The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-07
TRIAL OF MRS. KENNEDY
TEsTIMoNY FOR THE STATE BE-
 ING HEARD.
Attorney for the Defense Declares That the Defendant Was Not Intimate With Case
 Patten Nor Others.

Kansas City. June 6.-Lulu Prince Ken nedy today listened to half a dozen wit. neeses recite the details of the killing of ger husband. Philip H. Kennedy. hardly emotion. Later. without aparent cause, she bowed her head and cried, but only for q few moments. Attorney Nearing; for the defense, said that they, would Prince; that he refused to live with her, and then. insane from worry and remorse' she committed the act of murder. He oe- nied that she had had improper relations with Case Patton, the baseball prayer. Prosecutor Hadley declared the State would show that Kennedy was not re sponsible for the woman's ruin; that MS Mrs. Kennedy had sustained improper reIa tons with other men long before sne iies Kennedy and almost up to the tune or their forced marriage.
 When Lulu Prince Kennedy entered court this morning 1t was to hear tns ou, her husband made by Attorney Wearing for the defense. The prisoner appeareo bright and cheerful. ., ..
 Attorney Nearing after tracing the at, tentions paid by Kennedy, the muroess su . man, to the defendant declaring tnas they had become engaged to De I1dr IT rlsu ls, and the date of the wedding set anu !at..r, HGm nedy, he asserted, postponed the weaoms oma, ment seduced her. Then her condition became delicate and he paid her expenses to leave the city.
 On this visit. MT. Nearing said, sne ,,se nles Case Patten, the baseball player; whose name became mentioned with that oI tne prisoner. Kennedy, he said, hao peeh Ute miliar with all her actions ouTlhs ' time. In securing the advlce oI a p,;.d pmy : clan, she had, he asserted. been psEsua nao
 ed by Kennedy to represent to the doctor that she was the wife of Patten. ael condition became dangerous ana ne. Rha rents compelled her to make kho"n '"e cause. .;o. Ker-
 The court house wedding. which Ken nedy later in his suit for annulment as aS- serted was compelled by threats ..ar oi ,' life by Miss Princes father ana D[o.nsi .,,',b b followed. Kennedy's refusal to i've w,.n @ her her i'll treatment brought on con dition of hyeteria bordering on llisamny ln, . Insanity was prevalent in the "o th;s family and the prisoner partoo&k & U, ,,ind t1 disease which Thl h nna,ss 1hresten s"s suicide.
 The final act of Kennedy Tn pIinsins 2 suit to have their marriage set asioe TSs oh the motive and only motlve chow that the mother. father and brothers nao absolutely no part in the murder, '. knSw, S~ a ing of the woman's act only alter u ha0 been committed. ,. hooun at
 The States first witness proved lmpor- tant. Frederick Bullene and Waue VII
 ford of the Kansas City Star toid qI MT Kennedy ana Ter DEotnCl' = l coming to the office of that paper ana requesting the publication or ceISarii story regarding her marriage to ;a M ra nedy. Both admitted that the marrIaSe IsIs,, had been forced upon the dead man w III Prince going so far as to say that hene nedy had been given the alternative oi marrying or being killed. He nad f9. ouested this fact not be pubhsneo' as u would annul the marriage uo,
 Roland Butler. stenographer HI tho nedy's office. described the scene a' ,S r,i1 office when Mrs. Kennedy appediiiva' iis,a Suith SJ after receiving his refusal to nVe oa Mioi, her. shot him five times. Sne kiched Kennedy's face as he lay prostrate 11i,i nlfH anneared perfectly cool. Butler salo W III III prsnce str,1ck Kennedy's brother down as tha latter tried 10 dssrm the woman.
 During the examination of witnesses, even the recital of the thriihng scene at inc murder, the prisoner looked carelessiS y y from fury to witness and haroiy novet e muscle. She displayed impatlence at .han ,ne tedium of the proceedings rather 'htli' interest in the outcome of the case.
 Several witnesses examined corrooorat, ed the scene at Kennedys oHice, anu testified to the fact that Mrs. kenneuy appeared perfectly cool as she iireo de her husband. She told one man who was holding her brother, Let him go; ulo the shooting and then policeman AT rived and was holding her hand when sne exclaimed, according to witness Let 20 my hands: I want to fix my nair;
 Costello. a county employe, told of meeting c. w. Prince. the father, at the entrance of the building moment after the shooting took place and or remarklng to the latter, Your daughter upstairs IS shooting her husband; you could nave prevented this if you had wanted to-