Show HAGGIS AND CAllAHAN i DEClARED NOT GUILT T Jury In Celebrated Kentucky Murder Be Case Finds That Men Said to Responsible Are Innocent Beattyvlllp KyThe I jury In th < Ilargls Callahan trial rctnrncil u vcr out after being diet of not guilty ol twelvo minutes The case was one the most desperately fought battles in n 1 Kentucky court for years The men were charged with the murder ol I J II Marcum Uepubll Marciirn was a mountain cull lawyer of excellent standing Ho was engaged three years ago as an attorney against James Hargls and Kdward Callahan respectively Democratic Demo-cratic county judge and sheriff tc oust them from their olHcrs on an allegation al-legation of corrupt election Much bitterness was aroused In May 1901 Marcmn was shot to death from behind be-hind In the Jackson court house Curtis Cur-tis Jett and Tom White were convict cd and given life terms for the mur ocr It was charged that they were the tools of Callahan Hargls an others Jolt after his conviction confessed con-fessed that he shot Marcum nnd thql his act was Inspired by Callahan and Hargls On the witness stand hero he i repudiated the confession and sale he alone was responsible The acquittal ac-quittal follows largely on this rcpu illation A jury of Clark county citizens returned re-turned o verdict for 8000 damage u year against Hargls on the allega tlon that he had caused Mai mm to bo killed The suit was filed by Mrs Mai cum Hargls mid Callahan are yel to be tried In the Lexington court tat tho killing of James Cockrell under similar circumstances |