Show STATE FREES ADAMS IN KILLING KILLIN fi CASE after eleven and one halt half hours of 0 deliberation the jury in the case of the state of utah vs james adams on oil a first degree murder charge returned a verdict ot of not guilty at 1045 thursday morning james W imlay foreman ot of the jury handed the deats decision on report to judge leroy 11 cox who presided yer over the case when the decision was read spectators attempted a demonstration but were quieted by the judge who expressed app appreciation to the jury attorneys and witnesses tor for their part in the trial and congratulated the defendant upon securing ills his freedom arthur woolley attorney for the defense thanked all who had assisted that accused and expressed his appreciation to the tha prosecuting attorneys for their fairness in handling the case mrs lizzle lizzie adams adams aged mother of jimmie with tears of joy streaming down her face shook hands with each juror and thanked him tor for what he had done tor for my boy the tha trial came as a climax to the shooting of douglas davis by adania adams at rockville on november 18 according to evidence presented ed in court mrs adams had been intimately associated with davis fr fir several mont months lis avd was living as his wife li in a cabin at a campground at that town adams on learning the pair were in carne came in from rom the kallab forest to get his wl wife fe and ill dalr lor provided aln wanted ili 10 go and do 10 chrt Ls a after nut lerable amli am li anent the woman admitted hor hu lr ir discreet relations which 10 L rov ON A 1 leive annilo Jn J anile nilo JecI burnt me up inside iii ilde zwein 0 wein t tn evidence bryght su i the proc prosecution cution aea squatted on his har haunches liches nt at ilie lie toc oct t ot of the bed awaiting the ro nii iiii 1111 0 of f davis tor for lunch at 11 A flood of anger atthe bight of the man ove overcame reanie adams and he a shouted you better git a goiri from here adams adama said davis davia made for me and lie he grabbed a rifle near at hand and shot him through the heart merely to stop atop him davis adams adama said he figu figured reo was a P L I 1 when asked by the aba P prosecution rose cution attorneys for a definition of the term lie described it as a feller faller that fools around with other mens women folks in ili ills plea to the jury wednesday ay afternoon woolley practically abandoned what wai was evidently to bo be ills justification tor for the crime self defense and based his request for the the mans freedom almost wholly upon sympathy the states case was well taken by pickett who brought out sev eral a ra I 1 points of law and recited the evidence that had been presented in an attempt to show tile the man guilty as charged the case was ghlen to the jury shortly before 6 on an wednesday afternoon A jury acceptable to both prosecution and defense def ensie was wag secured friday noon and sworn in ili and testimony ot of witnesses began at 2 p in the jurors sworn were william carter lewis elliker J IV imlay arthur 13 lytte lytle 1 I H lamb clar ence moss loren reber elber 0 gibson edward tobler edwin dalton daniel L jones and albert fa P mathis frank mangum was sworn as an alternate juror but was excused and ills his place taken by murray averett the following exhibits were presented 1 map ot of the dennet home and shady camp 2 jacket owned by douglas davis which was over his shoulder when he came cama to the door of 0 tho the cabin 3 rifle 4 door of cabin 5 lead bullet allegedly the slug from the shell fired by adams G remington rifle 7 letter from adams to his bla wife the witnesses for the prosecution were as follows leonard dalton constable ot of rockville rebecca dennett franklin A heaton of kanab russell mahan rock villa valle mrs vira covington mrs arrs mantle mando mahan edgar at dark clark dr E dark clark mcintyre sheriff wm brooks brooka and john stauffer Sta utter after cross examination of the latte the state rested its case Def hise elase witnesses mrs airs lizzle lizzie adams mother ot of jimmie adama J D skaggs fl former sheriff of graham county arizona robert 11 park perley parley morris arthur mangum ernest nickel lenors lenore mangum glenn ia bodell chief alet of |