The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-11
MRS. LULU PRI nee KENNEDY
AS She Appears in Her Cell in Kansas CITY Jail.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
| Kansas City. NO., June la-At $50 this
afternoon the State put its last witness on
| the stand to testify in the Mrs. Lulu Prince
| Kennedy case. Tomorrow morning at .
| O'Clock the defense will begin
1t was reserved till the very last Of The
thirty-two witnesses the State had, to bring
up the question Of Mrs Kennedy having
| been In a delicate condition at the time of
| the murder. The witness was Mrs Patti
| Moore. matron at the jail. She declared
that. so far as she could learn. Mrs. Ken
| nedy was not in a delicate condition.
Mrs. Moore declared emphatically that
| during her five months confinement in jail
| Zone Of the symptoms of pregnancy had
been evident
Doctor J. A Boardman. the County Jail
physician. too. testified to the same effect
Attorney Nearing. chief counsel for Mrs.
Kennedy. drew a sigh of relief as the State
rested. and in a most cheerful mood said:
1t was infinitely weaker than thought it
would be. We can break down their case
like house Of cards. They have proven
nothing"
When Mr.. Nearing was asked what would
be his line of defense he began by refusing
to disclose all.
Il will say, however" he continued, that
We shall have some surprises and may use
some OF their own witnesses. To-day they
had Public Administrator Gettman on the
stand He told the jury that Of all he
knew OF the defendant he knew nothing
bad They have not proven q thing they
set out to prove. Almost everything they
undertook they merely limited at Their
conspiracy was not established We can
wipe that or the records with our testi-
mony. decline for the moment to refer to
the physical condition of Mrs. Kennedy.
About their story of Mrs. Kennedy having
been associated with Case Patten. there was
nothing resembling proof. Testimony b not
evidence in q criminal case. We are more
than satisfied with the condition the State
has surrendered the case in. I hope to have
our last witness OF the stand by Saturday"
Expects Prisoner to Collapse.
Mrs. Kennedy will not be able TO go
through with the trial She was bright in
court to-day. laughing once at a remark by
witness. but tomorrow night will tell a
different tale" So said a physician who has
been watching her.
Jack Caldwell to-day testified to a con-
versation with Will Prince on the day fol-
lowing his sisters marriage at the Court
house to Kennedy. at which ceremony Will
Prince and his father were present. VIII
had related the scene at the Courthouse to
witness and told OF Kennedy's saying when
friends congratulated HIM: Il will not be
q live man three weeks from to-day"
Prince had retorted: well. you have pro-
longed your life by this marriage" Prince
had also admitted to witness that the mar
riage had been forced upon Kennedy. Then.
later. when Prince and his father had called
at Kennedy's Office and tried to collect $40
for Mrs. Kennedy's board. VIII Prince re-
lated to the witness. Kennedy had run out
OF the ONCE and gone downstairs head first.
He practically admitted that he and his
father were armed at the time and that
Kennedy was under the shadow Of q gun"
Kennedy had been married but q month
when he was killed. Saturday It was ad-
duced Bert Prince had forecast the mur-
der.
A newspaper reporter told Of Mn. Ken
pedy and her brother VIII coming to his
ONCE ssfter the marriage. Mrs. Kennedy
wanted Kennedy roasted in tho paper"
and VIII had said that the marriage was
forced to prevent Kennedy marrying an
other woman.
Says There Had Been No Intimacy.
The reporter told Of conversation with
ftlnces anu ExOcocutoE dadley asked:
did he say anything about any intimacy
on the part OF defendant and Philip Ken
nedy?"
He did: there had been no intimacy"
E J. Curtain testified to a conversation
with c. W. Prince. the father. after the
marriage. Prince had said: Il was not 60
ing to let this man tilt my daughter. II
things don't go right you will have . good
deal more sensational thing to write about"
Prince had mistaken Curtain for. . re-
porter.
In the trial to-day Miss Litchneld well
established the circumstance that Bert
Prince was within sight Of his sister At the
moment Of the murder. She said she was
talking to him within twenty feet OF the
scene.
W. A. Wallace. q newsdealsr. whose
stand II In the Ridge building. also testified