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Show SEIF-OEFEMSE 10 ll lli'S PLEA Counsel Says Laura Yandover Was Justilieil in Killing Private Sli aunty. SUBJECTED TO ABUSE AT HANDS OF MAN SHE SLEW Alleged to Have Struck Her ami Threatened Her Life With Razor. i Alleging that tho woman was in fear of her life as a result of threats made and beatings administered by her supposed sup-posed husband, an attempt will be made to free Laura Vnndover, who, Wednesday, Wednes-day, shot, and killed Paul P. Shauuty, a soldier, at. Fort Douglas. An attempt will bo made to show at tho trial that Shaunty frequently struck the woman and upon ono occasion not many days ago threatened her with a razor. The woman's" case is in the hands of the legal firm of Gustin, Gillette, Davis & Brayton. Ncrvouslv pacing her cell in tho county coun-ty iail, Ihe'woiiiau charged with murder looked haggard and drawn Thursdny afternoon and tho lines of her face plainly told of tho suffering sho was enduring. She steadily refused to make, any statement regarding Iho shooting and referred all questioners to her attorneys. at-torneys. Charles A. Gillette, her counsel, declined de-clined to discuss tho affair, except to say that the woman was justified in her action and that a plea of self-defense would be ontored. Mr. Gilletto referred to some of the alleged abuses heaped upon Laura Vnndover by Shaunty Shaun-ty and said that at the time of the woman's arrest she had a discolored eye, caused by a blow from Shaunty 's fist. The woman will not be placed upon trial before tho April term of the grand jury. A prelimnary hearing was waived Wednesday and as soon as an indictment is returned Laura Vnndover will be placed on trial for her life. The woman occupies ji cell in the county jail along with Mrs. Mulhausou, who is serving a six-mouths' term for having received stolen goods. M'nl-hausen M'nl-hausen himself is scrviiix twenty years in the stale prison. |