The sun., 1903-04-23
LOOKS DARK FOR DR.. KENT.
TESTIMONY BY NJ. =. OCONNOR
or BROOKLYN.


That Show He Incite ed the Giri TO Suicide
Rocnrsrxl, April 7z-Michasl z. o'oon-
nor, a contractor OF willoughby avenue
Brooklyn, and q prominent Democratic
politician Of that borough. furnished a
sensation when he took the stand In the
trial OF DR.. Kent to-day.
did Miss Dingle have q razor IN her
hand when you broke into the roomsf'
asked Lawyer George Raines OF Mr..
0'Connor.
lam positive she did not have the razor,
said tho witness.
II Mr.. O'Connor IL correct In his recol-
lection. the outlook Il darker for Kent.
since Miss Dingle was dead when the
door was broken in and Kent was alive.
The defence could not alter the testimony
OF Mr.. O'Conner, who also declared that
the bellboy cried out, as they were leaving
the room: See. he has razor In his hand. '
The bellboy two weeks ago said that he
remarked on that occasion: She has
razor in her hand Mr.. O'Connor denies
this. He persists that the pronoun he
was used and the dead girls hand held no
razor.
Mr.. OConnor was stopping at the Whit
comb House on the night OF the tragedy
and occupied a room adjoining that Of
Miss Dingle and DR.. Kent. He told dra-
matte story Of the nhair. While Policeman
Selinger was on the stand, District Attorney
packet a humber Of letters W which he asked
the ofiicer to identity. He scanned these
carefully and said they were some that they
had found In the room occupied by the
couple. One Of the letters was to 'The
Coroner Of Rochester and short one is
directed to DR.. Acheson Of this city. 1t
reads:
refused 10 live, and I could not live without
her. and We die together; and. old boy. we
yoa ws Sa love %ay You ,ooaSy ana sac JAer
To his father, A. Dorr Kent, the physician
wrote this:
DEAR PA: Please, for Gods sake. II not
ours. bury us together In Forost Lawn, for
i is our request % as We are all In all together.
In a letter addressed to her sister Eva,
the young nurse gives some inklinR OF
the causes of her death. She mentions
DR.. George II. Grant. to whom she was
engaged
p6n MY ba. RnTS p S:TsR K:ns VAN, y n.
the last month DR. Grant has been the
TO do is lead a better, more noble life. /
am. about 10 die and God forgive me. ] love
one adore love one who has BEEN true
and never acted as one would expect OF q
s's ksn AL 1 HrSs M +. tna
my condition IS such that ! mi must st give up. up
with all my love PsE END HsscTF Ts%f%Se[ Sss me
Miss Dingle wrote this note to DIR. Lillian
Craig Randall OF the Riverside Hospital,
Buffalo:
DEAR RANDALL, You are the principal
cause Of my death. ! love my profession
Ksns and as, has qnnsa %s acoS
fSy ~ forever am ever y0uF' B. %S:s S,sdsn 1sisA-
Dr. Kent also wrote to DR.. Randall. Il
forgive you for causing this awful death
by your tongue
A longer letter was written by Kent to
his father In which he itemized his debts
and. and disposed Of his diftrent effects. and
al Hp is ss Uncle hovs pUss. seen snS &
SauIS never S.Se Sspp.nsd 4 !. Ia had sSs Ssss
of he'll and te her ee SO for me- FOR
IL was she WHO exposed Ethel and I 70 her
sister Pa, ] die happy, for ! am beside The
through thick and thin. and don't think III
OF her. for all that has happened is due TO me.
and ] alone. II my Syracuse checkbooks
had only been home things would have
changed. for j could have closed the mouths
OF a few who will expose all tomorrow night.
Do not believe all YOU hear, for IL Is not half
so bad as has been pictured.
The letters, II they cannot be disproved,
will convict DR.. Kent Of melting the girl to
suicide, while O'Connor's evidence is ex-
pected by the prosecution TO show that DR..
Kent In state OF frenzy killed her after
she repented Of her decision.