New-York tribune., 1922-03-30
Olivia Stones
LAWYER Assails
Victims idow
Charges kinkead Led Dou-
lie Life and Was Forced
bv Woman of Underworld
In Make Her His Wife
she Smiles Under Attack
Nulse Who Slew Lawyer in
Street TO Take Stand in
Own Behalf This Morning

risi far the murder of Ellis Guy Kin
lead opened yesterday afternoon in
rae supreme Court. Brooklyn with al
levs1ons by counsel that astonished
.he c;sd in the room and focused
every re on the figure OF Mrs. Kin
,,ead. widow of the murdered man. rp
70 this point she had been a quiet fig
Gre in the background. sad-faccd. an
object Of sympathy.
As tho prosecution rested, Edward J.
Reilly. counsel for Mis- Stone arose
TO address the jury With Haying en-
phasis ne denounced the widow, who
sat Il p remote corner OF the room. a
cynical smile twisting her lips. her
head held high. while charges were
hesped upon her.
Marriage Forced he Asserts
Ellis Guy Kinkcad was of dual
personality" said Mr. Reilly. "He was
brilliant man. man who stood at the
head Of his profession in the daytime.
Al night he was Aabituc Of various
resorts, victim of drugs and excesscs.
He frequented rendezvous in Cinciu-
natl where girls under age were kept.
conducted by Marie Gormlcy. until this
same woman held him in her octopus
grasp and forced him to 60 through .
marriage ceremony with two dctee -cs
Al their side"
gasp Of ---onlshmcnt passed
through the c(ar'room. filled mainly
"a l. t.,f
Indictment. The sobs Of the defendant
grew loude. - he reviewed her his
tory. She boFed hor head on the Law
YER tab'e and gave herself up to grief
her NJ: Reilly finished his address
ne as.ec Tor an early adjournment be
cause of his clients condition. Justice
Aspinell granted the request, and the
defendant left the courtroom She will
AXE the stand at 10 o'clock this morn
'ng' As she stumbled away to the
patrol wagon Mrs. kinkead walked
placidly out of the main doorway.
lsughing, and talking to the friend
who accompanied her.
Calls kinkead Fashion Plate"
Mr.. Reilly described Miss stone to
me jury as Kentucky girl Of good
Family. we'll reared and educated. She
Fas graduated with honors from the
Cincinnati General Hospital He pc
Eured the slain man as "sligh., >ia,r-r.
= 7requonter Of beauty parlors. q fash
-ou S~--. : enc time he met Miss
t0fono iic "as physical wreck. weigh
ing no more than 1925 pounds, Mr.
Reilly said Physicians recommended
sanatorium and he went to one whe,o
Mlfs stone was assigned TO his case.
Vhe defendant was a pure-minded girl
with latent qualities of love. he CON
rt "a
'onshlp the pair we're mutually attract
ed and kinkead proposed marriage
"klpkead had all the arts and wiles
Of the man Of the world the lawyer
continued Miss Stone was not q fap-
per who would take this lightly They
vert as far as the door of the CITY Hall
IN Atlantic City and there mounting
me steps kinkead said; There is n
woman back in Cincinnati whose place
frequented She is the kind Of won
an who would do everything to ruin
my reputation # she found we were
married. Now, love you and YOU love
me and | am a lawyer. II is inst as
sacred for me to say will take YOU for
my wife and YOU take me for your hus
band, and | Will put wedding ring
on your hngeY- and acknowledge YOU
'eloie the world as my wife. AS soon
"s ! get through with this woman
vii have the ceremonial marriages..
>he believed HIM" SAID MIR. Reilly
witnesses viii he brought into court
VINO VIII swear that he introduced her
10 them IS Mrs. kinkead When tnev
louhd that Mario Gormley was 'on the
var path after them they registered
again as patient and nurse Finally he
,tI' oer at Philadelphia, telling her to
60 on 10 Cincinnati to wait for him
n tpl
rage She went back to nursing and
ne went back to Miss Gormley.
No Redress in Courts
Hearing of this, defendant applied
10 me courts for redress, but because
OF the political influence of kinkead
IN Cincinnati she got nowhere viii
these legal actions.
Then one day knkead and the
Gormley woman went to LAWYERS
once IN Cincinnati after obtaining
marriage license. They were accom.
panied by two private detectives. With
hlnkead propped up against the table
and the lawyer mumblng the wor6s
ne and the Gormey woman were MAJ
rled The last thing they did before
leaving CINCINNATI was to go to the
General Hospital. where Kinkead told
"A mean story about this defendant and
list of that institution. This left her
beggar
"Kinkead and the Gormlev woman
slipped out like thieves in the night,
year later the defendant found he had
actually married the other woman and
denied her. Kinkead's political power
followed him 10 New York. She an
Piled for q position as nurse. but
found he had her blacklisted here also
Then one day she went to Brooklyn.
waited at the corner and met him as
he approached his home. She said to
him: Ellis. let ne get divorce from
you. Remove the lie you told against
me in Cincinnati so that can make an
honest living He turned upon her
with vile epithets. The defendant did
rot bring revolver with her from
Cincinnati for the purpose of killing
this man. She had carried revolver
for many years. She does not re-
member anything that happened from
the time Kinkead turned on her until
she awakened at the station house at
O'Clock"