Show KILLER CONVICTED nD AT TRIAl I Kentucky Jury Metes Out Life to Man Shoving Shoving Shoving ing Wife Over Cliff BEATTYVILLE I Ky y March 1 AP AP-A AP A Jury deliberated into Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day a rare custom in this state to return a verdict of murder against Victor A. A Holmes for the murder of his wife He lie was given life lire The Jury decided that Holmes de deliberately deliberately de- de shoved over a foot cliff an automobile in which were seated his wife Mrs Louisa Holmes and their two children His wife and one tiny child were In Instantly Instantly Instantly In- In killed while the second child survived though being seriously in injured in- in A motion for a new trial will be filed today Holmes' Holmes attorneys announced announced an announced an- an and if it this falls fails an appeal will be taken A chain of circumstantial evidence was was presented by the prosecution as there were no eye witnesses to the tragedy Holmes told of driving hiscar hiscar his hiscar car over a ridge several miles from here and said sard the road became slippery slippery slip slip- pery nary so ho he got out to adjust the chains He said the brakes slipped as his wife was b ing the car cat and it dropped over the precipice The first word of the was told by Holmes to farmers living living liv liv- ing near the precipice where he went for help Several days after atter t the tragedy however Holmes was placed under arrest In his first trial last fall faIl h resulted in a mistrial ten of the Jury were said to favor his ac acquittal acquittal acquittal ac- ac one ohe life penalty and theother the theother theOther other death The ju decision is said to have been quite a surprise to the residents of ot this community in view the of-the of the first trial Holmes who is one-armed one and a war war Vet Veteran ran ran- met his wife during the war while in a hospital where he lie was recovering from his wounds He is at present suffering with In Influenza Influenza In- In and had to be revived before before before be be- fore he was brought into court yes yes- He accepted the verdict without any apparent emotion |