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Show PERJURY IN THE HEN WOOD TRIAL Denver, Cool.. Aug 21 Clyde Pitney, Pit-ney, former hotel clerk, pleaded gull-j gull-j ty today in the district court to a charge of perjury In testimony given giv-en recently at the second trial of Harold P Henwood for the killing of George E Copeland of Cripple Creek Henwood killed Copeland in a hotel bar room here In May, 1910. while shooting at Sylvester L Von Phul of St. Louis, who also was killed Pitney gave testimony corroborat j Ing that offered by John T Garver ! to the effect that between 8 and 8.15 on the evening of the shooting Gar ver had seen Son Phul standing at the entrance of the hotel and that Yon Phul had threatened to kill Hen wood. In a statement made in court to day Pitnej exonerated the attorneys for the defense, saying that they knev nothing about his testimony being per Jurd Pitney added that at the time the testimony was given he was under the influence of a drug which he had taken to relieve a severe head- Garver was arrested during the tri-. tri-. al on a charge of perjury and his case set for hearing in September. rwv |