Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-20 | Page 5 | Jury Acquits Don De Shirla

m ACQUITS DON DE W Former Pocatello Policeman Cleared of Killing Man in Raid. Bpeclai I" tot Xrlbuaa. I'lii'ATKI.I.l i. lila.. ,,v. 1.1. Don I ic sitliia. formerly on the Ptfc&tdUO' poUoa J force, was ucuulttcil at ; o'clock thlg mftguood of i im obarga of murdering;! I'harlcH S. AtliliiH. on Uio plKlit1 of Octo- I her in a raid on a un aald to have! been operated by Atklng aduth of the city, Beverul gliotg ,-i,i Fired by Ve- Bhlrla ami an allcuetl couipaiiluu of At-Klng, At-Klng, The evidence wan purely clreumalajtUaL The attorneja for both idcs flnlatied tiulr argumenta al :o:;iu o'clock lant night, and after a abort reoeaa jh.iko c ii- BAum I HiBiruciea in. jury, which went t thai j Jury room ai 1l':;M o'clock thli imnidng. The jury had difficulty In reaching a verdict, and thl.s morning came Into court j for further inHiru.-thms. Tbo Jury roaa-ambled roaa-ambled at noon ami deliberated until a 1 o'clock this afternoon, The fact that Da Bhirla was an officer of the law and that tho slain man was declared to b operating an Illicit Mill, had much bearing on the case.