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//OFFICER HAROLD HILDEBRANDT placee deer rifle against police station wall, along with other gun* and ammunition taken from the James Kennedy apartment at 16 E. Northwest hwy. January 13. An hour earlier, Hilde-brandt had stared into the business end of thedeer gun, hi what at first appeared to police to be a booby-trap. Kennedy told police he had rigged the gun with a wire running to the window in an attempt to frighten anyone trying to get in. The gun was unloaded, Arlington Heights police later found.A young husband and student breathed a sigh of relief last week when Arlingtonlaacrcadcpoliceconduct$20020. of 16 E. Northpolicecharged withcommit murderpeered into the third floor window and saw a large bore deer rifle staring back at him.The strange chain of eventsbegan at §:45 p.m., January 13, when Marlene Kennedy asked police officers to accompany her to her apartment. Because of an argument with her husband, she said, she feared “there might be trouble.” Hildebrandt accompanied her. /“It s all a mistake. I'm not a criminal; I nevar tried to murder anyone.” Kennedy said under police interrogation. ”1 just didn’t want anybody trying to get into my apartment,” he explained.THE YOUNG MAN said he had’‘just wanted to frighten” anyone looking into his back porch window.And frightened was Officer Harold Hildebrandt when heIWHEN THEY found both front and rear doors barricaded, theytried the rear porch window. As the police officer raised the window. Mrs. Kennedy shouted.“Look out, there’s a gun ” Fastened to the window sill, anddrawn tout was a wire leading to the rifle's trigger and triggerguard. The 30-40 big game gun wa* taped to a china cabinet, its muzzle in line with the window.Kennedy was located a shorttime later, brought into toe station, and charged with attempted murder. Later it was determined that toe rifle was unloaded, and the bolt removed. It was then that toe lesser charge was placed.KENNEDY TOLD police what they mistook for a boooy-trap was an attempt on his part to prevent anyone from entering his apartment. Because of a family disagreement, he said, he was afraid his wife and her relatives might oome when he was out and move her things.Taken from the Kennedy apartment were a .22 pump rifle, the deer gun, a .32 caliber automatic pistol, and 100 rounds of assorted ammunition. A Japanese army rifle belonging to Kennedy was brought into the station from Bowen Hardware, where work wa* being done on ItA hearing in police court has been set for January 28.VCthtath;aWfrifprpliyethwcmlt;solaoarmthlt;apoiun
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Arlington Heights Herald
Arlington Heights, Illinois, US
Thu, Jan 22, 1959
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