Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-30

tHIS WOMAN.
Miss Stone will take the stand Thurs
day as the first fitness in her fight to
escape the electric chair for Staying
kinkead. her counsel announced late
Wednesday.
The prosecution rested Wednesday
afternoon without waiting for the ar
cinnat, who had been asked to come
here to testify against Miss Stone.
Edward J. Reilly, the lawyer who
tice Aspinwall to continue in Miss
Stones defense after she sought to
dismiss him. Immediately outlined TO
the jury the ease. indicating tha.. both
the "unwritten law and a plea of in
sanity would figure in the Testimony.
He painted Mrs. Marie Gormley
Kinkead. widow Of the slain man, as
the root of the trouble. pointing at her
shrinking figure in the court room as
he charged her with being the former
proprietor of a rendezvous for young
girls in Cincinnati, association with
whom. he declared, had wrecked Ain
kead's life.
Man of Gutter at Night
This is the sad and tragic case Of
a yirtuous and honorable woman,
whose mind could stand the strain no
longer. Mr.. Reilly said, land we in
tend to prove that she had no inten
ton of killing Ellis G. Kinkead."
Describing Kinkead's life in Gin
cinnati. he said:
During the day he was a brilliant
man and stood at the head of his pro-
fession At night he sank to the gutter
through drugs and physical excesses
at q rendezvous for girls IL and II
years of age in Cincinnati. run by
Marie Gormley, until Marie Gormleyy
held him like an octopus in her grasp.
He said kinkeads Cincinnati physl-
clan had urged that he and Miss Stone
take the trip to Atlantic City and the
two had registered there as patient
and nurse
Backed Out of Marriage at Door
"Ohvia Stone was a woman who had
never known man in her life. he
continued. ''She and Ellis kinkead
were thrown into close compnnionship
and attracted to each other; He pro
posed marriage. Olivia Stone was
not a fly young girl. She was nurse
and took him seriously.
They went as far as the front door
of the city hall in Atlantic City. She
trusted him. As they mounted the
steps. he said to her: Olivia, there is
n woman in Cincinnati who lmaglnes
she has claim upon me. If she findS
we are married. she will do everything
to ruin my position. love you and
YOU love me. l am a lawyer. as you
know Now. it is just rs sacred for me
to say | will take YOU as my wlte. and
I'll place on your hand a wedding ring.
He bought her the ring she now IS
wearing in this courtroom, and placed
this sacred bnnd upon her finger
Registered as Married
They registered ut an Atlantic City
hotel as Mr. and Mrs. kinkead. he said.
and later registered as man and wife at
hotels in New York and other cities.
Finally. he said. on a pretext that he
had business to attend to in Washing
ton, Kinkead sent Miss Stone back to
Cincinnati. telling her to await him
here, and cautioning her to say nothing
Of their marriage.
After another visit to Atlantic City.
Mr.. Reilley said. where kinkpad and
Olivia Stone registered as Ellis G.
kinkead and nurse. the pair went back
TO Cincinnati There, he continued.
returned to the company of
Marie Gormley, while the defendant re-
sumed nursing.
Married Propped Up !,
The defendant. her counsel de- |
.lared. learned of Kinkcad's infidelity |
and sought relief in the courts but !;
through the latter's political influence. !
vas unable to secure satisfaction. Not !.
ong afterwards. according to Mr.. |
Reilley, kinkead and Marie Gormley
we're married in Cincinnati by lawyer.
who also was justice of the peace.
with Kinkead propped up against u
able and this lawyer mumbling the
words"
The last thing the pair did before
eaving Cincinnati. he said. was to
,lacken the reputation of Olivia Stone
It the general hospital and cause her
o be dropped from the nurses list.
eaving her ''beggar in the streets
Learned Secret at Last
1t was not until year later that
Olivia Stone learned that Kinkead
md Marie Gormley were married and
I was not until then that she blamed
lUoasin~ed ON Pags Elevenl J.