Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-22 | Page 4 | Exonerated by Widney Mrs. Lyons is Freed

EXONERATED BY WIDNEY MRS LYONS IS FREED San Francisco Feb 21 Caso n. Caso dis- dis 1 was tho the verdict toda today in tho the case of ot Mrs Vivian Merlin Lyons ons formerly formerly for tor- merly of or Denver who shot Robert J. J Widney LOS Angeles real estate operator op op- op- op i in the abdomen recently I 1 am forced to take this action e explained Judge VelIor Weller because of ot the refusal of Jr the man Injured to pros pros- At the samo same time timo I caution the defendant not to keep firearms in her boudoir because It might chance again that she should shoot n n. man mon accidentally accidentally accident accident- ally who would not be so 80 kind to her heras heras heras as Widney Idne testified yesterday that he was waR wounded by the tho accidental discharge discharge dis drs- dis- dis charge chars of ot a revolver which Mrs Lyons had asked him to td to unload lIt lid It said there was the best of feeling between them and that ho lie had never made any statement to anyone that the shooting was other than accidental