The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-22
sTRAhGE. CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH SHOOTING
 OF AGED PATRICK KENNEDY
Boy Held For Forging Postal Order-HiS Father Willing
 to Make Restitution
STAMFORD b
tspecfals to inc Farner9

CdTOWS A different light upon the action of
 Ehe demented son. John Kennedy is
 aDout 40 years of age. He is ex-
 rArt penman and has been a prolific
 letter writer He is deaf and dumb
 and at the hearing before Judge c. H. | Peck yesterday all questions were
 written answer from Kennedy and
 sometimes gestures accomplished the
 same result. Recently he wrote let
 -redit to a achar 4n penrnanship In
 fhis letter he represented himself as
 Maiore General of the U- s. Army ana
 evident1y believed that he was. In
 ttFfs letter Kennedy congratulated the
 judge on election SIS United States
 Senator and told him that he should
 take pleasure trip around the coun-
 try. He enclosed pases which would
 take the judge anywhere in the United
 states. These passes were printed on
 he.s at his home for his amusement.
 The words are all spelled corr ectly
 While in his cell at the lock-up Ken
 rsdy was quiet. for a time but soon
 secane restless and his keepers feared
 an out break He was much pleased
 when ken out but begged the offic-
 e.s not fo take hin. home. At tie
 tesriRs he seemed to have an aecur-
 ste 1nefubrance Of every thing which took -pfaee. He said tnat7he had tled
 f1e COW out in the morning of the day
 s,f the shooting and that she had
 7okea away With his father he
 y
 fazheT 2-ss he~ wrots:r rIH self defence.
 ssd also later flor cruelty to anin1a Is
 lis Statements. which were logical, in
 siscated that the elder man was ang-
 cred at the esea pc of the animal and
 lad beaten her which reused the son
 and proyoked quarrel and also also Una tnat
 zhe fat7ler struck the son in the face.
 This statefneIt is born out by the con slftiofsf Of sTfie 2 aceused whose face was seloody srhen arrested by Constable
 Srdson. At the hearing his face " as
 sN-olie1s @Trd7 cttssin several places The shooting took place in the kitchen.
 EAen asked if hs s,yishaa he'd & to see tat naf he did ilof want to see anyone when asked if he wished to see an uncle who had come from New York.
 don't care where you take me only
 don't take me home he wrote when askeds 4f he wanted to go to. the hos rionaf finfn his- brain became tired by <sfe continued questioning when he De gan to wander in his statements. He end they tailed exactly with those
 made to Constable Judson at the time of his arrest Just before the trlai ended he was asked red what @ ne & wouaa ia have ordered a Pullman car to take him away and they know where to rel with his father before the shooting he struck hiInself oonsstlae Jaw with his closed fist to illustrate what his fath- CT nag qr.a6n a6ne He ne weare man a thick thick red red beard cropped close to his face which gives no Indication of more than medi- core inteIiigence It ceitainly doss not 1 whfcM uroduced the. letter written to Judge Peck nrs the, answers 1tos zques- tions Esiti t him tnl IT Irieho 5, accused as follows: While the cider Kennedy was a New York policeman, ] force. he picked up a five year old boy on the street No one appeared to claim the boy and the policeman adopted him When he was nine IHt [easS [s5,a, and when he recovered his mind was affected and has been so ever since | ss1sss ,.s ror1fIr to stratford to live the rem a7ndef~ of his life He is WeH-to- do owning the place on the Ferry road where. helh has lived He Is repated 10 5se@ worth upwards of S75, 1000. There lave neeu stories Of abusive treatment ss< the accused from his father but se 6gi1ond aasa WaPiiams. a eoiored boy 14 wears age was arrested yesterday | seteInoon by State Policeman Rowe Wheeler ons complaint of Postmaster Fssgs tcsl. s.-TIe boy is charged with forg- ] fg al order for a registered letter ao- sfs'esged- to Mre. Rose Balm. mother. Of fi-.Is,ffis1 parfp.- at the Center for sev- { <-.-sI .1io.ftfas. Mrs. Balm sent the boy sss; Ise-nlaii on Saturday Among the 1sn tTer delivered to- him at the post s,rsics -vpae a notification that g reg [ {. r s.se-3 letter was in the office await ing delivery. The boy asked for ! ta1asz cr1er. ostensibly to take to Mrs 1s7sif1 and having received, Ii he re. | ir-S q to ths sch hoolhouse where ne fIll- a o1t the biarlk and forged Mrs srses3ned the order and delivered the rexf<xered letter to the. boyess5SF tifaTns e=1T15ed to the school yard and open ed t1e envelope taking. therefrom s25 sas-Spssse sa Gitls ii in the school yard. Young HS-lilIar1s proceeded to make a good capital and bought candy and soda for all corners He bought a bicycle from W. H. Smith for s6 ana spent r living He ate frequent meals at the ] znch room and seemed to regret that 2 encss IF. this direction Mrs. Balm; ex- lsected the letter Rnds called at the post office for it.r1 She was told that, young Williams had presented an or nouuced the order a forgery Postmas- ter Bristol got busy immediately and uFffIfs1ns was arrested as he left the school house. When confronted with the postmaster the boy broke T7ls down ,,sIl WEE gone however, and there was nothing to- do but lock the boy. up His father, Edward Williams, Jatntor of the Congregafiona1 church and also nf fbe library, was notified and he rook the boy home promising to pro asce him at any time he was called yor. The father also promised to make restitution of the money to Mrs. Balm. The case is one for the consideration ,f the federal authorities ,anad if the -haree Is pressed he will be tried be- fore the u s. district court in New Haven
 Arden l.. Judd held the attention of s' large audience at the Congregat1on- al church when he talked to the sons ,f veterans last night. Members or sis orranlza.r5r1 had been invited 70 rftend a gathering arranged especially Iar Ttefr benefit in the church MaJt 'Rfele- of Bridgeport gang solos in ms zazffiifab1e nn~nf,er.
 zyo arranger1ents had been made for "a Sxateur 1flgnt at, the Auditorium aslder the new zdispensation. but so