The Forrest City times., 1901-06-14
THE DEFENSE'S inning.
Defense in the Kennedy Murder
Case, at Kansas City, is
Taking Testimony.
THE DEFENDANT IS lookIA6 BETTER.
VIII Prince, q Brother of the Ac-
cused, COmbats the Theory OF tine
state that He Had Influenced HIS
Sister and Spurred Her to the
Commission of the Deed.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 12.-The de-
tense opened its side of the case of
Lulu Prince-Kennedy, on trial, for the
murder of Philip II. Kennedy, her
husband. The prisoner looked partic-
ularly well. She had taken particu-
lar care in making her toilet and she
displayed more interest than at any
time since the case opened, scanning
each witness critically and listening
eagerly to the testimony. Will Prince,
the prisoners brother, who is charged
with being the principal character in
the alleged conspiracy to kill Kenne-
dy, was brought from his cell and
placed on the stand. AS he testified
in defense of his sister, Mrs. c. w.
Prince, the mother, burst into tears,
which broke forth afresh as he de-
tailed the different chapters in the
affair.
Scene In the Ridge Building.
Thomas II. Ridge, the first witness,
told of the scene in the Ridge build
ing at the time of the murder. He had
come upon the scene soon after a po-
liceman arrived. Mrs. Kennedy had
requested the officer to let loose his
hold on her hands, the doctor had said
Kennedy was dead, and then Mrs.
Kennedy, stepping to the PROSTATE
form, had kicked him in the side Of
the head, and remarked: You'll new
er seduce another girl"
An Unfmportant witness.
Through T. j. Noble the defense en-
deavored to prove that the time Of
the murder as set by the states wit
nesses was incorrect, but his state
ments in that respect did not differ
materially from the evidence already
| adduced. The witness said the de-
PENDANT appeared very excited and
blue, but on cross-examination admit
ted that she had requested the officer
to release her hands SO she might ar
range her hair, and that she had re.
marked she was not going to run
away.
During the cross-questioning the
prisoner kept patting the floor with
her foot constantly and was nervous.
Will Prince ON the stand.
| Then Will Prince took the stand.
He is prepossessing man of 30. He
resembles his sister in features. and
looked al her constantly while giving
his evidence. He kissed his mother
and married sister. Mrs. Leon, as b..
passed them, and patted the prisoner
on the shoulder.
| VIII Prince, according to a theory
of the prosecution, was a professional
mesmerist, and in nerving her up to
commit the murder of Kennedy, ex-
ercised his hypnotic power over Mrs.
Kennedy.
Denied that He Was q Mesmerist,
Prince denied that he was a mes
merist, or that he ever mesmerized a
person, and said he had never been a
prize tighter. as had been alleged.
Prince detailed his whereabouts on the
day of the murder. He had been with
his patent attorneys during the morn
ing. he said, talking over a patent he
intended placing on the market, and
went home about noon, remaining
there until $3.50, when he returned to
town alone. He went to his fathers
place of business, and at four o'clock
Mrs. Kennedy followed. He denied
having accompanied Mrs. Kennedy to
town few hours before the murder,
when she was supposed to have been
en- route &c Kennedy's Office.
The state tried to show that Prince
left home with his sister on the af-
ternoon OF the murder, furnishing her
with revolver en- route, and instruct
Ing her in what she should do when
she went to her husbands office.