New-York tribune., 1916-07-27
WIRE TAPPING HEAD
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
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with nerve-racking suspicion, that Arst
occurred to him.
"They put me in that room, they put
me in that room, George Lieutenant
Yunge, head Of the wire tapping squad l,
for an hour" he began. "They put me
in guard of a detail. And then it didn't
the lawyer kept watch, come over
there to watch me. He was afraid
might talk to some one, and told HIM
he needn't worry; | was telling the
truth"
"You were all right at $780," it was
suggested: >, u, =, , .ndden every.
thing went wrong. | thought every
thing would 20 along all right, but |
didn't sleep in the last told you
that"
what were you worrying about" ne
was asked.
Worried Over Treatment.
"The treatment | got the other day
from people prepared to criticlse every
thing | did. Everything in these con-
versations is true and nothing but the
truth. Everything that was said and
everything that was in my papers was
the truth, and every man IN there told
the truth, too. And there was no
stranger in there when them papers was
taken-when them messages was taken.
There was no stranger in the room
only the men that was assigned there
and we all made out our own papers,
only couldn't do the typewriting ana
left that to the other men.
"What was in your mind" Mr.. Joyce
n.rsisted. that you worried so7"
"The humiliation in the papers. And
I couldn't sleep; | was taking mes
sages and messages. And they said
they was going to prove-it isn't the
test. | look at my children-they snub
YOU; some people has got no respect
at all. Ny children were born in tho
Catholic faith, was married IN the
Catholic faith, | believe in the Catholic
faith. And people snub you simply be-
cause YOU done something against
priest or a head of the church. They
don't look at it the right way.
"They don't take two sides Of story.
And let them look at the conversations
and read them, and then go down the
line and find out how much of the
truth they are telling when they are
on the stand. I went there and told
the truth clear as any man could tell
il. They couldn't tell me | done this
or I didn't do it when | know | done 1t.
They admit 70 a certain point and then
they will turn about and have some
thing else for it."
u gave his hearers a slight insight
into the extent TO which the Cathollc
policeman had been beset by his friends
and bedevilled by the memories OF ms
experience on the stand. In measure
they appreciated how II came ABOUT
that this man, whose CHIEF recreation
was the care of his pet pigeons, had
decided that his whole duty 10 himself
and 20 his Church was 40 tel the truth
as clear as any man could tell II, ana
how something had snapped and every
thing had gone blue and dizzy.
Woods Calls Him Faithful
The rest of his story was a repetition
Of the precautions he had taken that
the notes he had taken at the switch
board should be accurately transcribed
so far as ne had understood the con-
yersations. and that no one not a po-
liceman should have access TO them.
This statement was issued BY Com
missioner Woods:
"Detective Kennel was an honest,
conscientious man and faithful ofticer.
His reputation is unblemished and his
integrity has never been questioned.
II was because We trusted him SO thor
oughly that we assigned him TO such
important, confidential work. He has
always impressed ne as direct,
straightforward man, but self-depreca-
tory to a marked degree.
"When Lieutenant Yunge has been
away. Kennel has been in charge OF the
work. and in this way | have had a
chance TO come in close personal con-
tact with him.
. "Since the test in the courtroom be-
for. Justice Greenbaum, the officers
who worked with Kennel reported that
be had grown more and more nervous