John Kenny
John Kenney died on February 1, 1883, after shooting himself through the heart, according to the Canton Register, which reported the death at Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn, New York. That account said it was unknown how he obtained the pistol. The Ottawa Free Trader, publishing on February 10, 1883, described the shooting as happening while he was being taken back from court to jail after sentencing, and described it as an attempt to avoid being taken to the penitentiary. The two accounts differ on where the shooting took place.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Two accounts say he shot himself through the heart with a pistol in February 1883, at the Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn according to one, and while being returned from court to jail after sentencing according to the other.
Reported by: news reports.