Show KiFfORD FOUND GUilTY Jury Said It Was Voluntary Manslaughter MAXIMUM PENALTY YEARS Will Bo Sontancad by Judge J Morse on Saturday Prisoner Told His Own Story of the Shooting and Convinced Jury Ho Was in Terror of HmVo Moss Klfford colored charged with murder in tlio hrst degree for the killing of William Harvey otherwise known us Bad Alley was found guilty lust night of voluntary manslaughter The case was submitted to tho Jury yes tciday afternoon at 135 oclock and at 7SO last evening the above vcicllct had boon 1 agreed upon At 810 oclock lust night the Jury waa brought Into the courtroom court-room where Judge Morse District Attorney Attor-ney Elclmor the defendant and his counsel coun-sel were in waiting After tho Jurors hud taken their places In the box and nil found to be present the verdict of the Jury was taken by Deputy Shorift Booth and read by County Clerk James Judge Morse then pet 10 < clock Saturday mornIng morn-Ing as the hour forpnuislng sentenCe upon up-on the defendant The penalty attached to the crime Is from one lo ten yearn in the State prison LITTLE INTEREST TAKEN The case has been one In which the general gen-eral public has taken but little Interest The case has nlno boon disposed of In recordbreaking lime The securing of a Jury I was begun on V1niny and the panel was Illled by Tuesday morning That day the Stale Introduced most of Us evidence and yesterday the witnesses for the defense de-fense wero examined and the closing argument I ar-gument made At no time during the trial was there u large crowd In the court roam and those nrcscnl were mostly ne irooH K1FFORD TELLS HIS STORY Kifford was the last witness placed upon up-on the stand yesterday and In testifying in hiM own defense the prisoner related tho circumstances lending up to his killing kill-ing of Harvey Klfford told of tho trouble they had on the Sunday previous to the shooting and said that be bad not even boon talking to Bad Alley when the latter l struck him on the head with a brick and knockrd him unconscious This occurred oc-curred in front of time house of Alice Rogers Rog-ers who lives on Franklin avenue and It looms that an Infatuation on the part of both men for ibis woman was back of all tine trouble The next time Klfford saw Bad Alloy was on Wednesday two days before the murder when they met at the Rogers woman place Klfford said he was there when Harvey came In Klfford then I got up and went out because he vas afraid of Harvey Harvey he said followed him out of tho room and made him shake hands lie said he was afraid of the man and for that reason alone shook his band Friday morning thyy met again and Harvey Klfford said bullied him and threatened his life If J he didnt keep away from tine woman Alice Rogers WHEN HE BOUGHT THE GUN That day Klfford says he received his pay for hod carrying and went and purchased pur-chased a revolver lie piocured the gun he raid for his own piotoellon That night he continued be called at Alice Rogerss place to pay her 2T cents which he had borrowed While standing In front of the womans house 1mm > was accented by Harvey who was standing u short distance dis-tance up the street KIlTord went up to Harvey and the latter wild he would set the others lift If I he didnt get him lin tAt t-At this Klfford says Harvey turned and reached for his hlppockot It was then that Klfford pulled him gun and commenced com-menced shooting sit Bad Alley and closed him down the street MUCH TESTIMONY rA KEN The State closed Its case In the fore neon with thc evidence of Officer DavIes who placed Klfford under arrest Attorney Attor-ney ChrlsfiiEOn lhl1 made the I opening statement for the drfonac The testimony of six witnesses besides that of he den iM de-n > Tt I waa then I tacuti anti the closing aigumcnts were made Attorneys Kln ne and Chrlstonstii both argued for the fcndant and District Attorney Elchuor closed for the State THREE BALLOTS TAKEN The Jury was Instructed by the court III writing and ntirel at 4J5 oclock In the afternoon At Ii l oclock the jury was taken out for supper and at 70 they announced an-nounced that a verdict had been arrived at Throe ballot were taken in arriving in 1 t a vordkt The Jurymen wore all with tbe I exemption of oiiii man In favor of returning re-turning a verdict of involuntary manslaughter man-slaughter line twelfth Juror hung out for murder In the second degree but came aicund on the Child ballot DEFENSE IS NOT PLEASED Notwithstanding that this was the minimum min-imum crime for which tho defendant could be fuiind guilty under the Information Informa-tion Messrs Klnncy mel Chrlstonscn atatcd that the verdict was not satisfactory satisfac-tory Mr Kinney said they could not ho satisfied with anything ehart of an acquittal ac-quittal He said that a motion for a new I trial would be made by tho defendant t |