Deadly Hero: The High Society Murder that Created Hysteria in the Heartland (35 page)

“Holly Anderson Replies to Moss,” TDW, January 17, 1935, page
18.

“More Subpoenas in Kennamer Case,
TDW
, January 18,
1935, page 5.

“150 Called for Kennamer Jury,”
TT
, January 18, 1935,
page 4.

“State Ready in Kennamer Case,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
January 18, 1935, page 4.

“Anderson Says Young Morton Took the Knife,”
TT
,
January 20, 1935, page 6B.

“Kennamer Defense to Seek Change of Venue; Letter New Case
Sensation,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, January 21, 1935, pages 1 and 7.

“Defense Prepares to Ask for Change of Venue in Kennamer
Murder Case; Publicity Cited in Motion to be Made to Court,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
January 21, 1935, page 6.

“Phil Kennamer’s Lawyer Will Ask Change of Venue,”
TDW
,
January 22, 1935, pages 1 and 8.

“State in a Spirited Attack on Kennamer’s Delay Move,”
TT
,
January 22, 1935, pages 1 and 12.

“Newspapers and Investigators Attacked in Kennamer Petition,”
TT
,
January 22, 1935, page 12.

“Judge Kennamer Will Aid His Son,”
TDW
, January 23,
1935, pages 1 and 12.

“Kennamer Will Demand Airing of Bribe Offer,”
TT
,
January 23, 1935, pages 1 and 14.

“Opposing Kennamer Case Legal Batteries Promise Fiery Clash of
Courtroom Tactics,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, January 23, 1935, page 3.

“Bribe Evidence in Tulsa Case?,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
January 23, 1935, pages 1 and 3.

“County Opposes Kennamer Move,”
TDW
, January 24, 1935,
pages 1 and 8.

“Kennamer Attorneys Fling ‘Unfair’ into Court,”
TT
,
January 24, 1935, pages 1 and 10.

“Several Witnesses Assert Belief Young Kennamer Can’t Get Fair
Trial in Tulsa; Defense to Quiz Tulsa Officials as to Bribe Hint,” Associated
Press,
MDNR
, January 24, 1935, pages 2 and 3.

“Kennamer’s Attorneys Win Fight to Transfer Murder Hearing to
Pawnee,”
TDW
, January 25, 1935, pages 1 and 8.

“Kennamer Trial on February 11, Hurst’s Decree,”
TT
,
January 25, 1935, pages 1 and 2.

“Kennamer Trial Set for Feb. 11,”
TDW
, January 26,
1935, pages 1 and 12.

CHAPTER 15

“Pawnee Abuzz with Kennamer Trial Promising a Sensation,” by
William P. Steven,
TT
, January 25, 1935, pages 1 and 2.

“Kennamer Defense Bares Wilcox Extortion Note,” by Harmon
Phillips,
TT
, January 26, 1935, page 1.

“Text of Kennamer Case Extortion Note,”
TT
, January 26,
1935, page 1.

“Kennamer Author of Kidnap ‘Note’ Attorney Charges,”
TDW
,
January 27, 1935, pages 1 and 9.

“Kennamer Tells His First Connected Version of Plot and
Killing of John Gorrell,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, January 27, 1935,
pages 1 and 4.

“Note Made Public in Kennamer Case,” Associated Press,
TAEN
,
January 27, 1935, page 2.

“State Hoots at Extortion Note,”
TT
, January 28, 1935,
page 1.

“Kennamer to Get No Special Treatment in Jail at Pawnee,” by
William P. Steven,
TT
, January 27, 1935, page 1.

“Ordinary Cell in Model 1889 Jail Will Be Occupied by
Defendant,”
TDW
, January 27, 1935, page 9.

“Pawnee Citizens Resent Jibes But Prepare for Murder Trial,”
TDW
,
January 29, 1935, Page 8.

“Corner Stone of New Court House Laid in Due Form with
Impressive Ceremonies,”
The Pawnee Courier-Dispatch
, Pawnee, Oklahoma,
April 28, 1932, page 1.

“Pawnee County Courthouse Construction Began in 1932,” by
William Howell,
The Pawnee Chief
, March 5, 1987, page 15.

“Kennamer Panel Will Be Selected,”
TDW
, January 30,
1935, pages 1 and 3.

“New Kennamer Angle Sifted,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
January 30, 1935, page 6.

“Witnesses, Jurors Are Called for Kennamer Trial,”
TDW
,
January 31, 1935, pages 1 and 6.

“100 Will Testify in Kennamer Case,”
TDW
, February 1,
1935, page 1.

“No Pictures in Kennamer Case,”
TT
, February 1, 1935,
page 4.

“Kennamer Trial Plans Discussed,”
TDW
, February 2,
1935, page 1.

“Wilcox Family May Appear in Kennamer Case,”
TT
,
February 3, 1935, page 1.

“Kennamer Placed Kidnap Note with Catholic Priest,”
TDW
,
February 6, 1935, page 1.

“State Summons Young Wilcox and His Sister,”
TT
, February
6, 1935, pages 1 and 6.

“Special Rules are Drawn up Kennamer Witnesses, Spectators,”
TDW
, February 7, 1935, page 9.

“State Statutes Cover ‘Insanity,’”
TDW
, February 7,
1935, page 9.

“Another Name Enters Quiz in Kennamer Case,”
TT
,
February 8, 1935, pages 1 and 18.

“Subpoenas to 107 in Kennamer Case,”
TDW
, February 9,
1935, pages 1 and 15.

“53 Persons Parade Across Kennamer Trial Stage, Gorrell
Slaying Case is Reviewed,”
TDW
, February 9, 1935, pages 14 and 15.

“Judge Hurst to be in Home Town During Kennamer Trial,”
TDW
,
February 9, 1935, page 14.

“State to Ask Death Penalty for Kennamer,”
TT
, February
9, 1935, pages 1 and 20.

“State Will Ask Death Penalty,”
TDW
, February 10, 1935,
pages 1 and 2.

“Phil Kennamer Transferred to Pawnee Today with Trial for Gorrell
Killing Monday,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 10, 1935, pages 1 and
10.

“Jury Selection to be Drawn out Affair,”
TT
, February
10, 1935, page 1.

“Hy-Hat Members Subpoenaed in Case,”
TT
, February 10,
1935, page 1.

“Brief View of Kennamer Case,”
TT
, February 10, 1935,
page 10.

“Kennamer Case Routine to Few,”
TT
, February 10, 1935,
page 10.

“The Kennamer Case Up to Date,”
TT
, February 10, 1935,
page 11.

“Kennamer Trial Opens in Pawnee Today with Prosecution
Expecting to Obtain Jury in Two Days, Youth Visits Mother,”
TDW
,
February 11, 1935, pages 1 and 7.

“Phil Kennamer Unleashes Verbal Barrage at Tulsa
Photographer,”
TDW
, February 11, 1935, page 1.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 11, 1935.

“Kennamer Likes Jail and Prisoners like Their New Associate,”
TDW
,
February 12, 1935, page 2.

“Krupnick Barred for Photographs,”
TDW
, February 12,
1935, page 3.

CHAPTER 16

“Young Slayer Sleeps Well in New Cell,” by Ruth Sheldon,
TT
,
February 12, 1935, page 1.

“‘You Are Guilty’ Sign Ordered Removed from Store at Pawnee,’”
Baron Creager,
TDW
, February 12, 1935, pages 1 and 2.

“11 Jurors Tentatively Seated as Clash between Prosecution and
Defense Marks Tedious Routine,” by Walter Biscup,
TDW
, February 12,
1935, pages 1 and 2.

“Jury Striking Begins at Pawnee, Court Qualifies Box and State
Uses First Challenge for Change,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 12,
1935, pages 1, 8, and 10.

“Just Before Trial Began for Kennamer,”
TT
, February
12, 1935, page 9.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 12, 1935.

“The Jury,”
TT
, February 13, 1935, page 1.

“Kennamer Trial Begins Today with First Witnessed Called,” by
Walter Biscup,
TDW
, February 13, 1935, pages 1 and 9.

“Tulsa World Map Helps Kennamer Prosecutor,”
TDW
,
February 13, 1935, page 8.

“Kennamer Remains Calm during Statement to Jury,”
TDW
,
February 13, 1935, pages 1 and 8.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 13, 1935.

“Kennamer Plotter State Charges, Planned Wilcox Threat as Well
as Murder,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 13, 1935, pages 1 and 8.

“Kennamer and Anderson Split on New Story,”
TT
,
February 12, 1935, page 10.

 “The Rambler,” Column,
TT
, February 13, 1935.

“Kansas City Man Gives Evidence,”
TDW
, February 14,
1935, pages 8 and 9.

CHAPTER 17

“Kennamer Case Witness Held for Contempt; Deny Mistrial,” by
Walter Biscup,
TDW
, February 14, 1935, pages 1, 7, and 10.

“Snedden Tells of Kennamer’s Threats While Drunk, Phil Taken
Home to End His Life,”
TDW
, February 15, 1935, pages 10, 11,

“Jack Snedden on Witness Stand! Kennamer Case on Again After
Near Mistrial,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 14, 1935, pages 1, 2,
and 6.

“Mad Love for Wilcox Girl Told to Jury,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
,
February 14, 1935, pages 1 and 6.

“Kennamer Loses Temper, Calls Snedden Liar,”
TDW
, February
14, 1935, page 1.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 14, 1935.

“Kennamer Defense Alienists Specialist in Queer People,”
TT
,
February 14, 1935, page 5.

CHAPTERS 18-19

“Kennamer is Described as ‘Incorrigible’ as Defense Opens
Fight to Save Him,” by Walter Biscup
, TDW
, February 15, 1935, pages 1
and 12.

“Attorney Describes Wild Career of Phil Kennamer,”
TDW
,
February 15, 1935, pages 1 and 12.

“Girl Who Covered Flemington Trial Likes Pawnee Comforts,”
TDW
,
February 15, 1935, page 11.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 15, 1935.

“Virginia Wilcox Will Take Stand to Clear Tragedy,”
TDW
,
February 15, 1935, page 1.

“Kennamer’s Fate on Insanity Plea, Moss Calls Him Almost
Genius,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 15, 1935, pages 1, and 10.

“Wilcox Threat Note Exhibited as Slain Boy’s,” by Harmon
Phillips,
TT
, February 15, 1935, pages 1, 7, and 9.

“Noted at the Pawnee Trial,” by Ruth Sheldon,
TT
,
February 15, 1935, page 9.

“Kennamer’s Letter for Mrs. Wilcox,”
TT
, February 15,
1935, page 9.

“The Rambler,” Column,
TT
, February 15, 1935.

CHAPTER 20

“Love for Virginia Wilcox Led Kennamer to Slay Gorrell,
Defense Contends, Unbalanced by Fear for Her,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
February 15, 1935, page 2.

“Judge Kennamer Weeps as He Describes Phil’s Abnormalities,”
by Walter Biscup
, TDW
, February 16, 1935, pages 1 and 12.

“Gorrell Wrote Note, Admitted,”
TDW
, February 16, 1935,
pages 12, 13, 14, and 15.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 16, 1935.

“Virginia Wilcox and Brother on Witness Stand,” by Harmon
Phillips,
TT
, February 16, 1935, pages 1 and 8.

“Phil Gets a Shave, Leers at His Pals,” Copeland Burg,
International News Service,
TT
, February 16, 1935, page 1.

“Judge Kennamer Weeps on Stand, Tells Story of Boy’s Life to
Crowded Room,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 16, 1935, pages 1 and
20.

“The Rambler,” Column,
TT
, February 16, 1935.

“Kennamer Witness Drawn into Damaging Admission under Cross
Examination,” by Walter Biscup
, TDW
, February 17, 1935, pages 1, 6 and
7.

“Kennamer Goes on Stand Monday to Tell Own Story of Love for
Miss Wilcox,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 17, 1935, pages 1 and 7.

“Many Salient Facts Already Presented in Kennamer Trial,”
TT
,
February 17, 1935, page 1.

CHAPTERS 21

“Two Alienists Will Testify for Kennamer,” by Walter Biscup,
TDW
,
February 18, 1935, pages 1 and 2.

“Moss, Gilmer Forays Witty,”
TT
, February 18, 1935,
page 1.

“Hysterical Mob Rushes Pawnee Courthouse to Hear Kennamer,”
TDW
,
February 19, 1935, page 9.

“Kansas Psychiatrist Claims Phil Kennamer Insane, Egotism
Blamed for Rash Action,”
TDW
, February 19, 1935, page 9, 10, and 11.

“Kennamer Was Crazy When He Killed, Is Now, Says Doctor,
Adding He Should Be Confined,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 19,
1935, pages 1 and 7.

“Phil Kennamer Testifies He Entered into Plot with Gorrell to
Thwart It; Killing Was in Self-Defense, Witness Says,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
February 18, 1935, page 6.

“Young Kennamer Repudiates Insanity Plea as He Calmly Details
Version  of Slaying,” by Walter Biscup,”
TDW
, February 19, 1935, pages
1, 12, and 13.

“Kennamer Winds up His Defense, Sticks to Story of
Self-Defense, Names Others in Note Plot,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
,
February 19, 1935, pages 1, 6, and 12.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 19, 1935.

“Doctors Testify about Defendant,”
TDW
, February 20,
1935, pages 8 and 9.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 20, 1935.

CHAPTER 22

“Hursts Instructs Kennamer Jurors; Arguments Today,” by Walter
Biscup,
TDW
, February 20, 1935, pages 1, 9, and 10.

“Judge Hurst Instructs Jurors as State, Defense Rests Case,”
TDW
,
February 20, 1935, page 9.

“Judge Instructs Kennamer Jury, State Makes Three Thrusts,” by
Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 20, 1935, pages 1, 3 and 7.

“The Rambler,” Column,
TT
, February 20, 1935.

“Quirk of Law May Free Phil of Detention,” by Ruth Sheldon,
TT
,
February 20, 1935, page 7.

“Phil Kennamer Branded ‘Reckless Killer;’ Extolled as Girl’s
Defender; Stress Put on Life Sentence by Prosecutor,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
February 20, pages 1 and 6.

 “Wallace Asks Murder Vote During Plea,”
TT
, February
21, 1935, page 12.

“Moss Chiefly Urges Vote of Self-Defense,”
TT
, February
21, 1935, page 12.

“King Asks Jury to Forget Plea for Death Chair,”
TT
,
February 21, 1935, pages 1 and 13.

“Jury to Get Kennamer Case after Anderson, Stuart End
Arguments at Pawnee Today,” by Walter Biscup,
TDW
, February 21, 1935,
pages 1, 8, 9, and 10.

“Kennamer Case to Jury Thursday, Two Arguments Left after Day
of Bitter Pleas,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 21, 1935, pages 1 and
8.

“Young Lawyer Last Kennamer Guilty Pleader,”
TT
,
February 22, 1935, page 6.

“Stuart in Last Demand to Jury for Kennamer,”
TT
,
February 22, 1935, page 7.

“Pawnee Personalities,”
TDW
, February 21, 1935.

“Few Signs from Jurors to Indicate Their Views While These
Lawyers Ask for Boy’s Life,” by Ruth Sheldon,
TT
, February 21, 1935,
page 12.

“Phil Kennamer Murder Case Goes to Jury,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
February 21, 1935, pages 1 and 3.

“Gorrells, Worn by Trial, are Seeking Quiet,”
TDW
,
February 22, 1935, pages 1 and 11.

“Two Grilled in Born Mystery,”
TT
, February 21, 1935,
page 13.

“The Rambler,” Column,
TT
, February 21, 1935.

“Highly Organized Staff Brought Kennamer Case to World
Readers,”
TDW
, February 22, 1935, page 10.

“Kennamer Jury, Out Since Noon, Gives No Sign of Early
Verdict,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 22, 1935, pages 1

“The Rambler,”
TT
, February 22, 1935.

“Kennamer Awaits Hour of Sentence with Usual Calm,”
TDW
,
February 23, 1935, pages 1 and 5.

“Kennamer Guilty of Manslaughter, Verdict of Jury Leaves
Punishment of Gorrell’s Slayer to Judge Hurst,” by Walter Biscup,
TDW
,
February 22, 1935, pages 1, 10, and 11.

“Kennamer Manslaughter Verdict on Twelfth Vote After 9 to 3
First Ballot,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 23, 1935, pages 1 and 4.

“Phil Kennamer, Found Guilty of Manslaughter, Will be
Sentenced Saturday,” Associated Press,
MDNR
, February 22, 1935, pages 1
and 4.

“Two Guns Used in Slaying of John Gorrell,”
TT
,
February 23, 1935, page 1.

“The Rambler,” Column,
TT
, February 23, 1935.

CHAPTER 23

“Judge Hurst Sentences Phil Kennamer to 25 years in M’Alester
State Prison; His Appeal Bond is Fixed at $25,000,” by Walter Biscup,
TDW
,
February 24, 1935, pages 1 and 10.

“Hurst Holds to Theory that All Should Have Equal Rights,”
TDW
,
February 24, 1935, pages 1 and 10.

“Phil Kennamer Back to Jail with 25 Years in Prison as Penalty
for Gorrell Killing,” by Harmon Phillips,
TT
, February 24, 1935, pages 1
and 4.

“Gentlemen for the State No Gentlemen,”
TT
, February
24, 1935, page 1.

“Phil Kennamer Gets 25 Years in Prison; Youth Unmoved as He
Received Penalty,” Associated Press,
MDNR
, February 24, 1935, pages 1
and 2.

“Illness Delays Kennamer Bond,”
TDW
, February 25, 1935,
page 1.

“Vaudeville and Justice,” Editorial,
TDW
, February 25,
1935.

“Phil Kennamer Looses Bitter Flood of Words,”
TT
,
February 25, 1935, page 1.

“Route to Liberty Leads Through Pen,”
TDW
, February 26,
1935, page 1.

“A Verdict of Justice,” Editorial,
TDW
, February 26,
1935.

“Kennamer Jury May Join in a Parole Appeal,” by Harmon
Phillips,
TT
, February 26, 1935, page 1.

“The Rambler,” Column,
TT
, February 26, 1935.

“Kennamer Appeal Filed at Pawnee,”
TDW
, February 27,
1935, page 1 and 10.

“Moss Will Join in Prosecution of Mrs. Harman,”
TT
,
February 27, 1935, pages 1 and 12.

“Phil Kennamer Ready to Start Term in Prison,”
TT
,
February 27, 1935, page 12.

“US Judge Bids Good-Bye to Son,”
TDW
, February 28,
1935, page 1.

“Gorrell’s Bloody Coat Removed as Slayer Prepares for Prison,”
TDW
, March 1, 1935, page 1.

“Leniency Denied; Phil Kennamer to Serve Long Term,” Walter
Biscup,
TDW
, March 3, 1935, pages 1 and 13.

“Phil Now 31-420 at State Prison,”
TDW
, March 5, 1935,
page 1 and 8.

“A Lawyer’s Bad Break,” Editorial,
TDW
, March 5, 1935.

 “Prison’s Doors Closed behind Phil Kennamer,” by Harmon
Phillips,
TT
, March 5, 1935, pages 1 and 5.

“Kennamer Working in Prison Factory,”
TDW
, March 6,
1935, page 1.