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Show first examination of the body discovered no arsenic. The viscera that remained after this examination were buried in the college yurd; alter they were dug up and re-examined it was learned that they had been heated with sulphuric acid to kill the stench while they were rotting in the ground. The sulphuric acid, it win proved, contained arsenic. With regard to the arsenic found in the bonea and muscles it appeared that there was arseuio in the embalming iltiid. This it the story upon which the defense de-fense reeled their case. If true, young Frauk Miilington, bis wife and this young girl, his sister, are (lie victims of ouo of the, most, remarkable series of circumstances in the annals of the courts. Jf this is not true ami these persons are guilty of murder, the Miilington Miil-ington murder trial oilers an instance of one of the strangest poisoning cases that the books record. It is said that the expense of the long trial will well nigh, bankrupt Larimer county, in which Fort Collins is situated. situ-ated. Senator Ballard, Judgo Bolford and Luther Latlin Mills of Chicago were counsel for the prosecution, ami Hon. C S. Thomas and Hon. T. M. l'atterson for the defense. Mills withdrew with-drew from the case before the opening of the last trial, and Judge Belfoid then came onto the case. 'TWAS A FAMOUS CASE. The Miilington Poisoning Trial at Denver Den-ver Brought to a Close With a Verdict of "Not Guilty." OVER A EUNDRED WITNESSES. A Strong Case Made by the Proseoutiou But All the Evidence was Circumstantial Circum-stantial History of the Case. Dknvek, April 30. The famous Miilington Mii-lington murder trial ended last night with a verdict of "not guilty." The case is one of the most noted iu the west. June 2nd, lust, Win. Avery, a wealthy citien of Fort Collins, died. Twelve days later he secretly married Frank Miilington and rumors soon spread that Avery had been poisoned by his wife, Miilington and Millington's sister. They were arrested, indicted and the case finally brought here for trial with tho result as above given. Tho case has been the most bitterly fought ever the courts of Denver. Over a hundred witnesses were examined for the prosecution and about thirty for the defense. Yesterday a sensation was stirred up just previous to the submission sub-mission to the jury by Mr. l'atterson, charging one of the jury had been bribed and offering to produce aflida-vil aflida-vil to that effect. The judge would not take action ou the charge at that stage of the case and at about 0 o'clock the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty and the defendants were discharged. Tho circumstances in brief are these: Some time in 1884 Frank Miilington, then fresh from college, made the acquaintance ac-quaintance of W. 11. Avery. Business interests threw them together, and finally they went into partnership in a set of abstract books in Fort Collins. - Avery was at that time interested in almost every prominent euterpriie in Fort Collins. He was a banker, a storekeeper, store-keeper, owned several ranches and was largely interested in what is a most im- portant business in i.oiorauo, the uiteti company which supplied all the water for Fort Collins aud the surrounding country. Mrs. Avery was prominent in Fort Collins society. She was the organist or-ganist in one of the churches and the head and front of all tho social events of the little town. Miilington and Mrs. Avery became so intimate finally that people began to talk about it. anil it was said that Avery was jealous of bis wife. It w as said, too, that Mrs. Avery was frequently seen coming from Frank Millington's room, aud the young man was known to be spending a large share of his time in the Avery house. In May of 18;i0 William Avery was taken suddenly and mysteriously ill. The doctors said he had gastritis, but the case puzzled them, ana when ho finally died on June 3, 100. Hefore the burial there was some talk of a post mortem examination, which was never heliL Alter the burial gossip began be-gan to busy itself again with the names of Frank Miilington and Airs. Avery, and it was not very long before it was openly charged that Mrs. Avery had poisoned her husband. Before Mr. Avery was taken sick Frank Miilington hud left the country. It was supposed that he hail gone to Fort Worth, Texas, but it was subsequently subse-quently learned that he had been traveling travel-ing about in the east with no apparent destination or purpose. After Mr. Avery's death he returned to Denver. .Mrs. Avery visited him there and twelve days after her husband's death she married mar-ried Frank Miilington secretly at Hastings. Hast-ings. Neb. This announcement set the Fort Collins Col-lins gossips wild. The body of William Avery was taken up and an investigation investiga-tion begun in earnest. It was learned that during Millington's absence Mrs. Avery had been corresponding with him secretly through his sister "Dillie." Telegrams and letters had passed between be-tween them. The body was taken up and no arsenic found. But Fort Collins was not salistied. It was believed that the first analysis was not made in good faith. The viscera was again dug up and this time .0? of a grain of arsenic discovered. Last August Mrs. Miilington, her new husband and his sister "Dillie" were arrested. The prisoners were taken that night to Fort Collins, where a howling mob greeted them, pulled their clothes, mocked and threatened to lynch them. They were afterward taken to Greeley where they made application ap-plication for change of venue. The prosecution had succeeded in drawing ab-mt the prisoners a net of circumstances from which there seemed no possible escape But still the evidence evi-dence was purely circumstantial and the defense has been fully equal to the emergency. The defentlauts told a remarkable re-markable story. Long before the prosecution had presented the case it began to appear that tho evidence, particularly par-ticularly in regard to the relations of Mrs. Avery and her lover, was made up for the most part of Fort Collin's gossip. Witnesses testified that before Mr. Avery's dealh Mrs. Avery hail been engaged in making a large amount of underwear; that she had kissed Frank Millington's picture; that Dillie Miilington ate arsenic for her complexion; that she had come to Fort Collins in disguise; that Frank Millington's Milling-ton's favorite flower, the jacqueminot rose, had a prominent place among the lloral offerings at Mr. Avery's funeral; that Mrs. Avery bad dreamed of her husband's death, aud lhat a fortuneteller fortune-teller in Omaha had told her that she was not always to live with Mr. Avery. In answer to all these Ihe defense told a long and strange story. Mrs. Avery said her husband was cruel. Her little daughter. Pearl, 13 years old, corroborated corrob-orated the story. She said she had long contemplated a divorce; that she and Miilington had been iu love for more than a year. In June. I!!), they had coufessed their love, and recognizing the anomalous posilion iu which they were placed, had broken off with each other, and Miilington had left the country. But Miilington returned, Avery's cruelly increased, aud it was finally aereeil between them that Mrs. Avery should got a divorce and they should marry. Mrs. Avery says that she went to Denver to consult a lawyer, but finally returned to her husband' another month with the understanding if at ihe end of that time she could not live with him he was to permit her to secure a divorce amicably under the loose laws of Colorado. Frank Miilington had gone east to wait until the divorce was granted. In regard to the finding of arsenic, Lb a defense told strange story. The |