Iron County Record | 1931-03-18 | Page 1 | Rancher Acquited of Wife Murder

Rancher Acquited Of Wife ViCe Murde Murd II r I BEAVER BEAVER D. D. D C. C Smith was freed o oa or ora ora n I 1 nt a murder charge charee In the district cour n nearly early Sunday Bunday morning when hen a jury Jur brought in a verdict of not guilty after a trial lasting five days before Judge Judg LeRoy Cox Smith was as accused of the murder c chis of cf his wife Mary Smith on October 5 1930 at his ranch at Squaw Springs near Milford alter after a drunken brawl lie He gave himself up the next da day saying to officers We had a battle and Mary died