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Show HICKMAN FREED BY S. F. JURY SAN FRANCISCO, July 25 Millard Hickman, 45-year-old marine engineer, prepared to go on a trout fishing trip to "forget everything," today following his acquittal by a jury last night of the Golden Gate park murder of Louise Jeppeson, Ogden, Utah, beauty. The jury retired at 4 :37 p. m. and reached its verdict at 7:33. The case went to the jury aftey instructions lasting about 35 minutes. Jurors appeared eager to leave their seats after the long siege of listening to arguments since Friday morning. Arguments Argu-ments had no time limit and Edwin Ed-win McKenzie talked eight hours for the defense. He especially exhorted ex-horted jurors not to convict "on guess work," Tells New Angle Prosecutor Peter J. Mulling woke the weary jurors with a start as he neared the close of his argument in the afternoon when he declared the prosecution be- lieved the Ogden girl was attack- j ed in Hickman's rooms before the 1 engineer took her to Golden Gate park to murder her, early the morning of May 13. The prosecutor drew a picture ; of a girl dazed from liquor alone j with the engineer in his rooms, of ; an attack followed by Hickman's j pleadings not to reveal what had ; happened, of the two starting out j together on his promise to take I her home, but instead driving to j the park still trying to get her : promise not to tell, of her prob- I able threat to scream if he did j not return her home at once. ! "Then a cruel fist and a black j heart broke her skull,". Mullins j shouted; "broke her nose, wound a ligature around her neck, and, without giving her even a chance lo say a prayer to her God, dispatched dis-patched her into eternity!" Relatives of the slain girl wore not in the courtroom when the. verdict was returned. They were, Keverin Jeppesen, Ogden bank official, of-ficial, brother; his wife, and Mrs, Ruth Dunkley, sister of Louise. "This is a pleasure, . I asur ' you," said Hickman as he signed ! 'the register for outgoing prison- ; ers. |