Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-21

him after the Macomb robbery and IN
he was led back captive he was VII; |
not as hero, but as desperate eveIy |
criminal who was entitled to no favold |
whose punishment should be made In |
his crime. The verdict has shatteia
jackson county idol and now there Isle |
SO poor here to do him reverence is |
race is run; people hope, and in the "
haunts OF the city last night his fates
discussed in matter of fact way anda
fitting ending to a bungling lob.
II Kennedy is good" and the vet
stands, it will be in the midsummer OF
Missouri state penitentiary. For good :
duct he Will secure a copper" of r
years and nine months en- his sente
making the actual time he has to S
young man. Wien he discards his colt
suit he viii still be On the sunny side OF
half century milestone of life, but he
md his occupation gone. Railroad tn
VIII be run on a different system; peri
air5hips will be in vogue; treasure
money may be forwarded to their dest
tion in a pneumatic tube, or delivered
kites which will fly in the night: he
be as stranger in the Cracker-Neck I
trict and in Kansas City, being fail
and a prodigal, people will view !
askance. Perhaps, the courts and jurieS :
then frown upon crime and among
first citizens ii may not be en- regle
pose as criminal His future is indeet
gloomy one. and all because he was
satisfied with Jackson county as a field
the exercise of his talents as train r
ber.
OF course, the police "chuckled W
ghoulish glee" last evening, when Il
heard that their old friend, the .'qu
hunter had received a dose OF Writ
county justice. They were not slow 10
press an opinion, either.
Although nearly every member of the
partment from Chief Hayes down belieN
from the start that he would be fou
guilty, not a man on the force can
found who thinks he received SUFFICE
punishment. In police circles IL was g.
orally believed that the quail huaJ'
would not escape with less than TWEEN
five years, while officers who had worl
. on the case in connection with the rallrC
detectives and Wright county authorlt
had hoped that he would be given ii
years. Still, the police are pleased over
result and have nothing but praise for
jurors who tried the case.
Kennedy ought to have been sent
for life" said Chief Hayes in discuss
the case. Jennings and Sheppard sho
be given fifty years, Fegley should hi
had twenty-five years, and the farmers v
We're made tools of by Kennedy should
discharged. I'm glad to know that
Wright county jury has at least done WI
several Jackson county juries failed to
found Kennedy guilty. If man v
ever guilty of all the crimes laid at
door, that mas is Jack Kennedy"
He didn't get one-half what he
served, SAID Lieutenant WeDer. FL
years would not have been too long a tel
Jackson county officers will at least
able to breathe easier now. With kennt
out of ths way the train robbery indus
will flourish no longer. Wright county
to be congratulated
1T was my belief that Kennedy wo
not escape with less than twenty-f
years, said Detective Charles Sanders
who Was a witness against the quail hu
er." II formed that opinion many mon
ago from talk had with residents
Wright county. The evidence of his &
was overwhelming, and he is lucky TO h;
escaped as easily as he did"
I guess seventeen years will hold l
for awhile smilingly remarked j
Dwyer. Although it wasn't enough
twenty-five or thirty years, still it was h
ter than a Jackson county jury would h;
done. Alibis manufactured outside
jackson county don't seem to have d,
him much good"
Detectives John Ennis, Andy O'Hare,
Booher. George Bryant, and every mem
OF the police department with whom a
porter for The journal conyersed. w
pleased with the verdict.