The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-12
HER LIFE IN IHE BALANCE
DEFENSE OPENS IN THE KENNEDY
MURDER TRIAL AT KAN
SAS CITY
WILL PRINCE ON THE STAND
Aged Mother of the Defendant in
Tears at the Testimony of
Her Son in Defense of
His sister.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 1.-THE de-
Tense today opened its side Of the case
of Lulu Prince-Kennedy on trial for the
! murder of Philip H. Kennedy. her hus-
band. The prisoner had taken particular
| care in making her toilet and scanned
| each witness critically, listening intently
! to the testimony.
! Will Prince. the prisoners brother, who
is charged with being the principal char
| acter In the alleged conspiracy to kill
! Kennedy was brought from his cell and
| placed on the stand. AS he testified in
| defense Of his sister, Mrs. G. w. Prince,
| the mother, burst into tears, which broke
! forth aleresh as he detailed the different
| chapters in the affair
! Thomas H. Ridge the first witness. told
| of the scene in the Ridge building at the
| time of the murder. He had come upon
| the scene soon after policeman ar
| rived. Mrs. Kennedy had requested the
I 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 the side of
| the head and remarked:
| you'll never seduce another girl
| Through T. j. Noble the defense en-
| 1eavored to prove that the time of the
murder as set by the states witnesses
was incorrect. but his statements in Shis
respect did not differ materially from the
| evidence already adduced. The witness
said the defendant appeared very ex-
| cited and blue but on crcss-examination
| admitted that sho had requested the Of
| fcer to release her hands so she might
| arrange her hair, and that she had re-
| marked she was not going to run away.
! The states witnesses testified that the
| prisoner acted perfectly cool when ar
| rested and when led away remarked that
4
| element During the cross questioning.
! the prisoner kept patting the flcor with
her foot constantly and was nervous.
TESTIMONY OF THE BROTHER.
Then VIII Prince took the stand
! Prince, according to a theory of the
| prosecution. was a professional mesrner-
list and in nerving her UP to commit the
| murder of Kennedy, exercised his hyp-
| MOTTO power over Mrs. Kennedy.
| Prince denied that he was a mesInerist
| or that he ever mesmeTized a person and
said ne had never been a. prize fighter as
| had been alleged. Prince detailed his
whereabouts on the day Of the murder.
He denied having accompanied Mrs.
| Kennedy to town few hours before the
| murder when she WAS supposed to have
| been en- route to Kennedy's Office.
| The state tried to show that Prince left
| home with his sister on the afternoon Of
the murder, furnishing her with, a re-
| YolVer en- route and iIVstructing her In
| what she should do when she went to
her husbands office.
Prince testified to leaving his fathers
place Of business at $50 and going to tho
Ridge building, where, attracted by \
wonan's screams, he went to the second
| floor and saw a man choking his sister.
| He had Thought the main was Philip Ken
| needy, but found 1t was the latter's
| brother, and left the scene. Prince, con-
tinuing, told of his sisters condition
after the forced marriage TO Kennedy,
| when he had refused to live with her.
She was desporsdent, he said, and con-
fined herself to her room. refusing to
eat or talk with anyone.
In cross-exa minatton a letter written by
the Defendant in June, 1900. was intro
| duced and Prince was asked what he
| meant when he wrote that he was wor-
ried over Bulu's conduct.
| He said it was because she was sad
ard dispirated. He denied that the pistol
| with which Mrs Kennedy did the shoot
| ing belonged to him. He admitted hay
ing watched the clock closely a ha4f hour
before he left for the scene of the shoot
Ing.
Ben Brock told Of being at c. w
Princes place OF business shortly before
the shooting, and of VIII Prince first
leaving and being followed closely by
Bert Prince and his father. The state
| endeavOred to prove that the Princes
! watched the entrances of the Ridge
building at the time of the murder. Brock
| in cross examinations became mixed as to
the time of the shooting, and admitted
the time as set by the prosecution was
correct. Prosecutor Hadqey introduced
| testimony given by Brock at the prelFm-
mary hearing to disprove his statements.
WITNESSES DIsAGREri.
| A Afn
continued to prompt her attorneys, TAX
ing lively interest in every point
| brought out Her condition had improved
| even since morning, ard when court ad-
journed for the day she was able to walk
| from the room without aid. Brost Of the
| witnesses examined in the afternoon were
questioned with view of showing the
exact time that Bert Prince and mis-
| father left the latters pool room for the
| scene of the murder on Jam 10. Tho
Shooting took place at $40 in the even
ing in the Ridge building, five blocks dis
| lance from Princes place. OF the half
dozen witnesses who tested on this
point no two agreed, the time given vary
ing from 5:15 to 5:45 The state enafeavor-
| ed to prove that all of the Princes were
| In the Ridge building before the shooting
began, and the defense's effort to show
| that they were at the elder Princes place
| until after the shooting was not clearly
proven Two witnesses testified to Prince
| leaving his place at l, and one said that
the father and son had departed to-
| gether. One witness stated that Bert
Prince had called his father from the
pool room at about $50, or ten minutes
| before the shooting.
A hair dresser who had a room in the
| Ridge building. two stories above Ken
! neQy's office, told Of Bert Prince running
! up to her place Immediately after the
shooting saying: Zulu has shot Ken
| nedy." and urging her to keep his mani
| dolin. She had refused, fearing, she said,
that She would become implicated in the
case.