New-York tribune., 1922-03-29
Nurse Sits With Head Bowed
as Prosecutor Tells Jury
She Killed kinkead After
ENtortion Efforts Failed
Pumped Bullets Into Him
I'D Go to He'll and Shovel
Goals on Him" Her Words
Over Body. Witness Saws

<Attti MY " al OdNot ttIl titt JOiI VI NlHE
her for her life that the shooting OF
Ellis Guy kinkead in front Of his home
in Brooklyn on August ) was "bru-
tai rcvengcful murder, carried out in
cold blood" 1t was justification, he
said, Of the poets line: "Hell hath no
fury like a woman scorned."
Miss Stone was a trained nurse Her
victim, Kinkead, was Brooklyn attor-
ucy and former Assistant Corporation
Counsel Of Cincinnati. The prisoner
was calmer than on The previous day.
1t was noon before the jury was com
plctcd. She eyed each juror search
incly he was sworn IN. Before and
after this keen scrutiny she sat with
her chin pillowed in her hand, her face
obscurod by the wide bvim of her hat,
dry handkerchief pressed to her eyes
a shuddering sob shook her when the
bulict-ridden coat and blood sta in ed
shirt taken from kinkead's body after
the shooting and revolver which caused
his death we're introduced in evidence,
but she did not look up. Again she
Quvercd when witness swore he
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was not dead That's too bad. | in
tended to kill him. would be willing
to so TO he'll and shovel hot Goals on
top of him"
Plea Is Temporary Insanity
Mrs. Kinkead, widow of the muir
deyed man, was in court all day. wear
ing a heavy black lace veil that swept
from the top of her hat, mantila fash
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lender and strikingly pretty, in pro
nounced contrast with the accused,
who declares she was the common law
wife Of Kinkead Miss Stone will take
the stand in her own defense, it was
announced by her counsel, Edward J.
Reilly. Her plea will be temporary
insanity.
The morning session was devoted TO
picking the two last Jurors, Benjamin
T. bacon, of 1911 Glenmorc Place, and
William J. Houldcroft, Of SIT Ditmas
Avenue. Immediately after the jury
was sworn. Mr.. Reilly surprised the
court by revealing that he wished to
be relieved Of the case, as his client
had objected to the manner in which
he Was conducting it. He said his
sclf-rcspcct was too great to allow him
10 continue, and he felt he was justified
~ cShlilE 10 pc lclIcNph. .luSIiCe AS
pinall refused his request, saying;
You have given your best efforts to
thc defense. Your examination of the
jurors shows that you have the case
veil in hand. Therefore this court
cannot grant your request, The laws
Of this state cannot be set aside at the
whim Of defendant. | designate you
to defend this lady, notwithstanding
the consequences which may come to
her as the defendant in this murder
trial CHANGING in the direction Of
the dropping Miss Stone Justice
Aspinall added: "The defendant must
understand that she must listen to
COUNSEL
Averts Face from A!ienist
The presence in court of DR.. Cecil
Mccoy, alienist, who will testify for
the state, plainly pcrturbed the de-
fendaut. He sat where he might Oh
serve her, but she kept her face CON
stantly hidden. Dr.. Anna Martin
Ralston, wife of Republican leader
of the First Assembly District of
Brooklyn, an alenist who will testify
for Miss Stone, also was present
In his address to the jury the prose
cutter detailed the events leading up to
the crime, saying that the motives
which actuated the defendant were
jealousy and revenge. Kinkcad was a
physical and mental wreck in 1918 as a
result Of ovcrwork in Cincinnati, he
declared A trip to Florida helped for
awhile. then he returned to Cincinnati
and broke down again He went to At
lantic City, where Miss Stone was his
nurse.
He was a child in the hands of this
/
his return to Cincinnati he suffered an
other relapse, and went back to Allan
tic City, with Miss Stone as nurse.
They returned to Cincinnati together.
After awhile the defendant made a
claim of breach of promise of marriage.
He declined to pay any money. She re-
sorted to strategy to force him to come
forward and admit that he was married
TO her. This he refused to do. Then
she took the position that she was his
wife and married to him. As the
months passed and kinkead regaineu
his health he renewed his interest in
Miss Marie Gormley. This was during
1919. He married her in Cincinnati
and they moved to South Elliott Place
Brooklyn, where they were located by
Miss Stone. She bought revolver in
| Cincinnati and came here IN order to
kill him
Tell Of Demeanor After Staying
Five witnesses were called by the
prosecution. The defense. in cross-ex-
| am nation, sought to emphasize Miss
| Stones physical condition Immediately y
after the shooting, her nervousness
| and evidences of hysterica disturb
! ance.
Max Platkin, Of 1914 South Elliott
! Place, a tailor. testified that he saw
! Kinkead lying in the street, with the
! defendant standing over him. He saic
/ that while Miss Stone sat in his shoY
after the shooting she was palld
trembling, beating her hands together
and unable to speak
Pclice Lieutenant Frank Farrell tolc
OF seeing the defendant standing alon,
on the northwest corner Of Lafayette
Avenue and South Elliott Place whel
he went into a shop TO buy a paper
/ y When he came out she was bendins
over the body OF kinkead and wa
pulling the trigger of revolver re
peatedly. He threw his arms abou
her and at the same time anothe
! young man came up. Together the.
took her into the tailor's shop. Their
| she collapsed.
Frank j. Spadoir, Of $50 Gates Ave
rue associated with detective agency
testified that, from streetcar he say
Kinkead drop while the defcndan
stood over him, "still shooting an
! yelling" II was his impression tina
she pulled the trigger at least six time
after the revolver was emptied H
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