The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-02


Clavsvilo Pa March j. Kennedy
OF No ~ south Carolina avenue, ATTAIN
ic City, n. j., was shot and killed this
morning by Constable John Medley, who
was tying TO arrest him iot burglary.
A deIce fight preceded the killing and
Constable NoeeY was bnily wounded BY u
blow from Jimmy in the hands of Ken
nody, Kennedy pal, who gives tho
name OF Edward CAurc hill, was CAptur-
Oh.
Yesterday evening The two strangers
entorod the town ami we o aouu by sever
al people, During thu night he residence
OF "A. u Porter. Dr., j, Nj Sprowis, ii. Il.
Martin and James McCuue were entered,
ana all wore robbed OF money or vau-
abes. AT PorLer's gouds worth 500
wero takon, Daylight evidently stopped
the operations Of the burglars, for about
tGdt Hho thGy went TO u vacant house
east Of he town. where they built IA fire
am prepared to rest after having break
fast.
A man passing by tho house at o'clock
saw the fire aud heard tho men taking
He had heard OF she burglartes in town.
anu suppo Ing tho men III tho .deserted
house were the robbers he hun ed up
Constable john Neei0y.
The Constable lmmedia;ei set out for
the old house IN succeeded in surprising
the burglars. Going in the house, the
uliiGer commanded the rubDurs 10 brow
up their hands. Churchill complied but
Kennedy, who had an iron bar in his
hands, ran at Nseley and sVruck him in
the face. Two teeth wore knocked out of
the Constable's mUu h by tho first blow
ard he rObber followed up the advantage.
Ibo officer lacked away, waiting an op-
portuity TO usa his gun. Churchill drew
gun wpile his pa wa fighting the olii,
Ger and fired several shots, but none Of
Thorn struck Medley. Neeley get his re-
voIyer into pay, aud the tlr,t bullet fired
struck hcnnedy. 4ho bAii went through
his brain and the man dropped dead,
Whom Kennedy foil Churchill dashed
past the Constable and fed Noe!ey weat
after him, buA, owing to his wound, could
no. follow fast iIe then organized "A
20 So AMI renewed the purauit Church,
III was Glpturod IA iniis nO"th Of the vii.
!agr, and was put in jail.
The dead burglar was tuksu to II, T.
tampseV's undertaking establishment,
where Coroner Fitzpatrick. OF Washing
ton, held an inqucss Ga Kennedy per-
sou wore found a number Of letters bear
ing TIE the postmarI, Atlantic City sign
Cd Rose hpdngdV, your loving wife and
some signed Bessie Che letters from
his wifa Indicate that she did not know
Anything about her husband. In one of
the Ie'ters she urged her husband to tell
her about himself. In his clothes WIS
fuuud = gold watch. silver money aud ten
bridges, half pint bottle of Glycerine,
supposed to be o. the explosive Kind, ard
dynamite caps, nld 10 feet of fuse Two
rcyn!VnrS had boon taken from him by the
constable.
Churchill, who WAS with Kennedy gave
the deaf mans address. Tho two men
had been in this .ec:ton for two or thres
days No one know whore they camo
from, md thoy wora regarded with sus-
pc0n.
1t is generally believed that both Ken
naty and Churchill were a!l.around crooks
ana have been operating in he vicinity OF
Wher!lER. where Il plumber of robberies
have recently been committed. Boh were
young follows about 25 and good looking.