The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-14
MRS. KENNEDY ON
VERGE. OF COLLAPSE
Breaks Down and Sobs While
Brother Testifies.
IS WEAK AND NERVOUS
MORE IMPoRTAET TESTIMONY
FOR DEFENSE SHUT OUT.


kansas CITY. Mo-, June 13.-The case
of Ladu Prince kennedy who killed
her husband in January last because
he refused to I've with her a'lei
forced marriage, Hsiu probably 60 20
the 5ury tomorrow evening. me .@N
ing of testimony was finished tais
afternoon and arguments win begin
tomofor,v morning
To-Day the defense suffered a secOuu
setback when Judge Woft0rd ruled OUT
q conversation with KENNEDY peLote
The killing tending to corr0borste evt-
depce offered yesterday TO prove thag
Kennedy had admitted having ruined
Lulu Prince
Further expert testimony TO prove
that the defendant was temporary M
sane at The time of the shooting was
offered and Bert Prince. one Of the
Quartette of alleged cOnspirators, again
took the stand this time for me de-
Tense. and TO prove an abb for him.
self and a. deny1bat he bad predicted
Mrs. kennedy appeared much dis
tressed and cried frequently during
the day Last night the Jaher was
compelled To- call in physician 70 at
tend her. aud 80 was necessary To ad-
minister q sedatiye to produce sleep.
The prisonef was WeaR and nervous
plainly affected by the courts acton
In ruling out what the defense as
that Of =. ~. Lewis. WIG, IT was tneiE
U1eory would prove that Kennedy Fad
Admitted he had ruined the girl. and
then Tilted her for another woman.
one of the first witnesses called to-
day was Arthur f. Kuhn. a former IN
innate friend Of Kennedy Kuhn was
requested 10 reCite a conversation mad
with Kennedy regarding his forced
marriage to Miss Prince, but the prose
cUtion objected and the testimony was
ruled out However. Kuhn was per-
Initfed 10 make his statement TO the
como stenographer, as follows
Kuhn told Of meeting kennedy on
the day following the latters forced
marriage and of Kennedy complaining
that Kuhn had not greeted him cor
daily. Kennedy had replied
Cruel Treatment Of His Wife,
II don't see how j could have much
use for a man who vim ADMIT that eS-
cept for him a girl would be as pure
es the driven snow. and then compel
Der % beg him To Live with her and
then TO have him ask for divorce.
4 told him to do the right thing and
that if he Odd would call on him. He
shook his head
Did be deny the statements you
said YOU had heard p asked Attorney
Nearing.
Gle did not. told him that if he
did not do the right thing he would
get into trouble. ] also told him that
man with a fcmily would be justI-
fed in letting daylight through him.
Bert Prince a travelling mandolin
player, aud favorite brother of the de-
fendant. who IS accused, with his
father, brother and sister of conspiring
TO kill kennedy, was the next wit
ness. He had earlier in the trial APP
Feared for the state and bis testimony
dealing with his movements on the dav
OF the murder had moved Mrs. Ken
nedy to tears. Today aE.j7. she con-
stantlv wiped her eyes am. once or
twice cried aloud as he gave his testi-
fathers pool room late in the after
noon. Of his father telling him Of the
shooting affair after 1T had occurred.
and Of their going together to The
scene.
Prince denied that ne had any <nowl-
edge that violence was to be done to
Kennedy or that he had fOrecasted
the murder day before the killing,
DR. Punupn, an insanity expert. was
called. and testified that fit was poSsf-
bic that the defendant had inherited
trace of insanity from her grand
tather, VINO had been sent to an asy-
lun. out oH examination admit
ted that her condition of hysteria at
the urae Of the murder did not neces-
sarlly tr-dicate dementia OF that she
was unable to distinguish right from
WRONG
Win this testimony the defense
closed and the state began its rebuttal
Introducing @. q Dillon. a reporter.
DILLON. had seen Bert Prince at the po-
lice station Immediately after his sis
ter's arrest, and the state tried TO show
sthdt Prince admitted having been near
kcnuedy's office before the shooting
beganf Dillon said he had asked Prince
where he was ID the time and that
Prince hesitate0, finally answering. u
was at 0lT fathers pool room