Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-04-21 | Page 4 | Woman Acquitted on Murder Charge

WOMAN ACQUITTED ON MURDER CHARGE Special to The Tribune. Kl.V. Nov.. Ami! -jn. -- livne Kccd. charged wlih the murder nf William Hailcv on .(uly 2. I today ac.niit ted by a .liny In the district court after a two davs' trial presided over hv Judjie Mc- Kadden. The Kned woman was tried for the same offense. Iad October and the jury in the cn.se fuMed to aree. The shooting of Halley wns not denU-I by the defendant at I he trial, but un a defend d ie clnimed 1 1 nt t nIic was extremely fond of Halley. whn had been hoarding wllh her for some months, and who hud promised tn marry; her. When he was leaving, as he claimed, to ko but chine, she fired the pun In an attempt to frinhten htm and with the hope tluit he would reconsider the matter and nol have her. The .piry In Ihe case was mmposed of the rollov.lm: men: l;. p, i,-he, foreman; A. W. Mountney. "i ed Holland. J. H. i;ou(t, i'hci Anderson. A. H. March, .1. T. 1 'olan. t '. .1. .Mn.-ley, Itnhert K. Clenn, W illiam Ackornian, K W. Mall and H. IC. Wulkci.