Deadly Hero: The High Society Murder that Created Hysteria in the Heartland (37 page)

“Hopes Raised on Clemency by Governor,”
TDO
, May 30,
1937, page 24.

“Kennamer Parole Drawing Protest,”
TDW
, June 2, 1937,
page 1.

“Marland to Get Parole Protest,”
TT
, June 2, 1937, page
4.

“Drive to Keep Kennamer in Prison Begins,”
TDO
, June 2,
1937, page 1.

“Phil Kennamer Clemency Opposed,” Associated Press,
TDA
,
June 2, 1937, page 10.

“Kennamer Case in Marland’s Hands,” Associated Press,
TAEN
,
June 6, 1937, page 16.

“Governor of Alabama Joins Kennamer Clemency Plea,”
TDO
,
June 11, 1937, page 11.

“Kennamer Freedom Moves Protests,”
TDO
, June 13, 1937,
page 33.

“Marland Receives Two More Pleas for Clemency Phil Kennamer,
Former Deputy Sheriff Urges Further Probe,” Associated Press,
MDNR
, June
25, 1937, page 2.

“Kennamer Parole Opposed by 5,000,”
TDO
, July 4, 1937,
page 18.

“Kennamer Parole Has 5,000 Protests,”
TDW
, July 4,
1937, page 1.

“Kennamer Inquiry Styled Unofficial,”
TDW
, July 6,
1937, page 1.

“No Kennamer Parole Probe,”
TT
, July 6, 1937, page 4.

“Kennamer Punished Enough, Two Write,”
TDO
, July 7,
1937, page 14.

“Anti-Kennamer Petitions Read,” Associated Press,
TAEN,
July 8, 1937, page 5.

“No! No! No! Thousands Protest,”
TDO
, July 20, 1937,
page 18.

“Phil Kennamer Among Prisoners Given Sanity Tests by Board,”
TT
,
October 18, 1937, page 1.

“Young Kennamer Given Sanity Test,” Associated Press,
TDO
,
October 19, 1937, page 5.

1938

“Phil Planning Life in Exile if He is Freed,” Associated
Press,
TDW
, January 23, 1938, pages 1 and 2.

“Phil Kennamer Wants to Leave Country,” Associated Press,
TDO
,
January 23, 1938, pages 1 and 2.

“Kennamer, in New Bid for Freedom, Claims Principal was
Perjurer,” Associated Press,
TDO
, February 5, 1938, page 14A.

“Kennamer Asks Perjury Charges Against Witness,” United Press,
TT
, February 6, 1938, page 1.

“Jailer to Answer Kennamer Claim,” Associated Press,
TDW
,
February 7, 1938, page 1.

“Pawnee Jailer Mum on Kennamer Case,” Associated Press,
TDO
,
February 7, 1938, page 30.

“Kennamer’s Perjury Plea Strikes Snag,” Associated Press,
TDO
,
February 8, 1938, page 1.

“Kennamer Loses Retrial Battle,” Associated Press,
TDW
,
February 12, 1938, page 10.

“Kennamer Appeal for Freedom Lost,” Associated Press,
TDO
,
February 12, 1938, page 1.

“Gorrell Hits Parole Hint,” Associated Press,
TDO
,
August 14, 1938, page 4.

“Tulsa Girl Injured When Car Skids on Wet Road Near Grants,”
Albuquerque
Journal
, September 2, 1938, page 1.

“Marland Dashes Kennamer Hopes of Leaving Pen,”
TDW
,
September 13, 1938, page 1.

“Marland Against Kennamer Parole,”
TDO
, September 13,
1938, page 1.

“Kennamer Case Again Agitated,”
TDW
, October 4, 1938,
page 1.

“Open Hearing on Kennamer Parole Hinted,”
TDO
, October
4, 1938, page 1.

“Governor Orders Kennamer Parole Hearing Oct. 31,”
TT
,
October 21, 1938, page 1.

“Kennamer Parole Rapped by Pastor,” Associated Press,
TDO
,
October 24, 1938, page 1.

“State Clemency Machinery Geared to Higher Speed,”
TDO
,
October 26, 1938, page 1.

“Kennamer Appeals to State for Fair Play in Son’s Parole
Plea,”
TT
, October 30, 1938, pages 1 and 5b.

“Board Adviser Fights Parole for Kennamer,”
TDO
,
October 30, 1938, page 17.

“Protests to Parole for Kennamer Begun at Many Enter Plea for
Clemency,”
TT
, by Joseph E. Howell,”
TT
, October 31, 1938, pages
1 and 3.

“Two Days Likely to be Needed for Hearing on Parole for
Kennamer,”
TDO
, October 31, 1938, page 5.

“Sanity Hearing at Pen today May Free Kennamer after Quick
Action by Marland Clemency Board, Despite Warning that Phil is a ‘Dangerous
Man,’” by Edward D. Burks,
TDW
, November 1, 1938, pages 1 and 3.

“Parole Hearing Arguments Heard,” World Capital Bureau,
TDW
,
November 1, 1938, page 3.

“Marland Awaits Report on Kennamer Sanity to Guide Six Month
Parole,” by Joseph E. Howell,
TT
, November 1, 1938, pages 1 and 3.

“Marland to Accept Board’s Decision to Free Kennamer,”
TDO
,
November 1, 1938, page 1.

“Kennamer Held to Prison Schedule,”
TDO
, November 1,
1938, page 2.

“Kennamer Tested, Certified as Sane, Leaves Pen Today,” by
Edward D. Burks, November 2, 1938, page 1.

“Kennamer Sentences Kidnap Pair as Son Wins Release,”
TT
,
November 2, 1938, page 1.

“Kennamer to be Out Today,”
TDO
, November 2, 1938, page
1.

“Not for These,” Editorial,
TDO
, November 2, 1938.

“Jaunty Kennamer Quits Pen; Will Meet Mother in Texas, Then
Work on Arizona Ranch,” Associated Press,
TDW
, November 3, 1938, page 1.

“Kennamer to Mother’s Side,”
TT
, November 3, 1938, page
1.

“Kennamer Goes to Work for Phoenix Firm,” Associated Press,
TT
,
November 29, 1938, page 3.

“Kennamer is Given Job by Oil Firm,”
TDO
, November 29,
1938, page 1.

“Marland Sets Parole Record,”
MDNR
, December 11, 1938,
pages 1 and 2.

1939

“Mrs. Kennamer Taken by Death; Ill Many Years,”
TDW
,
March 13, 1939, pages 1 and 2.

“Mrs. Kennamer Rites Tuesday,”
TT
, March 13, 1939, page
1.

“Son Arrives for Funeral,”
TDO
, March 14, 1938, page
14.

“Mrs. Kennamer Laid to Rest,”
TT
, March 15, 1939, page
2.

“Kennamer’s Leave to Expire May 2,”
TDO
, April 23,
1939, page 22.

“Phillips to Study Kennamer Case,” Associated Press,
TDW
,
April 26, 1939, page 1.

“Phillips to Ask for Kennamer File,”
TDO
, April 26,
1939, page 11.

“Phillips Extends Slayers Leave,”
TDW
, April 27, 1939,
pages 1 and 2.

“Kennamer to Get 2 Weeks More Liberty,”
TDO
, April 27,
1939, page 1.

“Kennamer to be Given Two Weeks,” Associated Press,
TT
,
April 27, 1939, page 9.

“Phil Kennamer’s Leave Cancelled by Gov. Phillips,”
TDW
,
May 30, 1939, page 1 and 2.

“Kennamer Goes Back to Prison,”
TT
, May 30, 1939, page
1.

“Kennamer Leave is Ended, Tulsa Slayer Ordered Back to
M’Alester,”
TDO
, May 30, 1939, page 1.

“Kennamer in Tulsa as Leave Ends Friday,”
TDW
, May 31,
1939, page 1 and 3.

“Gorrell Against Kennamer Plea,” Associated Press,
TAEN
,
December 10, 1939, page 1.

1940

“Kennamer Action Remains Far Off,”
TDW
, February 14,
1940, page 1.

“Phillips Sees No Clemency for Kennamer,”
TDO
, February
14, 1940, page 1.

“Kennamer Asks to be Retired; Savage in Line to Succeed Him,”
TT
,
May 15, 1940, page 1.

“Kennamer Asks to be Retired from Federal Bench,” Associated
Press,
MDNR
, May 15, 1940, pages 1 and 2.

“Edith Gorrell Illness Victim,”
TT
, September 12, 1940,
page 1.

1941

“Phillips Airs Scandal Hint in Kennamer Parole Drive,”
TDO
January 16, 1941, pages 1 and 2.

“Crutcher Faces Fire in Senate; Kennamer Clemency is Issue,”
TDO
,
January 17, 1941, pages 1 and 2.

“Kennamer Not to Get Hearing,” Associated Press,
TDA
,
January 16, 1941, pages 1 and 12.

“Phillips Spurns Kennamer Move,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
January 16, 1941, pages 1 and 2.

“New Kennamer Release Move,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
February 12, 1941, page 8.

“F.E. Kenanmer’s Wedding Bared,”
TDO
, April 13, 1941,
page 17.

“Divorce Granted to Kennamer,” Associated Press,
TDO
,
July 16, 1941, page 1.

“F.E. Kennamer Gets Divorce,” Associated Press,
TDA
,
July 16, 1941, page 2.

1942

“Kennamer Would Enlist if Free; Governor Told,” United Press,
TT
,
February 3, 1942, pages 1 and 5.

“New Phil Kennamer Clemency Plea, Reported Based on Offer to
Join the Army, Placed Before Gov. Phillips,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
February 3, 1942, pages 1 and 2.

“Phillips Growls at Latest Plea for Kennamer,”
TDO
,
February 4, 1942, page 13.

1943

“Kerr Reveals He Will Ask Parole Board to Consider Clemency
for P. Kennamer,” Associated Press,
MDNR
, March 2, 1943, pages 1 and 10.

“Kerr to Check Kennamer Plea to New Board,”
TT
, March
2, 1943, pages 1 and 7.

“Pardon, Parole Board to Hold Session Today,” DO, March 3,
1943, page 20.

“Board to Delay Kennamer Action,” United Press,
TT
,
March 4, 1943, page 1.

“Kennamer Plea Hearing Looms,”
TDO
, March 4, 1943, page
11.

“Full Day Hearing Promised on Clemency Plea,”
TDO
,
March 5, 1943, page 17.

“Day to be Devoted to Kennamer Case,” Associated Press, TAEN,
March 5, page 1.

“Armed Service Kennamer Plea,” United Press,
TT
, March
10, 1943, pages 1 and 2.

“Le
tt
ers Plead for Kennamer,”
TT
, March 11,
1943, pages 1 and 2.

“Kennamer Will Attend Hearing,” Associated Press,
TT
, March
18, 1943, page 1.

“Phil Kennamer Parole Hearing Set for April,” Associated Press,
MDNR
, March 18, 1943, page 1.

“Phillips Says Kerr First to Ask Pardon for Phil Kennamer,”
Associated Press,
TAEN
, March 29, 1943,
pages 1 and 2.

“Warden Takes Neutral Stand in Phil’s Case,” by Joseph E.
Howell,
TT
, April 13, 1943, pages 1 and 10.

“With Odds Heavily in His Favor, Young Phil Kennamer Will Make
Parole Bid April 20,” Associated Press,
MDNR
, April 15, 1943, page 10.

“Kennamer Out for O.C. Trip,” Associated Press,
TT
, April
19, 1943, page 1.

“Kennamer to Bid for Own Freedom,” by Walter Biscup,
TDW
,
April 20, 1943, pages 1 and 4.

“Gilmer Denies He Agreed to Ask Kennamer Freedom,” by Joseph
E. Howell,
TT
, April 20, 1943, pages 1 and 13.

“Attorneys Clash Verbally As Hearing Opens Today at Capital
for Phil Kennamer,” by John Owen, Associated Press,
MDNR
, April 20,
1943, pages 1 and 2.

“Kennamers Wait in Seclusion; Phil Calm with Fate at Issue,”
Associated Press,
TT
, April 20, 1943, page 13.

“Kennamer Gains Freedom, Phil Will Seek Army Induction as
Paratrooper,” by Walter Biscup,
TDW
, April 21, 1943, pages 1 and 14.

“Kennamer Freed After Hot Parole Hearing,” by Ray Parr,
TDO
,
April 21, 1943, pages 1 and 2.

“Kennamer Finis,” Editorial,
TDW
, April 21, 1943.

CHAPTER 27

“Kennamer Freed, Will Proceed to Army Enlistment,”
TT
,
April 21, 1943, pages 1 and 4.

“Phil Kennamer Asks Induction,” Associated Press,
TDA
,
April 21, 1943, page 3.

“Phi Kennamer Inducted into Army,” Associated Press,
TDA
,
May 25, 1943, page 3.

“Phil Kennamer to be Paratrooper,” Associated Press,
TAEN
,
May 29, 1943, page 2.

1944

“Phil Kennamer Killed in Action in France,” by Edward D.
Burks,
TDW
, September 27, 1944, pages 1 and 3.

“Death on French Battlefield of Phil Kennamer Closes Case,”
TT
,
September 27, 1944, pages 1 and 8.

“Parole Justified,” State Capital Bureau of the Tribune,
TT
,
September 27, 1944, page 1.

“Phil Kennamer Dies in France,” Associated Press,
MDNR
,
September 27, 1944, page 1 and 3.

“Phil Kennamer is Killed in France While Fighting with US
Paratroops,”
TDO
, September 27, 1944, page 1.

“For Country’s Sake,” Editorial,
TDO
, September 28,
1944, page 10.

“Atonement,” Editorial,
Denton Record-Chronicle
,
Denton, Texas, September 30, 1944, page 6.

“Phil Kennamer’s Sacrifice,” Editorial,
TDA
, October 1,
1944, page 10.

“Debt Paid in Full,” Letter to the Editor,
TDO
, October
8, 1944, page 50.

“Army Reveals Kennamer Killed in Attack on Nazi Gun Nest,”
TDO
,
November 15, 1944, page 1.

“The Parachute F.A. BN Record of Events, ‘D day,’” by Captain
Louis Vogel, 517
^th
Parachute Regimental Combat Team After Action
Report.

Jean Loup-Gassend, discussions with author by email March,
2015. (Author: Operation Dragoon: Autopsy of a Battle: The Allied Liberation of
the French Riviera August-September 1944.)

Merle McMorrow, discussions with author by email, March, 2015.
(Battery C, 460
^th
Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Served with
Phil Kennamer from 1943-1944, and author of
From Breckenridge to Bastogne:
The Accounts of a World War II Paratrooper.
)

SSGT Milton D. Rogers, “How I Saw It,” October 2007. Website:
517th
Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945
. URL: http://www.517prct.org/bios/milton_d_rogers.htm