The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-16
NOTICE OF APPEAL GIVEN
The Prisoner Cried Aloud When Verdict Was Read.
History of the Killing of Phil Ken- nedy by the Wife Whom He . Had Married Under
 compulsion.

Kansas City. June l5.--The jury ia the Kennedy murder case this morn ing brought In verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and fixing Mrs. Kennedy's punishment at ten years in the penitentiary.
 Judge Woffard entered the court room at 9:45 and immediately sent for the prisoner. Mrs. Kennedy was brought in few minutes later accom- panied by her father and her married sister, Mrs. Leon.
 A moment later the jury filed into the room. When the Judge asked the foreman of the jury if verdict had been reached he handed slip of paper to the clerk
 Mrs Kennedy heard it's contents read calmly
 A moment later she sank into a chair and covered her eyes with her nrras and cried aloud
 The jury took six ballots. The first stood 10 to for conviction. They re- mained that way until the last ballot. The defense gave notice of appeal.
 The prisoners father showed no more emotion than if the verdict had been so many words pertaining to a matter of small importance to the family.
 This case disposed of. Judge Woe- 1@~AN oShC0 IT tAC OhtfCE SAU& were TEA0K for the trial of w. c. Prince, Bert ana Will Prince, father and brothers. re- spectively, of Mrs. Kennedy. on the charge of conspiracy to kill Kennels. The State was ready, but the defense asked postponement until Monday. Judge Woffard said he wished to call in another Judge to sit In the case.
 T am not satisfied" said he, sthat Bert Prince and the old man were at the Ridge building at the time of the killing" This seemed to interest the rather more than the verdict just rem dered and the prisoner raised her head ana listened intently about the talk of her relatives. When Mrs. Kennedy was led back to her cell she had entire ly recovered her composure and re- stunned her usual cool. indifferent man. ner.
 The murder of Kennedy occurred at o:40 o'clock in the evening of February 10th last in the Newridge building in the center Of the business district Kennedy, who was contracting agent of the Merchants Dispatch Transpor- tation Company was sitting at his desk in his ealee when called to tine door by Dr. Cross the womans Ihysi- clan. Mrs. Kennedy followed the doc tor closely, and asked her husband if he intended to live with her and re- ceiving a negative answer began shoot- ing. She fired five shots. all of which took effect and any one of which would have proved fatal. Kennedy died almost instantly, the only words escaping his lips being. Tt wasn't her gIn." Before being taken away by the police, the woman kicked the pros trate man in the face, remarking, you will n9ve- seduee another girl.'
 Thomas Kennedy. a brother of the man. tried to wrest the revolver from Mrs Kennedys hand, when he was struck down by her brother, Win Prince.
 The couple were married in the Cir cult Court on February 4th, and two days before Kennedy was killed he brought suit to have the marriage set aside. alleging duress and charging w. c. Prince. the girls father, and Will Prince. with forcing him to marry her at the point of revolver. The three Princes are now awaiting trial Gn a charge of conspiring to nill Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy IS 20 years old and Ken- nedy was 2S.