Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-23

Church Kenyon of Stonington who has | been on trial in the superior court here | for first degree murder in shooting Dr. l Herbert Tetiow on June 11th. last, at | the doctors apartments, Al West Broad street, in the Pawcatuck section of Ston- ington. ..ssse-5
 The verdict was returned at 12.55 p. m, Shortly after o'clock Mrs. Kenyon was sentenced by Judge George E. Hin man to not less than 10 nor more than 15 years in states prison and in, less than an hour from the time she was sen fenced she was on her way to Wethers- field in the automobile of Sheriff Sid ney A. Brown to. serve her sentence.
 The jury was out for an hour and S5 minutes and the moment when they re- turned to announce their verdict was darmatic one, The spectators seats and the center aisle between were crowded nearly 100 of those present being young women in their twenties or under, half dozen reporters, including men and wo men from New York and Boston papers, sat eXpectantly at the table in front of the judges bench, the attorneys were in the seats they have occupied all through
 se trial, and Mrs. Kenyon sat across the -ourt room, with her 17-year-old son Nor man by her side where she directly faced the jury.
 Frank K. Moves of Lebanon took the foreman's place as the jurymen filed into their seats and the roll was called by Judge George E. Parsons, clerk of the court.
 Gentlemen of the jury in the case of the state of Connecticut Mabel Ken yon, have you agreed upon d verdict ?' asked Clerk Parsons.
 We have" came the answer from Foreman Moves.
 Mr. cused," continued the clerk. Mrs. Kenyon stood up with Deputy l Sheriff Casey at her side. l fGentlemen of the jury" continued l the clerk, "in the case of the state of i state of Connecticut versus Mabel Ken yon do you find the accused guilty or not 1 guilty?"
 Guilty" was the answer of Foreman | Moves
 A low gasp from some woman among | the spectators was all that broke the stiffness of the court room, as Mrs. Ken l yon sank back into her seat t. The answer of the foreman left un- certainty what the verdict might be for Judge Hinman's charge had indicated possible verdicts of guilty of first degree I or second degree murder or of man. i slaughter.
 1 Judge Hinman turned to Clerk Par
 sons and directed him to inquire of the l jury the degree of guilt
 I When this question was put to the jury, Foreman Moves answered. Guilty
 of manslaugllter"
 I Mrs. Kenyon seemed but little affected by the verdict as she walked from the
 court room with deputy sheriff into an
 ante room, while Judge Hinman turned
 10 the jury and thanked them for what
 he said had been the unusually close at tention they had given to the case Then
 he dismissed them and adjourned cour
 until 2 o'clock
 Husband in Frenzy. !. Outside in the ante rom where Mrs 1 Kenyon met her husband, Alvin S. Ken
 yon and he learned of the verdict, the
 information threw him into a hysterica
 frenzy and he tossed his arms in the ail
 and strode up and down the room cry , l ing, "Oh, that mani Oh, that rnan,' Hi: thoughts were upon Dr. Tetlow. the des
 boiler and wrecker of his home. Dep | uty Sheriff Oscar H. Main was oblige, i, to hold MT. Kenyon lest he harm him f self or others about him till he calmet down and was himself again. Mrs. Kenyon was taken to the iail fo dinner but was not able to eat any u thing.
 PronouncinE the Sentence. Il Court convened again at 2 o'clock = with the crowd of spectators still pres n ent, and State Attorney Hadlai A. Hul S moved for sentence.
 l, Judge Herbert W Rathbun. senio d counsel for Mrs. Kenyon, addressed tn
 court, saying that there was nothin
 more to sbe said about the facts in th
 case but that in the tria! every right n
 the accused had been safeguarded h
 the court. He said he could not but be T leve the accused had told a trua stor :, and he believed that when she took th . . ! revolver it was nlor.s for the purpose o exacting promise from Dr. Tetlow tha = for anything else. The attorney sai n that the need of the family was eviden v the woman has suffered and it woul n seem that justice would be served bv ' nominal penalty.
 1T State Attorney Speaks. .ee In speaking before sentence was pr, nounced, State Attorney Hull said that
 had felt the gravity of the situation. H
 had been told that those who knew D y Tetlow felt that he was the last man
 the world to be connected with anythir e like this and he believed the man .nea, to go away. He spoke of the accused 2 Id being the only one whose nerve did nj d seem to be affected during the trial ar DSYchOtORir i- edect upon the community in dealil l. leniently with such a case It was q, iss Of those affairs occurring all too oft,
 where one party or the other atte1nu Id to take life. It is a serious situation th,
 demands serious treatment
 Judge Pronuonces Sentence. , af Judge Hinman spoke briefly in pr t nouncing sentence, mentioning that
 had been the intent of the court to VI tair and that when doubts as to the a - mission of evidence had arisen they h Ih' been resolved in favor of the accused. ,te was pleased, he said, to have heard c - pressions of the fair trial that the : me cused had received
 c Then he pronounced the sentence :n1 It came with a crushing blow 10 M d. IIi, Kenyon. Her arms dropped linply fir
 the arms of her chair and as she H i- led from the court room supported each arm, she moved as if in a da ,a her head swaying, and her body ETC ing limp so that she would have fallen as she had not been held up Outside in the anteroom she v .es' completely out of her head for a
 minutes and, failed to recognize me :.. bers of her family who were around ,nd Before long she recovered and when .h -.Lu walked to the automobile between D T uty Sheriff Casey and Martin she ,,l recovered her composure and strengtl tL; Over fifty of the women wal ,aI7 around the court House doors until \ ~, Kenyon had been led out and dri " away in the sheriff's automobile.
 Few Ballots Taken. oat When seen after court adjouri e, Foreman Moves would say but I .ars ~ about the deliberations of the jury