Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-11 | Page 2 | Mrs. Myers Case with Jury

MRS. MYERS CASE WITH JURY Defense Claims Victim Was Killed by Two Men. LIBERTY Mo., Juno 10 After deliberating delib-erating from 4:30 o'clock this afternoon until 11 o'clock tonight, the Jury In the Aggie Myers murder case failed to agren on verdict and retired for tho night It is said that ten are voting for conviction and two for acquittal The jury will resume re-sume consideration of tho case nt 7 o'cloek tomorrow morning Tho case was given to the Jury late tonight. to-night. The Prosecuting Attorney In his argument today demanded i verdict of murder In the first degree, with hanging Xhe attorneya for the defense insisted thai Frank Hottman had plotted to kill Myers so he could marry the woman, With Whom he was Infatuated, and that he had committed the crime with the aid of another man, name unknown, who, with Hottman. had blackened their faces to hide their Identity.