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Show CTA Acquittal of TroftHar Eattman. The acquittal of Fret. Charles It. Eiitman of llartard University of the rairge of murdering his lirother-ln-liw, closes ono of tho most rcmnrkablo murder trials In the history of Jurisprudence Juris-prudence The clrcumstancea of the shooting, the high stnndlng of the defendant de-fendant In the educational and social world and tho strange ante-mortem allegstlons of the brother-in-law as he lay mortally wounded by a bullet fired luring a Fourth of July target practice prac-tice all served to Invest the trial with kknao dramatic Interest The verdict of acquittal In this case Is somowhst remarkable considering the weight of purely circumstantial evidence with the avtrago American Jury when adroitly and powerfully handled by a lawyer of Attorney General Gen-eral Knowllon'a eloquence and ability. Hut fortunately for American Jurisprudence Juris-prudence and Justice the Jury considered consid-ered nnd weighed tho testimony of witnesses and not tho fervent oratory of Mr. Knowlton, To have convicted Kattman under audi circumstantial evidence would have been a blot upon tho Jurisprudence of tho old Hay Slate. In audi a case as this the ends of Justice and of humanity are best served by giving tho defendant the benefit of the doubt which any Impartial Im-partial atudent of the case must con-cedo con-cedo was present In every detail of the trial and which the stato could not remove. re-move. It tl.o accused In this case could have been Longed for murder the life of no person would bo safe, no mstter how remoto might bo his connection with a fatality. Tho bullet that killed Itlchard Orogan was no doubt fired from Kastmsn's rovolvcr, but there waa not sufficient evldenco adduced to refute the claim that tho killing was accidental. |