The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-07
TRIAL OF MRS. KENNEDY.
Kansas City Woman Showed No Emo
ton Whatever.
CHARGED WITH KILLING HER HUSBAND
She Listened to the Testimony Of Wit
nesses, and Reoitals Of the Tragedy
Without Manifesting interest.

Kansas Ci;y, June G.-Lulu PrinceKen.
ncdy today listened to half a dozen wit
nesscs reclte the details Of the killing Of
her husband, PHILIP S. Kennedy. hardly
noying n muscle or showing Il pnrticIc OF
emotion Later, without apparent cause.
she bowed her head and cried. hut oaly Tor
few moments. Attorney Neallng. for the
defense, said that they would show thai
Kennedy had ruined Lulu Price; that he
refused TO live with her and then, insane
from worry and remorsc, she committed
the act Of mur,ler He denied that she mad
had improper relations With Case Pattcn,
the baseball player. Prosecutor Hadley
declared the State would show that Ken
nedy was not responslb for the woman's
ruin, that Mrs Kennedy had sustained
improper relations with other men long
before she met Kennedy and almost up 10
the lime Of their forced marriage
Attorney Nearing, aftcr trading the at
teni!ons paid By Kennedy, the murdered
man. to the defendant declaring that they
h1d become engaged to he married and the
date of the wedding set and Kennedy he
asserted, postponed the wedding and hnal
y under the guse II the engagement Sc.
duccd her. Then when her condition he
came delicate he paid her expenses to
leave the city. On this visit Mr.. Nearing
said, she met Case Patten, the baseball
payer, whose name, later became men
tioucd with that OF the prisoner Kennel +
had, he said. been familiar with all her ac-
lions during this time. In securing the adj
Nict OF n physician sh' hnd h. asserted.
been persuaded by Kennedy to represent
"a the doctor that she was the wife OF
tattcn. Her condition became dangerous
ana her parents compelled her 10 make
known the cause. The court house wei.
ding at which Kennedy. later, In his suit
tof ahnulment' asserted he was compete
eey threats, on his life from Miss Prince. s
father and brother followed. Kennedy =
refusal 10 live with her. her broOdng over
he condition, his III treatment brought
her TO condition of bystcrR bordering on
insanity. insanity was prevalent In the
womans family, and the prisoner partook
Of this disease. which finally affected her
mind, causing her to threaten suicide. The
| hral act nj Kennedy of bringing suit Ia
have their marriage set aside was the mo
tive and the only motive the promptei
the act Of murder. They would show pos
/ tively that the woman's father and broth.
ers had absolutely no part in the murder.
knowing OF the woman's act only after It
had been committed.
The taking Of testimony was begun nj
| noon The States trst witness proved I'M
portant Frederick Bullion and Wadr Nun
ford OF the Star told Of Mrs, Kennedy
aud her brother, VIII Prince. coming 20 the
office of that paper and requesting th
publication of n certnin story regarding her
marriage 70 Kennedy, admitting that tho
| rarrlage had been forced upor the dead
that Kennedy had been given the altcrnn
tive Of being killed, liz had requested
this fact not to be published, "as 1t would
HHnul The marriage"
Roland Butler. stenographcr IN Ken
nCdy's office, describing the sccue at the
| Office when Mrs. Kennedy appeared AMI
| after receiving h & refusal to live with her
| shot him five times. She kicked Ken
uedy's face ms he lay PROSTATE and APP
| pcared perfectly cool
butler said VIII Prince struck Kennedy q
| brother down as the latter tried TO disHrn
! the woman. During the examination 81
| Witnesses, oven the recital Of the thrilling
| scenes VI the murder. the prisoner locke
! Cureessly from Jury to witness AID hardly
| moved q muscle. She displayed Impaticnct
at tho tedium of the proceedings rather
! than interest In the outcome OF the ease
Witnesses examined corrpbfated the scene
/ at KENNEDY s Office az the time Of tn
/ killing each testifylnG TO the fact that
! Mrs Kennedy appeared perfectly cool as
She hrpd at her husband. She told on,
man who was holding her brother: "Ie
hm go; | did the shooting" and then
policeman arrived and wgs holding hel
hands when she exclaimed, according t
witness: Let go my hands. | want t,
Tx my hair"
r. J Costello, county employe tolC
| Of meeting G.. w. Prince. the father. n
the entrance 60 the building moment
after the shooting and of iemarking to tn,
latter. Your daughter upstairs, Is shoot
ing her husband You could have pre-
vented this II you wanted to-