The sun., 1900-11-20
AFTER GUNSHOTS, POISON.
UyNNpSsgt 'ORPsE IOi w WAR
TUE fOKN NIIfIE HOi 81
General suspicion Jhs, u Wa. lie Who Emp''ed
.Gun Into tho Windows m sstutda, >'ght
,srbolic Acid Hottie Bcs,d- the Hody
III, Bond.men Made the Discoverv

David Hcnn,,-ey. who was -usi", i"d al having
nr"d two barrels of a shotgun into the htch"n
DI the ,orn'illc home Va an attempt Ia XIII Mrs.
rornailir her son Rufus X. and her daughter.
Ncllr. ON SATURDAY nVht, was found at 6ocIock
this evening In tho outhouse of an uno"cuIl'd
residence block and u half from the Cor
rcillcs' rs h- side was IL empty bottle Witch
had contained carbolc acid The pre-
sumutioa j. th1, having attempted The
triule a-.n~-lnltion, tn" maddcned iNn
vent s'rairht to the ouilou'" and IN
his desperation killed himself. The BODY
was found bv Fugeu" NcIcr and John grimm
nC Sin who were on peace bond or HenneSseN
in the amount Of $1,000. They were greatly
exercised over his disappearance, as III" pre-
-umution that he had done tho shooting was
very strong. Fearing that they would be called
r,pon IN nav the bond unless they could hnd
him. they began n search for him this morning
A he had nor been seen around the railroad
station or along the road. where he was well
known. they concluded that he was hiding
some where in the village. As last resort
they began goiuG through all the vacant houses
and we're rewarded by finding him dead.
They notified Coroner Moore. who had tho
Iniy removed 10 an undertaker- The news
VAS then carried by the bondsnen 10 the Cor
r,lIe. wi, expressed relief that their~eneny
could do them no more harm, Apparently
the whole family has been in a state OF collapse
nil day. An armed guard has been employed
on the Ilace all summer owing 10 Hcnnesseys
previous attempts to harm both Mrs. Cornelle
and her daughter and his threats that he would
vet kill them all After saturday nights
shooting two guards were employed 10 patrol
the ward with double barreed shotguns.
When Mrs. Corneille learned that Hennessey
wa, dead. while she could not but feel relieved,
she consented In response TO questions from
Vel2er and Griflin to pay the funeral expenses
uf the dead man.
The tragic ending Of the trouble between
HenneSsey and tho Corneiles finds Bay Shore
greatly wrought up. and notwithstanding
the fact that Hennessey's conduct has been
such for the past year as to require the laws
interference to protect the Corneilles from
physical violence. the sympathies Of most OF
The villagers we're with him even before his
body was found. The Corneies are not popu-
lar. and Hennessey's story that he was "jol-
lied" into signing over 10 Mrs Corneille all his
property always found ready believers. This
property. which amounted to about $4,000,
was the bone Of contention which led to the
rupture Of the friendly relations existing for
40 long a time between Hennessey and the
Corneiles and which led TO the attempted
assassination and successful suicide.
For years HcnnesSey was the tried ard true
friend of the Corneillc'. He lived with them
for twenty-three years, several years even
prior to the death Of Mrs. Corneilles husband,
who was an Episcopal minister The details
If this acquaintance as told by Hennessey
after the breaking of the long ,tanding friend
ship and as tod 9n the Soireiile tSat dnr some me
fri nd hip Of HenlesseL's mother with Mrs.
Cornelles mother they took him to live, with
since then he has been more or less n pen
sioner On their haiid- fienneesey declared
e. mis- friends and there are MANY IN Bay shore
who nttenpt 70 corroborate his story With cir
support Of the family after the death Of Mir
Gorns be w hs am Gn nnd nds
Young Rufus and the dlnghter grow NJ. For
mcrl1 their home was n i+e Willow street.
enlpoyed in the Brooklyn Water Department
For a time he was employed on n" BROOKLYN
Bridge as n foreman Of construction. Young
Corneille says. Eight wears ago young Cor
nellie went into partnership with Hennessev
In the real estate business and they all moved
in Awixa avenue. The real estate bus ines
"f the ilrm consisted mainly of rentals and was
confined almost entirely to the summer.
HcnnesSev was n great hand T. drink. He
would occasionally go on sprces lasting a week
or two. Sometimes he played poker and If
ne had money he was inclined to heavy play;
fellow and he was very popular among the
iown.folk The Cornei'le- on the other hand
were not popular. They did not 80 out much
Iurer wears ago IIcnnesscy's father died
He wiii"d Ia hi son two houses. one in Gold
street. The other in Sands street, Brooklyn.
van,ed al $1,000 This caused the ruction and
,hc >toric~ e; a. 10 how c%amr % about dher
over tie PROPERTY to Mrs Cornoille in pay
m"u' If what b" owed her, including eleven
5 r 10 GS '1h ihl al Ma. his no smS emS6
thing He said that the orne,llos we-o after
him at breakfast dinner and s'ilpcr to make
waste it IN drinking or playing poker. Two
'rA"S arp th"v p.cvl"d upon hlm when
h" was about 10 TAX" pleasure ,trin south
'rille- lott their Bay Shore home and moved
20 Erook!'yu ,for thr, winter llenn41essey did
not go with them. He was out The rupture
had comc Young ,orneille d"clnred ycster-
day that the reason tls old time boarder had
been put ont vas that the faaImily could 10
He insulted Mis- Corncille. he declared, and on
one occasion knocked her down.
1hl- version of the trouble mnde Hennessev
furious. He went among his friends in the
Village and 'o!d them that the 'orneillcs ad
ho had the property in his own name, but that
when he held i, no longer they Couldn't stand
nroreriy. hui shut Tho door in h- face he aid.
lie swor" he'd Ect hi prOrcrty ha'k and 80 he
sued in tho supreme count of Brooklyn. hut
Justice riCkay decided against him. Then
70 appealed and the case is PENDING in the
higher courts.
Meanwhile Hennes~cvl was having n hard
inc Tie 'orl estate business vdiCh Eo and
Houu- (o~UCilr had was gone so far as Hen
Ne.-eV was concerned. Last February the
.oun- man auro1ncrd that tho par'ucreiip
had hocn di-soycd Hcur"-~ey heard of it
md Went tr ne C1loc. which was in Cart
wright grocery store. He found hi- partner
thoro md said some bitter things about his
MOI No., hHf there was no fight, Ilennesscv
iorrn"d nn'trr partnership with W 4 Sohwab
and started In 20 run torneillc ont ol business.
Blf his mind vls always on getting back that
rorllvn pror"-'v and getting even with the
t'orp"ii'"'. H.- "nWity, however. was against
the mutfer and th" daughter rather than the
aon. "" brought eult against the son for an
accounting ~ their business alleging that
~ tho s2.7m rroft~ uf the firm he
had received hut S2p In March he assaulted
Mrs Corr"iI" and wa- fined 50 for il. \
month ll'"r when iul of liluur no went to the
torncill" homo. u" family having returned
for ~" summer, aid irlod 10 XIII the mother
md dalru"r ~" son wH- uO nj home
First he cut tho telephone wires in order tha,
Assistance nI.l' not h" summoned Then he
attacked ~" HOUSE. The doors were locked
and M IN tho garrci iho two women were harri-
caded IN f"Gr of their lives Ha,chct in hand
Hennes~ev wont a. "a" door Of the kitchen
vowing that h" would XIII them both While
he hacked AWAY il" UOmou screamed from
The attic window H"p came and Ucnnessev
was diS,rn"d For this offence he WINS put
under si.nr reace bond, Nclzor and Grifiln.