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Show HAR6IS AND CALLAHAN I DECLARED HOT GUILTY I Jury In Celebrated Kentucky Murder I Case Finds That Men Said to Be I Responsible Are Innocent. H B$ty.vlllo, Ky Tho Jury In the H Hargls-Callahan trial returned a vor- k H diet of not- gulKy. after being out I twelve minutes. Tho. case .was ono oi H the mpst desperately fought battles I In a Kentucky court for years. Tho I men wero charged with tho murder ot I J. 11. Marcum. I Marcum was a mountain Rcpubll- I can lawyer of excellent standing. He was engaged throo years ago as an I attorney against James Hargls and I Edward Callahan, respectively Domo- I cratlc county Judge and sheriff, to I ouBt them from thclr-offlccs on an al- I legation of corrupt election. Much bitterness was aroused. In May, 1903, I Marcum was shot to death from be- I hind in the Jackson court house. Cur I Us Jett and Tom White were convict I ed and given life terms for the mur I tier. It was charged that ther were I the tools of Callahan, Hargis and Cthert Jett after bis conviction con-' I feised that no shot Marcum and that hi act was inspired by Callahan and. Hargls, On the witness stand here ht repudiated the confession and said H he alono was responsible. ' The ao B qulttal follows largely on this repu . dlatlon. A Jury of Clark county citizens ro I turned a verdict for 8,000 damngo n year against Hargls on the allega- Hon that he had caused Marcum to be I klllod. Tho BUlt was filed by Mrs Marcum. Hargls and Callahan aro yet I to be tried In tho Lexington court foi I tho killing of James Cockrcll undct I similar circumstances. H . BBS |