Borough Councilman Murdered
Item
- Title
- Borough Councilman Murdered
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1900-06-14
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1900-06-14/ed-1/?sp=1&q=murder&r=0.038,0.85,0.351,0.168,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- murder; suicide
- Gender of alleged offender
- male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- male alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- crime
- Location
- Out-of-State; Allendale, NJ
- Length of story
- 961
- Description
- HOllOVail IWIWLOI COUNCILS COVClJU COIINCI1Jt4N AX UVKDERED UVKDEREDShot Shot Dead by lilt 11 ill Adopted Adoptft Daughters Dauhte H nt flip flipband t tband band Who Committed COIDlted Suicide SuicideAltFxnuE Salcd SalcdAUFSIHIF SuicideAtnExDtlr AltFxnuE AUFSIHIF N J Juno IS ISO 0 W Jennings Jenningsa Jennlnl Jennlnla a borough boroulh Councilman COlnelll1 who was prominent prominentIn rollAnt rollAntIn In Democratic DnHIrto party Irt affairs n1ulr In Bergen Jerlen county countywus cOlnty cOlntyWIS couintysus wus WIS hot nnd killed kld today tocay at his homo h0o In Chest Chestnut Chestnnt Chestnut nut judge 1dl two tWI miles 11 rniit from Saddle Radtlo River Rer by byHoward byluwnnl bylhtwnrd Howard luwnnl Uurnett Jurl t the husband hu blld of hU bl adopted adopteddaughter adoptl adoptedtlaunghtter daughter Tho murder occurred at dnllhtlr Irdlr ocure noon noonand noonnnll noonanul and a few minutes Ilnutll later Durnett Blrlt put a bullet bulletIn bulet buletIn In his hl own head He 10 died dIld about 7 oclock ocock to tonight t totulgiut night nightJennings Illht IllhtJennln tulgiutJennings Jennings Jennln was n M 5 years elr old and Ind had ha lived lved at atChestnut atCb atChestnut Chestnut Cb tnut RIdge for tho thlrtyflvo 1dl0 past l1t yearn yearnHo TII yearslie Ho 10 wits Wlq married Ilrlll but had no children chidrn A num number numblr aiimbet bet blr of years Inrl ago 111 ho adopted Idopl1 Catherine Cathtrlne Dran Drannivan Brnnnhwn llranniuran nivan whose who p parents Illmmtl live nt ntR atSaddlo Saddle lle River lhfr IJur IJurnett Durnett flurnett nett was Y alo a natIve natht of Chestnut C tnlt Itldgo Hldlo Ho Howas 10 10M liewa4 was M a playmatti ftf Catlierlno llrannlgan Irannllan Jen Jennings JennhI Jennhmugs nings nhI and alt eight llht years llrs ago alo they the wero wlro nmr nmrrled Ilr Ilrrlld muuumrrled rled rlld Then Uurnett Ihlfll got Iot a place 1laC as n clerk dlrk with withtho withthin ltl the 11 1 11 Clatlin Clnln Company Cnllpan onupany In Now York nnd nndhe nndhI andhe he hI and anc his hil wife wlr lived 1Id lu II 1jist Now ew York until untillust unUIla untillast lust la t November when wlln Uurnett lurrt lost his hl Job JobThen JubThen JobThen Then he h and lnd tils hi wife returned rolure to Chestnut Chestnutlildge Chtlnut ChtlnutHdl ChestnutIlhige lildge Hdl and began blan living Ivlnl again IIain with rlh Jennings JenningsAfter Jnnlls Jnnllsr JenningsAfter After r that Durnett Burnllt did ld no 0 Ti work wok Ills I father fatherinlaw rnthlr rnthlrInlaw fatherInlaw inlaw freiiuently frlllrnth upbraided uvhrldfd him for not try tr trInl tryhng Ing Inl to get It something olnlhlll to An d Durnett Ilrnll was wn very verymoody verymuioody Or moody and tho family faUI began blan to fear that thlt he hewas hI huewas was 1001 wnl Itiiine Inln lie Il suddenly ldnl became Jealous JlaOI of oflib orhl ofIi lib hl Ii l wilt nnd nll frequently declared d rard that tlit he hE be believed 11 h te tehieved lieved lrfd that Jennings JennlnlK was too friendly frleldl by far farwith rurlh farwitlt with her herJennings herJemItngm I IJelnlnl1 lh Jennings Jelnlnl1 and Hurnett Ilmel hid n quarrel qlarl this thismnrnlng thismorila thIsmorning morning morila after aflr which whlh the former formtr hitched up ups upa upa a hnne hor and said he was a going Iolnl to drive to Sad Saddle Saddie Maddie die Hirer Itr tn tlil get forno plantoand that ho would wouldbe wouldh be h back about noon 101 As soon OH Il Jennings Jenningslifld Jennlnl Jenmningslund lund driven away IWI Hurnctt Ilrptl went ent to the house houseof houAeo hioumseif of if Henry Ihnr Camion Cnnnnl antuitmu about bolt a mlln 11 mimil distant dltnt and andstolo nndtulu andstoI stolo o stoI a revolver Then he went hack to tho thobarn thobnrn theburn barn 1 on Jennings rnnlll property and waited waied for forhis rorhi forhils his hi fntherlnlaws return returnAt rlllr returnAt At noon Jennings JPlinls drove drv drove Into the barn bar Be Before Beore fore ore he could get Irt out Olt of o the thu buggy hlll Dnrnett Dnrnettflipped Blrnrtt BlrnrttMlld lluirnettFhilttted flipped up behind lhll him nnd shot him Im In tho th back backof lak backof of Mlld the heath Mr Jennings Jpnnln fell M back Into tIme thobuggy tll tImeJuumggy buggy and 1111 shouted holltld for help Uurnett Ilrnet shot MhotIm shothuhnum him Im again nlnll this thl time tmo In the rlcht rl ht temple telvle John JohnSmith JohnHlilh JohnSrutith Smith Hlilh a I farm Illlabrr laborer ran rn to the tmuebarnm barn barl As AIAfOI soon soonns soonlie ns p ho h saw aw Jennings 11nnlnl h hn started to It go 10 to hU hi as asDistance MIIMIlnce s ssletance Distance IIMIlnce Durnntt Jlrn t pointed polntu1 his hi pistol at Smith Smithnnd Hmlh Hmlhpnd Hnuithmand and drovo him from Irol the barn bnr Then Burnett Burnettrun lr run fI out olt of if thn Ihl darn har to the th house hmll Mrs lrH Jon Jennings Jcnnlnl Jonnlngs nings nlnl Mrs 1 Burnett Ilrnrt Miss lli Anne An Brannlgan rnnllRI n nslater 1 1Ittr acider slater of Mrs lrM Uurnett Illrnll and Inll the fouryearold fouryearoldtoti fOlrtarold fOlrtaroldon toti un on of the tb BurnetU Blrlll were wlro seated PtNI on the porch porchHe porchlie orch orchIh He pointed polnlll his hl pistol at them th nnd drove them themInto thuenilOP hlm hlmInt Into Int the thE lion hal huommse Then 1hpn he put Ilt the tht weapon Iapon to tohis tl tohis his h own UWI head and shot hot himself He 10 I he died with without wIt lh lholt ii iituit out olt regaining rlllnlnl consciousness consciousness
