New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-31
KENNEDY FOUND GUILTY.
yryRY BROUGHT IN A VERDICT AT 22o
THIS MORNING.


u.p sEEN OUT SINCE ii:4s LAST NIGHr-ci~''-
= ING TESTIMONY OF THE pErENcE-oBJEc-
r,oNs TO THE JUDGES CHARGE
~. ,urx IN the case OF DIR. Kennedy. charged
with the murder OF Dolly Reynolds re'urheu "
,ns courtroom at 225 o'clock this morning Win
verd,ct Of murder in the first degree
Dr Kennedy was remanded until CLOCK '"''
,,orro.o, when he will be sentenced
=, COS 7.4o o'clock when Mr.. Mcintyre finished
~, .aaress Judge Williams said that he wouid
consult the wishes OF the jury whether 'hey wou'u
hear his charge at once. or take ieeesS ~ "a
rurnose OF getting something 10 eat. 'uioi w. -
.Laa how long the Court would take In snpmt'ihs
the charge and when Judge Williams repiieu ma
va would probably occupy an hour the jury ue
c,ded that they would like an opportunity 10 ee'
c,,p of coffee. Judge Williams theh orueie'
ess until $50 o'clock. and the jury. In charee VI
hsS dozen court officers. went out for supper.
II was o o'cock before the jury returned anu 'he
court was again called TO order 49,
r,dge Williams at once began his charge. ne
FIRST read the provisions OF the law relative 10 'e
question OF reasonable doubt This murder' "'
said was committed when there was no one pres
an, beside the murderer and the victim In such
case the conviction of the defendant Win 'he
crime may be established by circumstantili eV-
depca such as leaves reasonable doubt In the
minds of the jurors He reviewed the testimony
given as to the time when Dolly heyhoios III st
appeared at the Grand Hotel. and her suoseaue"'
movements. The apparent conflict between the
testimony of the colored woman AT the nat anu
that OF the hotel attendants at the hotel VINO ,es.
God that the woman who occupied room NO 81 lett
the hotel between and o'clock. was possibly
20 be accounted for by the difference pet"eeh
clocks
Az the request OF the defence the Court charged
that the Jury we're speculate as 10 the rnoNe
for the commission Of the crime. that the oelenoe
had failed 10 disclose any motive for the comih's-
sion OF the crime and that there was no evidence
that the defendant had ever been accused OF any
crime prior the killing OF this woman
The defence interposed many exceptions to points
IN the Judges charge until Assistant District
Attorney Mcintyre protested against the dissec-
ton Of the charge by counsel for the defence AT
1l:43 the jury retired
When the trial resumed yesterday morning
the first witness Mrs. Julia Slayton, of Staten
Island Mrs Slayton refused to use the court
Bible. and took the oath on one which she brought
with her.
The witness. In reply to Mr.. House. said she had
lived formerly at New-Dorp. and had known Dr.
Kennedy for five years. Mr. House asked;
o.-Do you recall Monday. August Is, last? A
o.-were you in New;York on that date? Al
o'-Do you know DR.. Kennedy? Ayes sir
Odd you see him anywhere that night. Al
him Monday night. August 10 1879 IN inc
recepton-room of the Staten Island ferry-house al
Q.-Whai was he doing there? A.-Nothing in
Odd you see him over on the ferry
Ayes on the way to Staten Island, about h i
way over. came down from the upper deck where where
j had taken a seat outside because il was warm
night. 10 get drink Of water. and In The men 5
cabin. which passed through. saw DR. Kennedy
'o~Did you notice what kind of hat it was that
he wore? Was Il q straw hat? A.-No. II was not
straw hiatt was DARK, brown derby INA ma, South
Ferry &-The 1sa5, know own as the opera thea
n
for asking Al am fifty-seven years old
Q-What was your maiden name? AEssna oo1,na
,Q.Who was your father? AmHe Wa. s yqq S@nf6
in North Carolina for period of twenty-five
ODD he occupy any other office? Ale was
Ambassador 10 Spain At one time He was ap-
pointed by Thomas Jefferson. -, u
Q-And who was your grandfather Ale Was
Judge William Johnson Of the United States Su-
preme &C. CogT, for thirty years ,s vou hiring tina,
Bible - court? A Because it is my own ana
has been in the family for i years s, ,ov. R,he in
court? Al did not simply brought my own
Q-Do you believe 1t is more binding and sacred
10 be sworn on that than on the court Bible! A.
No. do not; but prefer my own Boie
The next witness was Mrs Margaret Kennedy
the mother Of the prisoner. Mrs Kennedy said she
is seventy-one years old In reply to Mr. House
Mrs. Kennedy said her husband did not tell her
of the arrest Of their until two detectives
had called at their home at New-Dorp
Q.-who went to New,York first on the morning
Ct August 1s last your husband or your SOM A.
The witness recalled her sons going away on
Monday. August L. after his father had gone
o.-when next after that Monday did you see
your son! A next SAY him m In hs 9 pe o'clock
ION the morning of August ls.
about @ ee eS SSs heard i my and
up and went into his room which adJoned NINE iI,;
'is right outside my window. and ! could see the
clock The time was fifteen minutes to g.
Then the witness said she had walked about the
house for a considerable time. Having gone to bed
80 early she said she could not sleep She again
returned bed and arose at o'clock. when hei
husband was getting ready 10 go to town, and hel
son came into the dinng-room
opid your son come to town , after hayins
who were waiting for him. After that he went &c
New-York.
After leaving the witness stand she embraced hel
eon burst into tears again and kept saying:
II can't leave you; can't leave you. oh. cam
leave you"
Mrs Marion 4 Kennedy. wife Of the defendant
next took the stand She said she had been mar
ried three years and had one child two years old
She said in reply 10 Mr.. House. that she could
identify her husbands handwriting. The DUDLEY
Gideon check was shown. and she asserted mos
positively that the writing the body of the
check was not in the handwriting OF her husband
1.-The Endorsement the back. g j. Kennedy.
is not my husbands" said the witness
"He never wrote IT." she added The witness
also declared that the slip OF paper with the words
"E Maxwell and wife was not in her husband
writing
Mrs Kennedy in passing her husband. attempted
20 embrace him and was led away weeping by
court attendant After being seated IN the rear o.
the courtroom she wept bitterly
Captain Price was recalled and testified 10 con
versation which he said he had had with defend
ants father between and o'clock on August l
last The Captain denied having asked Dr' Ken
nedy what the prisoner ate for breakfast ina
morning. .
did YOU ask him II he die have breakfast Wit
his son that morning?
~ did. He said No. did not see him TIL
morning