| Show mm cuirn ury in celebrated kentucky murder case finds that men said to be responsible are innocent ky the jury in the hargis calahan trial returned a ver diet ol 01 net guilty after being out twelve minutes the case was one of ahe most desperately fought battles in a kentucky court for years the men were charged with the murder of J maritim marcum was a mountain 1 can lawyer ol 01 excellent standing he was engaged three years ago as an attorney against james hargis and edward callahan respectively democratic county judge and sheriff to oust them from their offices on an al degation of corrupt election much bitterness was aroused in may 1903 marcum was shot to death from behind in the jackson court house cur jett and tom white were convict ed and given life terms for the mur oer it was charged that they were the tools of callahan hargis and others jett after his conviction con hessed that he shot marcum and tha act was inspired by callahan and hargis on the witness stand here he repudiated the confession and said he alone was responsible the ac follows largely on this reau A jury of dark county citizens re turned a verdict for 8 damages a year against hargis on the allega alon that he had caused marcum to be killed the suit was filed by mrs marcum hargis and callahan are yet to be tried in the lexington court for the of james cockrell dundei similar circumstances |
