The age-herald., 1901-06-16
KENNEDY TRIAL
 AT KANSAS CITY  Defendant Convicted of Murder
 in Second Degree SHE SHOWED NO EMOTION The Jury Fixed Her Punishment at Ten Years in the Penitentiary.
 Tral of Her Father and
 Brother Tomorrow.
SHE SHOWED NO EMOTION

Kansas City, June 15-The jury in the Kennedy murder case this morning brought in verdict of guilty of murder nedy's punishment at ten years in the penitentiary.
 Judge Wofford entered the courtroom at 9:45 and immediately sent for the prison CT. Mrs. Kennedy was brought in a few minutes later accompanied by her father and her married sister. Mrs. Leon.
 moment later the jury filed into the room. When the judge asked the fore man of the jury if a verdict had been reached he handed a slip of paper to the clerk.
 calmly.
 moment later she sank into a chair and covered her eyes with her arms 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
  small importance to the family.
 Conspiracy Case.
 This case disposed of. Judge Woffard asked if the other side were ready for the trial of w. c. Prince, Bert and Will Prince, father and brothers respectively, of Mrs. Kennedy, on the charge of con- spiracy to kill Kennedy The state was ready. but the defense asked postpone ment until Monday. Judge Woffard said he wished to call in another judge to sit in the case. "I am not satisfied" said he, that Bert Prince and the old man were at the Ridge building at the time of the killing" This seemed to interest the father more than the verdict just rem dered and the prisoner raised her head and listened intently about the talk of her relatives. When Mrs Kennedy was led back to her cell she had entirely re- covered her composure and resumed her usual cool. indifferent manner
 The Murder.
 The murder of Kennedy occurred at $40 o'clock in the evening of February 10th last in the Ridge building in the center of the business district. Ken nedy, who was contracting agent of the Merchants Dispatch Transportation Com pany, was sitting at his desk in his office when called to the door by Dr. Cross, the
  lowed the doctor closely, and asked her husband if he intended to live with her and receiving a negative answer began shooting. 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 gun" Before being taken away by the police the wo- man kicked the prostrate man in the face, remarking, You will never sedlce another girl"
 Thomas Kennedy, a brother of the man, tried to wrest the revolver from Mrs. Ken nedy's hand when he was struck down by her brother, Will Prince.
 The couple were married in the Circuit Court on February 4, and two days be- fore 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 fore ing him to marry her at the point of a re- volver. The three Princes are now await ing trial on a charge of conspiring to kill Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy Is 20 years old and Kennedy was 2S-