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Show KELLY IS NOT GUILTY MAN WHO SHOT DR. CAYLE OF BUTTE ACQUITTED. The Plea of the Defendant Was That of Self-Defense and the Jury Was Out But an Hour. r . . James W. Kelly, the Butte, Mont., newspaper man accused of the murder mur-der of Dr. Henry A.' Cayley, was found not guilty by the jury. Kelly shot Dr. Cayley in his (Kelly's) room on the morning of October 12 last. He went home and found Dr. Cayley in company com-pany with Mme. Ruth La Bonta, who also occupied Kelly's room. In a dying dy-ing statement Cayley said Kelly was lying in wait for him and shot him. In his -defense Kelly claimed the room was in darkness when he entered, and a man commanded him to get out. Thinking he was to be attacked, he fired. " The jury was out an hour. Kelly Kel-ly was attended by a large number of friends when the verdict was reached, and received .hearty congratulations. Kelly was immediately discharged y j the court. |