: Us it not a fact
that never before until today have you
positively Identified this defendant as
the man you saw at the hotel that
night?"
| Lanahan answered: 81 can't positive
| ly identify him. but he looks very much
| like the gentleman 1 saw that night"
Fred D. Cheeks, a colored bell boy,
| testified that he saw Miss Reynolds
| and man in the corridor on the fourth
| floor about - o'clock on August 10. He
| noticed that she put the key in the door
| of room 81.
Cheeks said he did not see the face
| of either the man or woman. He re-
called that the man had on a dark suit
and straw hat
Mary Higgins, a chambermald of the
Grand hotel, identified a picture of the
dead girl as that of the OCCUPANT of
room "a. She had never seen a man in
the room with Miss Reynolds. She tes-
tilted to entering Miss Reynolds room
about halfpast nine on the morning Of
the floor. On the table was an empty
champagne bottle. She was fully dressed
and her clothes were not disarranged.
Margaret Adams, colored, who had
lived with Dolly Reynolds as domestic
for two years past, testified that a man
known only as Mr.. Reynolds paid the
rent of the fiat and was a regular caller
there, he and Miss Reynolds brother
being the only callers that she knew of.
Mr. Friend then asked Kennedy to
stand I'D and asked the witness if he
was Mr.. Reynolds. She shook her head,
saying that she had never seen him be-
fore coming to the court room.
Coronor's Physician O'Hanlon, who
performed the autopsy, testified that
the Reynolds woman died from two
blows on top Of the head. One of them
had fractured the skull. He identified
a check that the coroner had found on
the woman drawn on the Garfield Ma
tional Bank to the order of "FmeIine
Reynolds" and endorsed by IS. ]. Ken
nedy."
Police Capt. Price was next called 20
the stand. There was a wrangle h.
tween the lawyers as to the admission
as evidence Of the conversation that
took place between Capt. Price and
Kennedy, after the latter had been ar
rested Counsel for the defense claimed
that as Kennedy was then under arrest.
what he had said to the police should
not be introduced as evidence, as II
might initiate against him. When il
was evident that the defence intended
to make strong fight on this point the
court gave the lawyers until Monday to
prepare arguments. The case adjourned