Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-31
MURDER TRIAL
LETTERS BOWL
NURSE IN HEAP
Woman Accused ofkill-
ing Lawyer Who Cast
Her Off, Collapses.
Denies She Wrote Ulti-
matum of Money or
Legal Action, Drops.


Stone. graduate nurse. collapsed
Thursday on the witness stand at hel
trial on charge of numbering Els
Guy kinkead. former Cincinna1i corpor
alton counsel. in front of his Brooklyn
home Two state alienlSts. after eX-
aiming her. said it would be inhumar
to question her further, and the trial
was adjourned until Friday.
Letters demanding money from Kin
kead sprung as a surprise by Assistant
District Attorney Warbassc. appeared
to bowl her ever. Virtually all Of these
letters. which he asked bar TO identify,
demanded money on threats Of divorce
or breach of promise suits, Mr. War
hassc said But when each was shown
tn her. she stoutly denied the handwrlt-
ing was hers.
Denies Shed Lie to Save Life
Miss Stone" asked Warbasse. at
last. would you tell lie to save your
life?"
"a lie? A lie:" she murmured. Il
would not
As she spoke. she crumplsd. fell
heavily forward and lay in 4 heap al
most at the feet of Justice asplnwall.
She was carried from the roolnsbv Of
tendants and doctors were hurriedly
summoned.
After five minutes recess. Justice
Aspinwall called in the jury and after
telling them Miss Stone was in collapse,
dismissed them She was taken back to
Jail in taxicab.
Testifcs in Constant Tears
From the first, when she took the
stand this morning, she had testified
weakly and brokenly, most of the time
weeping. Several times smelling salts
were applied and frequent rests were
given her so she could regain her COM
pOSure.
Clad entirely in black. she made a
somber figure as she told the jury Of
her love for Kinkead She said he
had tired of her. left. her. married an
other woman and then even avoided
her to the extent of hanging up his
telephone when she called him.
Letters Bring Tense Mood
But in the afternoon there was a
slight change. The challenge of the
letters introduced seemed to rouse her
for time. Her tears ceased and she
leaned forward now and then. her eyes
flashing. as she told Mr.. Warbasse that
the letters were mysteries to her. Then
she slumped back and in a voice again
broken by tears. declared:
IL don't know whether / wrote that
or not.
Mrs. Mae Allen. stenographer of
Atlantic City. testified Kikead had il
troduced Miss Stone to her as his wife.
Matron Wipes Her Tears
Sobbing. Miss Stone told. of how,
as trained nurse sue went TO
Galen hall in Atlantic City, May 1S.
was interrupted while Mrs Mary Bren-
Jail. wiped her eyes and gave her
glass Of water
Then Miss Stone resumed her testi-
mony. tecounting the story of her life.
This story contained an account of
an alleged marriage ceremony she had
gone through with kinkead at Atlantic
City on May %, 1913. and an illegal
operation at the Jersey resort in Sep
tember Of the same year.
Miss Stone seemed on the verge of
q complete breakdown as she gave her
testimony. Once five minute recess
was taken to permit her to recover
herself
Proposed Five Days After Arrival
The witness began her story at the !
point where she went to nurse Kin
kead during an illness at Atlantic City. !
FIVE days after she went On the case. /
she said. he proposed marriage and she .
accepted
On the steps of the city hail. she said. /
kinkead told her that there was an !
other woman in Cincinnati who had a |
claim on him and that he could not 90 .
through formal ceremony Just then. l.
He slipped wedding ring on her fin
ger, she said, and told her that he was
so prominent a lawyer that he knew
the simpler ceremony was just as legal
and he had enough influence to
straighten the whole matter out
He Was Splendid, She Says
She said that she believed him and
that they then went to the MARI
borough Blanheim and registered as
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis G. kinkead. Of
Cincinnati.
Then She described her honeymoon"
in Atlantic City and New York, where
she said they put up at the Park
avenue hotel.
Once, she said, Kinkead gave her a
wrist watch. with ''E' and "O' en-
twined. In New York, she said, they
had gala time, staying out real late
nights.
I'VE did quite bit of shopping"
she said. He bought me a beautiful
'vening gown. He certainly was splen-
lid to me.
1T was our honeymoon. so I kept
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