Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-14

who shot and killed Dr. Herbert Tetlow at the doctors home in Pawcatuck Friday morning, was brought before Judge Lorenzo D. Fairbrother in the Stonington town court Saturday morning on the charge of murder. The case was contin- ued for two weeks on motion of Prose- cuter Benjamin H. Hewitt and without opposition of Harry B. Agard, counsel for accused.
 There is no doubt as to the responsibil ity for the death of pr. Tetlow, but the opinion prevails that Mrs Kenyon is not mentally responsible The theory of sui eide as stated by Mrs. Kenyon is not credited, that she went to the doctors room with the revolver intent upon killing herself and that the doctor took the weapon from her and shot himself It would have been physically impossible for the doctor to have shot himself in the right arm and have the bullet take the course it did to his liver, entering the
 body just below the tenth rib on the right
 side. Had the shot been fired by the doctor, there would be some sign of burn ing at the point where the bullet entered the coat at short range.
 Four bullets were fired, and three of these went wild, indicating that. the phy- sician was lodging to escape the aim of Mrs. Kenyon. Dr. Seanlon picked up one of these bullets which had struck the plaster-board of the room. Dr. W. H. Gray, the medical examiner, found one that had hit radiator and also one that had gone through 8 rug and richotted in- stead of going through the floor. The fourth bullet that struck Dr. Tetlow was not found at the autopsy but is lodged somewhere in the body.
 As has been reported, Mrs. Kenyon called on the doctor some time before the shooting. She then went home, came back with the revolver and shot the doc tor She then went home with the prob able intention of shooting herself and her months old baby, according to her own statement, but her courage failed. She re- turned to the doctors room, placed pill low under his head and placed him in a comfortable position on the floor. By this time Dr. Scanlon had arrived. Dr. let I low died a few minutes afterward, when pr. Payne arrived.
 Mrs. Kenyon attempted to leave the house but was detained until the coming of Officer Wheeler. Accompanied by the officer and the two doctors Mrs Kenyon was taken to her home and forced to tell 1 where the revolver could be found There was still loaded cartridge in the weapon Coroner Franklin H. Brown of Norwich | held an autopsy, as told in The Bulletin l Mrs. Kenyon declared that Dr. Tetlow i had been her only husband for the past 1 six years. That she loved him and loved
 their baby, but she said she did not love 1 her husband, Alvin Kenyon.
 ] Mrs. Kenyon was taken to the Pawca. l tuck ieckup and remained there through 1 Friday night, guarded by an officer and a 1 woman attendant. She slept for a short l while during the night, and before going l to the court in the borough she seemed quite rational, realizing her position She | declared that the penalty for the crime was hanging in Connecticut and that she
 was ready to pay this penalty.
 Mrs. Kenyon was taken Saturday morn. l ing to the jail in New London, where she l Will remain two weeks pending a prelim i mary hearing in the Stonington towr l court
 When the case reaches the superior l court. the defense will be iSsanity, ant there will be considerable evidence in SUD 1 port of that defense. Her actions a | times in the streets of Westerly. heI | queer demeanor when visiting Westerly stores, and her cunning during the shoot 1 ing episode will be factors in her de fense. Dr. John L. May, who has beer
 her family physician for nearly A years declares that at times she has been men tally unbalanced.
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 20 Church of the coast guard service, who lost his life while in the performance ot heroic rescue work From this marriage i there are two sons, both highly respected l young men. She married a second time but soon thereafter this marriage was declared void as the husband had another legal wife living. Her third husband is Alvin $. Kenyon, machinist industrious
 and of excellent character and habits
 Since her marriage with Mir Kenyon 1 about B years ago, three children have
 been born, one about 12 and the other 1C years of age, besides the baby.
 The unfortunate woman is 45 years o- age. the daughter of the late Mir and Mrs John E. Crandall. A sister, the wife ot | Elder E. A. IWitter, died about a veal 1 ago. Another sister is Mrs Henry D Verry and another Mrs. Rogers Lewis She also has brother Daniel E. Gran dall. All bear the very best reputation Those who know Mrs Kenyon well de
 clare that her wrong-doing is all on ac
 count of her disordered brain.
 Dr. Herbert Tetlow was a graduate O
 westerly High school. class of 1889, anc
 or western deserve university, where h,
 was graduated as a physician He neye
 engaged in active practice. but made
 special study of horticulture. He was 5I years of age and unmarried. His on17
 near relative is a brother, Dr. Louis let
 low, dentist of Westerly
 The fact developed Saturday aft.-
 noon, that Mrs. Kenyon discharged th live barrels of the revolver, instead n
 four, as at first related, and that in
 bullet found in the revolver at the hom or Mrs. Kenyon, after the shooting. wa placed there with suicidal intent Mrs Kenyon declares that she fired the re
 voiver as long as the weapon responded
 She told the coroner she fired a shot in
 to a clothes press while going up stair
 to the doctors room as a trial shot an said perhaps the bullet could be foun there. This bullet was found inobedde in the wall of the clothes press, havin passed through a hat that belonged f
 the doctor.
 Mrs. Kenyon told Coroner Brown tba
 when she first called on the doctor, sh complained of his cold treatment, an that he told her to get out as he ha no use for her and told her to keep ava, She then went home for the revoIve and gave the doctor warning of her con ing when she fired the shot into th clothes press. When she went into tt
 doctors room he pushed her, and orde, ed her out She then opened fire, an she saw the doctor fall. She went hon left the revolver there, and returned the doctors room, after summoning | doctor, but it was too late, as the ma she loved so much died in a short tim and while Dr. Scanlon was in the hous