Show JURY QUICKLY Y FREES WOMAN OF CHARGE OF KILLING HER HUSBAND not guilty this was the verdict read by clerk horsley at I 1 tuesday night after the jury which had heard the evidence in the van der murder case had filed into the court room and the foreman had handed him the piece of paper which meant so much to the bomin who has been in jail since the fatal shot on peb feb 12 the jury went out at 1130 11 30 the evidence wa completed tuesday after afternoon voon and L A mcgee fi fc the state and F E woods for the defense made thear pleas it was then agreed that a night session be held to complete the arguments and permit the jury to begin beggin its deliberations S A king opened for the defense after court re convened reconvened re viewing the history of the couple from the timi they ey began living to gether through their marriage their various arious and the events I 1 of the fatal day lie ile charged that the whole time had been one of continuous abuse by the husband hubband that the tile wife had ofton been threatened with death and that it was only to I 1 prevent him from shooting her that I 1 she wr wrested e sted the cie lr em ai n from him and I 1 shot him testimony was produced by witnesses for the defense to sub these charges and the defendant bad given her version of the che fatality she maintained that van went for the gun and had opened tho dresser drawer with hia his right hand band and crabbed the revolver with hia his left when bho he reached him ao an with her two bunds wrenched 11 the gin gui away and ahot shot she stated that she was so nervous and ond in such condition that she did not remember any of the details following tho the securing of the gun and did hot know whether she fired one shot or two witness es from price pocatello and ogden te testified stifled as to the brutal behavior of thel decedent the state chirped that the defend ant was wis as much at f bult as the decedent as she h hid ld returned to him several times after leaving him on account of alleged ill fit tre treatment fitment that she was actuated by other nio motives tive than love for him h m and th tint it she a naver openly canapi lined of his continued abuse letter letters from the defendant to van covering a period of several ears both beffie and after they were ere bained were read to the jury and they were so spicy that oni pait pai t were read aloud the remainder being left fr the jury men to peruse during their deliveta deli beia beta eions in none of them was there any mention of misconduct on vans pirt court ad adjourned j burned after dismissing the jury and the defendant and will not convene reconvene re until monday when the jim jouflas case will be heard heird |