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Show oo SAYS JEFFRIES IS NOT GUILTY. Salt Lako, March 4. William, alias "Speedy" Jeffries, was acquitted of tho murder of Tim Churchill, alias Thomas Patten, In the Heideloorg saloon shortly short-ly after midnight August 5, 1910, by a Jury in Judge Lewis's division of the Third district court, Friday afternoon. After being out two nours and thir-ly-fivo minutOB, one hour of which was taken for luncheon, tho jury returned a verdict of not guilty to the charge of murder In the first cc-iree at 2:50 o'clock In tho afternoon. Tho case went to tho Jurv at 12:15. Jeffries was brought Into the courtroom court-room In a nervous condition, and ho sat rubbing his hands together while tho poll of the Jury was being taken prior to tho reading of tho verdict. When tho verdict was read, he slraightoncd up in his chair and smiled smil-ed faintly, after which ho turned around and looked toward Corrino Gray, tho girl whom ho tostlfled, he had planned to marrv last December. After tho court adjourned, Jeffries, the Gray girl and Mrs. Daisy Gill, proprietor pro-prietor of the Gill rooming house at 145 West Second South street, where Churchill lived prior to his death, left the curUrooni aim In arm. Corrino Gray and tho Gill woman created a sensation in the courtroom when the verdict was read by cm-bracing cm-bracing oach other. The court was compelled to rap on tho bench to restore re-store order. Samuel A. King, counsel for the defense, de-fense, concluded his argument whon the court convenod Fridnv morning, after which Assistant District Attorney Attor-ney E. O Leathorwood spoke. Thoro wcro" frequent clashes between Mr. King and. Attorney Leatherwood. Mr. King charged that counsel for the Utato permitted himself to reply upon his Imagination in his areument without with-out paying attention to the facts In the record. When Attorney Leathorwood closed his argument ho camo back at Attorney Attor-ney King, and when lie made a statement concerning Jeffries cntor-ing cntor-ing the Heidelberg saloon on the fatal fa-tal night, Mr. King took exception to it "I challenge that stntomont," shouted shout-ed King, and an animated verbal hattlo between the two attorneys followed, in which Assistant District Attorney Leatherwood was dared to read certain cer-tain parts of tho record, which he did. |