The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-07
SPURNED WOMAN IS VERY HAPPY"
 ON KILLING MAN
At Time of Shooting Miss Stone Declares She Felt as If She Could lump From
 New York to Mexico
By Associated Press

New York, August 6.--The story of thwarted love was told today by Miss Olivia NJ P. Stone, Cincinnati nurse, after she had been held with out bail on a charge of homicide in connection with the shooting of Ellis counsel of Cincinnati, near his home in Brooklyn yesterday.
 In direct contrast to Miss Stones volubility was the brevity of Mrs. Marie Louise Kinkead, who was pre- pairing to take her husbands body to her former home in Covlngton, Ky, for burial. She only would reiterate her faith in her husband.
 Nervous and trembling after a sleepless night, Miss Stone recovered her composure during the day, when she first was taken to police head quarters for further questioning and then was arraigned in magistrates court.
 It was while she was riding in a Pd U Ci W as OAi HiNAi NSNNNNiNS7 NAftN newspaper men that she talked most freely. Sketching her acquaintance with Kinkead, she said:
 Sketches Acquaintance
 That she had met him in Cincinnati in 1918, when she nursed him for a nervous breakdown. That he then made love to her Toh. he was very fast worker" was the way she put it. That she gave him s1 900 to invest for her. but that she never saw il again.
 That his love waned and she had got him discharged from the faculty of the Cincinnati Law school in 1920 after he had refused to marry her
 That he then had married Miss Louise Gormley of Covlngton, and disappeared from town--"Goins to England, according to his political friends"
 That she had sued him for divorce, alleging herself to be his common law wife; had been awarded $5,000 all mony, but never had received a cent.
 That she had purchased a revolver for her own protection, came to- New York to effect reconciliation, had To- cated him and had lain in walt Tor him near his home.
 Shooting Described
 Tn these words, she described last nights shooting:
 'sWhen I saw him crossing the street I approached him and said:
 How do you do, MT. Ellis Kim kead. you dirty rat, you're surprised to see me, aren't you?
 "What followed then?" she was asked.
 "I don't remember" she replied.
 "Where was the gun?" In this bag'-pointing to black satin bag.
 "Then you pulled the gun from your bag ?''
 q don't know. An awful chill over came me. I don't know what I did I felt as if I could jump from New York to Mexico without any diff culty.
 Next. I was in the station house. They told me shot him in the knee. Later they told me I killed him don't regret it at all. I'm the happiest woman In the world. Ellis Kinkead is now In the pldCt WHclc liS CIV Il comes up like thunder Mrs. Kinkead, who today went to the morgue to claim her husbands s body refused to confirm or deny the statement of a neighbor that three months ago Miss Stone had threaten ed to kill both her and her husband Nor would she reply to any statement made by the nurse.
 T don't care what that unfortunate woman has to say" she asserted. T absolutely refuse to say anything to newspaper men" Later, however, she made this statement:
 T want 1t understood that there Is no malice in my heart against the woman.
 That is not the first time she has had trouble with men.
 T have receipts for money my hus- band paid her for blackmail T still believe in my husband and that his relations with her were simply that of patient and nurse."