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Show . ACQUITTAL FOR MRS. DOUGLAS . Jury Takes Only Four Minutes in Which to i ' Decide in Her Favor. l Mrs. M. L Douglas, charged with the X" attempted murder of Mrs. Lottie Mar-tln-Russell. proprietor of the Savoy rooming-house, on West Temple street, " mas acquitted by a Jury in Judge Arm-'. Arm-'. strong's court shortly after noon today, Vkjtfier a deliberation of only four mln-Iflutes. mln-Iflutes. . . The defense closed its side of the case his morning shortly after court con-'. con-'. vened and Judge Armstrong limited the arguments to thirty minutes for each side. Judge O. W. Powers, who assisted the 1 State in the prosecution, opened the ar- guments for the State. He sought to V '. show that the attack on Mrs. Martin on ' December 12. 1904. in the Savoy room- I Ing-house was a, premeditated attempt to murder. He asked the Jury to bring I in a verdict of guilty. Attorney J. W. Strlngfellow. who as-. as-. I sisteu in the defense, opened the argu- ments for the defense. He was fol-I fol-I lowed by Attorney James Ingebretsen, who is Mrs. Martin's attorney. The closing argument was made by District Attorney Loofbourow. He was ' allowed fifteen minutes in which to address ad-dress the Jury. i |