Show sympathized with the woman denver the jury in the case of miss beatrice gordon charged with the murder of deputy sheriff W 0 pharley returned a verdict of acquit lal miss gordon on the witness stand told of her relations with shirley with whom she had lived as house peeper tor a number of years and claimed that on the night of the kill ing she was preparing to leave the shiriel home and sever all relations with the man he had abused her constantly during all the years she was with him she claimed and on this night advised her to kill herself in a struggle for the possession of a revolver the weapon was discharged and shirley was killed the jury wag out less than an hour |