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Show 8aved From the Scaffold. Knnsas City. Austin Francis, n switchman, found guilty of murder In tho first degree at Kansas City In November, No-vember, KiOS, after a trial for tho murder mur-der of Winona Newton, his sweet-heon sweet-heon nged 16 yearH, was freed by tho supremo court of Missouri, which roversed tho verdict of tho trlnl court, Frauclri Is 21 years old. Thu girl's body weighted down with heavy stono, wns found In n dry cruok upon tho southern outskirts of tho city. Francis wns accused of forcing her to drink poison. |